HISTORY OF CLAY COUNTY, IOWA,

FROM ITS EARLIEST SETTLEMENT TO l909

ALSO BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS OF THE COUNTY AS WELL AS ITS ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD

HISTORICAL PAGE
Introduction	7
The Indian and His Fate	8
First Land Title in Iowa	18
Early Settlement	18
Topography	25
Educational Institutions	28
State Institutions	33
Celebration of Fiftieth Anniversary, by J. C. Parish	38
Clay County	42
Climate, Organization	43
Pioneers	46
Creation of Townships	54
Sioux	54
Gillett's Grove	55
Peterson	58
Gillett's Grove	55
Lone Tree	59
Douglas	60
Lake	63
Riverton	64
Summit	65
Freeman	65
Herdland	67
Lincoln	68
Garfield	69
Logan	70
Waterford	70
Clay	71
Reminiscences by J. A. Kirchner	72
Recollections of a Pioneer	78
Removal of the County Seat	8O
First Railroad	82
Official Roster	87
Bench and Bar	109
Schools	121
Agricultural Societies	128
Peterson	131
Everly	138
Other Towns	141
Spencer	141