The history of Delaware county, Iowa

Less than fifty years ago, Delaware County, now so densely populated and replete with all the elements of an enlightened civilization, was the undisturbed home of the Sacs and' Foxes. Less than half a century has rolled into eternity since the Indian title to any portion of the soil of Iowa was extinguished, and the Black Hawk Purchase permitted the resistless tide of emigration Westward to flow across the Mississippi.

Only a little more than forty years have elapsed since the roving, restless Bennett built the first rude log cabin and the first brave and hardy pioneers settled on the beautiful prairies of Delaware. But these fleeting years have been full of eventful changes — of history. To gather, compile and preserve that history for transmission to posterity as one of the almost countless chapters in the annals of this great country, has been the purpose of this work.

 

Table of Contents

HISTORICAL

History of Northwest Territory 19
History of Iowa
History of Delaware County
History of Towns
Too Lates 561
ILLUSTRATIONS

LITHOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS

DELAWARE COUNTY WAR RECORD

BIOGRAPHICAL TOWNSHIP DIRECTORY

ABSTRACT OF IOWA STATE LAWS

MISCELLANEOUS

ERRATA 300

 

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At the close of the Black Hawk war, in August, 1832, by treaty, the Sac and Fox tribes of Indians, until then the undisputed occupants of the lands lying west of the Mississippi, included in the present State of Iowa, ceded to the United States a strip bordering on the Mississippi and extending westward about fifty miles, which was called "The Black Hawk Purchase." The western boundary of this purchase was fifty miles west of the river and parallel with it, and of course included the present territory of Delaware County. This treaty went into operation June 1, 1833.