IAGenWeb 

Iowa History

       An IAGenWeb Special Project

 

Join the IAGenWeb Team

Books
     

History
THE HAWKEYE STATE
A History for Home
and School
 
Transcribed by Beverly Gerdts, August 2023
With assistancce from Lynn Mc Cleary, Muscatine Co IAGenWeb CC.
Page 141-144
 
A. Page
Abolitionists 60
Adventists 83, 106, 108, 114
Alcock, Dr. N. G. 102
Allamakee County 30, 94
Allison, town 129
Amana Colonies 84, 85
American Federation of Labor 97
American Fur Company 20, 138
Anthony, Susan B. 114
Appanoose, Chief 18
Arkansas River 15
Audubon, J. J. 19
   
B. Page
Babcock tester 89
Bacon, Samuel 104
Banks 41, 125
Baptists 51, 52, 80, 106
Barb wife fencing 89, 90
Batavia, town 129
Bees 19, 54, 133
Belgian immigrants 77
Bellevue, town 63
Beltrami, Italian explorer 19, 22
Bethesda, village 129
Bible, the 56, 67
Bissell, F. E. 99
Black Hawk, Chief 24, 26, 29
Bloomer, Mrs. Amelia 114, 116
Bloomfield, city 130
Boepple, J. F. 94
Bois, Horace 75
Bohemian immigrants 77
Boone, city 126
Brazil, village 129
Briggs, Ansel 42
British immigrants 77
Brown, John 61
Brughier, Theophile 139
Buffaloes 9, 11, 14, 15, 18
Burlington, city 17, 38, 39, 49, 51, 60
Burlington, R. R. 70
Bureau of Labor Statistics 98
Button factories 94
   
C. Page
Calmar, town 129
Calvin, Samuel 102
Camp Dodge 121
Camanche, town 128
Cardinal, Jean Marie 16
Cardiff Giant 96
Carrington, W. S. 89
Catholics 51, 52, 106
Catlin, George 19, 22, 138
Cedar Falls 126
Cedar Rapids 93, 94
Central College 20, 57
Chain Lakes 79
Chambers, John 67
Cherokee, city 40
Cheese factories 67
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific R. R. 93
Child labor 70
Children's Day 98
Children's games 108
Chinese sugar cane 49, 100
Chinch bugs 45
Christian Church 87
Christian Commission 53, 106
Christian Reformed Church 67
Christian Scientists 80
Church colleges 106
Church missions 109
Church of Christ 106
Claim Clubs 35
Clark Law 112
Clarke, James 40
Clausen, Rev. C. L. 81
Claussen, Hans R. 78
Clear Lake, town 130
Cleveland, Pres. Grover 75
Climbing Hill, town 130
Clinton, city 60, 92
Close Brothers 77
Coal mining 94
Co-education 114
Cole, Cyrenus 79, 89
College for the Blind 104
Commission of Immigration 76
Compulsory school law 100
Congregationalists 106, 129, 136
Congress of Industrial Organizations 98, 99
Consolidated schools 101
Cook, Dr. John K. 140
Copperheads 65
Coppoc Brothers 61
Corn 11, 15, 18, 137
Correctionville 67
Council Bluffs 19, 70, 126
Cow War 117
Craft Unions 97
Crawfordsville 60
Creameries 88, 89
Credit unions 125
Curlew, town 130
Czechoslovakians 78
   
D. Page
Danish folk high schools 82
Davenport, city 92, 94, 128
Davenport, George 20
Davis, Jefferson 28, 43
Dean, Amos 99
Decorah, city 81
Decorah Posten 81
Deer 9, 14
Democrats 44, 59, 60
Denmark Academy 49
Denmark, town 60, 129, 134
Der Demokrat 78
Des Moines, city 83, 93, 127
Des Moines County 38
Des Moines River 18, 57
Depression, the Great 85
De Smet, Pierre 19, 31
Diseases 22, 55
Dodge, A. C. 42
Dogs, Indian 9, 15
Dolliver, town 129
Douglas, George 93
Douglas, Stephen A. 137
Dubuque, city 23, 92, 126, 127
Dubuque, Julien 16, 17, 21, 22, 23
Dvorak, Antonin 79
Dutch Reformed Church 80
   
