The Founding of Council Bluffs |
page 5-7 |
The Mormons |
pages 7-10 |
Early Residents pages |
pages 10-15 |
Council Bluffs Incorporated |
pages 15 - 17 |
Schools |
page 17 |
The First Murder |
page 17-18 |
Prominent Early Settlers |
pages 18-26 |
The Kansas-Nebraska Bill |
pages 26-27 |
Other Settlers |
pages 27-42 |
Civil War |
pages 45-51 |
Early Affairs |
pages 52-63 |
False Prophet |
page 63 |
Union Pacific Railroad Bridge |
page 63-65 |
Non-Partisan Election |
page 65 |
Indian Creek |
pages 66-69 |
At the City Election of '79 |
pages 69-71 |
Flood of 1881 |
pages 72-74 |
Veterans' Reunion |
pages 74-78 |
The Courthouse and Jail |
pages 78-82 |
Electric Street Railway |
pages 82-84 |
Early Characters |
pages 84-86 |
Consecutive Events |
pages 86-94 |
Consecutive Events cont. |
pages 95-110 |
Dr. Donald Macrae |
page 111 |
J. F. Wilcox, Florist |
page 112 |
Henry J. Meyer, Gardener and Florist |
page 112 |
Market Gardening |
page 113 |
Herman Brothers |
page 113 |
Grape Growers' Association |
page 113 |
The Consolidated Construction Company |
page 114 |
The Monarch Manufacturing Company |
page 117 |
Kimball Brothers Company |
page 117 |
Sprague Foundry and Manufacturing Company |
page 118 |
The Walker Manufacturing Company |
page 118 |
Keys Brothers, Manufacturers |
page 119 |
The Kritchmer Manufacturing Company |
page 119 |
The Growers' Canning Company |
page 120 |
Bloomer Ice and Cold Company |
page 120 |
The John G. Woodward Company |
page 120 |
The M. E. Smith Shirt Factory |
page 121 |
Council Bluffs Brick Company |
page 121 |
A. Metzger & Co., Wholesale Bakery |
page 122 |
The New Specialty Manufacturing Company |
page 122 |
The A. C. Keller Collar Company |
page 123 |
Elevators |
page 123 |
Council Bluffs Bedding Company |
page 123 |
The Waterloo Creamery Company |
page 124 |
Council Bluffs Carpet Cleaning Company |
page 124 |
Independent Telephone Company of Council Bluffs |
page 125 |
Directory of businesses |
page 125 |
Churches |
pages 126-144 |
Schools |
pages 144-153 |
Societies and Lodges |
pages 154-164 |
Music in the Bluffs |
pages 164-166 |
Parks |
pages 166-167 |
Free Public Library |
pages 167-172 |
The Pottawattamie County Bar |
pages 172-175 |
Cemeteries |
pages 175-176 |
The Press |
page 177 |
Belknap Township |
page 179 |
Boomer Township |
page 183 |
Crescent Township |
page 185 |
Center Township |
page 191 |
Garner Township |
page 192 |
Grove Township |
page 196 |
Hazel Dell Township |
page 198 |
Hardin Township |
page 200 |
James Township |
page 202 |
Keg Creek Township |
page 202 |
Kane Township |
page 203 |
Knox Township and Avoca |
page 204 |
Lewis Township |
page 211 |
Layton Township and Walnut |
page 212 |
Lincoln Township |
page 215 |
Macedonia Township |
page 216 |
Minden Township and Town of Minden |
page 220 |
Neola Township |
page 222 |
Norwalk Township |
page 228 |
Pleasant Township |
page 230 |
Rockford Township |
page 231 |
Silver Creek Township |
page 235 |
Valley Township and Hancock |
