History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
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Side 41
Louis Honori settled on the site of the present town of Montrose , probably in
1799 , and resided there until 1805 , when his property passed into other hands .
Of the Girard settlement , opposite Prairie du Chien , little is known , except that it
...
Louis Honori settled on the site of the present town of Montrose , probably in
1799 , and resided there until 1805 , when his property passed into other hands .
Of the Girard settlement , opposite Prairie du Chien , little is known , except that it
...
Side 48
In 1827 an agent of the American Fur Company , Francis Guittar , with others ,
encamped in the timber at the foot of the bluffs , about on the present location of
Broadway , and afterward settled there . In 1839 a block house was built on the
bluff ...
In 1827 an agent of the American Fur Company , Francis Guittar , with others ,
encamped in the timber at the foot of the bluffs , about on the present location of
Broadway , and afterward settled there . In 1839 a block house was built on the
bluff ...
Side 57
The country bevond had been thoroughly explored , but the United States military
authorities had prevented any settlement , or even the making out of claims by
any monuments whatever . To aid them in making out their claims when the honr
...
The country bevond had been thoroughly explored , but the United States military
authorities had prevented any settlement , or even the making out of claims by
any monuments whatever . To aid them in making out their claims when the honr
...
Side 88
... who decided that the grant extended to the northern boundary of the State ; the
State relinquished its claim to the lands lying along the river in Minnesota , and
the vexed question was supposed to be finally settled . The land which had been
...
... who decided that the grant extended to the northern boundary of the State ; the
State relinquished its claim to the lands lying along the river in Minnesota , and
the vexed question was supposed to be finally settled . The land which had been
...
Side 130
The person gaining admission by this means was obliged to fill the blank spaces
left for that purpose , and which , when filled , would give his age , when married ,
to whom and what year , and the date of his settlement in the county , as well as ...
The person gaining admission by this means was obliged to fill the blank spaces
left for that purpose , and which , when filled , would give his age , when married ,
to whom and what year , and the date of his settlement in the county , as well as ...
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Side 68 - State, but all acts, rules and regulations of said Board may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly ; and when so altered, amended, or repealed, they shall not be re-enacted by the Board of Education.
Side 101 - The interest on these loans is apportioned by the State Auditor semi-annually to the several counties of the State, in proportion to the number of persons between the ages of five and twenty-one years. The counties also levy an annual tax for school purposes, which is apportioned to the several district townships in the same way.
Side 96 - Company, every alternate section of land, designated by odd numbers, for ten sections in width on each side...
Side 58 - ... middle of the main channel of the Mississippi river; thence down the middle of the main channel of said Mississippi river, to the place of beginning.
Side 25 - British trader had landed at Rock Island with two boats loaded with goods, and requested us to come up immediately, because he had good news for us, and a variety of presents. The express presented us with tobacco, pipes and wampum. The news ran through our camp like fire on a prairie.
Side 30 - By this treaty, the Sacs and Foxes ceded to the United States a strip of land on the eastern border of Iowa, fifty miles wide, from the northern boundary of Missouri to the mouth of the Upper Iowa River, containing about six million acres. The western line of the purchase was parallel with the Mississippi. In consideration...
Side 34 - ... understood that the points of termination for the present cession shall be the northern and southern points of said tract as fixed by the survey made under the authority of the United States, and that a line shall be drawn between them so as to intersect a line extended westwardly from the angle of said tract nearly opposite to Rock Island, as laid down in the above survey, so far as may be necessary to include the number of acres hereby ceded, which last mentioned line, it is estimated, will...
Side 49 - The organic act provided for a Governor, whose term of office should be three years, and for a Secretary, Chief Justice, two Associate Justices, and Attorney and Marshal, who should serve four years, to be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The act also provided for the election, by the white male inhabitants, citizens of the United States, over twenty-one years of age, of a House of Representatives, consisting of twenty-six members, and a Council, to consist...
Side 109 - While awaiting an answer to this request, he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments. In a short time, he was notified that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the Second and Third Regiments (which was near the close of May), the Adjutant General of the State reported that upward of one hundred and seventy companies had been tendered to the Governor to serve against the enemies of the Union. " Much difficulty and considerable...
Side 14 - ... of the Executive, they will wait the issue of such measures as that department of the government shall have pursued, for asserting the rights and vindicating the injuries of the United States ; — holding it to be their duty, at the same time, to express their unalterable determination to maintain the boundaries, and the rights of navigation and commerce through the river Mississippi, as established by existing treaties.
Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | History of Winneshiek and Allamakee Counties, Iowa |
| Forfatter | W. E. Alexander |
| Bidragsyter | Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa) |
| Utgiver | Western Publishing Company, 1882 |
| Original fra | New York Public Library |
| Digitalisert | 23. jan 2008 |
| Lengde | 738 sider |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |