Excerpt from History of Boone County, Iowa, Vol. 2: Illustrated It was his political career that perhaps won Mr. Ericson widest fame, vet who can say upon what line his life reached out in greatest helpfulness, for he assisted many philanthropic and public projects, was a friend to the poor and needy and gave hearty cooperation to many plans and projects for the public good. The first office which Mr. Ericson held was that of postmaster of Mineral Ridge, and he also served in other local positions. Including that of road super visor, school director, school treasurer and township clerk. After his removal to Boone he was elected to represent his ward in the city council. Was elected for several terms to the office of city treasurer and was president and treasurer of the school board. 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.