This is a scanned copy on CD of the original book published in 1918.

Pioneer Days

of

Bremer County,

Iowa

By:  Col. W.V. Lucas

 and

 D.L. Clark

Waverly Democrat

Waverly, Iowa

1918

176 pages on 1 CD

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

COL. W. V. LUCAS WRITES OF THINGS ALMOST UNKNOWN TO THE PRESENT GENERATION.

TRIBUTE TO TWO DECEASED OLD SETTLERS AND OTHER INTERESTING DATA.

FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION IN 1856.

UNIQUE CHARACTERS AND MEETINGS.

HARDSHIPS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS PIONEERS HAD TO CONTEND WITH.

MORE ABOUT THE HARD WINTERS, AND SOME OTHER THINGS.

BUILDING ONE OF THE FIRST RURAL SCHOOLS

MORE UNIQUE CHARACTERS

MARKETING, EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS DIFFICULTIES

HARD TIMES IN 1859

WHAT HAPPENED TO SOME OF THE NEW TOWNS

BOOM SPIRIT STRIKES BREMER COUNTY AND TOWNS ARE ESTABLISHED

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP PIONEERS

BREMER COUNTY'S FIRST NEWSPAPERS AND THEIR PUBLISHERS

POLITICS AND POLITICIANS OF THE PIONEER DAYS

BREMER COUNTY TREASURY ROBBED

HORSE THIEVES A BURDEN TO PIONEERS

NEAR-TRAGEDY IN VICINITY OF IRMA

MARKET AND SALE PROBLEMS OF EARLY SETTLERS

ODD CHARACTERS, AND BEGINNING OF CIVIL WAR DAYS

EARLY MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION

BREMER COUNTY'S FIRST DOCTORS AND MINISTERS

SUICIDE MYSTERIES

SURVIVORS OF THE WAR OF 1812

MORE ABOUT THE CHURCHES

POLITICAL SITUATION PRECEDING THE CIVIL WAR

SOLDIERS WHO WENT TO THE FRONT

FEW SLACKERS DURING CIVIL WAR

CAMPAIGNING FOR A RAILROAD

BREMER COUNTY'S FIRST FAIR

WAVERLY'S FIRST RAILROAD BRINGS PROSPERITY

ORGANIZATION OF LODGES

WHY BREMER COUNTY IS SMALL

MEN WHO MADE GOOD AND HELPED TO MAKE HISTORY

NAMING OF BREMER COUNTY TOWNSHIPS

BUT FEW OLD SETTLERS REMAIN

COL. LUCAS WINDS UP HIS STORY

CHAPTER II

HARRY HAZLETT SUPPLIES INTERESTING DATA CONCERNING COL. LUCAS; PAYS BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE TO A FRIEND

INTERESTING STORIES OF UNIQUE CHARACTERS AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS OF WAVERLY

THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF '56, AND POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS AFTER THE WAR. THE COMETS OF '58 AND '61

THE DAYS WHEN WHEAT WAS THE PRINCIPAL CROP, AND MEN WHO BOUGHT IT. EARLY NEWSPAPER MEN

THE DAYS WHEN FISHING WAS GOOD, AND SOME OF THE MEN WHO INDULGED IN THE SPORT

INTERESTING NOTES OF EARLY-DAY LAWYERS. CHARLES PLUNKETT AT HEAD OF THEATRICAL PROFESSION

THE FIRST THANKSGIVING IN WAVERLY By MRS. JENNIE HARMON CASE

CHAPTER III

HARMON MILLER CONTRIBUTES INTERESTING EXPERIENCES OF HIS BOYHOOD AND EARLY DAYS IN BREMER COUNTY

CHAPTER IV

INDIANS; DAYS WHEN THE RED MEN REIGNED SUPREME. WINNEBAGOS IN THIS SECTION OF IOWA

SOME OF THE "FIRST THINGS" IN BREMER COUNTY

BRIEF ACCOUNT OF THE FIRST SETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION OF THE VARIOUS TOWNSHIPS

DAYTON TOWNSHIP

DOUGLAS TOWNSHIP

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP

FREDERIKA TOWNSHIP

FREMONT TOWNSHIP

JACKSON TOWNSHIP

JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP

LAFAYETTE TOWNSHIP

LE ROY TOWNSHIP

MAXFIELD TOWNSHIP

POLK TOWNSHIP.

SUMNER TOWNSHIP

WARREN TOWNSHIP.

CITY OF WAVERLY

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

BAPTIST CHURCH

ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

EVANGELICAL CHURCH

ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH

ST PAUL'S EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

THE GERMAN EVANGELICAL PEACE CHURCH

ST. JOHN'S GERMAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH

CONCLUSION