Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . y, Hubbell is courteous, affable, reticent, of positive tem-perament, has the courage of his convictions, which, once fixed,ai-e not easily changed. He takes little or no part in social affairs,as society goes, is not a member of any clubs or fraternal organiza-tions, is always ready to promote the welfare of schools, charitableorganizations, and the public. The narrow-gauge roads projectedby him and Polk forty years ago were valuable public improve-ments, the purpose being to connect Des Moines by roads of cheaperand lighter con
Pioneers of Polk County, Iowa, and reminiscences of early days . y, Hubbell is courteous, affable, reticent, of positive tem-perament, has the courage of his convictions, which, once fixed,ai-e not easily changed. He takes little or no part in social affairs,as society goes, is not a member of any clubs or fraternal organiza-tions, is always ready to promote the welfare of schools, charitableorganizations, and the public. The narrow-gauge roads projectedby him and Polk forty years ago were valuable public improve-ments, the purpose being to connect Des Moines by roads of cheaperand lighter construction than the ordinary steam roads, with townsin a radius of one hundred miles, and bring their trade to the was the same purpose now being more fully developed by electricinterurban roads, electricity as a motive power for railroads notthen being known. Hubbell is not a member of any religious denomination, but therecords will probably show that he has more or less money accred-ited to him in all the churches of the city. January Twentieth, THE SAYLORS THE historian of Polk Comity will find, if lie attempts totrace the genealogy of the pioneer settlers, that the Saylorswere numerous, quite prominent, and even to-day they, ortheir descendants, form a large portion of the body politic. Thestork was very generous toward them. They came here before thecounty was organized, or Des Moines had a legal existence. Thefirst-comer was John B., who arrived in April, 1845. The coimtymerely had a place on the maps, set forth by metes and bounds. Ithad no courts, no officers, no civil government. It was under themilitary control of a garrison of infantry and dragoons, the terri-tory being occupied mostly by Indians, who were waiting the expi-ration of their title to the land they had sold to Uncle Sam. The garrison was not self-sustaining; its source of supplies washundreds of miles away, transportation difficult, and often impos-sible. Provisions were necessary for men a
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