Chapter I
Early Dawn

Early Dawn - pg 9

Encroaching Civilization - pg 17

The Aborigines - pg 27
Black Hawk War - pg 36

Civil government - pg 39
County Organization - pg 44

Allamakee County - pg 47

Old Mission - pg 55 

Early Courts - pg 65
First Terms of Court - pg 69

Geology - pg 75
The Stratified Rocks - pg 77
Iron Hill - pg 99
Geological Character - pg 99

Agricultural Society - pg 108
Farmers' Institute - pg 112

Politics - pg 113
Vote for President - pg 114
Vote for Governor - pg 115
Secretary of State- pg 115

County officers - pg 121
State Legislature - Senate - pg 125
State Legislature - House - pg 126
District Court - pg 127
Circuit Court - pg 128

The County Seat - pg 131
Some Other Early County Affairs - pg 142

County Press - pg 147
Journalistic Adventures of T.C. Medary, 1890 - pg 147
Local Affairs - A Digression - pg 152
The Craft Again - pg 154
Off to the Front & After - pg 155
Conclusion - pg 157
Another "Country Editor" - Jas T. Metcalf - pg 161
Others of the Fraternity - pg 165

The County Bar - pg 171

County schools - pg 181
School Townships - pg 183
Independant Districts - pg 183
Summary of the Annual Report, 1911/12 - pg 186

Standard Telephone Co. - pg 187
Other Telephone Companies - pg 188
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railway - pg 191
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway - pg 191
United States Express Co - pg 192
Wells Fargo & Co. Express - pg 192
Western Union Telegraph - pg 192
Upper Iowa Power Co. - pg 192

A Dark Chapter - pg 195

The Pioneers - pg 205
Judge Dean's Narrative - pg 206
D.B. Raymond's Recollections - pg 213
North of the Oneota - pg 218

Township Organization - pg 227
Center twp - pg 227
Fairview twp - pg 233
Franklin twp - pg 237
French Creek twp. - pg 245
Hanover twp - pg 246
Iowa twp - pg 251
Jefferson twp - pg 257
Lafayette twp - pg 263
Lansing twp - pg 267
Linton twp - pg 271
Ludlow twp - pg 273
Makee twp - pg 274
Paint Creek twp - pg 277
Taylor twp - pg 288
Union City twp - pg 301
Union Prairie twp - pg 305
Waterloo twp - pg 307

The Shattucks - pg 313
Name - pg 318
Waukon in 1858-61, County Officials - pg 321
Municipal History - pg 323
City of the Second Class - pg 326
Waukon's Financial Condition, Spring of 1913 - pg 328
Fire Department & Fires - pg 331
Public Utilities - pg 334
Railroad - pg 335
The Waukon Schools - pg 341
Early School History - pg 341
Allamakee College - pg 348
The Press - pg 352
Postoffice - pg 354
Public Library - pg 355
Financial Institutions - pg 355
The Churches - pg 361
Grand Army of the Republic - pg 376
Spanish War Veterans - pg 377
Women's Clubs - pg 378
Old Company "I" - pg 378
Captain Nichols - pg 385
Fraternal Societies - pg 386
Some Waukon Pioneers, One of the Maine Families - pg 394
A Typical Pioneer - pg 396
Other Pioneers of Waukon & Vicinity - pg 401
Some of the F.F. Allamakees - pg 406

History of Lansing - page 415
Recollections of 1851 - pg 416
Lansing in 1852/53 - pg 420
City Government - pg 422
The Water Supply - pg 423
Fire Department - pg 425
Lansing Schools - pg 426
Churches - pg 430
The Press - pg 440
Financial Institutions - pg 441
Fraternal Societies - pg 443
Postoffice - pg 446
Public Library - - pg 449
Military Company - pg 449
Railroad - pg 450
Some Lansing Pioneers - pg 452
Pearl Button Industry - pg 466
Early Business Items - pg 467

Postville & Post Township - pg 469
Public Schools - pg 477
Postville - pg 478
Churches - pg 487
Early Sunday Schools - pg 490
Fraternal Societies - pg 490
Public Library - pg 491
City Park - pg 491
The Early Professions - pg 491
Postmasters - pg 492
Postville Business Directory 1882 - pg 492
Militia Company - pg 493
Newspapers - pg 493
Banks - pg 494
Brick & Tile Manufactory - pg 497
Some Old-Time Voters - pg 497
An Ancient Autograph - pg 498
Early Villages - pg 498

Iowa Regiments - pg 501
Diary of Corp. F.E. Hancock of Company B - pg 510
Shiloh Battle Field - pg 527
Illinois Regiments - pg 558
Missouri Regiments - pg 558
Wisconsin Regiments - pg 559
Chronology - pg 561