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Narrative History of the People of Iowa
(2 Volumes)

by Edgar R. Harlan.

Chicago: American Historical Society, 1931

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Table of Contents

VOLUME 1

Discovery, Foreign Sovereignty, Earliest Occupancy
Transfer of Sovereignty – Treaties and Conventions
Westward Movement
Frontier Advance and Black Hawk War
Occupation of the Black Hawk Purchase
Iowa in Wisconsin Territory
Iowa Territory and Governor Lucas
Iowa-Missouri Boundary
Governor Chambers, 1841 - 1845
Constitution in the Making in 1844
Admission to the Union of States
Mormon Trails and Western Iowa
First General Assembly
Senators Dodge and Jones
Governor Hempstead – Foreign Immigration
Des Moines Improvement and the Railroad Era
Foundation of Iowa’s Railway System
Grimes Era
Political and Constitutional Reconstruction
Northern Iowa in the 1850’s
Hard Years of 1858 - 1859
War Governor
Iowa’s Soldiers Controversies and Border Terrors Within the State

VOLUME 2

Governor Stone
Governor Merrill
Governor Carpenter
Early Influences of the Industrial Age
John H. Gear, the “Old Business” Governor
Governor Sherman – The Temperance Issue
Governor Larrabee – Railroads and Prohibition
Governor Boies – The Democratic Interlude
Governor Jackson – The Republican Restoration
Governor Drake – Free Silver Campaign
Governor Shaw – War with Spain
The Changing Order – Governor Cummins
The Cummins Administration – 1902 - 1909
Governor Carroll – The Republican Insurgency
Campaign of 1912 – Governor Clarke
Governor Harding – The World War
After the War
Governor Kendall – Retrenchment Rather Than Expansion
Governor Hammill’s Administration
Introduction and Acknowledgement to the History of Religion in Iowa