McCarty, Dwight D. History of Palo Alto County. Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Torch Press, 1910

CONTENTS

PREFACE................................................................................................................ 7
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION - "WESTWARD"..................................................10
CHAPTER II THE WEST BEND SETTLEMENT.................................................. 15
CHAPTER III THE IRISH COLONY......................................................................22
CHAPTER IV THE INDIANS AND THE SPIRIT LAKE MASSACRE..................27
 CHAPTER V THE RELIEF EXPEDITION...........................................................   33
CHAPTER VI NEW SETTLERS..............................................................................42
CHAPTER VII EARLY SPECULATIVE SEATS.................................................... 58
CHAPTER VIII THE POLITICAL ORGANIZATION OF THE COUNTY............ 62
CHAPTER IX THE CALL TO ARMS..................................................................... 74
CHAPTER X A DECADE OF GROWTH............................................................... 80
CHAPTER XI THE "OLD TOWN"........................................................................ 107
CHAPTER XII THE NEW EMMETSBURG.......................................................... 123
CHAPTER XIII THE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT............................................ 135
CHAPTER XIV RISE OF THE COUNTY TOWNS.............................................. 145
CHAPTER XV OUR MODERN COUNTY........................................................... 156
APPENDICES........................................................................................................ 159
INDEX................................................................................................................... 169