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HISTORY  OF CHICKASAW AND HOWARD COUNTIES, IOWA

BY  ROBERT HERD FAIRBAIRN
ILLUSTRATED  ----  VOLUME ONE   ----   THE  S. J.  CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY, CHICAGO  --- 1919

PART ONE

CHAPTER I -- INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER II
-- GEOLOGY OF  HOWARD  COUNTY
CHAPTER III
-- THE FIRST INHABITANTS
CHAPTER IV
-- THE PERIOD OF PREPARATION -- INDIAN TREATIES
CHAPTER V
-- ORGANIZATION OF IOWA AS A STATE

PART THREE

HOWARD COUNTY, IOWA

CHAPTER I -- EARLY SETTLEMENT
CHAPTER II
-- HOWARD COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Roster of County Officials
CHAPTER III -- HOWARD COUNTY TOWNSHIPS
CHAPTER IV
-- MILITARY HISTORY OF HOWARD COUNTY
CHAPTER V
-- HOWARD COUNTY TOWNS

Cresco Township
CHAPTER VI -- EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS AND NEWSPAPERS
CHAPTER VII
-- HOWARD COUNTY BANKS
CHAPTER VIII
-- MEDICAL AND LEGAL PROFESSIONS
CHAPTER IX
-- RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS
CHAPTER X
-- MISCELLANEOUS

Leonard Granger is the main contributor of this historic book.  We thank him very much for all his time and effort to make Howard County a valuable and resourceful website.