Annals of IowaIowa State Historical Department, Division of Historical Museum and Archives, 1863 |
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acres Annals Antoine Le Claire appointed April beautiful Black Hawk Black Hawk war Blue Grass bluffs Brady building built Buque Burrows bushels cabin Capt Captain cents citizens city of Davenport claim Clerk Clinton county commenced Commissioners congregation corner county seat Creek Davis County early Ebenezer Cook edifice election erected farm feet five flag flour friends Grove held Historical Society Indians interest Iowa City James James Thorington John July land Le Claire March miles mill Mississippi river Missouri Moines Muscatine Muscatine county opened organized Parvin pastor pioneer prairie preached Presbyterian Church present President purchased regiment Rock Island Rockingham Sacs and Foxes Samuel School Scott county seal settled settlement settlers Sheriff soon Spring street Territory of Iowa thousand dollars tion town township Treasurer tribe Valley village votes West winter worship
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Página 3 - authentic form, a library of books, pamphlets, maps, charts, manuscripts, papers, paintings, statuary, and' other materials illustrative of the state of the history of Iowa; to rescue from oblivion, the memory of its early pioneers; to obtain and preserve varieties of their exploits, perils, and
Página 192 - 'Tis not a cause of small import, The Pastor's care demands ; But what might fill an angel's heart; It filled a Savior's hands.
Página 5 - 2. This act shall take effect and he in force, from and after its publication in the Iowa State Register and State Journal.
Página 265 - Mississippi river in the rear of the whole, with the steamer Iowa under way ; an eagle near the upper edge holding in his beak a scroll with the following inscription upon it : ' Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.'
Página 233 - "My name, Sir, is Simeon Cragin. I own fourteen 'claims,' and if any man 'jumps' one of them I will shoot him down at once ? Sir. I am a gentleman, Sir, and scholar. I was educated in Bangor, have been in the United States army and served my country
Página 233 - scholar. I was educated in Bangor, have been in the United States army and served my country faithfully—am the discoverer of the 'Wopsey'—can ride a grizzly bear, or whip any human that ever crossed the Mississippi ; and if you dare to jump one of my claims, die
Página 173 - the heavenly flame, Then is the time to trust our God And rest upon his name."
Página 351 - with all the rights of sepulture which are only bestowed upon their most distinguished men, and that they buried him in his war dress, in a sitting posture, on an eminence, and covered him with a mound of earth." He sickened and died near lowaville, the site of his old town on the Des Moines river, in Wapello county,
Página 359 - I will venture the opinion, founded on mature reflection, that the whole Mexican Republic might at. once be admitted into this Union, if done by mutual consent, the States and Territories placed on a footing of equality with our own, without causing any essential disturbance or danger to
Página 331 - now lying before me, and which has never been out of my possession : HUMMER'S BELL. " Ah, Hummer's bell ! Ah, Hummer's bell ! How many a tale of woe 'twould tell, Of Hummer driving up to town To take the