This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Anderson - TO - Zimmerman Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4242.1 Message Board Post: Amongst the Bloomer Manuscripts found in the State Historical & Archive Building in Des Moines, Iowa, one finds a letter from Richard S. Hardin, son of Davis Hardin, who on Nov. 21, 1896 was a resident of Nodaway Station, Missouri, in which he says that ".... old Fort Croghan was built in 1842 and vacated in the Spring of 1843. It was northwest of my old farm 3/4's of a mile, in the edge of the timber on the bottom....". The government surveys maps show the Hardin farm near the steamboat landing at Council Point, southwest of present day Council Bluffs. I read the following microfilm at the National Archives in August 1974.--W.F. IOWA TERRITORIAL PAPERS. Roll 20 of M - 325. "Muster Roll for Company "G", 1st Dragoon Regiment" at Fort Croghan, Iowa Territory: : 1.-- Captain J. H. K. Burgwin. ( a.--July 14, 1843: Fort Croghan.--Capt. Burgwin asks for a six months leave. Last leave was in June 1838. For about three months since then when on recruiting service, with that exception he has been on the extreme frontier either in the field or in a camp or in temporary huts. For two years has wanted to visit his North Carolina home. 2.--1st Lt. Thos. McCrate a.--May 31, 1843: Fort Croghan.--Lt. McCrate assumed duties of ACS on May 21st, 1843. b.--April 22, 1844: Lt. Thomas McCrate has sold army subsistance remaining at a private sale at Fort Croghan.) 3.--2nd Lt. J. H. Carleton. a.--Lt. J. H. Carleton.....advertisement calling for 100 tons of prairie hay of the best quality and as free from weeds as possible, well cured and salted, and carefully stacked on foundations form 1 1/2 to 2 feet high. Bids will be received Aug. 25, 1842........Accompanying paper: I was directed by the commanding officer at this place to take measures for furnishing the company of dragoons stationed here with hay for the winter...The only bid I received (was from Francis Bourbonnais, of Point aux Poul).....and no person could contract for the hay and put it up in stacks properly salted without much greater costs... b..--Fort Croghan, Nov. 14, 1842.--2d Lt. James H. Carleton left this morning to attend his court martial at Fort Gibson. Was ACS (assistant commissary of subsistance), so Capt., Bergwin has assumed that duty. c..--2nd Lt. J. H. Carleton is under suspension of rank pay and emoluments for 6 months commencing Mar. 21, 1843.) 4.--Bvt. 2nd Lt. E. K. Kane 5.--Sgt. Henry F. Powers, enlisted July 27, 1839 at Fort Leavenworth 6.--Sgt. William R. English, enlisted Aug. 15, 1838 at Carlisle, PA. a.--Nov. 28, 1842: Lt. Carleton having represented that the testimony of Capt. Burgwin, and Sergeants English and Barrow, of the 1st Dragoons, is important to his defense, before the General Court Martial which has been ordered for his trial, they will proceed forthwith to Fort Gibson and report themselves to the President of the Court.--By order of Col. S. W. Kearny. b.--N.B.: William Ridgeway English married a daughter of Davis Hardin, the first and only farmer for the Potawatomie at The Council Bluffs, and upon the expiration of his service, moved to Austin, Fremont county, Iowa.--W.F. 7.--Sgt. Jacob Hanscher, enlisted Dec. 9, 1840 at Ft. Gibson 8.--Sgt. Joseph F. Barron, enlisted Feb. 21, 1839 in New York 9.--Cpl. John Camp, enlisted Jan. 19, 1839 in New York 10.--Cpl. Emmanuel Kurrens, enlisted Dec. 2, 1840 at Baltimore 11.--Cpl. Thomas Griffiths, enlisted Oct. 25, 1839 in New York 12.--Cpl. William Mink, enlisted Oct. 28, 1839 at Carlisle, PA 13.--Bugler Martin Doll, enlisted Jan. 21, 1840 at Ft. Wayne, Ind. 14.--Bugler Edward G. Brown, enlisted Mar. 20, 1841 at Ft. Wayne --Pvt. John Anderson, enl. Oct. 28, 1839 at Harrisburg, PA --Pvt. James F. Anderson, enl. Nov. 4, 1839 in New York. (Dec. 31, 1842: Fort Croghan. "Clerks Employed".--James F. Anderson, soldier, assistant in the commissarydepartment and clerk in quartermaster department: 18 cents compensation per diem.) --Pvt. Elias Brooks, enl. Nov. 27, 1839 at Ft. Wayne --Pvt. Daniel Buckley, enl. klDec. 