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!tll.bUaMd, cf' ..r: dI I, Z3 lire n in u'r-:iet. ~r DPO-<:ollec:t..laa r.el'din l~~n. ~ot until 1 ~r ~le te cOMplete cur Coal ct t -"It ~ fro­.ch cOWlty, a..,r.;»cH' Co. blein&: til f'in.a.l ..~rltilln. l<~ 1.. _rot trndl~~ bo.....~ of ...rchhl«, ..niil ..eh corrupcr.dmc:e eo-pltted to achi"". our &011.1­An eft\Jf't hu bot.. _d, to .bo.. ~lt. of .1 lUlIY.I pouibh of til, tint POltof"'ic of tile tOl:Ulti ... r.o.ther than exal:lp1u of bter Y"ara whieh dellt b. JIll"attractive f~ .. philatelic: point of view. The _hoyt .ap identiliel the re'ptc:~

iTe countl",. IolId tI>. n..,hn et nl'O-cJl.llct:l. 'II"I! MV" rdAud to thr total poalible.We an! al.,,1 .nx!O\Il to .dd new lteIU to our colbc:b.OIl, or furnish inforaation'roil our r~C<'n11 re•• rdill& Ion'. nro.. q the ,.UrI p..... thIS talk b.CCftllI 1n­creuinclY difficult. ponal Hhtory 18 both u;cltill& and ehaUl!lI.&1q.

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Prnid.nt Vaa Bure.. aeked QeaereJ.Henry Atkin80ll to I.e.... .1. OvYeJ"QGrof tha new Territory of 10. but tbeleneral refllted tb. proffer ud th,appoi..tIIliIIt .... p"... to Robert Luc:~

a. of Chio. Luca., who •• born 111Wat h now Sb.pMrd.to.... Virpllia,......t Yirpllia. on April I, 1781,_.eli to the loorth...t T.rritory 111l800 ud lind iA the Scioto Villeyof 0b.10. Arter .erdee in tboo War of1812 be ur"Jed 111 both Milo... of tbooChio lqhJ.acure &Dd thea .e"_ twote... a. F"enlOr of CIllo. A "IOr­oua o-.c:r.t, b..."eel bh party ..c:bairwu of the 'iUt ~c:ntic: _tiollll1 Coanntion ill 18J2 .... di....~shed .. a .ul..-t &OIppOrt.rof .lDIirew Jac:ll_, 1ilari.Jl& the bonorof re~_tiJIc ·01d. Hic:lIory" fotpraaieleat i. 1.8J2. AfpoiGt..cl tlo••r-DOl" of the Territory of low by 'aa&urea. b. Jllly of 18JC, be ........ lID­

t.iJ. be ... r_"ed f~ olfic:a byPruiol.llt IluTholl 1.11 1841. H• .ade hh '-' at n .. C.--....ar I .. Citya. took all ac:t11'. art 110. politic:. lIDt.iJ. hh oIutlt. 011 ".bruary 7, leSJ.b. prhate We be •• cli.~ab.d. for hi. worII: ill fnor ot railroa4...u.pera.ac••

Ilec&a.. of. d.el..,. ill hh I.ppoiA_t. Loca. did aot re.d1 au-lhctollIl.lItU Au&v.1t U, lU8, ud i.a tbe _1It_ Willi.. B. Con.y, wbn bacl bHllappollltee! Secrecary of tbe Territory by the Pre.ioleat. had di.c:harC" the"tie. of Co".rllDr f~ tb. tiaa be .arr11'ed On Jill,. Jrd, ...... p.--ldee!in the Orpnlc Act. Co~,I. _tin of PeDDllfh'anla, ••• practical ud

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ambitiou. politici...... When Oonnlnr Lucas .rri...ed he fnund Conway had u­ready dhided 10.... into three lectiona, to each or which h. had auienedone of the thr.e junices _d by the I'reddent~harlesltaeon, josephWilliUls an.d Thollu S. Wil.an. Lucas hIt that Conway had beell too ofUc-101.1, and friction de h,ped.

Oonrnor Luca., e~.t and hard-WOrKina N.<I dcYoted hi. first orne-isl efforts to a tour or tbe TeITitory. He ...... to ha.......t _It or theiaportant eithena and to hive ..de e "'ery &ood iapreuion upon the.. Thllllhe blUed a call for. &ellerU .lectinn to be. held the 10th 01 Septu.ber 6'auected Burlinatllll u tbe tlllpOrary captiu.

