Historical
Timeline 1851- 1873 of Carroll County, Iowa
From County establishment
until a few years after the railroad arrived.
Note:
Reports from various documented sources do not necessarily agree. They are
reported here as reported in the source cited by, listed at the end of the
timeline.
1851
Carroll County established, attached to Polk
County. [1]
1852
1853
Carroll county attached to Shelby County. Still
no white settlement. [1]
1854
The first settlement in the county was made on
section 2, township 84, range 33 (now Glidden Township). [1]
In 1854, Obediah Niles, came from Michigan. He purchased 200 acres of land from
the government and the tract included almost all of the present town site (Coon
Rapids-1963). He built a log house on the present (1963) funeral home location.
The nearest railroad was in Des Moines. [2]
The first mill in the area (of Coon Rapids) came by boat from Pittsburg to
Keokuk in 1854. From there by a small boat to Des Moines and then by team to
Carroll County. It was wet up and operated on the present (1963) Winnett farm by
Albert Brutsche (he came to Carroll Co in 1856). The mill burned in 1859; a loss
of $8,000. [2]
The Carrollton Cemetery was the first cemetery established in Carroll County, in
1854. It was founded at the end of a trail. A little girl died and her parents
buried her there. Her name was Eliza G. Ferguson. She was 1 year, 2 months, and
17 days old. Her parents were Isaac and Meria S. Ferguson. [3]
1855
February 14, Carroll County is attached to
Guthrie County. [1]
July 16, the county judge of Guthrie County, James Henderson, orders Soloman
Loomis, of Carroll Township, Carroll County, to hold an election at the house of
Henry Coplin, in Carroll Township (now on section 12, township 84, range 34 -
now Grant township), to choose: county judge, treasurer and recorder, clerk of
district court, prosecuting attorney, county surveyor, drainage commissioner,
sheriff and coroner. [1]
Population of the county estimated to be less than one hundred and the number of
voters about thirty. [1]
The first Monday of August, 1855, was a very hot day, so the election was held
outside. A hat of O. J. Niles was laid on a large log under the tree for the men
to drop their ballots in. [3]
The first county officers elected were:
County Judge - A. J. Cain
Clerk of District Court - Levi Thompson
Treasurer and Recorder - James White
Surveyor - Robert Lloyd
Prosecuting Attorney - L. McCurdy
Sheriff - J.Y. Anderson. [1][3]
September 3, 1855, the first deed was made by Thomas Ford to Nancy Ford, for the
east half of section 17, township 85, range 33, and acknowledged by A. J. Cain,
county judge. [1]
September 16, 1855, the first marriage license was granted to Joseph Ford and
Sarah Ochempaugh. [1] The Judge tied the knot one year and one week later - on
September 23, 1856. [3] [1]
Deceber 3, first order of Judge Cain: "James White was allowed $4 for hauling
the laws of Iowa for Carroll County from Iowa City to Carroll County." Further
ordered: James White allowed $12.50 as salary, treasurer and recorder; A. J.
Cain, $12.50 as county judge; Levi Thompson, $16.00 as clerk. [1]
December 18, "The County of Carroll bought of S. A. Walker, Fort Des Moines,
four plats, as follows: No. 82, 83, 84, 85 north, of range 33 west; at $2.50
each."[1]
1856
February 4, Cain, Thompson and White were each
allowed $12.50 on account of salary. [1]
Spring. The county was divided into two townships - Newton and Jasper. Elections
were held in each:
Newton: judges of election were Thomas McCrudy, Robert Morris and Benjamin
Tellor.
Clerks, Robert Floyd and Cyrus Babbitt.