9, 1840 at Ft. Gibson --Pvt. James M. Buxton, enl. Nov. 7, 1840 in New York. (Nov. 27, 1842: John Buxton of Albany, N.Y., asks about his son John M. Buxton, Pvt., Co. "G", 1st Dragoons....It seems his mother was Mrs. Sarah Henry, Walts Street, N.Y.) --Pvt. Jacob Craft, enl. Dec. 9, 1840 at Ft. Gibson --Pvt. James Callighan, enl. Nov. 27, 1840 at Baltimore, MD --Pvt. John Castegan, enl. Dec. 26, 1838 at Baltimore --Pvt. Sanford Cross, enl. Aug. 2, 1841 at Boston, Mass. --Pvt. Henry Coster, enl. Nov. 5, 1839 at York, PA --Pvt. Henry Dorville, enl. Jan. 30, 1839 in New York. (United States Conulate. Paris, France. The parents of Henry Dorville, Co. "G", 1st Dragoons, inquire of his whereabouts.) --Pvt. Michael Dougherty, enl. Dec. 8, 1838 in New York --Pvt. Reuben Deetz, enl. Nov. 3, 1838 at Lancaster, PA --Pvt. Edward Dwyer, enl. Oct. 23, 1839 in New York --Pvt. George Dodge, enl. Aug. 14, 1841 in New York --Pvt. Samuel F. Ells, enl. July 23, 1839 at Boston, Mass. --Pvt. George Elliott, enl. Nov. 26, 1840 in New York --Pvt. James Edmondsen, enl. Dec. 18, 1840 at Baltimore, MD --Pvt. John Fanning, enl. Nov. 7, 1839 in New York --Pvt. James Fitzgerald, enl. Oct. 14, 1839 in New York --Pvt. Patrick Friary, enl. June 8, 1839 at Fort Gibson. (He was received at Fort Croghan on Apr. 30, 1843 and deserted on May 19, 1843.) --Pvt. Samuel S. Girard, enl. Oct. 11, 1839 in New York --Pvt. William Gillis, enl. Oct. 16, 1839 in New York --Pvt. Isaac S. Goodhue, enl. Sept. 4, 1840 in Philadelphia, PA --Pvt. Barnabas Hatfield, enl. Dec. 1, 1839 at Fort Wayne, Ind. --Pvt. John Haskins, enl. Nov. 10, 1840 at Philadelphia --Pvt. Thomas Jones, enl. July 28, 1840 at Fort Leavenworth. Also served as bugler. --Pvt. John D. Jenkins, enl. Oc t. 17, 1840 in New York --Pvt. John G. Jaeger, enl. Oct. 17, 1840 at Philadelphia --Pvt. Charles Knowles, enl. Oct. 25, 1839 in New York --Pvt. Timothy Kempshall, enl. Aug. 6, 1839 at Fort Wayne --Pvt. Albert Kock, enl. Dec. 11, 1840 at Baltimore, MD --Pvt. Reuben Lawhead, enl. Jan. 23, 1840 at Fort Wayne --Pvt. William Morton, enl. Dec. 26, 1840 at Ft. Gibson --Pvt. Henry Michaels, enl. Jan. 8, 1839 at Harrisburg, PA --Pvt. Charles Miller, enl. Nov. 3, 1838 in New York --Pvt. Joseph Marshall, enl. Oct. 7, 1839 in New York. (Aug. 1, 1843: Fort Croghan.--Pvt. Joseph Marshall is not an Irishman. He was born at Wissembourg, Department du Bas Rhin, France.) --Pvt. John Montgomery, enl. Nov. 3, 1840 in New York --Pvt. Henry Noyes, enl. Dec. 16, 1840 in New York --Pvt. Amos Pitt, enl. Nov. 2, 1838 at Baltimore, MD --Pvt. William Pickering, enl. Nov. 1, 1839 in New York --Pvt. Mordecai M. Price, enl. Oct. 21, 1839 at York, PA --Pvt. Thomas Reed, enl. Oct. 29, 1839 at Carlisle, PA --Pvt. Charles Redings, enl. Nov. 3, 1840 at Philadelphia --Pvt. John J. Roseville, enl. Oct. 26, 1841 at Fort Gibson --Pvt. Peter Sedenger, enl. Aug. 3, 1839 at Fort Wayne, Ind. --Pvt. John L. Scott, enl. Dec. 2, 1838 at Baltimore --Pvt. Charles Shaw, enl. Jan. 5, 1839 in New York --Pvt. Henry Smith, enl. June 27, 1841 at Fort Gibson --Pvt. William Smitson, enl. Jan. 14, 1841 at Baltimore, MD --(Charles Summers was discharged on July 17, 1842, his term of service having expired.) --Pvt. Isaac Truax, enl. Dec. 8, 1839 at Fort Wayne, Ind. --Pvt. James Van Roe, enl. Jan. 21, 1839 in New York --Pvt. John Williams, enl. Aug. 12, 1838 at Fort Leavenworth --Pvt. Lewis Wise, enl. Dec. 24, 1840 at Fort Gibson --Pvt. Robert Welsh, enl. Oct. 31, 1840 at Baltimore, MD --Pvt. Charles Zimmerman, enl. Mar. 3, 1839 at Baltimore. ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS: --Charles Summers, enl. Feb. 17, 1838 at Harrisburg, for 3 years. --Smith Abbott, enl. Oct. 14, 1839 in New York. Discharged for disability on July 11, 1842 --Edward G. Brown, enl. Mar. 20, 1841 at Fort Wayne --Bvt. 2nd Lt. Patrick Noble. (He joined the post on Jan. 4, 1843.) --Michael Curran, enl. May 14, 1842 at Carlisle, PA --Jacob Hunseker, enl. Dec. 9, 1840 at Fort Gibson --Peter McGowan, enl. Dec. 15, 1840 at Carlisle, PA --Samuel Raynor, enl. Feb. 19, 1841 at Philadelphia WILLIAM H. HILDRETH, sutler: --Jan. 2, 1843: William H. Hildreth applies for the appointment of sutler at Fort Croghan. He is from the city of New York, a son of J.G. Hildreth, formerly a Master in Chancery in that city, now deceased -- also, of the family of Matthias B. Hildreth formerly attorney General of the State of New York. He was a private soldier in the 1st Regt. of Dragoons. --Jan. 19, 1843: (Notation on the outside of the above, dated Jan. 2, 1843).