History Of Pottawattamie County Iowa Containing A History From The Earliest Settlement To The Present Time Biographical Sketches Portraits Of S

Author : John H. Keatley
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780267393466
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (934 download)

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Download or read book History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa written by John H. Keatley and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa: Containing a History From the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Biographical Sketches; Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc FT ER several months of laboiiiousi'esearch and persistent toil, the history of Pottawat tamie County is complete, and it is our hope and belief that no subject of general importance or interest has been overlookedzor omitted, and even minor facts, when 'of sufficient note to be worthy of record, have begin faithfully chronicled. In short, where protracted investigation promised results commensurate with the undertaking, matters not only of undoubted record but legendary lo're, have been brought into requisition. We are well aware of the fact that it is next to impossible to furnish a perfect history from the meager resources at the command of the historian under ordinary circ umstanccs, but claim to have prepared a work fully up to the standard of our engagements. Through the courtesy and assistance generously afforded, we have been enabled to trace out and put into systematic shape the greater portions of the events that have transpired in the county up to the present time, and we feel assured that all thoughtful persons interested in the matter will recognize and appreciate the importance of the work and it's permanent value. A dry statement of facts has been avoided, so far as it. Was possible to do so, and anecdote and incident have been interwoven with plain recital and statistics, thereby forming a narrative at once instructive and entertaining. We are indebted to 001. John H. Keatley for furnishing us with the history of Council Bluffs and some of the township history also to Hon. D. C. Bloomer for the material assistance he rendered in the compilation of the work by the aid of his valuable and accurate notes in the Annals of Iowa, published by the Historical Society 'of the State. And to the many resi dents of Pottawattamie who furnished our historians, Messrs. W. T. Giles and Frank M. Wright. 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.