Proud Mahaska
Subtitle: 1843-1900. A little knowledge acquired under difficulties. Tippecanoe and Tyler, too. The national road. Paw-paws. America's black forest. Apple butter boiling. St. Mary's in the Woods. Scott's tavern. A gentleman in the rough. First glimse of Iowa. Paton Wilson. Colonels and esquires. Not dangerous. New purchase. First view of Oskaloosa. Mahaska's first school. First organization of Methodist Church. Killing a bear. Quakers. A blazed path. Going to meeting in ox wagon. The first fire in Oskaloosa. First editors of Oskaloosa Herald. The bear dance. Coal-Harrison township. The war. Sorghum. Soldier's Aid Society. Our neighbors and our precious dead. Many and varied reminiscences
By: [Semira A. Phillips]
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Women and Transnational Networks
Publisher: Herald Print
Published: 1900
Place of publication: Oskaloosa, Ia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 383
Subjects: History
Notes: Reproduction of the original from the Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Harvard University.