Download or read book Past and Present of Buena Vista County Iowa written by C. H. Wegerslev and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Past and Present of Buena Vista County Iowa Classic Reprint written by C. H. Wegerslev and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-12-20 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Past and Present of Buena Vista County, Iowa In presenting the first history ever compiled of Buena Vista county the editors are conscious of many shortcomings and inaccuracies which must exist. The task has been met with hardship at every step because of the deplorable condition of the public records in the county. In reading the following pages it will be seen that in 1866 all of the records of the county, bearing in any way on the financial transactions of the board of supervisors and officials, were carried away by two absconding county officers and were never recovered. Again, in 1877 the courthouse burned and the only records saved at that time were the minute books of the Board of Supervisors. No one, who has not undertaken to trace the history of the county, can realize the disadvantage under which the historian labors when confronted by such conditions. It has been necessary to depend upon the memory of men, uncertain at best, for everything, and while we have been treated with uniform courtesy by all who have been consulted the inability of our informants to remember dates and the unreliability of their recollections must be apparent. We have had much help from the files of county papers, especially of The Storm Lake Pilot, in getting data upon which to base our fragmentary history. Judge G. S. Robinson, now of Des Moines, but formerly a prominent citizen of this county, compiled a sketch of the early history of the county which was published in 1870, and this has been of much help. James D. Adams, another early settler, published a series of papers of early history in The Alta Advertiser in 1884 and James M. Hoskins published W. S. Lee's notes in The Sioux Rapids Republican in 1891, both of which have helped us. Mr. Hoskins has also kindly verified many of the statements made in these pages and as he had an active part in county affairs for more than twenty-five years, and his memory is remarkable, we believe the dates and incidents related are correct. Our sincere thanks are due to the gentlemen named, and to many others, for their assistance in gathering the data upon which the first part of this work has been based. It is a beginning, at least, to preserve these matters in perma nent form, and it is our hope that some future historian of the county may find the time to complete the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Download or read book PAST PRESENT OF BUENA VISTA written by C. H. Wegerslev and published by Wentworth Press. This book was released on 2016-08-28 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Legislative Documents written by Iowa. General Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the reports of state departments and officials for the preceding fiscal biennium.
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