Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-12-03
THE new HISTORY OF
HAMILTON COUNTY

and the principal events of the early
seventies are recorded in chapter 10.
Chapter II is devoted to reminis-
cences of pioneer life-Christmas in
1857, a pioneer.>law suit, the first
school house, how John Kearns haul
ed -four from Vinton to Webster
City, etc. Chapter 12 is devoted
largely to political history Of the
county and chapter 13 deals with
Webster City politics. The river
land troubles are reviewed in chap
ter IA and chapter Is is devoted to
some Of the tragedies of the county
The military history of the county
is recorded in chapter 16 and the
succeeding chapter deals with Com
pany's C's connection with the Span
ish-American war. The organi7a-
tion of the townships is reviewed in
chapter 1S. 19 tells of the attempts
of the county to get more railroads.
Chapter 20 is devoted to Rosen-
krans' park Inventions, manufact-
uring, wholesale and retail trade oc-
cupies the major portion of chapter
21. The bench and bar is the title
of chapter %. Chapter 23 is devot-
ed to the medical profession. The
newspapers are given chapter "a
and 25 is devoted to banks and
banking. Chapter &c is given to
review of church history and chap
ter 27 is memorial to some of the
more prominent of the early resi-
dents who have passed away. Chap
ter 2S deals with the mills of the
county and chapter 20 tells of the
public benefactions. Chapter 80 is de-
voted to schools and chapter 81 is
confined to the agricultural and hor-
ticulural development of the county
and closes volume 1.
The following portraits and illus
trations appear in volume 1:
j. w. Lee, the author. Boone riv-
er, Webster City. SidominAdotah,
the Indian chief murdered by Henry
Lott w. C. Wilson. Webster City's
oldest hotel--the Park house.
Rhodes building, first brick erected
in Webster City, now occupied by
Gustuson's meat market. Seneca
street, the county's first court house,
court house park, court house, "Shi-
loh's cabin" on Boone river, Isaiah
Doane, j. D. Hunter, Charles AL
drich, Birds-eye view of Webster
City, Sergeant James Kephart. non
commissioned officers Of company c,
armory Of company c, home Of COM
pany c at Chicamauga, view of the
business districts of Williams; city
park, Williams: street scene, Jewell;
street scene, Ellsworth; view along
Skunk river near Ellsworth; scene
on Main street, Ellsworth; view on
the main street, Stratford; city
park, Webster City; first typewriter
ever made, invented by Abner Peel
er in Webster City in 1868; shoe
factory destroyed by fire." city hall,
Webster City; Judge Miracle, Judge
Chase, Judge Hyatt, F. @. Lee, old
First National Bank building, new
First National Bank, Hamilton
County State Bank, Methodist
church, English Lutheran church,
st. Paul's Universalist church, First
Congregational church, Baptist
church, st. Taomas Aquinas Catho-
lie church, old Catholic church,
Chase mill, Tunnell mill, Kendall
and Jane Young, Kendall Young
library, Jacob NJ. Funk, Mercy hos
pital, old brick school house built in
1858 and torn down in 1880: pres
ent school houses, and Webster City
on Watermelon day, 1911.
Volume two is the same size as
volume one, and is devoted to bio
graphical sketches of prominent peo-
pie of the county. 1t is similar to
other histories of Hamilton county
of this character heretofore publish
ed