Jasper: the judges were Levi Thompson, Robert Dickson and Enos Butrick. Clerk,
James G. Anderson. [1]
In the Spring of 1856, the first school in the county of Carroll was taught at
Carrollton by Jane L. Hill (Her name was McCurdy, before she married Robert
Hill, who was the county supervisor for many years. [3]). Outside of that
village, there were few schools taught before the era of progress which
immediately succeeded the building of the Northwestern Railroad. [1] The second
teacher was T. B. Aldrich, who later married a daughter of Judge Price. [3]
April 7, a petition was presented to the county judge asking for appointment of
commissioners to select a site for the county seat. This was signed by the
following twenty persons, nearly all the legal voter of the county at the time:
Thomas T. Morris
George W. Tellor
Henry Coplin
Robert Dickson
Levi Thompson
A. J. Cain
Enos Butrick
David Butrick
O. J. Niles
S. L. Loomis
Benjamin Tellor
Thomas McCurdy
Robert Morris
David Vance
Robert Floyd
Conrad Geiselhart
Edward Smith
Cyrus R. Babbitt
Cyrus Rhoades
Jacob Davis. [1]
April 14, Judge E. H. Sears, of the Sixth Judicial District, then including
Carroll County, appointed as such commissioners William L. Henderson, Esq. of
Guthrie County, John Purdy, Esq. of Crawford County, and Dr. S. M. Ballard, of
Audubon County. They were directed to perform their duty within two months. Dr.
Ballard failed to act, but the two others were sworn June 4, and on the 6th of
June made their report. [1]
June 6, Commissioners Henderson and Purdy chose to "...locate the permanent
county seat on the north fractional half of the northeast quarter of section 1
in township 82 north, of range 34 west of the fifth principal meridian, and on
the south half of the southeast quarter of section 36 in township 83 north, of
range 34 west of the fifth principal meridian, and on which the town of
Carrollton is now laid out, and also such additional territory as may be donated
on either side of the premises aforesaid, or that may be purchased by the proper
authorities of said county at any time, and added thereto without limit." [1]
The first county seat, in Carrollton, was built on land donated to the county by
the real estate firm of Lease and Harsh of Des Moines. [3]
In the summer of 1856, Andrew Powell from Panora bought a lot and erected the
first store house in Carrollton. It was the only building erected on the town
plat that year. [3]
The census of Carroll County in 1856 was taken by the assessors of the two
townships and showed the total population to be 251. [1] Carrollton had a
population of 119, with 23 heads of family. The occupations varied from 28
farmers; 4 manteau makers (women cloak); 1 millwright; l engineer; 1 brick
layer; l miller; 1 carpenter; 1 tailor; 1 blacksmith; and 1 machinist. [3]
Summer, the first case of pauperism occurred, when Dr. J. P. Miller, was allowed
$24 for attending one John Salsbery, and Enos Butrick contracted with the county
to care for him at $2 a week as long as he was sick. Dr. Miller was afterward
allowed $50 additional. [1]
Dr. James P. Miller, who was the pioneer physician of Greene County, and lived
in the country, north of the present site of Scranton, provided the first
settlers of Carroll County with medical assistance. [1] Dr. Miller's stock
consisted of calomel, aloes, Dover's powder, castor oil, julep and Peruvian
bark. He carried these in his saddle bag for he practiced up and down the Coon
River Valley for 50 miles. His horse's name was "Charlie." Dr. Miller's pay was
usually chunks of meat or furs or whatever the people could give, as money was
scarce. Sometimes his call was answered with just "thanks."[3]
Robert Floyd was allowed $3.50 for surveying the blocks in the town of
Carrolton. S. L. Loomis was allowed $1 for dividing the blocks into lots. [1]
Names of some of the streets were State, Coplin, Niles, Loomis, Locust,
Sycamore, Maple, Elm and Linden. [3]
August 5, by mutual agreement, county officers were owed: A. J. Cain, $19.25;
James Anderson, $5.00; Levi Thompson, $12.50. [1]
Cyrus R. Babbitt was allowed $34.00 for assessing Newton Township. The first tax
levy made was after the organization of the county in 1856: 1 1/4 mills for
State tax; 6 mills for county tax; 1 mill for school tax; 3 mills for road tax;
poll tax, $2.00; county poll tax, 50 cents. [1]
The first law prohibiting the running at large of hogs and sheep was passed in
1856 by a vote of 27 to 6. [1]
Among those arriving in the county in 1856:
Lafayette McCurdy
Amos Basom
Wesley H. Blizzard
Uriah Gibson
William H. Teitsort
N. H. Powers
J. H. Watson
William Gilley
William Ochampaugh
Simon Ochampaugh. [1]
The proceeds of the sale of lots in Carrollton, belonging to the county, were