--"The commanding officer has forwarded no application, nor made any report, respecting a sutler for his temporary post -- and this is the only intimation, that one has been so employed....": --Jan. 25, 1843: War Department Adj. Gen. Office -- TO -- William H. Hildreth.--The department does not issue regular warrants to Sutlers at temporary stations such as Fort Croghan. --May 7, 1843: Baltimore: Hildreth is sutling for Fort Croghan and asks if troops will remain there. His address is Howard's Hotel, New York. Was here to purchase goods, and desires to know, etc.... N.B.: Richard Elliott, the government agent for the Council Bluffs Indian Sub Agency nominated Reuben (sic) Hildreth as miller for the Potawatomies. Miller had served as such from April 1, 1843.--W.F. T. C. MADISON, Assistant Surgeon (He joined the post on December 7, 1842.): (1).--Report for the quarter ending June 30, 1843.--"The gun shot wound was a compound communuted fracture requiring amputation of the middle finger." (The patient is not identified.--W.F.) (2).-- Report for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1843.--"The influenza here did not differ from the newspaper accounts of the epidemic which prevailed throughout the country. The worst symptom was Cephalagia. The treatment of the disease consisted in emetics, expectorants, and the inhalation of ammonia. General bloodletting seemed to be indicated, and was practiced, in a few instances. The command have been living in miserable tents ever since the 18th April -- the time of the abandonment of old Fort Croghan -- and then having been drenched with rain nearly every day caused the many cases of Ague and fever." OTHER NOTES: a.----June 30, 1843: Camp Croghan.-- ".....The troops at this post have not been paid off for eight months...".......Response: "On May 20, 1843, Paymaster Walker wrote that on April 30, 1843, the extreme high water prevented his going up to Fort Croghan to make payment to those troops; he also understood at Ft. Leavenworth that they would soon be returning to Fort Leavenworth! However, was going to send McCloud, his clerk, to Council Bluffs to make payment..." ".......Washington, July 29, 1843.-- To Capt. Burgwin: The attention of the Paymaster General has been called to the fact that your company has not received pay for 8 months...." b.-- March 1, 1843: Fort Leavenworth.--Lt. W. Bowman was ACS at Fort Croghan in December 1842 and was so until Feb. 20, 1843. c.--ANNALS OF IOWA. 1897 - 1899. Page 357: Col. George Croghan, born 1791; aid in battle of Tippecanoe 1811; Capt. 17th Inf. 1812; Major 1813; distinguished in command of Fort Stephenson, Lower Meigs 1813 and bvtd. Lieut. Col.; Postmaster of New Orleans 1824; Inspector General 1825; received gold medal from Congress for gallant conduct at Ft. Stephenson 1835; died 8 January 1849 at New Orleans.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Chambers, Brooke, Beach, Burgwin, Prentiss, Jones, Hardin Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4242 Message Board Post: The Government Survey Map of Township 74 Range 44 shows the boat landing at Council Point as being in the southwest quarter of Section 14. The map dates 1851 - 1852. Fort Croghan used this landing when receiving supplies by steamboat, and located nearby, southwest of present Council Bluffs, Iowa.