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HISTORY OF CARROLL COUNTY IOWA
A Record of Settlement,
Organization, Progress and Achievement
VOLUME I ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING
COMPANY 1912
Digitized for Microsoft Corporation
by the Internet Archive in 2008.
From New York Public Library. May
be used for non-commercial, personal, research, or education purposes, or any
fair use.
May not be indexed in a commercial
service.
Transcribed and donated
by Vance Tigges.
This is
a work in progress. Connected links are highlighted
and underlined.
Volume I (pdf format of entire volume)
Contents
CHAPTER I.
THE INDIANS OF THE EARLY TIMES
—THEIR
DISTRIBUTION AT THE TIME OF THE
—TRIBAL EXTINCTION OF THE
—INDIANS OF
—MURDER OF SIOUX CHIEF BY HENRY LOTT AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT
LED TO THE
—HORRORS OF THE BUTCHERY AT
—INDIAN WAR PATH IN EASTERN CARROLL
—THE INDIAN
—SACS AND FOXES ENGAGE IN NOTABLE FIGHT WITH THE SIOUX TO AVENGE
THE
CHAPTER II.
THE FIRST HISTORIAN OF
—ANECDOTES OF THE
NAME OF HIS
—MANY SOUTHERNERS AMONG THE EARLY SETTLERS OF
—POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF STATE AT THE
TIME
—THE BOUNDARIES OF
—THE CENSUS OF 1856
—EMERGING
FROM THE WILDER
—THE FIRST
WHITE SETTLER AND HIS TROUBLESOME PECULIARITY
—ELECTION OF FIRST
—LIST OF THE VOTERS
—ONLY
SURVIVOR OF FIRST ELECTION
............................................................................................................................................. 9
CHAPTER III.
THE PARTICULAR IN WHICH
—TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL
FEATURES
—LOCATION ON MISSISSIPPI-MISSOURI DIVIDE, WHICH
TRAVERSES COUNTY
—THE VARIOUS
—NATURAL DRAINAGE AND PRESENT RECLAMATION PLANS
—SPRING MOUNDS OF THE MIDDLE RACCOON THEIR GEOLOGICAL
SIGNIFICANCE
—NATURE OF THE GENERAL SOIL AND ITS
—POSSIBLE COAL FIELD BUT NO DEVELOPMENT
—MANNER IN
WHICH LAND TITLES WERE FIRST ACQUIRED
—BIG RAILROAD GRANT
PAID FOR WITH CASH OR SOLDIERS' WARRANTS
—WHEAT THE IMPORTANT CROP AT
FIRST
—PRESENT CROPS
—THE MODIFICATION OF THE CLIMATE
........................................................................................................................................
19
CHAPTER IV.
EARLY SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY
—THE
PIONEERS AND THEIR DIFFICULTIES
—JUDGE CAIN CONVENED COUNTY COURT IN
1855
—NATURE OF THE COURT AND THE SORT OF BUSINESS DISPOSED OF
—THE
LOCATION OF THE COUNTY SEAT AT
—MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF EARLY HISTORY
—THE FIRST TAX
LEVY
—SLOW INCREASE OF POPULATION
—FIRST TERM OF STATE COURT IN
1858, MARSHAL F. MOORE, PRESIDING JUDGE
—THE FIRST GRAND AND PETIT
JURORS EMBODIED ENTIRE
—GIFT TO
CHAPTER V.
THE GREAT DEBT PILED UP AGAINST THE
—STATEMENT OF
DEBT
—DIRECTIONS IN WHICH FUNDS HAD BEEN DISSIPATED
—0. H. MANNING'S
DESCRIPTION OF THE SITUATION IN 1870
—ILLEGAL ACTS OF COUNTY
OFFICIALS
—BOUNTY AND AID FRAUDS CARROLLTON COURT HOUSE TRANSACTION
—THE SWAMP
LAND TRANSACTION
—GRANTS OF BACK PAY
—TREASURER'S
STATEMENT OF l866
—SAME, 1867
—BRIDGE TRANSACTIONS AND
—THE
"PEACE AND HARMONY PACT"
—HOW OFFICIAL ACTS WERE
INVESTIGATED
—THOMAS EL WOOD'S LITHOGRAPHIC MAP
—THE
—OBSERVATIONS IN CONCLUSION
—CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
......................................................................................................................................................... 35
CHAPTER V.