loaned at interest for a time. Samuel L. Loomis borrowed $262.50; Thomas
McCurdy, $190; Robert Morris, $25. [1]
1857
June 8, order of L. McCurdy, County Judge:
"License was granted this day by the county court to Samuel L. Loomis to peddle
dry goods, fancy notions and patent medicines throughout the State of Iowa, for
three months from this date, and he has paid twelve dollars and fifty cents for
the use of the State of Iowa, which entitles him to use two or three animals in
transporting his merchandise." [1]
James Y. Anderson assessed the whole of Carroll County in 1857, and received
therefor $125. The taxes for the year amounted to $3,505.17 [1]
March 1, James Thorington, of Washington, D. C., was appointed as agent, with
power of attorney to select and secure to the county of Carroll all swamp lands
belonging to said county by act of Congress passed September 28, 1850. [1]
April 6, County Judge Morris appointed Robert Hill and Noah Titus surveyors to
select the swamp lands in Carroll County. Hill was assigned the townships in
ranges 33 and 35, and Titus those in ranges 34 and 36. [1]
Robert Hill was shortly after (April 6) allowed $5 for furnishing plans and
specifications for a court-house. (Comments in the history suggest that) This
Hill, ... was an odd character, ... his method of surveying was to tie a
handkerchief on a wagon wheel, and then count the revolutions of the wheel. [1]
Of the swamp land surveys in this county, not any outside of range 33 were ever
approved. [1]
By 1857, in Carrollton, there were rail fences and willow hedges, patches of
corn and fields of grain. It was no longer possible to drive across lots to the
nearest neighbors. Towns and roads were beginning to take shape. Men paid their
poll taxes by working on the roads and keeping them in repair. [3]
1858
May 3, 1858, the first estate administered upon
was Wesley H. Blizzard. First administrator appointed was James H. Colclo. [1]
A mail route was established in 1858 between Panora and Sioux City, with
intermediate offices at Carrollton and Denison. [1]
November 23, 1858, the first district court was held by Hon. M. F. Moore,
district judge. the first grand jury were: Cornelius Higgins, Benjamin Teller,
Matthew Borders, Leafayette McCurdy, Crockett Ribble, Robert Morris, William
Short, Robert Dickinson, Elijah Puckett, Cyrus Rhoades, James Colclo, David
Scott, David Frazier, Samuel Lyon and Amos Basom. James Colclo was appointed
foreman. First case on docket was Nehemiah Powers and John Watson vs. Cornelius
Higgins. Noah Titus was the first person licensed to practice law in the county.
[1]
1859
December 13, the last
official act of Judge T. T. Morris was to settle with H. L. Youtz, administrator
of the estate of Nelson B. Moore, who had taken the contract for building the
court-house at Carrolltown. In this settlement the county paid $818, and took
the responsibility of finishing the building, which was unpainted and
unplastered. [1]
The population stood at 250. [1]
1860
Judge Morris was
succeded by Judge William Shriner in January, 1860. At the close of business of
that year (1860), the general government of county affairs was taken from the
county judge, who was left in charge of only probate matters, and given to a
Board of Supervisors. [1]
The population stood at 281. [1] See 1860 Census on Index Page
1861
January 6, the first
Board of Supervisors met and organized, and consisted of Crockett Ribble (chariman)
and Jacob Cretsinger (one for each township). [1]
The first act of the Board of Supervisors was to pass the following resolution:
"Resolved, that the clerk be authorized to issue orders upon the certificate of
either member of the Board when such certificate is given for any ordinary
township business or matters which do not directly interest the county, and also
to issue orders upon certificate for scalps of animals without adtion of the
Board." [1]
The second act of the Board of Supervisors was to authorize the clerk to sell at
auction the supplying of wood for the clerk's office, and the third was to
appoint Amos Basom and Levi Higgins justices of the peace. This was all the
business transacted at the January term. [1]
At the April session of the Board of Supervisors, besides the allowance of of
bills, orders were passed authorizing the clerk to buy fuel, lights, stationery,
etc.; fixing the legal day "for supervisors, clerks and other county officers
whose pay is by the day at six hours constant and diligent labor"; appointed
William H. Price judge of probate for the unexpired term of Judge Shriner;
allowing the clerk $2 a day for actual work, and appointing Robert Hill agent of
the county to procure the swamp lands belonging to the county from the
Government, and fixing his compensation a 1 per cent of the proceeds of the sale
