Excerpt from History of Louisa County, Iowa, Vol. 1: From Its Earliest Settlement to 1912 As stated in the prospectus, the chief energies of the writer of this work have been devoted to a study of the early days, of the things which happened, and the men who lived, forty or fifty years ago, or more. These events and the men who were concerned in them are not only of much greater interest and importance. Historically, than those of a later date. But their history is much more difficult to secure; besides. The later events, even if important, can hardly be said to have passed into history, and the accounts of them are comparatively accessible. This work contains a number of important tables or groups of facts, some of which will be found in the body of the work and some in the Appendix. Atten tion is called to the list of Charters, Laws, Treaties. Etc.. Which bear upon our County history. If, as was said by one of Iowa's noted constitution makers Law is history, then the table of laws and charters ought alone to justify this publication. The material for it has been taken from official publications. And from Dr. Thorp's American Charters. Constitutions and Organic Laws and Dr. Shambaugh's Documentary Material Relating to Iowa History, both of which are official to students of history. Another list which will be found in Chapter X contains the names of the county officials from the organization of the county to the present time; also senators and representatives and other kindred information. This was a very difficult list to prepare and it is possible that some errors may be found in it, although great pains have been taken in its preparation. 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.