E. Page
Episcopalians 53
Ericson, C. J. A. 81
Europe 13, 35, 56
Evangelicals 106
Earlham, town 60
Eddyville 19
Eldora, city 105
Elk Horn, town 82
Elks 9, 18, 136
Employers' Liability and Workmen's Compensation Act 98
England 20, 43
English immigrants 77
   
F.  
Factory Act of 1902 98
Fairfield, city 47
Farm Bureau 91
Farmers Alliance 90
Farmers Holiday Movement 117
Farmers Union 91
Farmington, town 55
Farm-Labor Party 118
Farnham, fur trader 33
Ferries 35, 58
Flour milling 92
Floyd, Sergeant Chas. 17, 133
Fort Armstrong 26
Fort Atkinson 26
Fort Des Moines 26
Fort Dodge, city 26, 97
Fort Madison, city 94
Fort Madison, fort 24, 92
Fort Sumter 64
Four H Clubs 91
Franklin County 136
Fredsville, village 82
Free Silver 74
Freed Soil Party 44, 60
Fox Indians 11
French Canadians 21, 139
Fruitland, village 130
Fur trade 19, 20, 139
   
G. Page
Gamblers 62, 135
Glenwood, city 105
Garden Grove, city 130
Garland, Hamlin 73
German Immigrants 77, 78
German newspapers 78
Giard, Basil 16
Gilchrist, J. C. 103
Gladbrook, town 130
Glasgow, village 129
Grand View College 83
Grand Rapids, Mich 97
Grangers 73, 74
Grape vine, wild 9
Greenbackers 74
Greenfield, town 129
Greenland 13
Grimes, town 129
Grimes, James W. 44
Grinnell, city 60, 129
Grundtvig, Rev. F. L. 83
Gypsum 97
   
H. Page
Half-Breed Tract 32, 135
Haguewood, Linnie 104
Hanover, village 129
Hard Scratch, village 130
Harlan, James M. 43
Harper's Ferry 61
Hartford, town 129
Hennepin, Father Louis 19
High Schools, first 101
Holden, P. G. 103
Holland, town 129
Hollander immigrants 77
Holstein, town 129
Homestead, town 84
Homestead Act 37
Honey War 39
Hoover, Herbert C. 121, 122, 140
Horse Thieves 62, 135
Hospitals 109
   
I. Page
Icaria, French colony 83
Ijams, Wm. E. 104
Illinois 35
Illinois or Illini 11, 15, 16
Illinois Central R. R. 70
Illinois River 15, 16
Indiana 35
Indian children 12, 132
Indian government 12
Indian summer 10
Indian warfare 11, 25, 132
Indian women 12, 13, 19, 132
Indian writing 10
Industrial School for Boys 105
Industrial School for Girls 105
Industrial Workers of the World 98
Iowa City 40, 63
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 116
Iowa River 15, 18
Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association 116
Iowas, the 11, 13
Iowaville 19
Irish immigrants 77
   
J. Page
Jackson, Pres. Andrew 29
Jackson County 63
Jefferson, city 129
Jefferson, Pres. Thomas 16
Jehovah's Witnesses 106
Jennings, Berryman 47
Jerico, village 129
Jewish immigrants 83
Joliet 13, 14, 15, 16, 57
Jolley, town 130
Jones, George W. 42
Juvenile Home at Toledo 105
   
K. Page
Kanesville 126
Kansas 76
Kansas-Nebraska Act 44
Kassel, Peter 80
Kearney, Captain 18
Kellogg, town 70
Kentucky 35
Keokuk, Chief 19, 27, 33
Keokuk, city 19, 92, 104, 135
Kimballton, town 82
Kirkwood, Gov. Samuel J. 62, 65
Kish-ke-kosh, Chief 20
Knights of Columbus 121
Knights of Labor 123
   
