Lee County Iowa Genealogy

LEE CO. NEWS INDEX
 

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 having them. Send to Sally or Carol

Ft Madison News
1892 Fire and Deaths

Keokuk News
1965 Armory Explosion

Tidbits of News   NEWS FROM MANY SOURCES
                             IaGenWeb Iowa Old Press contributed by Cathy Joynt  Labath & Sharyl Ferrall and others

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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