Historical Places and Events
Clinton County has such a rich and interesting history. I try to put as much online as I can when I find it. Please feel free to send me any tidbits you find and I will add them. We recently moved the Military section to its own menu because of the size of the data we had.
BOOKS WE HAVE INFO FROM ONLINE
- Iowa as it is in 1856
- 1879 L. P. Allen History Book
- When Rafters Ruled
- 1886 Portrait and Biographical Album
- Architectural Heritage
- 1891 Album of Clinton and Lyons
- 1901 Biographical Record
- 1911 Wolfe's History of Clinton County
- Recollections and Sketches of Notable Lawyers and Public Men of Early Iowa (1916)
- History of Clinton Co., 1976
- Beaver Island Directory from Beaver Island Remembered
- Grace Church Vested Choir
- 1946 History of Clinton County (Index)
- The Iowan from September 1956
GAZETTEERS
Gazetteers list geographical names and such and are much like maps but they also give historical and biographical info concerning the towns and early residents.
- Gazetteers and Directories of Clinton County, Iowa
- Iowa State Gazetteer 1865
- Gazetteer and Directory of Clinton County, Iowa: containing a history of the county, directory of farmers and land owners, compiled by F. E. Owen, 1876. FHL film number 985421, item 9
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
See also our Abstracts and Articles page.
- Clinton Celebrates Nation's Centennial 1876
Clinton's Centennial
Most of these articles come from the Clinton Herald's Centennial Edition, June 18, 1955
The River
- Fulton's Last Ferry
- The Idler - The Lamb Pleasure Boat 1898
- The Ice Harvest - 1902
- Clinton Flood Protection Project Dedication in 1981
Our Bridges
- Completion of Old Clinton Rail Bridge - 1865
- Lyons and Fulton High Bridge (1891)
- Completion of the Clinton and Illinois High Bridge - 1892
- Clinton's New Rail Bridge 1909
- North Clinton – Fulton Bridge 1974
- Clinton's New Gateway Bridge - 1956
The People
- Seventh Judicial District of Iowa: Judges
- County Representation
- County Commissioniers & Supervisors
- Early Pioneers
- Elijah Buell Pioneer Home Site Marked
- Portrait of David Joyce - Lumber King
- Memorial to W. F. Coan
- Celebration of the Election of George M. Curtis
- Fabulous Anniversary Party at G.M. Curtis Mansion - 1889
- Curtis Bros Offer Sick and Accident Benefits 1913
- Curtis Club Falls To Wreckers
Lumber Industry
- Joyce Lumber Mill Inferno of 1888
- Clinton Lumber Season Recap 1900
- State of Lumber Industry as of October 1902
- Opening of Lumber Mill Season 1903, Joyce Mill Starts
Buildings
- Dedicated of Clinton County Courthouse in 1897
- New Clinton High School 1888 - 1889
- The Howes Building 1900
- Woodlands, Oakhurst and Breezy Point Mansions 1902
- New Clinton Post Office of 1902
- The Van Allen Building - Several articles, a very nice history
- Clinton's Carnegie library
Misc.
- Diary from Clinton's Earliest Days - 1855
- The Cyclone of 1898
- The Big Tree from the Clinton Daily Herald November 14, 1904
- Election One of the Hottest Ever Held in Lyons
- New Clinton Pool Opens 1930
- Lubbers Memorial Fountain at River Front Park 1934
- Railroad History
- Fete Marks Opening of New Station
- Humble Origin of the Present Great Railroad
- Organizations in 1895
- Clinton's Church History
- Jane Lamb Memorial Hospital Training School
Articles from Other Sources
- Across Iowa in '49
- 1860 Tornado
- The Underground Railroad
- The Clinton Lodge 34 Ball Program from 1887
- Crossing the Mississippi
- The Lincoln Highway
- J. Ellen Foster and Temperance in Clinton
- Baseball in Clinton County
- Polling Places
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in Clinton County