Mills County, Iowa  

History Journal

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction

• Name and Position

• 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