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CHAPTER I
GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY OF WEBSTER COUNTY ....................1
CHAPTER II
ON THE WAY TO IOWA...........................................................................13
CHAPTER III
THE MOUND BUILDERS...........................................................................23
CHAPTER IV
THE RED MAN IN IOWA ..........................................................................29
CHAPTER V
THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE AND TERRITORIAL IOWA ....................39
CHAPTER VI
THE COMING OF THE WHITE MAN ......................................................59
CHAPTER VII
ORGANIZATION AND GOVERNMENT OF WEBSTER COUNTY ........71
CHAPTER VIII
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THE COUNTY ELECTIONS ........................................................................83
CHAPTER IX
WEBSTER COUNTY IN CIVIL WAR .........................................................93
CHAPTER X
WEBSTER COUNTY IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR ....................139
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER XI
REGULARS AND MILITIA......................................................................151
Chapter XII
THE MAYORS OF FORT DODGE ........................................................155
Chapter XIII
EARLY TRADES AND TRADERS ..........................................................165
CHAPTER XIV
FORT DODGE SCHOOLS ........................................................................175
CHAPTER XV
FORT DODGE CHURCHES .....................................................................181
CHAPTER XVI
PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PARKS ........................................................195
CHAPTER XVII
WOMAN AND HER CLUBS ...................................................................201
CHAPTER XVIII
THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE AND EXPEDITION ............................211
CHAPTER XIX
BUILDING A RAILROAD ........................................................................221
CHAPTER XX
THE COMING OF THE "CHARLES ROGERs" ......................................225
CHAPTER XXI
HISTORY OF THE RIVER-LAND GRANT ...........................................231
CHAPTER XXII
THE CARDIFF GIANT ...........................................................................239
CHAPTER XXIII
BREAKING PRAIRIE AND OTHER SKETCHES .................................245
CONTENTS V
CHAPTER XXIV
THE TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNS ............................................................259
CHAPTER XXV
LEGISLATIVE, JUDICIAL AND CONGRESSIONAL HISTORY ........289
CHAPTER XXVI
ET CETERA ..........................................................................................295
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