HISTORICAL INDEX.

From History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915)
by H. F. Andrews

A
Acreage crop	297, 302
Agriculture	297, 302
Ancient Fee and Accepted Masons	245, 250
Ancient Order of United Workmen	252
Andrews, Henry F.	39, 64, 78, 138, 146, 149, 239, 259
Animals, Wild	40
Arable Lands	34
Attorney-General	63
Attorneys	173
Auditors, County	65
Audubon
- Banks	184, 274, 280
- Becomes County Seat	158
- Business Interests, Early	269
- Business Interests, 1888	274
- Business Interests, Present	279
- Churches	194, 196, 209, 215, 219, 225, 230, 235
- County-seat Fight	149, 150
- Court House	270
- Description of, Early	267
- Father of Audubon	271
- Founding of	150
- High School	277
- Growth, Early	267
- Homes	275
- Incorporation	273
- Laid Out	267
- Lawyers	173, 269, 274, 279
- Lighting System	274
- Lodges	245
- Newspapers	177
- Officers, Early	273
- Officers, Present	279
- Physicians	175, 269, 274, 280
- Population	298
- Postmasters	274
- Postoffice	296
- Sale of Lots	267
- Schools	239, 240, 241, 275
- Sewer System	275
- Values in 1879	270
- Waterworks	274
Audubon Center	296
Audubon City	288
Audubon County Riflemen	169
Audubon Heights	296
Audubon Township---
- Changes in	53, 55, 57
- Churches	222
- Creation of	52
- Drainage	34
- First Settlers	81
- Original township	52
- Population	298
- Roads, Early	159
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	36
B
Ballard, Dr. Samuel M.	62, 69, 70. 72, 79, 100, 136
Bank, First	79, 184
Banks and Banking	184
Baptist Churches	231
Bar of Audubon County	173
Birth, First	78
Blacksmith, First	79
Boards of Supervisors	66
Boundaries, Changes in	47
Boundaries of County	46
Bowen, William H. H.	112
Brayton---
- Bank	185
- Business	281
- Church	233
- Incorporation	281
- Laid Out	281
- Lawyers	174
- Lodges	249
- Mayors	281
- Names, How	45
- Physicians	175
- Population	298
- Postoffice	296
- Schools	240, 281
Brick Building, First	79
Bridges	160
Brotherhood of American Yoeman	253
C
Cameron Township--
- Churches	214, 215
- Creation of	58
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Naming of	45
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
Carpenter, Reuben	111
Catholic Churches	234
Census Statistics	297
Character, A Noted	113
Christian Churches	219
Church Edifice, First	79
Church of Chirst, Scientist	234
Church, The Country	186
Churches	186
Circuit Court Judges	63
Civil Point	296
Civil Townships	52
Clerks of Court	64
Congregationsl Churches	192
Congressional Districts	49
Congressmen	63
Conkling	175, 296
Constitutional Convention District	52
Contests for County Seat	144
Conveyances, Early Land	137
Coroners	66
County Attorneys	64
County Auditors	65
County Institute, First	239
County Judges	64
County Roads, Early	159
County-seat Aspirations	53
County-seat Campaign Literature	153
County-seat Commissioners	48
County-seat Contests	144
County Seat, Locating the	48
County Superintendents	144
County Surveyors	48
Court, First Term of	240
Court House Election	66
Court House, Proposed	79
Creeks	34
Crops	297
D
Danes, the	290
Danish Brotherhood	248, 253, 255
Danish Sisters Society	249, 253
Daughters of Rebekah	240, 254
Dayton	144, 288
Death, First	60, 79
Deer Hunting	39
District Court Judges	63
Doctors	175
Douglas Township--
- Church	226
- Creation of	57
- Danish Settlers, Early	293
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Hunters, Early	41
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	36
Draft, Military	166
Drainage, Natural	34
E
Early Bridges	160
Early Improvements	58
Eastern Star, Order of	246, 250
Edgerton, David	111
Education	238
Election, First County	48, 79
Election for New Court House	158
Elections	138
Elkhorn College, Building of	194
Enlistments for Civil War	164
Enrollment of Pupils in Schools	241
Entries of Government Lands	136
Evangelical Association	215
Evangelical Churches	218
Exira--
- Additions	261
- Banks	184
- Bond for Court House	147, 158
- Business Directory	266
- Business Men, Early	257
- Churches	188, 192, 193, 219, 227, 230, 234
- Contest Over County Seat	150
- County-seat Aspirations	53
- County Seat, Chosen as	145
