Mills County, Iowa

1881 Mills County History

• History Journal Table of Contents:
• Introduction
• County Name
• Drainage and Surface Character
• Geology
• Natural History
• Rocky Mt. Locust
• Indian Affairs
• County Organization
• The District Courts
• Judicial Districts and Judges
• First Circuit Court
• First Land Entries
• Some Early Legal Documents
• County Finances
• The Poor Farm
• The Jail
• The Watkins Ditch
• The Court House
• Fair Associations
• Council Bluffs Medical Society
• The Early Ferries
• Railroads
• Swamp Land Troubles
• Political History
• Mills County in the Camp and on the Field
• General History
• The County Press
• History of Education
• Temperance
• Religious History
• Criminal History
• Cities and Towns
• Biographical Sketches

Transcribed by Roseanna Zehner and Jennifer Miller
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