The Citizens' Retrenchment Convention Of 1870
—Resolutions DeNouncing THE RECKLESS EXTRAVAGANCE OF THE PAST
—PARTIAL VICTORY Of The Reformers
—The First Teachers' Institute
—Lambert Kniest's Enterprises
—Devastating Tornado Sweeps Section Of The County
—The Second Peoples' Convention
—Growth Of The County
—Division Of Carroll Township
—Guthrie & Bowman's Wholesale Success In Colonizing The Raw Lands
—General Phil Sheridan's Visit To CarRoll
—Valuation Of Property In 187! By Townships
—Republican Victory At The General Election
—Death Of Geo. N. Young
—Growth Of The Granger Movement
—Organization Of Agricultural Society
—Carroll's First Crimes
—Panic Of 1873
—Kendall's Murder
—The PANIC AND THE SALE OF LAND
—DEDICATION OF THE FIRST CHURCH EDIFICE IN CARROLL COUNTY
—CONGREGATIONALISTS FIRST TO ERECT HOUSE OF WORSHIP
—TRAGIC DEATH OF REV. HASTINGS
—DEFALCATION OF COUNTY TREASURER PRICE
—BIRTH OF ARCADIA GRASSHOPPERS MAKE THEIR APPEARANCE
—IOWA RAILROAD LAND COMPANY MAKES SETTLEMENT
—DEDICATION OF M. E. CHURCH ..................................................................................................................................................... 55
CHAPTER VII.
The
Reform Movement Of The Seventies
—0. H. Manning
—E. R. HastIngs
—Others Active In The Turning Down Of The "ring"
—The Removal
Of The County Seat To Carroll
—Glidden A Candidate
—Ballot
Box Stuffing Suspected
—Germans Disaffected Toward The Republican
Party Because Of Prohibition
—The Constitutional Amendment
And Its Rejection By The Supreme Court
—Carroll
County's
First Representative
—Others Prominent
In Politics
—AtTitude
OF THE COUNTY ON THE LIQUOR QUESTION
—ABSENCE OF PAUPERS AND UNIMPORTANT CRIMINAL HISTORY
—ATTEMPTS AT ENFORCEMENT
—PRESENT "WET" AND
"DRY" TERRITORY
.................................................................................................................................. 77
CHAPTER VIII.
SEVERE BLIZZARDS AND COLD PUT STOP TO
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
—GROSS BUSI
—ORGANIZATION OF FIRE COMPANY
—ODD FELLOWS CELEBRATE IN CARROLL
—THE HAZING OF ANAMOSA
—DEDICATION OF THE
—SURVEY OF THE
—HILLSDALE SHOOTING AFFRAY ENDS IN DEATH
—THE GRASSHOPPER
PLAGUE AND THE EFFORTS TO CIRCUMVENT IT
—LITTLE REESE EVANS LOST
AND DIES ON THE PRAIRIE
—GLIDDEN EXPERIENCES FIRST BIG FIRE
—A
REMARKABLE DECEMBER
—NEW
—
—REV. PALMER TAKES AN OVERDOSE
OF CHLOROFORM
—FISH IN NORTH COON DIE FROM EXCESSIVE HEAT
—DEATH OF LAMBERT KNIEST
—NEW
—GREENBACKERS PUT
UP A TICKET
—DISASTROUS OCTOBER TORNADO TRAVERSES WEST SIDE OF COUNTY
—EVICTION OF SETTLERS FROM "
—PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH DEDICATION AT
—ROBBERY OF C. L. CHRISTIAN
—THE SOUTHWESTERN
—NEW SCHOOL HOUSE AT CARROLL
.......................................................................................................................................... 83
CHAPTER IX.