L. Page
Labor Day 98
Land sales 36
Langworthy Brothers 23
Larrabee, town 129
Larrabee, Gov. Wm. 75
Latter Day Saints, Reorganized 106
Lea, Albert M. 18
League of Nations 123
League of Women Voters 116
LeClaire, Antoine 69
LeSueur, Pierre 19, 22
Lewis and Clark 16, 57
Lewis, John L. 99
Liberty Party 44
Lincoln, Abraham 27, 137
Lisa, Manuel 19
Lisbon, town 126
Louisiana Purchase 16
Lucas, Gov. Robert 38, 110
Lutheran Brotherhood 121
Lutherans 53, 106
Luxemburg 78, 129
Luzerne, town 82
Lyons, city 126
   
M. Page
Macbride, T. H. 102
MacCormick, Cyrus 85
Mann, Horace 50, 99, 103
Manchester, city 89
Marengo, city 84
Marion, city 126
Marquette, Father 13, 14, 15, 16, 57
Marsh harvester 86
Mascoutins 11
Mason, Chief Justice Chas. 41
Mason City 93
McGregor, town 14
Merservey, S. T. 96
Meskwakies (Foxes) 12, 109
Methodist 51, 52, 83, 106
Mexico 13
Michigan Ter. 37
Militia 119
Mississippi and Missouri R. R. 69
Mississippi River 14, 57
Missouri Compromise 59
Missouri Fur Trading Co. 20
Missouri River 15, 57
Mitchelville 105
Missouris 10
Monroe County 95
Montgomery County 80
Montreal 13
Montrose, town 16
Moon Law 113
Mormons 76
Morning Sun, town 130
Mound Builders 10
Mount Joy, village 130
Mount Vernon, city 126
Mount Zion, village 129
Mulct Law 113
Muscatine, city 19, 47, 60, 92, 94, 128
Muskwakenuk 11
   
N. Page
Native birds 9
Native flowers 9
Native trees 9
Nauvoo, town 83
Nazerenes 106
Nebraska 17, 76
Negroes 42, 72
Neutral Tract 30
New Boston 129
New Buda 83
New Deal 118
New England 11, 35
New Hartford 129
New Orleans 57
New Providence 129
New Sharon 129
New Sweden 80
Newton 73, 94
New Virginia 129
New York City 70, 136
New York State 35
Nicolaisen, Peder 82
Northwestern R. R. 70
Northern Brigade 67
Norway, town 129
Norwegian Quakers 82
Nutting, C. C. 102
   
O. Page
Ohio 35
Ohio River 15
Omahas 11, 18, 20
Orange City 79
Oregon 46
Oskaloosa 104
Otoes 11, 17, 20
Ottumwa 18, 53, 93
Oxford, town 129
   
P. Page
Packing houses 93
Pammel, L. H. 103
Panama, town 129
Panthers 9
Parnell, town 129
Parochial schools 107
Pashepaho, Chief 33
Pearl Harbor 118
Pella, town 79, 129
Pelzer, Louis 102
Pennsylvania 35
Persia, town 129
Peterson, town 67
Pheasants 10
Philippine War 119
Pike, Lieutenant 17, 24, 57
Plank roads 58, 136
Plover, town 130
Polk County 95
Polk, Pres. James K. 42
Populists 74, 75
Porto Rico 119
Potatoes 45
Potawatomis 11, 105
Prairieburg, town 130
Prairie chickens 9
Prairie dogs 9
Prairie du Chien 20
Prairies 9, 133, 134
Pre-emption Law 37
Presbyterians 51, 52, 106, 135
Prohibition 108, 112
Protest Methodists 114
Pumpkins 11
   
Q. Page
Quakers 53, 60, 61, 106, 114
Quaker Oats 93
Quebec 13
Quota Laws 76
   
R. Page
Raccoon River 26
Rafting 92
Rainbow Division 121
Railroads, financing 68, 71
Ratlesnakes 9, 133
Reformed Church 53, 106
Reno, Milo 117
Republicans 60, 111
Reuter, C. B. 102
Ringland, George S. 96
Rinsted,town 83, 129
Rhode Island 11
Robinson, I. K. 47
Roosevelt, Pres. Theodore 116, 140
Rusch, N.J. 78
Rye 45
   
