Early Calhoun County History
Published in Calhoun Farmers Advocate. Rockwell City, Iowa: 1891.
- Chapter VIII - first settlers, first saw mill
- Chapter IX - first settlers
- Chapter X - first settlers
- Chapter XI - first schools, courthouse, blacksmiths, churches, and access to grain
- Chapter XII - process to purchase land in 1850s - 1860s
- Chapter XIII - excursion looking for land and hunt elk