"Mills County Iowa, Local History"

Mills County, Iowa

Historical Events

Mills County History:

1854: Earliest Known Map

Early Settlers, 1836-1856

Early Settlements

General County History

Pioneers

Post Offices - Abandoned

Post Offices, 1918-1919

Underground Railroad

1918 News: World War I and Spanish Influenza

October 17, 1918

October 24, 1918

Miscellaneous History:

Chief Waubonsie

Glenwood State Hospital

1899 ~ Old Men of Last Generations

1913 - Tornado

1916 ~ Recollections of Notable Lawyers

1924 ~ Tri-County Old Settlers

Inventions & Patents

Valveless Revolving Hog Oiler

Mills County History Books:

Ghost Towns of Mills County, Iowa, by Allen Wortman

History of Mills County, Iowa, 1876, by D. H. Solomon
History of Mills County Iowa, 1881

A Brief History of Malvern, by John D. Paddock

Souvenir of Institution at Glenwood, Iowa, 1902

Mills County Communities:

Glenwood Lake

Silver City Community, 1879-1979

Plumer Settlement, Oak Twp. ~ (off-site)

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