S. Page
Sabbath schools 108
Sacs 11
Salem, town 60, 129
Sanitary Commission 67
San Francisco 70
Saukenuk 12, 27
Saw mills 91
Scandinavian immigrants 79
Schleswig, town 129
Schleswig-Holstein 78
Scholte, Rev. H. P. 79
Schoolcraft, student of Indians 22
School Law of 1858 99
School Law of 1896 100
Scotch immigrants 77
Scott County 20
Seashore, C. E. 102
Seerley H. H. 104
Sergeant Bluff, town 17
Shambaugh, B. F. 102
Shelley, Kate 71, 72
Shenandoah, city 129
Shimek, Dr. Bohumil 79, 102
Short, Wallace M. 99, 118
Siouans 11, 32
Sioux 12, 17, 18, 20
Sioux City 19, 93, 126, 139
Sioux Outbreak 34, 67
Slifsgaard, J. 83
Socialists 117
Social Security Act 118
Soldiers Aid Society 67
Soldiers' Orphans Homes 67
Southern Brigade 67
Spanish American War 119
Spillville, town 78
Spirit Lake Massacre 67
Springdale, town 60
Springdale Seminary 49
Squashes 11
Squatters 35
St. Ignace 13, 14
St. Lawrence River 11, 13
St. Louis 17, 19, 46, 57, 136
St. Paul, Minn. 18, 57
Starbuck, Edwin 102
State Agriculture Society 90
State Bank of Iowa 125
State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts 102, 103
State Federation of Labor 97
State Sanitary Commission 67
State School for the Feebleminded 105
State School Fund 105
State Teachers College 103
State University of Iowa 102
Stavanger, Quaker settlement 82
Steindler, Arthur 102
Steamboats 57, 138
Stephenson, George 69
Stillman's Run 28
Strawberry Point, town 130
Street, Gen. Joseph M. 31
Stuart, John 93
Sunday schools 108
Sugar Creek 81
Swedesburg, town 80, 12
Swiss immigrants 77
   
T. Page
Tabor, town 60, 129
Tally's War 68
Temperance societies 11, 134
Tesson, Louis H. 26
Thompson, Wm. 126, 140
Tipton, city 49
Tiling 88, 96
Tobacco 15
Toledo, city 126
Treaty of 1804 27
Treaty of Versailles 122
Tripoli, town 129
Turner, Rev. Asa 60, 134
Tulip Festivals 80
   
U. Page
Union Pacific R. R. 126
United Brethren 50, 106
United Mine Workers 97
Unitarians 106
Universalists 106
Upper Iowa River 30
   
V. Page
Van Buren County 39
Van der Zee, Dr. Jacob 79
Vigilance Committee 62
Vikings 13
Vincent, Webb 96
   
W. Page
Wales 129
Wapello, city 128
War Eagle, chief 139
Wartburg college 78
Washing machines 94
Washington, city 129
Washington, Pres. George 120
Waterloo 93, 94
Watt, James 69, 91
Waverly, city 78
Weaver, James Baird 74, 75
Webster County 80
Welsh immigrants 77
West Branch, town 122, 148
West Burlington, town 80
Western Stage Co. 59
Westphalia, town 129
What Cheer, town 130
Wheat 45, 46
Wheatland, town 130
Whigs 43, 44, 60
Wickiups 11
Wild cats 9
Wild rice 13
Wild turkeys 9, 14
Wilson, Pres. Woodrow 120
Wilson's Creek, battle of 66
Winnebagoes 10, 109
Winneshiek County 81
Wisconsin River 14
Wisconsin Ter. 38
Wittenmyer, Mrs. Annie 67, 105
Wolf hunts 56, 133
Woman's Christian Temperance Union 111
Woodland, town 129
World's Fair in Philadelphia 89
World War, First 120, 121, 122
World War, Second 122
Worth County 81
   
XYZ Page
Yellow River School 30
Yiddish 83
Young Men's Christian Association 120
Young, W. J. 92

 
Back to Hawkeye State History Table of Contents

back to History Home