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I. GEOLOGY AND TOPOGRAPHY Location of Sac County - Area - Drainage - Wall Lake - Early Timber - Soil - Origin of the Prairies - Their Mystery - Pioneer Animal Life. |
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II. INDIAN
OCCUPANCY - COMING OF THE WHITE MEN. Prehistoric Races - Mounds and Their Builders -The Various Indian Tribes Originally Occupied Iowa - Indian Quarrels - Indian Titles Extinguished - War of 1812 - Indian Treaties - Trouble With Indians in Northwestern Iowa - The Spirit Lake Massacre - Indian Battle in Sac County - Indian Murders - Last Appearance of Indians - Iowa Territory - State Line War - Iowa Made a State - Constitutional Convention - Re-locating the State Capital - Prohibition of Slavery - Under a Second Constitution. |
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III. ORGANIZATION OF SAC
COUNTY Name - Formation - First County Officials - County-seat Commissioners - First Election - Later Elections - First Proposed County-seat - Final Location and Report of Commission. |
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IV. PIONEER SETTLEMENT OF
THE COUNTY Pioneer Hardships and Privations - A Period That Can Not Be Repeated - Reminiscences - Difficulty of Establishing Early Dates and Locations - Early Data - A Pen Picture of Sac County in Pioneer Days - Location of Sac County - Early Settlers and Fruit Growing - The First to Make Settlement - Later Comers - Pioneer Weather Conditions - Pre-emption Experiences - Postal Facilities - Pioneers Combine Against Land Speculators - First Mill in Sac County - A Hard Winter - Encroachments of Wild Animals - Some Settlement Dates - Natural Resources - List of Settlers - Prosperity of County in 1880 - Burning Corn for Fuel - Land Values - The Swedish Settlement. |
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V. COUNTY GOVERNMENT The County-Judge System - County Supervisors - Proceedings of the County Court and Board of Supervisors - Early Marriage - First Grand Jury - Early Salaries - Bounties - Court House History - First Building - Second Court House - Present Structure - The County Jail - The County Farm - Finances of the County - ^Telephone and Telegraph Lines - Disbursements for Drainage Purposes. |
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VI. THE BAR OF SAC COUNTY Origin of Early Attorneys - Sac County's First Lawyer - Brief Mention of Other Early Attorneys and Those of Later Years - Lawyers Now in Sac City - In Other Towns of the County. |
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VII. MEDICAL HISTORY OF
SAC COUNTY The First Physicians - The Pioneer Doctor's Life One of Hardships and Self-sacrifice - Personal Mention of Many Sac County Physicians - Surgical Work in the County - List of Registered Physicians - The Transients - Present Physicians of the County - The Sac County Medical Society. |
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VIII. THE EVOLUTION OF
AGRICULTURE IN SAC COUNTY Early Misunderstanding of the Soil by the Pioneers - Wheat - Oats - Barley and Buckwheat - Garden Truck - Popcorn - Live Stock - Sheep - Horses- - Stock Cattle - Hog Industry - Tame Grasses - Creamery - Orcharding - Summary - Agricultural Statistics - Agricultural Societies - Fairs. |
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IX. NEWSPAPERS OF SAC
COUNTY Newspapers - First Evidence of Thrift in a New Community - The Pioneer Newspaper of Sac County - James N. Miller - The Sac Sun - The Sac County Bulletin - Odebolt Chronicle - Odebolt News - Wall Lake Blade - Schaller Herald - Sac County News - Lake View Resort - Auburn Recorder - Nemaha Register - Lytton Star. |
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X. BANKS AND BANKING Little Use for Banks in Early Days - Local System of Barter and Exchange - First Banks - List of Sac County Banking Houses - Sac City Banks - Banking at Odebolt - At Nemaha - Ulmer Bank - The Banks at Early - Banking at Schaller - At Lake View - Wall Lake. |
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XI. EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS Early High Standard of Education Among Sac County Pioneers - County School Superintendents - First Schools of the County - The Schools of the County in 1884 - Statistics for 1900 - Sac City School District - Educational Institutions of Sac City - Other Sac County Schools - County Teachers' Association - School Houses - George W. Schee - The Delaware Township Union School - Condition of Schools in 1913 - Town and City School Statistics - School Townships - Grade Schools - The Sac City Institute. |
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XII. MILITARY HISTORY OF
THE COUNTY Loyalty of the Pioneers - Source of Trouble Prior to the Civil War - Incidents Leading Up to the War - President Lincoln's Proclamation - Sac County's Part in the Conflict - Bounty and Relief - Veterans in 1884 - Sac County's First Camp Fire - Soldiers' Monuments - Inspection of the Iowa Soldiers' Home - The Spanish-American War - President McKinley's Proclamation - Company M, Iowa National Guard - Grand Army of the Republic - Sons of Veterans. |
