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1887 History of Story County, Iowa by W. G. Allen

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OLD SETTLERS BEFORE 1858 (W–Z) ; PEAT IN STORY CO.
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Webb, A. K.White, Mr., Sr.
Webb, GranvilleWhorton, John
Wood, W. K.Whorton, George
Wood, J. R.Whipple, B. S.
Wood, C. C.Wood, A. G.
Wood, J. G.Whitehead, Job
Wood, J. S.Wells, Chester
Wood, J. H.Watkins, Sol.
Walker, IsaacWheeler, John
Willey, Dr. A. J.Willhide, J. A.
Wier, W. A.Wier, Francis
WILKINSON, D.Wolf. Mr.
WILKINSON, LymanWheeler, Tip
WILKINSON, JohnWilson, Wm.
Worrall, ShadrickWakefield, H. C.
Webb, S. S.Wakefield, Mar.
Wheeler, JacobWeeks, Wier
Wheeler, GeorgeWilliams, Wallace
Wolfsburg, H. J.Wiltse, W. B.
Y
Young, Sol.Yazel, David
Yazel, Mr.Yelton, J. G.
Yocum, G. P.
Z
Zenor, JohnZenor, Michael
Zenor, Wm.Zenor, Eli
Zenor, George B.Zenor, J. J.
Zenor, .James

HAVE WE PEAT IN STORY COUNTY?

Hon. H. M. Thompson, a former Superintendent of the Iowa State Agricultural Farm, a man of close observation, and was a Scotchman by birth, cut out and dried in blocks some of the loose rooty and mossy soil which he found on the Farm on flat spongy land, and reported it, when dried, to burn equal to peat in Scotland. Mr. T. was a close observer of the Farm and its interests and was, I presume, correct in his conclusion in regard to peat. If his views were correct we have hundreds of acres of it in Story County. Mr. Thompson was from Scott County, Iowa, and had represented it in the General Assembly. If we have coal, timber and peat in Story County, what more do we need for fuel?

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