IOWA STORIES
Volume 1
By
CLARENCE RAY AURNER
Fourth Edition Printed by the Clio Press Iowa City, Iowa 1920
Copyright 1917 by Clarence Ray Aurner
Transcribed by Sharon Elijah, submitted April, 2013
CONTENTS
pg 7
PAGE
PREFACE
5
CONTENTS
7
THE FIRST ROADS IN IOWA
9
THE ROADS OF THE WHITE MAN
14
HOW ONE ROAD WAS MARKED
18
OTHER EARLY ROADS
22
CROSSING THE STREAMS
34
THE PIONEERS
46
THE TUMBLE-WEED FROLIC
51
PRAIRIE FIRES
52
WINTER STORMS
55
A JOURNEY TO IOWA
57
PUSHING THE INDIANS OUT OF IOWA
63
GETTING AN IOWA FARM
71
THE FIRST HOUSES
72
THE FOOD IN THE LOG CABIN
83
THE SIMPLE MACHINES OF THE NEW HOME
85
JUST GOOD NEIGHBORS
89
A BETTER HOUSE
91
THE FIRST FAMILY INDUSTRIES
94
EARLY FLOURING MILLS
104
SAW MILLS
110
WOOLEN MILLS
111
LIVING ON GAME
112
AN INDIAN USES HIS EYES – A LEGEND
115
THE STAGE AND MAIL COACH IN IOWA
118
WAPSIE-PINICON – A LEGEND
129
THE FIRST SCHOOLS IN IOWA
134
SEEING, HEARING, AND READING
137
Page created May 6, 2013 by Lynn McCleary
Back to Muscatine Co. IAGenWeb, Index Page
