History of Linn County Iowa / From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time [1911]

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History of Linn County Iowa
Luther A. Brewer
Luther A. Brewer
History
of
Linn County Iowa
From Its Earliest Settlement to the
Present Time
BY
LUTHER A. BREWER
AND
BARTHINIUS L. WICK
Members Historical Society of Linn County, Iowa
CEDAR RAPIDS
The Torch Press

1911

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THE TORCH PRESS

CEDAR RAPIDS

IOWA

TO THE MEMORY OF OUR

HONORED PIONEERS

INTRODUCTION

The history of Linn county is covered by the events of only a few years, if compared with the history of communities east of the

Mississippi. The space of one life-time embraces all that has happened here since the first white man looked upon our goodly heritage. True, that life has been prolonged beyond the scriptural three score and ten years. Robert Ellis, who came to this community more than seventy years ago, and who was one of the very early settlers, yet lives in a hale and vigorous age on land he "claimed" at that time.

But if the history of the county does not cover many years, it yet is a history crowded with happenings of interest, some of the incidents being more or less stirring.

History is defined as a record of the past. It does not concern itself with the present. It has been the purpose of the editors of this volume to treat somewhat at length of the early days in the county. Those conversant with events occurring prior to the Civil war are rapidly

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