Story of Lee County, Iowa, Volumen 1Nelson Commins Roberts, Samuel W. Moorhead S. J. Clarke publishing Company, 1914 |
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Nelson Commins Roberts, Samuel W. Moorhead. CHAPTER VII TOWNSHIP HISTORY , CONTINUED JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - MADISON - MARION - MONTROSE - THE TES- SON LAND GRANT - THE OLD ORCHARD - PLEASANT RIDGE - VAN BUREN- -WASHINGTON - WEST POINT ...
Nelson Commins Roberts, Samuel W. Moorhead. CHAPTER VII TOWNSHIP HISTORY , CONTINUED JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP - MADISON - MARION - MONTROSE - THE TES- SON LAND GRANT - THE OLD ORCHARD - PLEASANT RIDGE - VAN BUREN- -WASHINGTON - WEST POINT ...
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... West Point Township and flows in a general southerly direction through- out its entire course . It is about ten miles in length . West Sugar Creek rises in Cedar Township , near the northwest corner of the county , and flows ...
... West Point Township and flows in a general southerly direction through- out its entire course . It is about ten miles in length . West Sugar Creek rises in Cedar Township , near the northwest corner of the county , and flows ...
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... county , giving Lee an excellent system of natural drainage . The waters of all these streams ultimately reach the Mississippi . ALTITUDES West Point , in the northwestern part of the township of the same name , is the highest point in the ...
... county , giving Lee an excellent system of natural drainage . The waters of all these streams ultimately reach the Mississippi . ALTITUDES West Point , in the northwestern part of the township of the same name , is the highest point in the ...
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... points in the coal measures . In West Point Township the building stone is nearly all of the St. Louis limestone . Most of the quarries are in the western part of the township . Some of the beds dress well and are used in making ...
... points in the coal measures . In West Point Township the building stone is nearly all of the St. Louis limestone . Most of the quarries are in the western part of the township . Some of the beds dress well and are used in making ...
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... Town . of Denmark . The coal beds here form a portion of the coal - bearing area which extends northward into Henry County . At the old Norris mine a considerable quantity of coal was mined years ago , the output going to West Point and ...
... Town . of Denmark . The coal beds here form a portion of the coal - bearing area which extends northward into Henry County . At the old Norris mine a considerable quantity of coal was mined years ago , the output going to West Point and ...
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afterward appointed April August bank became Black Hawk Black Hawk Purchase building built Buren Burlington & Quincy cabin captain Cedar Township Charles Charleston Chicago church City of Keokuk commissioners Company corner Court David Denmark District Donnellson early Edward elected erected established feet Fort Madison Franklin Galland George George W governor half-breed half-breed tract Harrison Harrison Township held Henry Illinois Indians Infantry Iowa Isaac Jackson James January Jefferson John Joseph Judge July Keokuk land Lee County Legislature located Louis Madison Marion Township miles Miller Mississippi River Missouri Moines River Montrose Montrose Township mounds mustered officers organized plat Pleasant Ridge Township postoffice president promoted corporal Quincy Railroad regiment Robert Sacs and Foxes Samuel second lieutenant sergeant settlement settlers Skunk River Smith Street Sugar Creek territory Thomas town Township treaty tribes United West Point West Point Township William H
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