The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-07-20

Deer Creek, in what is now Howard
township, and Peter overmire settled in
Toledo township and built the first cabin
in that township. About the same time
Norman l.. Osborn and family settled III
Northern lama, on Wolf creek, in Perry
township, near the present site of Traer,
while Daniel A. Dean and his two sons,
Ira and Lewis, single men, settled IN
what is the present township of Bucking-
ham. Samuel Giger and family settled
IN Howard township; George Carter and
William Blodgctt came and settled near
the present site of lama City; William
TAYLOR and Newell Blodgctt settled near
Indiantown, while in the Spring of said
year Eli Chase settled near Tama City.
1852
In this wear other settlers came into
| the county and cast their lot among those
already upon our soil. In the month OF
June, John Connell and his brother
Joseph, William Ilitchner and Jonas T.
Wood settled in what is now Perry town
shin. John Connell making his first orig
inal entry of land on TIE 9th day OF July,
at Dubuque, Iowa.
In the Spring OF this year James Laugh
lin and family settled in Carlton town
ship Northeast from Indiantown about
six miles, being in the timber section of
the county. James A. Wiley settled in
Salt Creek township. John G. Vermilya,
James II. Hollen, his brother W. 7. Hol-
len and Myron Blodgett came in the
Spring of this year and settled in South
ern Tama in what is now Tama township.
John Ross, TalIman Chase, VIM. Scham-
crhorn, Solomon Hufford and families
settled near the present site of Toledo.
In the Spring, B. w. Wilson, Thos. Skies
and one or two others with their families
settled in Salt Creek township South of
the Iowa River and VIM. Cruthers and
family, in the Fall of this year, settled
North of the River in the same township,
Willie Edward McKeen and Riley Van
Dorm and families settled still farther
North of them in what is now York town
ship, near Salt Creek, tributary to the
Iowa River.
Isaac Butler, Washington Abbott, ].
H. Voorhees, and VIM. Martin settled
near Indiantown during this year in In
dian Village township, thus increasing
the population of the county and giving
new neighbors to those who came first.
Every new face was welcomed with
hearty good will and the kindest assist
ancc rendered The best lands were
pointed out, while they gathered from
far and near to assist in raising the log
cabin, which was to shelter them and
to mark the place Of their new home.
1868
This year witnessed the coming of a
still larger number of pioneers and their
families Early in the Spring Amos B.
Hancock and family settled in what is
now Otter Creek township, and later
came Abram Tompkins, an old soldier
of the Blackhawk War, and laid his war
rant; also John Bishop and family who
settled in the same township. These
were the first settlers in that township.
On June 10Th, Joseph Powell, Nathan
Fisher and Levi Hayworth and families
settled in what is now known as Carroll
township, on one of the branches of Salt
Creek.
In the same Spring John Reedy, George
W. Free, ST., Franklin Davis, William
Hillmon, James l.. Walkup. Henry G.
Foster and Robert Foster and families
settled near the present town of Toledo,
while Ira Taylor and his brother Giles,
settled in Perry township. Ira Taylor
entered his land this year a part of which
the present town of Tracr is now located
upon.
In September of this year Thomas A.
Graham and his brother James, and Z.
Il. Shugart and families settled in York
township while in the Winter Geo. Will
liams, Levi Marsh and families settled
near the present town of West Irving.
James Cronk, Allan Dingee, Geo. Dingee,
George Voorhees, and families settled
near Indiantown. David Miller, Benja-
min Hammitt, Jacob Reedy and families
settled IN what is now Howard township
near Deer Creek and commenced their
improvements.
In this year immigration increased
steadily, Joshua Burley, Thomas Everett,
VIM. Stoddard and families settled in
what is now Columbia township, South
of lama City and South of the Iowa
River, while large number OF persons
came into the county whose names can
not be mentioned here for want of room
and dates.
A State Road had been laid out by the
Legislature, running from Marengo to
Fort Dodge, through the South side OF
the county on July 1st, 1858, and during
this year QS5D Mail Route was estab-
lishcd from Marengo to Marietta in Mar
shall county, along this road, while in
January of this year 1854 Post-Office
was established at Kinisaw, small town,
A. Wilkinson being postmaster, his COM
mission bearing date February 9th, 1854.
About the same time o Post Office was
established North of the Iowa River near
the present site of lama City, with James
II. Hollea as Post master. Said State
Road, Mail Route and Post-Offices being
the first ones in Tama County, gave ma
tcrial assistance to the settlers on the
South side of the county and West of
the River; while it also helped those re-
siding in the central part of the county.
ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY, ETC.
Tama County was surveyed by A. l..
Brown and his Assistants in the year
1943-4-5 and 6.
The first original entry of land was
made by Noah Deere on section 10, town
ship 50, range IS, West, Salt Creek town
ship, May 10th, 1913. The next entry
was made by Horace N. Atkinson on sec
ton 80, township SO, range Is, West, in
Tama township, on May 18th, 1S4S, and
now partly occupied by the Sac and Fox
Indians.
At this time in Ter history Tama coun-
ty was attached to Benton county for
Election, Judicial and Revenue purposes.
On the 10th day of March, 1853, the
voters of lama county presented a petit
ton to the County Judge of Benton coun-
ty, asking for separate organization,
which was duly granted and an order is