--W.F. August 22, 1841. Governor John Chambers -- TO -- General Brook. Burlington, Iowa Territory: "....Capt. Beach Agent for the Sacs & foxes, under date 14th inst., writes "I learn from the Indians that the Pottawatomies, exasperated by the frequent attacks of the Sioux upon them , are stirring up a crusade against these people -- a party of them have visited the Sacs & Foxes, soliciting their aid, and are said to have had 32 string of wampum, representing so many villages of Pawnees, Osages, etc., who have joined them. They had five Sioux scalps lately taken, a few young men went with them, but owing to their expected business with the United States, the mass will probably remain at home....(Asks for the aid of the Dragoons.)--Microfim Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M -- 325. Roll 16. August 31, 1841. Fort Crawford, Hdqtrs. 5th Inf. Bvt. Brig. Gen. Geo. N. Brooke -- to -- Iowa Governor John Chambers: ".....In relation to the Pottawattomies and the Sioux (who are the Sioux of the plains) and nearer the Missouri than the Mississippi, the Pawnees and Osages, they are from their situation, nearly out of reach of the troops in this quarter, and can be operated on much easier from Fort Leavenworth than from this section of country....". --Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325.Roll 16. June 30, 1842. Camp Fenwick near Council Bluffs: "The company left Fort Leavenworth, May 23d 1842, for Council Bluffs, where it arrived on the 30th of the same months".--Capt. J.H. K.Burgwin. -- Iowa Territorial Papers. Roll 20. M - 325 October 7, 1842.-- Captain Burgwin -- to -- Brig. Gen. R. Jones: ".....I have respectfully to suggest the name of "Fort Croghan" for the contonment I have built in compliance with the instructions contained in your letter of the 30th of July 1842.--My company has been for some weeks in quartrers, and all the necessary arrangements have been made for passing the winter here, with as much comfort as might be expected...."-- Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 16. Nov. 10, 1842.-- Adj. General Office -- to -- Captain Burgwin: Your letter of 7th ult. received. Secry. of War approves the name "Fort Croghan" suggested by you. Also approves Fort Croghan as a double ration post. Your application for a medical officer has been attended to.--Roll 19 of Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. April 17, 1843.-- Fort Croghan. Capt. Burgwin -- to -- Captain Prentiss, Assistant Adjutant General, Third Department: On the 10th inst. the ice on the Missouri broke up, and the river commenced rapidly rising, and has now attained a lead of a foot or 18 inches lower than that of my contonment. I commenced yesterday moving the public property to the Bluffs about 6 miles from here. By tomorrow expect the water to make it impossible to stay here. The weather has been extremely inclement for some days. No one who is in the country has ever known so extraordinary a rise attending the breaking up of the ice. The greatest floods are more produced by the opening of the upper rivers of the Missouri and the melting of the snow on the mountains, sending their waters down before the rise resulting from the thaw throughout the more northern country has left us. This freshet is the first rise.....There has been no such overflow of the Missouri for 17 years....Microfilm Supplement to Iowa! Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 17. July 16, 1843. Fort Croghan.--Since the abandonment of Fort Croghan, Capt. Burgwin has remained encamped in the vicinity on the highlands. Desires instructions; if to remain another winter, must have comfortable quarters. "My men and horses suffered much during the last one...In this country the building of even temporary huts, stables, granaries and store houses is a work of no little labor....The ground around Fort Croghan remains covered with water.--Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 17. August 28, 1843. Headquarters, 3d Mil. Dept. Asst. Adj. Gen. Office, St. Louis -- to -- Capt. Burgwin: Informs Capt. Burgwin "that should the report from the Supt. of Indian Affairs, so far as relates to the quiet of the frontier, be such as to justify the withdrawal of the command from Fort Croghan, you will receive order to repair with your company to Fort Leavenworth".--Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 17. September 18, 1843.