THE GREAT CARROLL FIRE OF SEPTEMBER 25,
1879
—TOWN BUILT ENTIRELY OF WOOD REDUCED TO DEBRIS IN A FEW HOURS
—THE CONFLAGRATION ORIGINATED IN A SALOON BUT THE EXACT CAUSE
WAS NEVER KNOWN,
PROBABLY THE RESULT OF CARELESSNESS OR ACCIDENT
—NO MEANS AT HAND TO RESIST THE DESTRUCTION
—THE ENTIRE
BUSINESS PORTION OF THE TOWN LAID IN RUINS
—MUCH VALUABLE PROPERTY
SAVED BY RESCUERS, HOWEVER
—CITY COUNCIL MEETS AFTER THE
DISASTER AND PASSES AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING FIRE LIMITS
—THE
NORTHWESTERN RAILROAD MAKES VALUABLE CONCESSIONS TO THE
SUFFERERS
—SEVEN WEEKS LATER THE TOWN IS FAIRLY RESTORED AND BUSINESS
RESUMED WITH AN ACTIVITY
UNKNOWN TO THE OLD TOWN
............................................................................................................................................
107
CHAPTER X.
THE INDICTMENT OF GEO. EFFERTS AND PETER
NEW FOR STARTING THE CARROLL FIRE OF 1879
—THE NEW RAILROADS
FROM. CARROLL TO KIRKMAN AND AUDUBON
—THE l880 DEBT STATEMENT OF
CARROLL COUNTY
—REMOVAL OF
—NARROW ESCAPE OF C. C. COLCLO FROM DROWNING
—ORGANIZATION OF
JEFF C. DAVIS POST AT CARROLL
—INCORPORATION OF THE TOWN OF
MANNING
—DISASTROUS FIRE AT MANNING
—NEW TOWN OF TEMPLETON
—COON RAPIDS
—THE MURDER OF THOMAS MAKER AT
—THE BIG GLIDDEN FIRE OF CHRISTMAS EVE
—COL. COOKE
ELECTED DEPARTMENT COMMANDER OF THE G. A. R.
—LYNCHING OF
—FIRE CAUSES LARGE WASTE OF
—THE HANGING OF OLD MAN JELLERSON AND ITS RESULTS
—DEFALCATION OF COUNTY TREASURER W. R. RUGGLES
—GRADUAL TREND
OF
—RUGGLES' BONDSMEN MUST PAY
......................................................................................................................................... 119
CHAPTER XI.
THE LYNCHING OF THE JELLERSON MURDERERS
AT AUDUBON
—THE ELECTION OF W. L. CULBERTSON AND JOHN K.
DEAL AS REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATOR
—A HISTORIC BLIZZARD BY WHICH
CARROLL WAS FOR A WEEK OUT OF THE WORLD
—THE BURNING OF THE
—THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TOWN OF
—DEATH OF EUGENE R. HASTINGS
—AFTER MANY DEFEATS
THE PROPOSITION TO ISSUE BONDS TO BUILD A NEW COURT HOUSE AND
JAIL CARRIES BY A LARGE
MAJORITY
—BOARD OF SUPERVISORS LETS THE
CONTRACT
—DEATH OF CAPTAIN WINNETT
—UNION LABOR PARTY RISES
AND FALLS
—DEATH OF FATHER FENDRICK
—THE PROHIBITORY LIQUOR
LAW BECOMES EFFECTIVE IN CARROLL
—THE OUTBREAK OF BOOZE
JOINTS AND THE STRAITS OF THE CITY FOR REVENUE
—DOLLIVER NOMINATED
AND HIS MAIDEN SPEECH AT CARROLL A JOINT DEBATE WITH CAPTAIN
YEOMANS
—FATAL SHOOTING OF HUNTER BY CONSTABLE JAMES MOLSEED
—ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING OF WM.
—NOMINATION OF JUDGE Z. A. CHURCH AND HIS DEFEAT BY THOMAS RICH
................................................................... 135
CHAPTER XII.