of said lands. [1]
In 1861, a man named Winfred bought land and started to build a mill on the
Raccoon River but work was suspended by the Civil War. [2]
In 1861 a man named Winfred bought five acres on the river for a mill-site, and
started to improve the same. The settlers were so enthusiastic over the prospect
of a mill in their vicinity that they held their Fourth of July celebration that
year on the proposed mill-site. [1]
At the June session of the Board of Supervisors, the tax levy was fixed as
follows: For State purposed, one and one-half mills; for county purposes, four
mills; for schools, two mills; poll tax, fifty cents; for school-house purposes
in sub-district No. 2 in Jasper Township school, five mills; same in
sub-district No. 1, five mills; for contingent expenses in sub-district No. 2,
Newton Township, one mill. This meeting occurred during the first glow of
enthusiasm which was aroused in the loyal North by the call of President Lincoln
for volunteer soldiers to suppress the slave-holders' rebellion, and although
the population of Carroll County ws only about 250, and recruiting could not be
carried on on a very extensive scale, still the citizens were too patriotic to
make no outward show of loyalty. This reflection will explain the following
entry on the records of the Board, though it reads oddly enough at this time:
"A petition was numerously signed praying to the Supervisors to appropriate the
sum of $25.00, or as much as would be needed, to purchase a flag, drums and
fife; and the same was granted and the clerk ordered to issue a warrant for the
same." [1]
With Lincoln's call for loyal volunteers for the war, Winfred's men deserted his
service (in building the mill) for that of the government, and work was
suspended on the mill. (in 1863 Crockett Ribble, County Treasurer, bought the
site and commenced to improve it, with financial assistance from the county).[1]
1862
In January, Mr. Ribble
retired from the Board of Supervisors, and Levi Higgins (chairman) took his
place, the other member being Mr. Cretsinger. Mr. Ribble was appointed swamp
land agent in the place of Robert Hill. [1]
In April, the Board of Supervisors desided to allow each family , a member of
which had gone to the war, $25. This sum was at once paid to Jacob Davis, Mrs.
S. A. Davis, John Monroe, Amos Rhoades and Cyrus Rhoades. [1]
In October, the Board of Supervisors paid the $25 war bounty to R. Haney and
James F. McLuen. [1]
1863
The Board of
Supervisors was increase to three members, with the addition of Union Township.
These three were Jacob Cretsinger (chairman), Levi Higgins, and William Short.
Mr. Higgins resigned, and Enos Butrick was appointed to fill his place. William
Carter succeeded Mr. Butrick at the September session.[1]
In February, The Board of Supervisors gave Crockett Ribble the contract for
building a saw and grist-mill at Nile's Grove (Coon Rapids). This was the first
mill in the county, and it is said that the county issued some $6,000 of
warrants on its account. [1] In 1863, Carroll County let the contract to build a
saw and grist mill at Coon Rapids and voted $6,000 bonds for the purpose of
building a log and earthen dam. In 1864, a man named Lamm built the saw mill and
in 1865 Crockett Ribble came in and built the first grist mill. [2]
In 1863 Crockett Ribble, County Treasurer, bought the (mill) site (from Winfred)
and commenced to improve it, with financial assistance from the county (in Coon
Rapids information). A Mr. Frizzell set up a store to supply the men with
tobacco and other "necessaries," and John J. McCollum stated a blacksmith shop.
[1]
Town of Coon Rapids incorporated. [2]
In this year (1863), the county sold to the American Emigrant Company 21, 840
acres of swamp land selected by Franklin H. Whitney. All the county received in
return was $3,500 in money, and the promise of a certain number of immigrants.
This transaction has not been regarded as at all credible to the county, in the
light of subsequent history, and it is small consolation to know that other
counties suffered in the same way. The titles to much of this land were long in
dispute, and the result was a hinderance to the development of the county's
resources. [1]
December 8, 1863, Union Township was erected, in the following resolution:
"Resolved, That there be a new township set off from the east end of Newton
Township, bounded..."
[1]
The population stood at 297. [1]
1864
The Board of Supervisors consisted of Jacob
Cretsinger (chairman), Enos Butrick and George Monroe. Jacob Cretsinger resigned
during this year, and J. M. Cretsinger was appointed to fill the vacancy. [1]
(see 1863) ... a man named Lamm built the saw mill... (near Coon Rapids) [2]
1865
The Board of Supervisors consisted of John J.
