History of Story County Iowa

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Names for Genealogists; Tales for Historians...
History of
Story County, Iowa
U
S
A
New!
131-Page Book
Early days in Story County, IA, are recalled through colorful tales and factual data in this
brand new
131-page book, a reprint of the hard-to-find:
A History of Story County, Iowa
by William G. Allen, first published in 1887 by the Iowa Printing Company.
This new spiral bound book is printed on 11" x 8.5" 60# bond paper. The tri-color cover is on 80# card stock, with the front protected by a vinyl sheet.
We were able to fit two pages from the original book on each sheet in our booklet, so it contains quite a bit of information, although we did eliminate a few passages.
Our book, entitled
History of Story County, Iowa USA
, is one of over 950 historic titles we have reproduced, all preserving the writings of early historians.
Among the subjects discussed are:
the Location of the county seat at Nevada; Early boundary of Story County; War dance by Indians in 1856; Centennial Oration by Col. John Scott; Political history; Story County Advocate (newspaper); State Agricultural College; Court Cases; Early Settlements and Settlers; Churches -- Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran, Catholic and others; Masonic Order; Odd Fellows; Early Roads; the town of Ames; Homicides and other items; Civil War History; Lafayette and Howard Townships by R.W. Ballard; Grand Army of the Republic; Cyclones; the Great Chicago & Northwestern Railway; Other detailed township reports; history of mills, groves, storne quaries, etc.; Newspapers; a "partial history of the Nevada School" and other interesting items.
The book does not have individual biographies, but there are hundreds of names listed in various places:
county officers, attorneys, business owners, pensioners (with the amount received for various ailments), veterans attending a reunion in 1886, teachers, marriage licenses, pre-1858 settlers, real estate transfers; veterans buried in Nevada Cemetery and elsewhere; and persons buried in the following cemeteries: Nevada,  Pleasant Grove, Sheffield, Center Grove, Sowers', Gilbert, Ames, Colo, Zearing, Mullen, Mound, Ontario and New Philadelphia, Cambridge, Woodland, Maxwell, Story City, Roland, Born, Baldus, Bloomington and others.
Wouldn't this make a great gift!