What a wonderful look at life in the mid-west in the 1800’s. This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of O’Brien and Osceola Counties and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original 2 Volume set published in 1914.
Past and Present
of
O'Brien and Osceola
Counties, Iowa
BY
HON. J.L.E. PECK and HON. O.H. MONTZHEIMER
For O'Brien County
AND
HON. WILLIAM J. MILLER
For Osceola County
VOLUME I and VOLUME 2
ILLUSTRATED
1914
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana
(1400 pages on 1 CD)
An essential resource for Genealogists
Actual images of every page, in Adobe Acrobat Reader .PDF format. Works with any computer, and is easy to use and read. Some scans are imperfect.
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Volume 1 Table of Contents as Shown:
Chapter I. The pioneer of O'Brien County
Chapter II. First beginnings
Chapter III. The early settlers
Chapter IV. Upbuilding
Chapter V. Homesteads and free land
Chapter VI. County government
Chapter VII. The court houses of O'Brien County
Chapter VIII. Storms, prairie fires, grasshoppers and blizzards
Chapter IX. County seat contests
Chapter X. Old settlers' reunion
Chapter XI. Agriculture
Chapter XII. Educational
Chapter XIII. Indian occupancy of this territory
Chapter XIV. Reminiscences of early pioneer days in O'Brien County
Chapter XV. Reminiscences
Chapter XVI. Banks and banking
Chapter XVII. The courts
Chapter XVIII. The O'Brien County bar
Chapter XIX. Litigation in O'Brien County
Chapter XX. The press
Chapter XXI. Medical history of O'Brien County
Chapter XXII. The churches of O'Brien County
Chapter XXIII. Lodges of the county
Chapter XXIV. Towns and townships
Chapter XXV. O'Brien County in the Humorous
Chapter XXVI. Miscellaneous
Chapter XXVII. The Scrub Poet
Chapter I. Geology and topography
Chapter II. Allison Township
Chapter III. Cities and towns
Chapter IV. Religious history of Osceola County
Chapter V. Medical history of Osceola County
Chapter VI. The legal fraternity
Chapter VII. Military history
Chapter VIII. Extraordinary events
Chapter IX. Miscellaneous items of interest
Volume 2
BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES
Adams, Adkins, Agar, Alexander, Aldinger, Algyer, Appleton, Archer, Armstrong, Attig, Aupperle, Avery, Babcock, Ballou, Bangert, Bark, Beebe, Beers, Berne, Bidwell, Billingsly, Bishop, Blaesser, Blahauvietz, Blake, Bloes, Bobzine, Bock, Boies, Bonderman, Bonner, Boor, Bossert, Boyce, Boyd, Brackney, Bradrick, Brady, Brahan, Braig, Brandt, Briggs, Brock, Broders, Brosh, Brown, Brundage, Bunce, Bunker, Burlet, Burley, Burns, Byers, Bysom, Cain, Cajacob, Callenius, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Clarksean, Claussen, Cleaveland, Clements, Closson, Coleman, Conn, Cooper, Corns, Cowan,Cram, Cronin, Crum, Culver, Cutsinger, Daly, Day, Dean, Delan, De Beste, Denny, Derby, Dewey, Diamond, Doolittle, Dougherty, Dornbusch, Downing, Draper, Dries, Dummett, Dunkelmann, Egdorf, Eichner, Elliott, Ely, Emery, Engelke, Epping, Evans, Ewoldt, Farnsworth, Farquharson, Fillenwarth, Finch, Flinder, Fogle, Foote, Foskett, Frey, Friedrichsen, Frisbee, Fruhling, Gardner, Gaster, Geister, Gere, Gilkinson, Gill, Glover, Gole, Gosch, Grant, Graves, Green, Grending, Guhl, Hain, Hakeman, Hamilton, Hand, Hanon, Harding, Harker, Harris, Harvey, Hass, Hastings, Heatherington, Helmer, Henderson, Hendrick, Herrick, Hickey, Hickok, Hill, Kinman, Hinz, Hodapp, Hoeven, Hoffmann, Hoke, Horton, Hough, Hughes, Hulser, Ihle, Irvine, Jackson, Jacobson, Jepsen, Jinkinson, Johnson, Jones, Jossem, Kas, Kelley, Kenderdine, Kennedy, Killmer, King, Kirchhof, Knaack, Kopp, Kundel, Lange, Lemke, Lewis, Lighter, Linsday, Linquist, Locke, Logan, Loger, Longshore, McBride, McCallum, McCandless, McClellan, McCormack, McCracken, McDougall, McElwain, McFarland, McKenna, McNeill, Macomb, Mann, Mansmith, Martin, Mateer, Mathern, May, Mayne, Maytum, Meier, Meltvedt, Messer, Metcalf, Metz, Meye, Miller, Montzheimer, Moorhead, Morton, Mullin, Murphy, Nelson, Neuman, Noehren, Nott, Noyes, O'Donnell, Olson, Osgood, Overholser, Patch, Peck, Peisley, Peters, Phelps, Philby, Phinney, Pingel, Protextor, Putnam, quilleash, Ralston, Randall, Raymond, Reader, Rector, Redmond, Reifsteck, Rembe, Rerick, Rhodes, Richards, Richter, Robertson, Roland, Romey, Roth, Royce, Runyan, Ruther, Ruwe, Sands, Saupe, Schaap, Schaefer, Schneider, Schnurr, Schoelerman, Schubert, Schuknecht, Schultz, Scott, Shea, Shearer, Sheldon, Shell, Shinski, Shumway, Shuttleworth, Silverthorn, Sims, Sleeper, Slick, Smith, Snider, Sokol, Sollitt, Solon, Soop, Stage, Stamp, Stearns, Steelsmith, Steinbeck, Stoelting, Strampe, Streit, Sweeney, Swensen, Tagge, Taylor, Thatcher, Thietje, Tierney, Tow, Townsend, Trainer, Turnbull, Van Epps, Vogel, Vos, Voss, Wagner, Walter, Ward, Wassman, Waterhouse, Weal, Webster, Weinke, Whitney, Wiechner, Wilkinson, Williams, Wilson, Winkler, Winterfield, Wolf, Wollenberg, Woodman, Woods, Wright, Young, Youngers, Yungbluth, Zahn, Zimmerman