--ORDERS No. 17....Paragraph 2: After the annuity has been paid to the Potawatomy Indians, Capt. Burgwin will break up his encampment at the agency, and return with his company "G", First Dragoons, to Fort Leavenworth....". -- Iowa Territorial Papers. Roll 14. October 13, 1843.--Fort Leavenworth. Captain Burgwin and his company of Dragoons arrived yesterday about 12 o'clock noon from Fort Croghan.--Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 17. December 2, 1843. Fort Leavenworth. Lt. McCrate says provisions at Fort Croghan will be stored with Mr. Davis Hardin, the ex-farmer of the Pottawattamies, where they can be obtained by any trooops passisng through the country next spring.--Microfilm Supplement to Iowa Territorial Papers. M - 325. Roll 21.

Does anyone have any idea who Ira H. Reeves parents were ? Dave - [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) In a message dated 3/28/2006 6:23:04 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Athens Messenger December 2, 1875 REEVES -- BLACKWOOD -- On the 25th inst., at the residence of the bride's father, by Rev. J. W. Martin, Mr. Ira H. Reeves, of Sidney, Iowa, to Miss Sarah Blackwood, of Bedford township, Meigs county, Ohio.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gray Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.6 Message Board Post: MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri. May 6, 1823.-- We noticed some weeks since that a road lately had been completed from Fort Atkinson (Council Bluffs) to Liberty in this State, distance about 300 miles -- since which we have learned that this road was opened under the inspection of Capt. J.S. Gray, by 24 soldiers of the 6th Regiment, U. S. Infantry in 40 days, between the 1st of January and the 10th of February, last. During this time, 19 bridges and 5 canoes were built. The bridges except one, are constructed of round logs, with log pen abbutments and covered with poles or split timber. Those over the largest streams are from 30 to 85 feet long and from 15 to 20 feet high. -- The canoes were placed at the fords of the Nichanabottana, Tinkio, Nodawa, (sic)Buchanans Fork and the northwest branch of the Platte Rivers, at all which places are good fords with firm sand or rock bottoms. N.B.: Here we have it stated that the bridge over what was called for a long time "High Bridge Creek", located between Hamburg and Linden, Missouri, had a floor high above the bed of the stream. ALSO, it very well could have been one of those which were covered bridges. High Creek extended northeastward into southeastern Fremont county which named a post office after the stream.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Cook, Field Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.5.1 Message Board Post: James B. Cook petitioned the Atchison County Court in May 1848 that the road from Cook's Mill to the Tarkio river be abandoned. SEARCH "Cooks Mill" for details. This was undoubtedly the last vestiges of Field's Trace; Cooks Mill--located straight south of Riverton on Mill Creek--had been established in the early 1840's on this road.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Field, Atkinson Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.5 Message Board Post: THE MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri. November 12, 1822.-- A detachment of soldiers from Fort Atkinson is now engaged in making a road from Liberty, Clay County, to that Post. Bridges will be built over all the water course, and the whole completed the ensuing winter. N.B.: You will be needing the information that all water courses were being bridged in order to have some idea as to where the High Creek community in southeastern Fremont county got its name.--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atkinson, Fields, Sioux, Pawnees, Kansas, Omahas, Poncas, Airakaras, Mandans Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.4 Message Board Post: THE MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri. February 5, 1821.