INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS
CHAPTER I The Birth of Iowa
CHAPTER II The First Inhabitants
CHAPTER III Iowa Historically
CHAPTER IV Iowa and Her People
CHAPTER V The Geology of Linn County
CHAPTER VI Beginnings in Linn County
CHAPTER VII William Abbe, the First Settler in the County
CHAPTER VIII The County Seat Contests First Railroad in the County
CHAPTER IX The Old Settlers' Association
CHAPTER X Postoffices and Politics
CHAPTER XI The Physicians of the County
CHAPTER XII The Material Growth of the County
CHAPTER XIII Rural Life
CHAPTER XIV A Hero of the Canadian Rebellion
CHAPTER XV The Newspapers of the County
CHAPTER XVI The Bohemian Element in the County
CHAPTER XVII The Early Marriage Record
CHAPTER XVIII Historic Roads and Other Monuments
CHAPTER XIX Some of the Old Settlers
CHAPTER XX Early Linn County Lawyers and Courts
CHAPTER XXI Chatty Mention of Bench and Bar
CHAPTER XXII The Schools of the County
CHAPTER XXIII Historical Sketch of Cornell College
CHAPTER XXIV History of Coe College
CHAPTER XXV The Old Blair Building
CHAPTER XXVI Some of the Old Cemeteries
CHAPTER XXVII Early Experiences in Stage and Express
CHAPTER XXVIII Linn County Libraries THE IOWA MASONIC LIBRARY
CHAPTER XXIX Wages and Prices in the County from 1846 to 1856
CHAPTER XXX Some of the First Things in Cedar Rapids and Linn County
CHAPTER XXXI Society in the Early Days
CHAPTER XXXII Southern Influence
CHAPTER XXXIII Some Township History BERTRAM TOWNSHIP
CHAPTER XXXIV Lisbon and the United Brethren Church
CHAPTER XXXV County and District Politics
CHAPTER XXXVI Cedar Rapids
CHAPTER XXXVII Beginnings of Churches and the Fraternities in Cedar Rapids
CHAPTER XXXVIII Catholicism in Linn County
CHAPTER XXXIX Linn County Statistics POPULATION
CHAPTER XL The Bridges Across the Cedar at Cedar Rapids and Early Steamboating on the Cedar River
CHAPTER XLI Banks and Banking in Linn County
CHAPTER XLII Roster of County Officers
CHAPTER XLIII History of Marion, the County Seat
CHAPTER XLIV Linn County in War
CHAPTER XLV Odds and Ends of History and Reminiscence
INDEX
BY LUTHER A. BREWER AND BARTHINIUS L. WICK Members Historical Society of Linn County, Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS The Torch Press 1911
Copyright 1911 by Luther A. Brewer THE TORCH PRESS CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA
TO THE MEMORY OF OUR HONORED PIONEERS