McCollum (chairman), George Ribble, and G. H. Shutes. [1]
(see 1863)... and in 1865 Crockett Ribble came in and built the first grist mill
(near Coon Rapids). [2]
William Minnich bought land in 1865 and laid out a town (the original Coon
Rapids, before the railroad arrived there). He built a house to rent as a store,
the first occupants of which were Shoemaker & Endicott. [1]
Dr. Thomas Elwood, later (moved in 1878 [3])of Glidden, located at Carrollton,
and to him belongs the honor of being the first resident medical practitioner in
Carroll County. [1]
The population stood at 400. [1]
1866
The Board of Supervisors consisted of John J.
McCollum (chairman), George Ribble, and G. H. Shutes. [1]
The Chicago & Northwestern railroad was built in 1866 and 1867, passing through
this county in 1867. [1]
1867
The Board of Supervisors consisted of John Monroe
(chairman), G. H. Shutes, and E. B. Smith. [1]
Dr. Elwood was issued the first liquor permit in 1867 for medicinal, mechanical,
culinary, and sacramental purposes, in quantities less than 5 gallons - also
malt liquors as a beverage. [3]
The Methodist church began in Coon Rapids in 1867 when Rev. Mershon, a local
preacher, organized a "class." Services were held in the homes of the community.
[2]
As nearly as can be determined, the Church of Christ was established in 1866 or
1867 by a teacher who lived in Coon Rapids and held services every month. [2]
Three more townships were added, Carroll, Glidden, and Sheridan, and the number
of members of the Board of Supervisors was increased to six, until 1870. [1]
The Chicago & Northwestern railroad was built in 1866 and 1867, passing through
this county in 1867. [1] The townships crossed in Carroll County, with mileage
in each, are: Glidden, 6.150; Grant, 5.000; Carroll, 7.635; Arcadia, 6.625. The
stations, with distances in miles from Chicago, are: Glidden, 388; Carroll, 395;
Maple River Junction, 399; Arcadia, 405. [1]
The railroad company laid out the town (to be called Carroll) in August, 1867,
at first calling it "Carroll City," and at the next election the people voted to
remove the county seat from Carrollton to this place, by a vote of 88 to 30.
(The records were removed in May, 1868). [1]
The first building (in Carroll) was erected by the railroad construction company
as a supply house for the men, in 1867. When the field of active work was
removed farther west on the line, and the building being useless to the company,
it was sold to William Gilley, who rented it to the county for sixteen months at
$50 per month. It was here that the county offices and records were kept until
the court-house was built. (It stood on lot 3, block 22, and was finally burned
in the great fire of 1879). [1]
The population stood at 688. [1]
1868
James E. Griffith, the
first resident attorney of Carroll, appears to date from 1868. In the same year,
Orlando H. Manning, who studied law with Messrs. Russell & Head, at Jefferson,
came to Carroll, and practiced continuously for many years. [1]
O. H. Manning began printing at Jefferson a paper called the Carroll Enterprise.
[1]
Some of the citizens of Carroll clubbed together, bought a press, and employed
J. F. H. Sugg to publish the Western Herald, which rendered useless the further
existence of the Enterprise. [1]
Edward Garst came on horseback to Coon Rapids. As a result of the trip... (see
1869). [2]
Carroll Lodge, No. 274, I. O. O. F., was organized in 1868.