--(Extract of a letter from Brig. Gen. Atkinson to the Secretary of War, dated Franklin, October 18, 1820): "......I left Council Bluffs on the 1st inst., and came down the wagon road that Lt. Fields has opened with his command. We overtook him on Grand River abvout 40 miles above its mouth on the 10th inst., with his wagon team and party in good condition. As soon as I get his report on opening the road, it shall be forwarded to you, as shall the report and topographical sketch of Lt. Talcott of the route across to St. Peters. "The road is measured from The Bluffs to Chariton. The distance is about 250 miles. The distance across to St. Peters is estimated at 300 miles. From a belief that the Sac Indians are secretly hostile to the whites, I have deferred having the road country across country to Rock Island and Prairie du Chien explored at present. "The ague and fever have been prevalent at the post above for the last two months, but there is every reason to believe that it will soon disappear. Only one death has occurred amongst the troops from the 15th of April to the 1st inst., and that from a case of typhus. "The new barracks were in a state of forwardness on the 1st inst., indeed, most of the troops were quartered. Their rooms were put up with round logs and hewn down without and within. The whole of the infantry and one block of the rifle barracks are covered with shingles. Good brick chimneys were made to most of the rooms, and the residue, no doubt, completed by this time. The barracks are dry and comfortable, and will probably last some 15 years. A plan of their construction and of their defense shall be forwarded to you upon my arrival at St. Louis....... "....Our crops: Grasshoppers appeared in myriads the last week in August, and stripped the turnips of their leaves. They were so well grown, however, as to resuscitate measurably and will give half a crop........I understand that at Earl of Selkirk's establishment on the Red River, the two last crops have been entirely destroyed by them--meaning the grasshoppers...... "......In September there was assembled at one time at The Bluffs the Chiefs and head men of the three bands of the Pawnees, of the Kansas, of the Mahas, of the Poncas, of the three bands of the Yankton Sioux, of the Teton Sioux, and of the Sione Sioux, residing above the Great Bend--all of whom professed to be, etc., no doubt as friendly as could be wished. It is said the Airakaras who inhabit the country 150 miles below the Mandans speak lightly of the coming of the troops, and the friendly dispositions of the Mandans are also questioned. "While the above representatives of the above mention tribes were at The Bluffs, the brigrade was paraded for review, with two pieces of canon on the right supplied with horses and mounted artillerists. After the troops were reviewed in line and in passing, in common and quick time, they were carried through various evolutions and the artillery made to pass over the plains at the full speed of the horses. The display had the effect on the minds of the Indians that it was intended to inspire, which was most favorable as to the appearance and efficiency of the troops, and of the practicability of using canon with ease and with effect. -- The steamboat expedition was also putiln motion totheir great astonishment and admiration."-- (Signed) H. Atkinson, Brig. General, Commanding 9th, Military Department. N.B.: (1) It was said in November 1819 that Lt. Fields was laying out the road to Fort Atkinson, as this fort was later known. Now, in Feb. 1821, Gen. Atkinson says he is still working on it! (2). General Atkinson speaks of four military roads as being under consideration. It seems the one to present day Minneapolis had been started; the one between The Council Bluffs running eastward toward Rock Island, Illinois was delayed as was the one running northeastward to Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Atkinson, Fields Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.3 Message Board Post: THE MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri. November 4, 1820.