Chantry, Alton, Buckland, Manches- .399 Systems of County Management....377 War Record, Allamakee County Vol- PREFACE. HE object of this work is to place upon record. in a reliable manner and in a permanent form, whatever incidents of importance have transpired within the limits of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties since their first settlement. As preliminary to this, a brief History of Iowa is given, including an account of its discovery and occupation; its Indian tribes; a sketch of preterritorial times; an outline of Iowa when a Territory; its State organization, growth and progress; its public institutions, public lands and schools; its political and war records. These facts are from the pen of a well-known writer, and may be relied upon as accurate. In the history of the Counties, facts and figures, incidents and reminiscences, anecdotes and sketches, are given, with a variety and completeness, it is thought, commensurate to their importance. This has necessitated, on the part of the editorial staff, an appreciable quantity of persevering effort; but their labor has been cheered by the cordial assistance and good will of many friends to the enterprise in both Counties, to all of whom grateful acknowledgments are tendered. They have enabled us to give to the present generation a valuable reflex, it is believed, of the times and deeds of pioneer days; and to erect to the pioneer men and women of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties a merited and lasting monument. November, 1882. W. E. A. |