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XIII. CHURCH HISTORY Census Religious Statistics for 1905 - Methodism - Sac City M. E. Church, and the Churches at Pleasant Hill, Nemaha, Odebolt, Early, Wall Lake and Schaller - Free Methodists - Presbyterian Churches at Sac City, Odebolt, Early, Lytton, Auburn, Wall Lake and Schaller - Baptist Church at Sac City - Congregational Church - Swedish Mission - Catholic Churches at Schaller, Odebolt, Wall Lake and Early - German Evangelical Churches at Lake View, Coon Valley Township, Auburn, Lake View, Schaller and Cook Township - Latter-day Saints - Episcopal Church - The Adventists - Christian Churches - Sac County Young Men's Christian Association. |
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XIV. LODGES OF THE COUNTY Free and Accepted Masons at Sac City, Schaller, Lake View, Early, Odebolt, Wall Lake and Auburn, with Its Appendant Orders - Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Sac City, Schaller, Early, Wall Lake, Lytton, Auburn, Odebolt and Lake View - Knights of Pythias at Sac City. |
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XV. RAILROADS AND
TRANSPORTATION Influence of Railroads on Community Development - First Moves for a Railroad in Sac County - Present Railroad Mileage in County - Account of the Coming of the Various Railroads. |
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XVI. COUNTY AND STATE
OFFICERS, ELECTIONS, ETC. Elections, Officers and Votes from 1856 to 1912 - Special Propositions and Elections - Election Contest - Prohibitory Amendment Vote, 1882 - Presidential Vote of the County - Gubernatorial Vote - Congressional Vote - State Representatives - County Officers - Judges - Auditors - Treasurers - Recorders - Sheriffs - Clerks - Supervisors - Coroners - School Superintendents. |
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XVII. TOWNSHIP HISTORIES Township Government - Dates of Township Subdivisions - Naming of Townships - Douglas Township - Drainage - Settlement - Wheeler Township - Location - Boundary - Settlement - First Election - Coon Valley Township - Location - Natural Features - Cook Township - Characteristics - The Cook Ranch - Richland Township - The Great Wheeler Farm (now Adams Ranch) - Town of Odebolt - Its Commercial Interests - First Officers - Public Utilities - Library - Postoffice - Concert Band - Popcorn Industry - Cedar Township - Scene of Last Battle Between the Sioux and Sac and Fox Indians - Lytton - First and Present Officers - Delaware Township - First Settlers - Town of Nemaha - Business Directory - Clinton Township - Mills - Eden Township - Value of Farm Lands - Eureka Township - Town of Schaller - Incorporation - First Officers - Public Utilities - Business Interests - Boyer Valley Township - Pioneer Settlers - Town of Early - Incorporation - Public Works - Postoffice - Business Directory - Levey Township - Town of Wall Lake - Commercial Interests - Incorporation of Town and Official Roster - A Great Railroad Center - Postmasters - Wall Lake Township - Wall Lake, a Natural Curiosity - Lake View - A Reminiscence - Business Interests - Sac Township - Town of Auburn - Incorporation - Business Interests - Grant City - Ulmer - Viola Townsliip - Pioneer Settlers - Carnarvon - Jackson Township. |
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XVIII. SAC CITY A Fine Natural Site - Location - Natural Features - Town Plat - Eugene Criss, "Father of Sac City'" - Business Interests in 1873 - Early Mills - Hotels - Industries - Wayt Monument Works - Allen Institute - Municipal History - Water Works, Lighting, Etc. - Fire Department - City Officials - Commercial Club - Oakland Cemetery - Soldiers' Monument - Public Library - Remembering Washington - Postoffice History - Chautauqua Association - Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company - The Good Time Club. |
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XIX. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
OF INTEREST Population of County - Census Summary - Farm Statistics - Village Plats - Incorporated Towns - Local Market Prices at Various Dates - The Notorious James Brothers at Sac City - Oil and Mica Excitement - Cyclone Days - Drowned at Wall Lake - Temperance Sentiments- - Fifty-Year-Old Mortgage - Peat for Fuel - Days of Mourning - Death of General U. S. Grant - Death of President McKinley - Death of Senator Dolliver - Wonderful Mineral Hailstones - Snow Blockade in 1880 - Old Settlers' Association - Weather Notes - Herding Stock in Early Days - Robbery and Murder - Grand Centennial Celebration - Registered Farm Names - Prairie Fires - Early-day Blizzard - Sac County Women Machinists - Autumn Frosts - Weather Records - The Grasshopper Plague. |
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XX. REMINISCENCES The Sagacity of a Dog - Storm and Flood - Pioneer Boy's Reminiscence - Frozen in a Blizzard - An Adventure in Hell Slough. |
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| CHAPTER XXI. ANIMALS AND GAME BIRDS OF SAC COUNTY | 331 |
| INDEX TO BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SAC COUNTY | 345 |