THE BEGINNING OF GERMAN SETTLEMENT IN
1867 AT MT.
—COLONIZATION PROJECT OF
—THE NEW CHURCH AND AFFILIATED UTILITIES AT MT.
CARMEL
—REV. JOSEPH KUEMPER AND HIS RELATIONS TO THE
—St.
Anthony's Hospital
—St. Angele's Domestic
Science SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
—ST. JOSEPH'S PARISH,
CARROLL
—MAPLE RIVER PARISH LATELY ESTABLISHED
—CHRONOLOGY OF MT.
—REV. B. A. SCHULTE'S WORK OF CHURCH AND
—
CHAPTER XIII.
—ANNUAL MEETING OF
THE ASSOCIATION THE MOST IMPORTANT LOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
—MEETING TO ORGANIZE, JULY 25, 1895
—J. W. HOBBS, FIRST CHAIRMAN
—THE ELECTION OF PERMANENT OFFICERS
—FIRST OFFICERS AND TOWNSHIP
VICE PRESIDENTS
—FIRST ANNUAL MEETING AT CARROLL, AUGUST I, 1895
—GOOD ATTENDANCE
—PROCEEDINGS OF THE OCCASION
—ADDRESS OF WM.
GILLEY
—CONSTITUTION OF THE ORGANIZATION
—CHARTER MEMBERS
............................................................................................................................................................. 159
CHAPTER XIV.
EARLY EDUCATIONAL AND RELIGIOUS PRIVILEGES
—ABSENCE OF LEGAL MACHINERY AND ITS EFFECTS
—ANAMOSA A VICTIM OF
NIGHT RIDERS, WHO ABANDON HIM ON THE PRAIRIE
—EXPERIENCE OF
WIFE BEATER MAY HAVE BEEN A ROUGH PRACTICAL JOKE
—ADVENT OF
W. AUGUST FONDA, AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER
—FONDA DRIVEN FROM
—BOGUS NATURE OF THE MAN
—ABDUCTED BY
UNKNOWN MASKED MEN AT CARROLL
—TRIP TO STORM CREEK
BOTTOM
—FUNERAL CEREMONIES ENACTED
—HORSEMAN INTERRUPTS
—FONDA FREE AND FINDS HIS WAY TO GLIDDEN
—TRIUMPHANT
RETURN TO CARROLL
—THE ELLIOTT EPISODE
—OSTENSIBLE MAN AND
WIFE COME TO
—ELLIOTT ORDERED
TO GO AND RETURN AT HIS PERIL
—HUSBAND AND WIFE REUNITED
—SETTLERS' POSSE ESCORT COUPLE TO RAILROAD AND SPEED THEIR
DEPARTURE ................................................ 165
CHAPTER XV.
RADICAL MODIFICATION OF CLIMATE COMES WITH SETTLEMENT
—WINTER'S BLIZZARDS AND SUMMER'S TORNADOES
—SAM
TODD'S STORY OF AN EARLY DAY TRAGEDY
—PARTY FROM HILLSDALE
VISITS CARROLL AND IS CAUGHT BY MARCH STORM
—FOUR OF THE PARTY REACH
HOME IN SAFETY
—FOUR DRIFT WITH THE STORM AND ARE LOST
—BLIZZARD CONTINUES THREE DAYS AND THREE NIGHTS
—CHARACTER OF THE
STORM
—AFTER IT SUBSIDES RESCUE PARTY IS ORGANIZED TO LOOK FOR THE
MISSING MEN
—TWO BODIES FOUND FROZEN STIFF UNDER BOX OF SLED
—BROTHERS PERISH ON THE
—TRAIL HORSES FOUND ALIVE BUT CRAZED WITH SUFFERING AND EXPOSURE
—CLOSING OF THE
TRAGEDY
.................................................................................................................................................. 175
CHAPTER XVI.
Lad's First Impression Of Carroll County
—Dreary Ride From Railroad
To New Home In Glidden Township
—Carroll County In
1868
—The
Early Settlers
—How The Young People Enjoyed Themselves
—Dr.
