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RINGGOLD COUNTY IOWA HISTORY

Compiled and Written by
The Iowa Writers' Program
Of the Work Projects Administration
In the State of Iowa

Jessie M. PARKER
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State-Wide Sponsor of the Iowa Writers' Program

Sponsored by
Ringgold County Superintendent of Schools
Mount Ayr, Iowa
1942

 

TABLE of CONTENTS:

  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 ~ ENTERING The WILDERNESS
  • Surnames: ALLEN, CANNY, CASE, Chief Che-ma-use, DADY, DRIGGS, ELLIS, GREEN, GRIMES, HAGANS, HALE, HARPER, HAVEY, HOBBS, HUGHES, IMUS, LOWE, McCARTNEY, MILLER, PATTERSON, RILEY, RINGGOLD, SCHOOLER, SHAY, SMITH, SRY, SULLIVAN, TETHROW or TETHEROW, THOMPSON, TRULLINGER, WANWOXEN, WILKINSON, WILSON

  • Chapter 2 ~ OUT of The PATHWAY of MAIN TRAVEL
  • Surnames: BASTON, BEALL, BRADLEY, BROWN, BURTON, COFER, DALE, DOWLING, DOZE, DRAKE, DUNNING, FRANCIS, FULLERTON, GNAGY, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, HAGANS, HARROW, HAWLEY, IMUS, JAMES, JEZEK, JONES, KEITH, LAMB, LESAN, LOWE, McCARTNEY, McEFFE, McMANIGAL, MERRILL, MERRITT, MILLER, MURPHY, POOR, ROBY, RUDE, SCHOOLER, SHAY, SHELDON, SHELLER, SOLES, SOMERS, STAFFORD, STAHL, SWIGART, TAYLOR, TOMAN, TOWNSEND, TURK, Van WINKLE, WALTER[S], WILLIS, ZARUBA

  • Chapter 3 ~ THE SCHOOLS and CHURCHES
  • Surnames: ADAM, ARCHBOLD, ARGABRIGHT, ASKREN, BARCHUS, BEALL, BELL, BROOKS, BROWN, CALFEE, CUNNINGHAM, DAVIS, DUNNING, EPHLAND, FOSTER, FULLERTON, GALLOWAY, HAGANS, HOLDEN, JONES, KIRKHAM, LAUGHLIN, MARSHALL, MERRILL, MILLER, PERKINS, PICKETT, POOR, PROCTOR, RICHARDSON, ROBINSON, RUBY, SHAY, SMITH, STAHL, STEPHENS, STEVENSON, SWAN, TALLEY, TEDROW, THOMPSON, TODD, VARNER, WILKERSON, WILKINSON, WILLIAMS

  • Chapter 4 ~ AGRICULTURAL EXPERIENCES
  • Surnames: BEAVER, BLAUER, CROSLEY, DAMEN, DICKSON, DOZE, FELLOWS, FRY, GRIFFITH, GRIMES, GUSTIN, IMUS, JOHNSTON, LININGER, MATTHEWS, SHAY, SNEER, TERWILLIGER, THOMPSON, TIDRICK, WHITE, WILBUR

  • Chapter 5 ~ CHANGES THAT CAME WITH THE RAILROAD
  • Surnames: ANDREWS, BAILEY, BENNETT, BLAUER, CHANDLER, DEFENBAUGH, DeWITT, EIGHME, INGRAM, JOHNSON, JOHNSTON, KINSELL, LESAN, LOUDER, McGREGOR, ROBINSON, ROGERS, STEVENSON, TIDRICK, TYRREL, WILBUR

  • Chapter 6 ~ VILLAGE and COUNTRYSIDE PIONEER TOGETHER
  • Surnames: ALDRICH, ASKREN, BALLOU, BARTRUFF, BRILEY, BROTHERS, CARTER, COCHRAN, CORKHILL, CORNWALL, DULANY, ERSKINE, EVANS, GETTINGER, HEATON, IMUS, JODON, JOHNSON, KELLER, KINSELL, LeFEVER, LESAN, MARRIAGE, MARSHALL, McCREARY, MILLER, MORRIS, PARKINS, POTTER, RAMSEY, RIDER, SCOTT, SPURRIER, STEPHENS, SWAIN, TEDFORD, UNDERHILL, WAUGH, WHITE, WILLIAMS, WISDOM

  • Chapter 7 ~ RINGGOLD COUNTY in The EIGHTEEN NINTIES
  • Surnames: ALLYN, BAUM, BEARD, BEVIS, BENT, DOLECEK, KELLER, KINSELL, MORGAN, PEASLEY, SMITH, STAHL, TEAL, WARREN

  • Chapter 8 ~ A GRADUAL GROWTH
  • Surnames: ALLYN, ANDERSON, BEALL, BELL, BEMENT, BRADLEY, COVERDELL, CRECELIUS, DUDLEY, DUNNING, FULLER, KEATING, LEONARD, LUNNEY, MAXWELL, PARKER, RAINS, SALTZMAN, SHROYER, SMITH, TEALE, WHITE, WILLIAMS

  • Chapter 9 ~ MATURITY
  • Surnames: ABARR, BAILEY, BUCK, EMLEY, EURITT, FULLER, HOLDEN, JACOBS, MAHAN, McFARLAND, POOR, PRENTIS, STEWART, WILKERSON

  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, January of 2011

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