Author: Western Historical Company

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-07

Total Pages: 602

ISBN-13: 9781333493042

Excerpt from The History of Van Buren County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &C.; A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men HE history of Van Buren County didiers from that of almost every other county in Iowa, in one essential respect, viz., the records of its towns. No one locality, outside of the county seat, calls for special elaboration, but many sections present about equal opportunities for comment. It is a cause of sincere regret to us, and will, no doubt, be to our readers, that the official papers and books of the several towns are no longer in existence. The pages here offered were prepared under serious difficulties, and are the product of much hard labor. If inaccuracies appear in them, the fault is not with the compiler, for every effort was put forth to secure correct data. The Western Historical Company extends its thanks to those who have so generously aided in the work of securing reliable information. The importance of the task here undertaken will be more fully realized and admitted in years to come, when time shall have added to the obstacles in the. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.