page 237 |
Wright Township |
page 239 |
Washington Township |
page 240 |
Waveland Township |
page 244 |
York Township |
page 245 |
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Granville M. Dodge |
page 251 |
Walter Inglewood Smith |
page 258 |
C. H. Read, D. D. S. |
page 259 |
Donald Macrae, M. D. |
page 260 |
Soren Jensen Myrtue |
page 263 |
John Beno |
page 264 |
Alfred A. Lenocker |
page 266 |
Stephen T. Miller, D. V. S. |
page 267 |
John B. Burkey |
page 268 |
Samuel B. Wadsworth |
page 269 |
Joseph Rea Reed |
page 270 |
Isaac T. Van Ness, M. D. |
page 274 |
William Welch |
page 275 |
John F. Garner |
page 276 |
Capt. John P. Williams |
page 277 |
Drayton W. Bushnell |
page 279 |
George Keeline |
page 280 |
John M. Galvin |
page 286 |
Lewis S. Allen |
page 287 |
Frank W. Dean, M. D. |
page 288 |
Henry Schnackel |
page 289 |
Rose H. Rice, M. D. |
page 290 |
John Schoentgen |
page 291 |
Oliver P. Sherraden |
page 292 |
James E. H. Wineland |
page 296 |
Arthur Sargent Hazelton |
page 298 |
Henry H. Spalti |
page 299 |
Walter F. Stephan |
page 301 |
Frederick Rohrs |
page 302 |
John H. Jenks |
page 305 |
Oscar F. Lodge |
page 307
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William Stewart Keeline |
page 308 |
John Matthies |
page 309 |
George T. Phelps |
page 310 |
Edward D. Sharples |
page 311 |
John Maassen, Sr. |
page 312 |
Frank Merritt Beymer |
page 316 |
C. P. Wasser |
page 318 |
John W. Morse |
page 319 |
L. C. Ward |
page 321 |
Charles E. Walters |
page 322 |
Andrew C. Keller |
page 325 |
William Davis Hardin |
page 326 |
William R. McDowell |
page 327 |
David E. Stuart |
page 328 |
Louis Eugene Renard |
page 330 |
G. J. Miller |
page 331 |
Eli L. Shugart |
page 332 |
Frank J. Capell |
page 337 |
Edwin H. Geise |
page 338 |
William A. Mynster |
page 339 |
Julius C. Deetkin |
page 340 |
Arthur L. Preston |
page 341 |
Thomas J. Beatty |
page 342 |
Edward D. Burke |
page 346 |
Matthias P. Mergen |
page 347 |
Adolph Kay |
page 348 |
Vernon Laurence Treynor |
page 349 |
George W. Spencer |
page 350 |
Samuel D. Tobey |
page 352 |
Lucas F. Neumayer |
page 356 |
August F. Dammrow |
page 357 |
Paul C. De Vol, Sr. |
page 358 |
Newton J. Rice |
page 361 |
William H. Taylor |
page 362 |
Peter Langer |
page 366 |
Fred P. Shuttleworth |
page 368 |
Owen J. McManus |
page 369 |
Frank A. Fox |
page 371 |
John H. C. Stuhr |
page 372 |
Frank R. Children |
page 376 |
Fritz Bernhardi |
page 377 |
Henry H. Rock |
page 379 |
Frederick William Habicht |
page 379 |
Benjamin T. Stevenson |
page 382 |
Orson W. Graham |
page 385 |
Joshua H. Spalti |
page 386 |
John B. Atkins |
page 387 |
N. H. Lewis |
page 389 |
Drury F. Dryden |
page 390 |
John N. Horn |
page 392 |
Peter Rief |
page 396 |
John Fletcher |
page 398 |
Alexander Clifford Brown |
page 399 |
William H. Dudley |
page 400 |
John Peter Mergen |
page 401 |
A. T. Hubbard |
page 402 |
Nels Olsen |
page 406 |
August Olderog |
page 407 |
J. C. Miller |
page 408 |
