History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa; Containing a History from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time Biographical Sketches Portraits of Some of the Early Settlers, Prominent Men, Etc. (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1883 Excerpt: ... deep. The finishing lumber was hauled by wagon from Booneville, a distance of seventy miles, and the contract price of the structure was $1,100. The first President of the Board of School Directors was Andrew Rayburn; and R. H. Woodmansee was the first Treasurer; the first teacher in that building, George A Clark; and the second, Mrs. R. H. Woodmansee. The survey of the public lands under the authority of the General Government, and the opportunity to enter them, they being among the most fertile in the State, and the contiguity of such a fine stream as the Nishnabotna. and its excellent water-power, contributed greatly to the early settlement of the portion of the original township of Macedonia. J. Z. Losh came into the county, as is already stated, and conducted the mill for Stutsman, but in 1856, his eye fell upon a mill site several miles above that, near the south line of Section No. 3, and there he erected what long afterward have been known as Losh's Mills. The new town of Carson, the rival of Macedonia, since the advent of the Rock Island Branch Railroad, has sprung into existence only a short distance east of the mills, and displaced the latter as a post office for that community, a position it long held. Since Mr. Losh erected these mills, they have never been unemployed, except one season, when there was a pause for repairs. They are still owned and operated by him, who is highly regarded over the whole county as one of the most upright of citizens. The future history of this section of the county will not be included in any annals of Macedonia Township, inasmuch as it has been authoritatively set off to assist in constituting the new township of Carson. One of the most important improvements in Macedoni a Township was the construction of a King...