. History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo counties, Iowa ... and biographies of representative citizens. History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races ... value, and these pro-ceedings are published at the expense ofthe State. The officers are a President, Vice-Presi-dent, Secretary, and Treasurer and fiveDirectors. The last hold office for twoyears, and the other officers one year. FISH HATCHING-HOUSE. This was established in 1874, and hasfor its object the supplying of rivers andlakes with valuable fish. The GeneralAssembly first appropriated the sum of$3,000. Three fish commissi
. History of Franklin and Cerro Gordo counties, Iowa ... and biographies of representative citizens. History of Iowa, embracing accounts of the pre-historic races ... value, and these pro-ceedings are published at the expense ofthe State. The officers are a President, Vice-Presi-dent, Secretary, and Treasurer and fiveDirectors. The last hold office for twoyears, and the other officers one year. FISH HATCHING-HOUSE. This was established in 1874, and hasfor its object the supplying of rivers andlakes with valuable fish. The GeneralAssembly first appropriated the sum of$3,000. Three fish commissioners wereappointed, and the State is divided intothree districts, one for each Hatching-House was erected nearAnamosa, Jones county, and is conductedin the same manner as similar houses inother States. Since 1876 there has beenbut one commissioner, B. F. Shaw. is enthusiastic in his work, and hasdistributed hundreds of thousands ofsmall fish of various kinds in the riversand lakes of Iowa. The 16th GeneralAssembly passed an act in 1878 prohibitingthe catching of any kind of fish exceptbrook trout from March until June of eachyear. 7F. < te- as o x c Eh i—i Ph < Eh as 1 H 1STORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY, iow^ CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY. 0 w -VIFTY years ago the territory compris-f- ing the State of Iowa was inhabited onlyby the red men. Save in the vicinity of Du-buque, and in what is known as the Giardsettlement in Clayton county, the whiteshad made no effort to inhabit this beauti-ful land. From these settlements they hadbeen ordered away, so thai, in the springof 18:33, the Indians were in undisturbedpossession. The year previous, by a treatywith the Indian tribes, that portion of theState known as the Black Hawk Pur-chase, came under the control of the gen-eral government, though the Indian titledid not become extinct until June, 1833. The traveler, as he now wends his waythrough* this State, cannot realize thatsuch a transformation could have takenpl
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