Melvin J. Bellinger |
page 409 |
J. P. Allensworth |
page 410 |
George Wise, Jr. |
page 411 |
Uriah McLean |
page 412 |
Shepard Farnsworth |
page 416 |
C. B. Bardsley |
page 418 |
O. M. Bruce |
page 419 |
James H. Gasson |
page 421 |
Henry De Long |
page 422 |
James Hunter |
page 426 |
Claus Kuhr |
page 427 |
Lucius G. Consigny |
page 428 |
Hans Peters |
page 429 |
Herman Grote, Sr. |
page 430 |
Samuel B. Snyder |
page 431 |
Hugh Pritchard |
page 432 |
Ira Platner |
page 436 |
William Overman |
page 437 |
Franklin W. Miller |
page 438 |
Robert W. Jones |
page 439 |
Paul McDonald |
page 440 |
C. H. Berkshire |
page 441 |
John T. Hazen |
page 442 |
Eaton Barnes |
page 446 |
Charles C. Platner |
page 448 |
John F. Jackson |
page 449 |
Diedrich Kohlscheen |
page 451 |
John Boyd Dingman |
page 452 |
Ovide Vien |
page 456 |
John O'Donnell |
page 458 |
William Fletcher Sapp |
page 459 |
G. D. McClaskey |
page 460 |
Clair J. Stilwell |
page 461 |
Christ V. Rock |
page 462 |
Philip E. Hetrick |
page 466 |
John W. Warner |
page 467 |
John Dea |
page 468 |
Robert Officer |
page 469 |
William Niemann |
page 471 |
Frank B. Hahn |
page 472 |
John W. Crow |
page 475 |
John F. McAneney |
page 476 |
John N. Frum |
page 477 |
Irad T. Spangler |
page 478 |
Charles Lunkley |
page 480 |
Frank T. True |
page 481 |
Adolph Geise |
page 482 |
Thomas Burke |
page 485 |
Otto Ronna |
page 486 |
Henry W. Rothert |
page 487 |
William Frederick Richard |
page 489 |
Lysander Wayland Tulleys |
page 490 |
Joseph E. O'Neill |
page 492 |
Millard F. Rohrer |
page 495 |
Adolph L. Klopping |
page 498 |
Esty P. Woodring |
page 499 |
John J. Myrtue |
page 500 |
H. J. Giese |
page 501 |
William Spears |
page 502 |
William H. Goff |
page 506 |
Frederick Swingle |
page 507 |
Julius C. Strohbehn |
page 508 |
Paul I. Van Order |
page 509 |
Robert R. Sherer |
page 510 |
David A. Snapp |
page 511 |
Benjamin Ross Purdy |
page 512 |
Elmer E. Minnick |
page 515 |
Francis How |
page 516 |
Paul C. De Vol |
page 517 |
Ambrose Crellin |
page 518 |
Justin J. Olney |
page 519 |
Martin Plähn |
page 520 |
Walter S. Goodrich |
page 521 |
Lewis Hammer |
page 522 |
Claus Henry Fleming |
page 526 |
Claus Moeller |
page 527 |
Henry E. Schoening |
page 528 |
J. H. Schultz |
page 529 |
William C. Cheyne |
page 530 |
Peter Eggers |
page 531 |
Richard Eckel |
page 532 |
Henry Watts Hart |
page 535 |
Algernon Sidney Bonham |
page 536 |
Alonzo M. Bonham |
page 538 |
George Wise, Sr. |
page 539 |
Jurgen F. Ronna |
page 540 |
Samuel A. Greene |
page 542 |
George G. Baird |
page 545 |
F. Lee Johnson |
page 546 |
H. Verner Battey |
page 547 |
John H. Andersen |
page 548 |
Frank Blank |
page 550 |
James W. Mitchell |
page 550 |
G. A. Miller |
page 551 |
William Clark, Sr. |
page 552 |
Ray O. Williams |
page 556 |
George Maier |
page 557 |
Theodore Henry Dingman |
page 561 |
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Surname index 2 |
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