- Court House Bond	147
- Court House, Proposed	259
- Founding of	53
- Growth, Early	257
- Hall Company	159
- High School Alumni	264
- Incorporation	261
- Industries, Early	257
- Laid Out	256
- Lawyers	173, 259
- Location	256
- Lodges	250
- Made the County Seat	145
- Municipal Items	261
- Name of	45
- Newspapers	179
- Notable Citizens	265
- Officers, Municipal	261
- Park	259
- Physicians	175, 260
- Population	298
- Postmasters	257
- Postoffice	296
- Professional Men, Early	257
- Residences	265
- Sale of Lots	256
- Schools	239, 240, 241, 262
- Survey of	256
Exira Township--
- Changes in	53, 55, 57, 58
- Creation of	52
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Hamlin Settlement	88
- Hunters, Early	42
- Indian Sepulchre	40
- Mills	62
- Population	298
- Roads, Early	159
- Schools	239, 240, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	36
Exline	296
F
Fair, First County	79
Farm Products	297, 302
Fires, Prairie	34
First County Election	48, 79
First Death	60, 79
First Events	78
First Religious Services	187
First Settlement	69, 78, 81
Fiscus	296
Fraternal Societies	245
Freeman, Ethelbert J	271
Freemasons	245, 250
Friedman's Evangelical Church	217
Frost, J. Lyman	113
G
Game, Wild	40
Gault, Richard	114
Geography of Audubon County	33
Government Surveys	68, 135
Grand Army of the Republic	247, 252
Grasses, Native	33
Gray--
- Business Interest, Early	284
- Business Interests, Present	286
- Churches	205, 214
- Incorporation	286
- Lodges	254
- Mayors	286
- Named, How	45
- Newspapers	179
- Officers	286
- Physicians	175
- Platting of	284
- Population	298
- Postmasters	285
- Postoffice	296
- Schools	240, 241, 285
- Settlers, Early	284
Greeley Center	207
Greeley Township--
- Churches	207, 209, 218, 232
- Creation of	57
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
Grove	296
Groves	35
H
Hallock Family	128
Hamlin--
- Banks	185
- Business Interests, Present	286
- Churches	206, 218, 227
- Countyseat Contest	149
- Lodges	255
- Named, How	45
- Newspapers	179
- Physicians	175
- Population	298
- Postmasters	286
- Postoffice	296
Hamlin Family	82
Hamlin Grove	144, 239, 296
Hamlin Script	91
Hamlin Township--
- Creation of	57
- Danish Settlers, Early	291
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Population	298
- Schools	239, 249, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	35
Hamlin, William P.	92
Hardships of Pioneers	98
Harris, Daniel M.	48, 53, 73, 79, 91, 118, 171, 238, 257
Heath Family	111
Herrick, Alvin	74,115, 136, 160
Herrick Family	113
Highways	159
Homesteaders, the	76
Horace	296
Hotel, First	79
Houston, A. B.	258
Hunters, Pioneer	41
I
Illiterates in County	240
Improvements, Early	58
Independent Order of Odd Fellows	246, 249, 254
Indian Apollo	38
Indian Sepulchre	40
Indians, the	36
Institute, First County	239
Irwin	296
J	70, 78, 94, 136, 138, 145
Jenkins Family	296
Jobes	63
Judges of Circuit Court	63
Judges of District Court	51
K
Kimballton--
- Bank	183
- Business Interests, Early	287
- Business Interests, Present	287
- Church	227
- Founding of	294
- Laid Out	286
- Lodges	255
- Municipal Items	287
- Newspapers	183
- Physicians	176
- Population	287, 298
- Postoffice	296
- Schools	241
Knights of Pythias	247
Knights of the Maccabees	252
Knights Templar	245
L
Land Conveyances, Early	137
Land Entries	136
Land Grants	76
Land, Improved	297
Lands, Arable	34
Lands, Railroad	76
Larland	296
Lawyer, First	70
Lawyers	173
Leroy Township--	64
- changes in	57
- Creation of	56
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Named, How	43
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	36
Leroyville	297
Lewis Family	122
Lincoln Township--
- Church	223
- Creation of	58
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
Live Stock, Pioneer	60
Location of Audubon County	33
Lodges	245
Log Cabin, First	78
Louisville	53, 62, 288, 296
Lutheran Churches	225
M
Mail Routes, Early	162
Marriages, First	79
Marriages, Early	79
Masonic Order	245, 250
Medical Profession	175
Meek, Rev. Richard C.	74, 126
Melville	297
Melville Center	207, 215
Melville Township--
- Churches	207
- Creation of	58