In 1868, just after the laying of the Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad
(now Northwestern) through this county, the Iowa Railroad Land Company
contracted with Lambert Kniest for the latter to settle fifty families in the
township which now bears his name (85 north, 35 west). Mr. Kniest was then city
collector of Dubuque. Senator George W. Jones recommended Mr. Kniest to the land
company as being eminently fitted to perform this difficult work. He went
speedily to work, and came out to this county with twenty-six families. Others
came subsequently, and in three weeks less than the year which limited the
agreement the fifty families were located. So anxious was he at the last that he
gave the land to two families. Mr. Kniest acted as agent for the land company in
selling all of the land in Kniest Township. Most of the immigrants he secured
were from Dubuque County, this state, and from Grant County, Wisconsin. This was
the beginning of the German settlement of the county, and in due time Wheatland,
Arcadia, Washington, Roselle and other townships were settled up, largely by the
same thrifty people. There are a number of Irish in the county, mostly from
LaSalle, Stephenson, Ogle and other counties in Illinois. [1]
The oldest bank in the county is the Bank of Carroll, which was opened in 1868
by O. H. Manning. [1]
1869
Edward Garst, as a result of his trip to Coon
Rapids, in 1868, brought to town the remnants of his store in Boone and opened a
general store in partnership with Crockett Riddle, a distant relative who came
to Coon Rapids in 1865. [2]
Carroll had gained sufficient population in the autumn of 1869 to warrant its
incorporation. This step was accordingly taken, and the council held its first
meeting November 20 of that year. The officers of the town at that time were:
Mayor, I. N. Griffith; Recorder, B. B. Terry; Trustees, John W. King, D. Wayne,
L. C. Bailey, F. E. Dennett and William N. Boots; Marshal, Thomas Basler;
Treasurer, J. E. Griffith; Attorney, O. H. Manning. [1]
The first school building at Carroll ws erected in 1868. It was 40 x 40 feet in
size, two stories in height, and contained four rooms. (It was used until 1880,
and then torn down). [1]
Signet Lodge, No. 264, A. F. & A. M., was organized at Carroll, July 27, 1869.
[1]
The population stood at 1,450. [1]
1870
In March, 1870, the county was visited by a
blizzard which was always spoken of afterwards by the settlers as "The Big
Storm." One story involved nine men who had gone from Hillsdale the morning of
the storm to Carroll. They comprised the entire male population of what is now
(1931) Roselle Township, with the exception of two old men. The men had gone in
three sleds: Sam Todd, Joe James and Joe Mathias in one; Bussey and Coppage in
another; and Horn Ashelberger and two young men by the name of Bruner, in the
third sled. They had four horses and were taking in a load of sacked wheat. When
the storm started, they all headed home, but not together. The storm lasted
until the afternoon of the third day, and the temperature had been 35 degrees
below zero for almost thirty-six hours. Five of the nine men made it home. Horn
and Ashelberger were found frozen near their sled. The Bruner boys had tried to
make it on their own, but, were found dead along the mail road, a mile apart.
(Excerpt from Pioneer Memories, as told by F. M. Carpenter, published in the
Coon Rapids Enterprise on May 8, 1931). [3]
The Carroll County Bank was established in 1870 by W. T. Minchen. [1]
E. M. Betzer located in Carroll in 1870, and practiced law when not employed in
some one fo the county offices. [1]
Signet Lodge, No. 264, A. F. & A. M., was chartered at Carroll, June 6, 1870.
[1]
Rev. George R. Carroll organized the Presbyterian church at this place August
28, 1870, with five members - L. McCurdy and wife, W. H. Tibbils and wife, and
Mrs. Kelsey. (A brick church was built in 1875, which was destroyed by the
memorable fire of 1879. [1]
The outfit of the Enterprise was sold to O. H. Manning. E. R. Hastings became
editor and publisher September 28, 1870, and March 29, 1871, the name was
changed by dropping "Western" (from Western Hearld - see 1868). [1]
In 1870, Carrollton consisted of two blacksmith shops, the United Brethren
Church, a grocery store, a dry goods store, a shoemaker's shop, an implement
shop, post office, saloon, the town hall (Woodman's), the two-story schoolhouse,
carpenter shop, the courthouse, two hotels, a telephone switchboard, a
dressmaker shop and Dr. Towne's office. The telephone had direct connections
with Glidden, Dedham, and Coon Rapids. [3]
The population stood at 2,451. [1]
1871
The township system was abolished and the Board
of Supervisors reduced to three members. [1]
A Congregational Society was formed in Carroll in 1871, and incorporated in
1872. [1]
1872
The Congregational Society in Carroll was
incorporated. [1]
1873
During 1872 and 1873 a church was built by the
Congregational Society at the cost of $2,300. Rev. J.W. Pickett was the
organizer and first pastor. [1]
The Methodist church in Carroll was built in 1873 at a cost of #3,500.
The Board of Supervisors was increased to five. [1]
The county population stood at 3,601. [1]
~~~~~~~References
[1] Biographical and Historical Record of Carroll
County, Iowa, 1887; as reprinted by the Carroll County Genealogical Society,
1997.
[2] Coon Rapids Centennial Bulletin, 100 Years Proud, 1863-1963.
[3] Carrollton History-Cookbook, Carrollton Community Club, 1897-1997.
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