--........The establishment at The Council Bluffs have this year made great improvements in their barracks; have raised about 13,000 bushel of corn, 10,000 bushels of potatoes and turnips, and their gardens furnish them the comforts of the husbandsman...... Under the superintendence of Gen. Atkinson, a road has been completed from The Council Bluffs to Chariton, a distance of 257.75 miles, the course south 58.5 degrees with very little variation from a straight line. Lt. Gabriel Fields was chosen to mark this road last fall. He was again selected to complete it. On the 2nd of September, he left The Council Bluffs with 30 men and a wagon drawn by six horses and carrying from 4 to 5000 pounds, and in 47 days the whole company reached Chariton in good health. It is worthy of remark that all the streams, about 60 in number, were bridged except the Platte, the Nodaway, the Nishnabotana and the Grand River, and that the enterprise and industry of Lt. Fields in this short time has completed this road equal if not superior to any of the same length in the Union. Lt. Fields represents the country as rich and beautifully diversified with timber and prairie, well supplied with springs of running water, and in a few years more, will be beautified with farms and cottages of American citizens. And those plains which now give their wild luxuriance to the deer, elk, and the buffalo, will yield a still richer harvest to the industrious farmer. Lt. Fields takes with him about 70, making the whole number about 120 milch cows, and 700 stock hogs. These in a short time Gen. Atkinson will be able to subsist his command, and should a philosopher visit The Council Bluffs, he will find an army of husbandman, who, should they ever be brought to act against the slaves of a despot or a king, will prove that the arts of peace do not weaken the strong arm of the American soldier. N.B.: Perhaps it should be stressed that this report says all of the smaller streams on The Council Bluffs Road had been bridged. Ask yourself what small streams in Fremont county would have been bridged by Lt. Fields in 1820.......This first road to The Council Bluffs was often called "Field's Trace".--W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Omahas Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.2 Message Board Post: MISSOURI GAZETTE and PUBLIC ADVERTISER. St. Louis, Missouri. January 19, 1820.-- An extract from a gentleman attached to the Yelllowstone Expedition to his friend in this place, dated Fort Missouri, Council Bluffs, Nov. 16: "Dear _____: I am at last favored with an opportunity of giving you a shorrt description of the vast tract of wilderness country by which I am surrounded. "This Fort is situated 800 miles above the mouth of the Missouri, and one mile above the place called THE COUNCIL BLUFFS--the place where Lewis and Clark held a general council with all the Indians in this quarter of the world. It is a bluff about 100 feet higher than the surface of the water and perpendicular on the side adjoining the river, which flows at its base. But it gradually descends to the distance of 3/4 of a mile on all other sides. "The country is a prairie for the distance of several hundred miles back, but timbered above and below, which renders it the most beautiful spot I have ever seen for a Fort. The scarcity of wood only prevents it from being the first place in the western country. The Fort that is now built is only temporary, but next year there will be one built of brick on top of the bluff. "This country is entirely prairie except a small grove on the bank of the river. But after you get two or three miles back, it is all prairie until you arrive near some water course. I have traveled for some 20 or 30 miles without finding a bush of wood or drop of water. "I have visited several nations of Indians in this neighborhood and remained with them for some time. I will mention some of their most singular manners from which you can draw some idea of their character. When I arrived at the Maha village, it was about 3 o'clock in the evening. I was carried to the chief's lodge where they soon prepared something to eat which I was very glad to see for I had not eat (sic) for two days. But when it was set before me, it proved to be the flesh of a dog, at the first sight