Miller's Top Buggy
—The First Gold Watch In The Neighborhood
—Excitement Of Early
Political Campaigns
—Early
Religious ObServances
—Land Values In 1876
—Crop Failures And Grasshoppers
—Scarcity Of Money Among The Settlers And High Interest Rates
—Future Development And Wealth Not Among The Dreams Of The
PIONEERS ............................................... 181
CHAPTER XVII.
—THE AFFINITY OF
THE LOESS OR BLUFF DEPOSIT TO THE SOILS OF THE
—THE ADVANTAGES OF THE COUNTY
DERIVED FROM SADDLING THE TRANS-CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
—THE LOSS TO
EASTERN AGRICULTURAL LANDS FROM THE TRITURATING ACTION OF RAINS AND
FLOODS
—CORN AS KING OF AMERICAN CROPS AND THE UNDEVELOPED
USES TO WHICH ITS
PRODUCTS MAY BE APPLIED
—MR. MANNING PARTLY
APPLIES OLD "Mis" MEANS' ADVICE: "GIT A-PLINTY WHILE Y'u
ARE A-GITTIN' " ................ 187
CHAPTER XVIII.
GOVERNORS OF
—CONTRIBUTION OF THE STATE TO THE UNITED STATES SENATE
—MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FROM THE DISTRICTS TO WHICH CARROLL COUNTY HAS
BEEN ATTACHED
—JUDGES OF THE DISTRICT AND CIRCUIT COURTS AND THE
DISTRICTS TO WHICH CARROLL
COUNTY HAS BEEN ATTACHED
—SENATORS AND
REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LEGISLATURE, WITH THE SENATORIAL AND
REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICTS TO WHICH
—PRESENT
FORM OF ORGANIZATION CONTINUOUS FROM 1884
—LIST OF
CHAPTER XIX.
THE FIRST NEWSPAPER
—THE
—THE CARROLL HERALD
—THE CARROLL SENTINEL
—THE
CARROLL TIMES
—THE CARROLL DEMOKRAT
—THE CARROLL NEWS
—THE FARM
JOURNAL
—THE GLIDDEN SENTINEL
—THE GLIDDEN SUCCESS
—THE
GLIDDEN GRAPHIC
—THE MANNING MONITOR
—THE MANNING HEROLD
—THE
MANNING NEWS
—THE MANNING FREE PRESS
—THE COON RAPIDS
—THE COON RAPIDS REPORTER
—THE
—THE
—THE
—WELL KNOWN NEWSPAPER MEN ..................................................................................................................................... 211
CHAPTER XX.
Educational
—The
—MISS JANE
M'curdy,
The First Teacher
—The Public Schools
—SuperintendEnts
—
—PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
—ABSTRACT OF INFORMATION
PERTAINING TO CITY AND TOWN INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS .
CHAPTER XXI.
RAILROADS
—CHICAGO & NORTH
WESTERN RAILROAD
—THE
—THE
—THE BUILDING OF THE FIRST RAILROAD
..................................................................................................................... 225
CHAPTER XXII.
AGRICULTURAL
—CARROLL COUNTY IN ITS
PHYSICAL FORMATION
—LOCATED IN THE NOTED CORN BELT OF
—TOTAL NUMBER OF FARMS THE PRINCIPAL PRODUCTS
RAISED
............................................................................ 231
CHAPTER XXIII.
CARROLL
—THE TOWN LAID OUT
—THE
—THE FIRST BUSINESS MEN
—THE
—THE CENSUS FROM 1869
TO 1910
—MAYORS
—POSTMASTERS
—COUNTY OFFICES
MOVED TO CARROLL
—THE PRESENT COURTHOUSE
—MEN PROMINENT IN
BUSINESS AND POLITI
—THE HIGH SCHOOL
—NORMAL TRAINING DEPARTMENT
—PUBLIC LIBRARY
............................................................................................................................................................ 233
OTHER TOWNS OF
—COON RAPIDS
—GLIDDEN
—RALSTON
—LANESBORO
—LIDDERDALE
—
—
THE
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