The First Le&bl.the A....bly or 10__t at 8llrlin&ton 0110 IIo.....ber 12and in M. tint _nace the 57-year old, richly axperiallced and hip.1yopinionated Oo enlllr adopted ..... unfortunate tODe that r .....ealed hi. inten.ecolIYictions 11 •• hil politi.... _thodl. i..l.lcu seased .OM_hat pater-nal and pNlpnet-.ry--1I if he re&arded the h&islatora .. youna and iIlu­perienced lien who needed tbe leadership .nd wi.do_ of an older and wiler.._Maul(. The CO.....rnor W an ablolute nto plIftr and he did not 1Ul_

dear hiaeel.f to Iowans whll!:l1 he uucbed hi I ..... to freely, ullially accDllJlA­nrina hil ..... to _5...&'1' dtb a sharp rebuke.

0110 the precedillC p&&e i. a letterwritten by a kr. P. C. Oall&&her, orthe General Land Office, Wuhinaton,in bahalf or his frielld, kr. johD G.Willer, for COlluderation in the aJ)­poine-ent of a Secret.ry or the. Ter­ritory of 10_.

i..l.lcaa bad just been appointed C01'­e.rllOr and appllnntly recei...ed thiapllrticul.ar letter ju.t prior to hiadepllrture for Burlington where hearri1'ed AuJult 15, 1838.

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111 the letter below, he describalthe "land deprellinn" 6' of the dif­ficulty of procurl.nc $5.00 per acre •

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al1" ot the fint ••nl.... The Hrntettln i.D tbe CO\lllty.. ~. J..John.:l.II, .... c_e in 1849. He ••fint posta,..ter of the Urn .wa1.rpeat office, uu.bli_ed 10 Jan 1654aM fiP&1.l,. di,cOIlu-d n Dec len..Dell ute fr _ ~ecl to kfa.adal..This .~l_. letur, ft·.. tbllt of­fice 1flril 29, ISS!, b the -.rUinb_ f~ ~r C«mty. Writt_ byJot.. Ireluad, J.P•• rotqlleau top­i.. of 1-. .....eted by die Ac:u of1853. Arbor B:Lll, DGGdue. a.rw.,C&.a'-'7". Hebroa. 8ol.ad.aya ..." SUlaillare die otber office. f~ wt:J.dl ..baTe ~n.

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~llrilCOfl' Carl, £.... t Hod,a..y, Kay... ITeyoriU". QIIe~ City ..,d Shinn ar'l ~

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na.ed C2la1d_. but out of ao:llo.iratioD for Co'I'ernor Senter of Term..... , it ...chanled to Senterdll" (Lepdatura chaoced ·S" to ·C"), Geor,c '1'. Peridn.w. one of the 'Ie..,. early ntthrl, •• til" n ...t po.tM.ter of thh .arUoatPC"' 0(1'1<:.-, utabUIh.d 6 ;;JV IB'6, chan.&"c! to Centerville 7 Apr 1841. or in

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...... ...,.ltat.blilhl'd Jan. 13. 1846; orlanised 1849. Present COWlty ""At, Boone, .... UrnCillled Boonnbcro. Kl.rliut pOlt office •• Bdl. Po1at, ••ubliahtld 2? NOT 1849preeedini "en t!'at of 800nnille (dateline of WI lo:tter) .nd Boon..borouah (al­ternate .pellinc ot' COUDty leu). Reuben S. Clark, C-t..ioll.er'. Clerk, writer

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Kst...blhhed 18.51; or"",hed Aut;. 7, 185S. Malon City II.... befll COMty .ut ..cepttor. few,...ra J in the 5bt!n. when it ....",eel to lJ.l'onia, • t_lite laid (lit

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ioIIe-bU.hed Ju. lS, 1851; orpAiud Au&ust, 1851, in the __ hUm.,. Ind.iutnaahh, witb a.erok~ ... count) leat. It •• aho the tirtt poat oftiee, enab­lisbed 20 Jan 18.59... 1..- po"offiee •• uu.blillhed b J- 1 4, dbeat.1Jlu..Hi 'eb ISS7. k.quhitlon rJI t.hil It_ CGIIpleted (IUr eolleeU_ of It but ..d.ia-'Unued poet af(it.e eUll::d tnMI e..dI of Iowa'. Il1!lety-ftine e_ti....

