Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1869-09-16
History og 's'nmsa County.

While NC fud ourselves unable to enter in
to the spirit that dictated the communication,
on our first page, in respect 10 the above his
tory, We nevertheless. make room for it, lengthy
as it is The work criticised is faulty In the
extreme in very Inany particulars. il vas
written in creas haste, aud with the idea Of
making it a paying Thing Tha. il was fur
nished TO the people = couple weeks In ad-
vance Of being sent to the press Of the eegn,
ty for review confirms the suspicion that its
faults we're not unknown to the compiler. We
give few evidences Of his haste which our
contributor has not mentioned.
Sin the vicinity Of Moa,eccilo lays a large
body OF TIMBER p. 2. ..Ihe natural varie>
tic. of fruit trees nra ilie thorn and crah.ap-
PIE, plum, cherry, grape aud hazlo-nut.' ..
"lia being acquainted With man b the
name Of Bodgett, who 1t appears had ordered
a pair o; boots Of ,nau by the name of John
Aldrch." r. G. This is a complete sentence
"ihe only t,eo criminal css-s of public interest
in Tsma county were the Numbering Of snail
BOY in the n.rth part Of the county" p. g..
"Hho i, snreais ne was in the habit of abus-
ing" 2. I. I'm regard TO a girl that both
wanted" p. =. Grant Township iay, west Of
Bucking CHAM. p 10. There arc plenty of
county roads, All of which compare favnrab'y
with her sister townships p. l3. "0ttcr
Creek township 'cest Of CrroH, contains
&c. 7. ID. THE township york.: contains
one mill, situated near Nal,ham, on Sail
Greek, owned and operated BY Smith & Lewis,
A1s 5sea supplying the wants of the commnni-
~ acre for twelve years" p.l5. II. is lecst-
cd on the spot com,nemroablc GA account Of its
being w}sre the first jniicia! proceedings
were held IL the county" p. 81. Gin 1867 an
independent school district Was formcl, and
since that time, two frame school houses nave
been in operation, but these have been found
too crampei md small Cor the necessary ae,
conamodation Of this district, and through tho
energy and enterprise of the school board, and
it may be we'll to mention here n few names,
OF whom some belong to the board, others do
not, but to whose efforts the district is indebt-
Ell for their present facilities and the fatter-
ing ones now before them, viz: Col. Bolish,
". +. Brown, Thomas Murray, J. l.. Stewart
j. Fl. Eouen, Y. B. Hall, and numerous
others" ?. 81. In respect to the Herald II
Economy, he says, that il ''rciccts great cred
it 10 it's proprietor and editor, Vim. Heath"
p. %. Tbs advertisement Of j. Comts, dealer
in Hardware, Stoves, Sc, Toledo, loua, ap-
pears on page q.
.'rosT-eTFIcE ron 1868.
Which al that that time WIS in charge Of
J. II. Hollcn of this place, llama City and
was the only post>o!icc for the southern part
of the county" p. a5. Speaking Of Bolfshs
Mil, he says they ''are situated near the rail
road track, aud that at is largo three story
brick Sc pr. 1.-The officers of the company,
(f. N. " r. r. Co.,) are W. =. Johnstons,
Esq, president, and W. II. Hrrisan, scores
tary." r, %.
Among the Grocers' Of Toledo. he onum.r-
ates, p. 80, Z. Brown, and Zee &, Doolit.le,
and among the wagon makers and blacks
n',hs, Stoner & Mccullough lie takes no
notice Of The large and we'll stocked livery
stable Of Coats 4 Boyle. On page 81, he
makes J. r, McClaskcy the present Recorder
of the town of Toledo, and J. j. Newcomer,
e Treasurer. "Noar the depot can be seen
the oilice Of tho Leader, spicy and vigorous,
we'll edited sheet By w. W. Yarham.
We have preferc! to quote Nj. Rice with>
out comment, and We pro,Aise that We have
10, pointed out all the errors tina li.tle pans
phlet cen!aias.,
The book gives 4 grca: desl Of inrormatioa
that is valuable. We are glad TO mako its
acquaintance, even with It's many errors Of
f,cl ana stsmntr