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Named, How	45
- Population	298
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
Methodist Episcopal Churches	193
Military History	164
Militia Organized	167
Mills	60. 62. 79, 283
Modern National Reserve	253
Modern Woodmen of America	250, 251, 254
Mormon Trails	68, 159
Muster Rolls	168. 160
N
Name of County	46
Names of Rivers	44
Nathaniel Hamlin	53, 68, 69,72, 73, 78, 79, 84, 136, 138, 144, 160, 238
Natives of Iowa, by Counties	300
Nativity of Population	299
Newspaper, First	79
Newspaper Salutatory	150
Newspapers	177
Nishna Botna Rivers	34
Noted Character, A	113
O
Oakfield--
- Business Interests, Early	282
- Churches	193, 196, 233
- Founding of	54
- Location	282
- Mills	283
- Named, How	45, 282
- Physicians	175
- Platting of	282
- Population	298
- Schools	239, 283
Oakfield Township--	283
- Changes in	53, 55, 57, 58
- Churches	228. 231
- Creation of	52
- Danish Settlers, Early	290
- Drainage	35
- First Settlers	81
- Mills	62
- Population	298
- Roads, Early	159
- Schools	239, 240, 241
- Survey of	135
- Timber	36
Obsolete Towns	288
Occupations	298, 301
Odd Fellows	246, 249, 254
Official Roster	63
Old Hamlin	45, 54, 145, 146, 147, 214
Order of the Eastern Star	246, 250
Organization of County	46
Organization of Townships	54
Orleans	297
P
Petitions, County-seat	156
Physician, First	79
Physicians	175
Pioneer Conditions	58
Pioneer Hardships	98
Pioneer Hunters	41
Pioneers Now Living	76
Pioneers, Sketches of	82
Political History	138
Political Organizations	49
Poplar	297
Population, by Towns	298
Population, by Townships	298
Population, by Years	298
Population, Male, by Years	299
Population, Nativity of	299
Postmaster, First	79
Postoffices, Obsolete	296
Postoffices, Present	296
Prairie Fires	34
Presbyterian Churches	209
Press, the	177
Price	297
Pupils Enrolled in Schools	241
Pythian Sisters	251
R
Railroad Lands	76
Railroads	162
Recorders, County	64, 65
Religious Societies	196
Religious Statistics	236
Representative Districts	50
Representives in Congress	63
Representatives in Legislature	64
Revival Meetings, Great	189
Rivers, Names of	44
Rivers of Audubon County	34
Roads	161
Ross	205, 217, 288, 296
Roster of County Officials	63
Royal Arch Masons	245
S
Saw-mill, First	79
Scenery of Audubon County	33
School Age, Children of	240
School House, First	79
School Houses in County	241
School Statistics, 1914	240
School Teacher, First	79
School, the First	238
Schools, Condition of	241
Schools, County, Location of	239
Schools of the County	238
Secret Societies	245
Senatorial Districts	49
Senators, State	64
Settlement of Audubon County	68
Settlers Before 1861	72
Settlers Now Living	76
Seventh-day Adventist Churches	228
Sharon Township--
- Churches	227, 229
- Creation of	58
- Danish Settlers, Early	292
- Drainage	35
- Population	298
- Railroad Tax	294
- Schools	240, 241
- Survey of	135
Sheriffs	65
Shoemaker, First	79
Sketches of Pioneers	82
Soil, the	34
Soldier Relieft Commission	66
Soldiers in Civil War	164
Sons of Veterans	248
Spring Valley	220
Stage Lines, Early	162
State Roads Established	159
State Senators	64
Statistics, General County	296
Steam-mills, First	79
Store, First	79
Streams	34
Stuart Family	273
Sunday Meetings	189
Superintendents of Schools	66,240
Supervisors, Boards of	66
Surface of Audubon County	33
Surveyors, County	66
Surveys, Government	68, 135
T
Teachers in County	241
Thompson	297
Timber	35
Towhead	45
Town Platted, First	79
Townships	52
Townships, First Settlers in	81
Trails, Old	68
Treasurers, County	64, 65
Trees	36
U
Unimproved Lands	297
United Brethren Churches	214
United Workmen	252
V
Value of Farm Products	302
Viola	144, 145
Viola Center	175, 206, 297
Viola Township--
- Church	218
- Creation of	57
- Drainage	34
- First Settlers	81
- Named, How	45
- Population	298
- Roads, Early	160
- Schools	240, 241
- Surveys of	135
Voters, by Years	299
W
Water System	34
Whitted, Peoria I.	113
Wild Animals	40
Wild Grasses	33
Woman's Relieft Corps	248
"Woods Rats"	145

Transcribed by Cheryl Siebrass, September, 2022, from History of Audubon Co., Iowa (1915), by H. F. Andrews, page 13-23.