NEWS EVENTS FROM LOCAL & OTHER NEWSPAPERS
If you have interesting news article, older ones (1940 & older), about Lee Co. names or events, we would appreciate you sharing them.
 

Iowa State Penitentiary News
ISP 1896 - 1909

Ft Madison News
1892 Fire and Deaths

Keokuk News
1965 Armory Explosion
1912 Temple Destroyed by Fire
1964 Fire Sweeps Buildings

Lee Co, News
Cedar Rapids Evening Gazette

Iowa Old Press ..... Part of the IA Gen Web Project, contributed by Cathy Joynt  Labath & Sharyl Ferrall and others
Iowa Old Press 1849-1893
Iowa Old Press 1844-1923

News Excerpts 1856-1920   From different newspapers found on the internet
News   1879 -1920 New York Times.  Short news articles
News   1882 -1890 New York Times (2). Short news articles

Other News Articles

Page One          BUYING HALF BREED GROUND

Page Two          DES MOINES VALLEY, IT'S EARLY SETTLEMENT  01/19/1870
                          Its Early Settlement – Keokuk – Rat Row, Etc., Etc.

Page Three       LEE COUNTY FAIR
                          Oldest County Fair in Iowa    

Page Four         MT HAMILL NEWS
                        History of Mt Hamill Presbyterian Church.  ~ The following was transcribed from an unknown local newspaper circa 1967.

                        Mt Hamill Homecoming Picnic.  ~ The information about the Home-Coming is from the
                        Sept. 9, 1937 Hawk-Eye Gazette.

Page Five          FARMERS RESIST FEDERAL PLANT (1941)
                        BIG MOUND, BONAPARTE, CLAY GROVE, FARMINGTON, HARRISBURG, HOUGHTON, LACREW, MOUNT HAMILL, PRIMROSE, SHARON

                           BELL, CLEMENTS, FOSTER, GRAY, GROENE, HAAS, HARNAGEL, HEMMINGS, HERRING, KENNEDY, KREBILL, PAISLEY, POLLARD

Page Six          The Murder of Leiza & Miller

 

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