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History of Linn County, Iowa

by Luther A. Brewer and Barthinius L. Wick

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  1. 1Dedication — Introduction
  2. 2Chapter I — The Birth of Iowa
  3. 3Chapter II — The First Inhabitants
  4. 4Chapter III — Iowa Historically
  5. 5Chapter IV — Iowa and Her People
  6. 6Chapter V — The Geology of Linn County
  7. 7Chapter VI — Beginnings in Linn County
  8. 8Chapter VII — William Abbe, the First Settler in the County
  9. 9Chapter VIII — The County Seat Contests — First Railroad in the County
  10. 10Chapter IX — The Old Settlers’ Association
  11. 11Chapter X — Postoffices and Politics
  12. 12Chapter XI — The Physicians of the County
  13. 13Chapter XII — The Material Growth of the County
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Rural Life
  15. 15Chapter XIV — A Hero of the Canadian Rebellion
  16. 16Chapter XV — The Newspapers of the County
  17. 17Chapter XVI — The Bohemian Element in the County
  18. 18Chapter XVII — The Early Marriage Record
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — Historic Roads and Other Monuments
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Some of the Old Settlers
  21. 21Chapter XX — Early Linn County Lawyers and Courts
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Chatty Mention of Bench and Bar
  23. 23Chapter XXII — The Schools of the County
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Historical Sketch of Cornell College
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — History of Coe College
  26. 26Chapter XXV — The Old Blair Building
  27. 27Chapter XXVI — Some of the Old Cemeteries
  28. 28Chapter XXVII — Early Experiences in Stage and Express
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII — Linn County Libraries
  30. 30Chapter XXIX — Wages and Prices in the County From 1846 to 1856
  31. 31Chapter XXX — Some of the First Things in Cedar Rapids and Linn County
  32. 32Chapter XXXI — Society in the Early Days
  33. 33Chapter XXXII — Southern Influence
  34. 34Chapter XXXIII — Some Township History
  35. 35Chapter XXXIV — Lisbon and the United Brethren Church
  36. 36Chapter XXXV — County and District Politics
  37. 37Chapter XXXVI — Cedar Rapids
  38. 38Chapter XXXVII — Beginnings of Churches and the Fraternities in Ced…
  39. 39Chapter XXXVIII — Catholicism in Linn County
  40. 40Chapter XXXIX — Linn County Statistics
  41. 41Chapter XL — The Bridges Across the Cedar at Cedar Rapids and Early…
  42. 42Chapter XLI — Banks and Banking in Linn County
  43. 43Chapter XLII — Roster of County Officers
  44. 44Chapter XLIII — History of Marion, the County Seat
  45. 45Chapter XLIV — Linn County in War
  46. 46Chapter XLV — Odds and Ends of History and Reminiscence

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