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~first tera of court _. held. at Bradford in June 18.54, lObe... f1rlt podaftice

. ..tahlJshed 7 Jan 183?; dheO.lltinued 20 w.y 1899.~ " .._. CoIIoooto..

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~~ ~6 '.. 16".: c.... n&O'd to Strlll&tCl'll :u reb 1853; discontinued 26 Jul 1866. .J~""'ilo " ........ w,w••tIool.{Al1ootiH ~

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FORT DES MOINES (No. IIPo,t Office nta.bll.hed SepleTnber za, 1835 In Clark County. Mluourl, thefourth In whal h no.... the State o£ Iowa.. Fint Po.trn.aner WI.' Charln A.Carter, Second Po.trn.a,ter WI., Jacob Huner. appointed April 6. 1837 inDe, Moine. County, WI.con,ln Territory. Third Po.trn.a.ter WI., HenryS. Au,t1n, appointed March 28. 1838 durina WI,con.ln Terrltori.a.l period.when ~Jne of office WI.. ch~aed to Montro,e, Lee County. He continuedIn office when l~ Territory _. effected July'. 1838 until JuJy Z7. 1839.

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"Qblhb~ 18.1: orpahed 16SCl. Ccluaty lut, UcLa..,.. iarUUt I~ttl_t 1.the _ty __ -.d, La the aovWnI plln, CCKlSider-ed th.. to bo. be. IO\>tb, ofthe khl_ri-Iow. lito•. Ildi....cIt'. G~ ..... one o! the earlllat, itt po.t of­tiee (l C-e( 18,.g) pr«.ded only bT Aw:UD (~) aQd GUtoll:l (hre1....1).

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btah1bbed Jan. 1.5, l!1Sl; orpnhed 1858. "int coW\ty nat -a. lUUnctOIl, butlAtl!r ..no to CollCOrd, ud with tbe tndld.1na; of the railroad aDd the town 01Garner it __ --..ed Ipin. npp.r 01'0'1'1 MIl the f1nt .ettlOllent. aho unoecl alt~ral')' county ,eat: iu po.t officI.' utablhhed 2.5 JlUl IUS, now Gooden.

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~lIt.o.bJi he' an "r h 1957, Itt county so!.\t, Dakota City, waa .8t;&~Ii.he<lln

1857 but the ~ ... laid out in 1856 by t~ .arly lIettlerl, }~ni~t and Rer,h,Iu lIOn orrltlS, firlt in the county, wa. naaed Dakotah, II1ublilhe<l19 reb 1853.lihUe I part of If,btter Co., As o..t.ota; dilconti >d 1 1>0. 18.5-4; rnstabll.hed :.;,

~, ret- 16SS in HllIllbol~t Co., Charlu Ik:rgh, p<>ltaaJltcr; now Dakota Cit)· (1 Nov 1924) ....,a~ .,. ..... ..,.. 11I ""..,_1.1,;01Ioo,.... ~

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Batablished JaDLIoaI'Y 15, 1851. Orcanbed. lUrch 5, 1855. County ~t. Green­field. Population 1854, 1.50; 1930, 13,891. .id.&ir County lies in the thin!.tiel:' of _ties frc. the lOuthem bo\uldary &Dd in the thUd tier of CWDtieleut of the Mi,souri. It ..a .. part of ~ or1pntl OOUIlty of Du a.aque aDd ..-U part of the tirst leokuk C«lnty, DlJIII' extinct. The Third GeneralAII.-lil,yestabliPed .t.d&ir County on JaIlWl.f'y 15, 1851 alo. with b&lf .. buIldred otbel"l.It 1IU na.ed in honor of GeneTal John Adair of South Carolina .. aolclier in theRnolutiONJ'Y and 1Ddian Wars, an af'ficer i.D. the War of 11112, COIIIlIAIllU.nc~tuek:1 RUl-.n UDder General Jacboo at the Battle of New Orle.... aDd :JUthGcrromor of lelltucky.

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