The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1911-09-13
COUNTY HISTORY
IS NOW READY
II Is the Most Important Local Work
That Has Ever Been Presented
to the People.
CONSISTS or TWO ,oLuMEs
History as Written by F. w. Meyers
Will Stand as Authority for
Many Years to Come.

Many Years to Come.
The much talked of and long eS
pected history of Crawford county
edited by F.. w. Meyers and published
by the S. j. Clark Publishing company
of Chicago, is now ready for delivery
and is rapidly being placed in the
hands of subscribers. The history is
in two handsomely bound volumes o.
Approximately 500 pages each. The,
are we'll bound in half Morocco anG
we'll, printed OH excellent paper. There
are many Illustrations of familiar
scenes and of familiar faces and these
are printed on fine enameled paper
with very artistic results.
I The first volume is the one written
by Mr.. Meyers and those whom he
called to his assistance. The fronts
piece is portrait of the author Of the
book. The first chapters are devoted
to brief outline of the earliest his.
tory of the territory of which Craw.
ford county is part. These chap
tiers are among the most interesting in
the book and contain much informa-
tion which should be in the possession
of everyone. Chapter five treats OF
1.-THE Birth of Crawford County," and
this is followed by chapter on "Thf
Pioneers" and chapters containing the
"reminiscences of Thos. Dobson, B. F.
Wicks, Morris McHenry, A. G.. Lawson
and others. Chapter eleven is a long
one devoted to County Government"
In this chapter the official history of
the county, as taken from the records
of the board of supervisors from the
year 1855, is given in a readable way
and not as mere recital OF Official
facts. A brief chapter is devoted to
Ia strictly non-partisan review of the
political history of the county and this
is followed by an interesting summary
of the election results of the county
from 1869 to 1910.
A very valuable chapter, contribu-
uted by Hon w. H. Fleming. of Des
Moines, treats of the legislative, judic-
ial and congressional history of the
county. This chapter sets forth all
the various political divisions to which
Crawford county has belonged SINCE
its organization and gives complete
record of all representatives, senator's.
judges and congressman who have
represented this county.
The history then returns to ''The Be
ginning OF Denison.' This chapter
and succeeding ones are based upon
with early settlers. old
diaries and records and newspaper
files. Portraits of J. w. Denison,
founder of this city, and of Hon. II.
C. Laub, it's foremost builder, are
features of this section of the work.
The history of Denison and much OF
the history of the county is followed
with painstaking fidelity through the
various decades down to the month
Of August, 1911, making it a very re-,
cent history.
Chapter twenty-three is devoted TO
brief histories of the Organizations
of Denison." This is given more as
a matter of record than as chapter
of general reading, but it is authors
tive and will long stand as perma-
nent history of the various institutions
of the city. The chapter on Churches
will be of great interest to the many
church members of Denison and Of
the county. The history of the Bap-
fist church is from the pen Of Mrs.
Chas X. Meyers; DR.. w. T. Wright
an, interesting history OF
the Episcopal church, the splendidly
written article on THE Methodists of
Crawford County," was written by Mr..
f. w. Pierce, and it embraces the
Methodist church of the entire county.
lie ulSlOIy VI II cSUylC1lolAASul SO1ISo
from various sources, the chief OF
which being Rev. J. James DePree, OF
Denison, and Rev. Harvey Hostctler,
who writes of the Vail church. MIR.
Chas. X. Meyers adds an interesting
account of the work of the Sunday
school association. Two chapters OF
special interest are those on CATHOLIC
cism by Rev. Father NJ. J. Farrelly
and on the Church of Latter Day
Saints by Bishop c. J. Hunt, of Deioit.
One of the most thorough and his
torically accurate chapters of the en-
tire history is that devoted to schools.
This was the work of the veteran
school man, Mr.. 2. T. Hawk, one Of
our early county superintendent and
principal of the schools, both at Deni-
son and at Vail. This chapter contains
not only the general school history
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