THE BRITISH IN IOWA

by JACOB VAN DER ZEE

COPYRIGHT 1922 BY THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA

Table of Contents

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EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION

3-6

AUTHOR'S PREFACE

7-16

PART I: BRITISH EMIGRANTS IN IOWA

I. POINTING THE WAY TO IOWA

17-31

II. STATE ENCOURAGEMENT OF IMMIGRATION

32-41

III. BRITISH ELEMENTS IN THE POPULATION OF IOWA

42-56

PART II: BRITISH INVASION OF NORTHWESTERN IOWA

I. THE CLOSE BROTHERS

57-62

II. FARMING THE VIRGIN LAND, 1878-1879

63-67

III. THE CLOSES EXTEND THEIR HOLDINGS

68-71

IV. HEADQUARTERS AT LE MARS

72-76

V. A PAMPHLET ON FARMING IN IOWA

77-86

VI. IOWA MADE ATTRACTIVE TO ENGLISHMEN

87-93

VII. ENGLISH SETTLERS WELCOMED AT LE MARS

94-98

VIII. FORMATION OF THE IOWA LAND COMPANY

99-108

IX. PROHIBITION AND ENGLISH IMMIGRATION

109-112

X. LATER HISTORY OF THE CLOSE BROTHERS

113-119

XI. CONTRIBUTIONS TO AGRICULTURE

120-128

XII. IMMIGRANT FARMERS IN THE ENGLISH COLONY

129-140

XIII. FARM PUPILS IN THE ENGLISH COLONY

141-156

XIV. IOWA ENGLISHMEN AND THE RUGBY COLONY

157-160

XV. FAME OF THE LE MARS COLONY

161-173

XVI. BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL LIFE IN THE ENGLISH COLONY

174-177

XVII. A STORY OF COAL

178-186

XVIII. GAMES AND SPORTS AMONG THE ENGLISH

187-209

XIX. SALOONS AND OTHER THINGS AMERICAN

210-220

XX. SOCIAL LIFE: THE PRAIRIE CLUB

221-236

XXI. ENGLISH CHURCH LIFE IN NORTHWESTERN IOWA

237-244

XXII. DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BRITISH FROM NORTHWESTERN IOWA

245-252

NOTES AND REFERENCES (These have been moved to each chapter)

253-294

INDEX

295-340

 
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