of which I was disgusted, but seeing the interpreter eat of it, I was induced to taste it, and found it so palatable that I eat a hearty supper. During this evening I eat 17 times, and the next day 23, for every chief gives you a feast, and nothing will be considered so great an affront as to refuse. "We have arrived at a very cold climate. It is the 42nd degree of north latitude and the immense body of open land makes it three degrees colder.I expect to ascend the Missouri next year several hundred miles higher, but I do not think the troops will ever reach the Yellowstone. All the Indians have become quite submissive and friendly."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Long, Atkinson Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241.1 Message Board Post: MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri Territory. November 5, 1819.--Major Long, Commander of the Scientific Exposition, arrived at this place on the 21st inst., from The Council Bluffs, and has obligingly favored us with the following particulars: "The U.S. steamboat, WESTERN ENGINEER, arrived at the Council Bluffs on the 17th of September......Col. Atkinson's expedition arrived on the 29th of September, and having selected a position for winter quarters, debarked on the 4th of October and commenced building quarters. On the 10th, a council was held with the Pawnee Indians who had been previously summoned for that purpose, at which Col. Atkinson and several officers of his command attended by a guard of soldiers were present..... "Major Long on his way down met several boats laden with provisions and other stores for the troops at The Bluffs and about 50 miles below the river Platte passed the wreck of a keelboat sunk with a cargo of ordinance and quartermaster stores on board, in about 12 feet water. She had run upon a snag under sail, was stove and filled in so short a time that those on board had but just time enough to make their escape without being able to save anything on board except a little private baggage. "The steamboat EXPEDITION lay at Cow Island, her cargo having been taken on board of keels as was also that of the JOHNSON, which lay disabled 15 miles below the Kansas River."

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4241 Message Board Post: MISSOURI INTELLIGENCER. Franklin, Missouri. November 26, 1819.-- A road is now laying out between The Council Bluffs and Chariton, by which a direct communication between the former place and Franklin, a distance of 500 miles, will be effected, and facilitate the transportation of articles necessary for the expedition during the winter, while the intercourse by river is closed. Persons at a distance wishing to correspond with any of the gentlemen composing the expedition for the Yellowstone, should direct their letters, etc., to Franklin where an express from The Council Bluffs will arrive once a month, for the purpose of receiving all letters, papers, etc., for the expedition.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Leonard, Irwin, Hare Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4240 Message Board Post: SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. July 20, 1933. "Long Time Citizen Dead".-- Ann Leonard, who for long had been known in this community as Hattie Irwin, died Saturday at the Hamburg hospital, to which place she was removed from her home some two weeks before. Though a resident of Sidney for many years, the record of her life is most incomplete. She was born near Galesburg, Illinois, December 12, 1866 and was therefore in her 77th year. She came to Sidney in December, 1894, and on August 5 following was married to W.H. Irwin, a Civil War veteran, who died five years following their marriage. Since that time, Mrs. Irwin had lived alone on her small acreage near the depot, busying herself with chickens and garden, living thriftily and independently. Mrs. Irwin's father was injured in a mine accident which caused his death a few years later. Her mother brought the family to this state and she too passed away when Mrs. Irwin was 14. She had five brothers, Henry, Jeff, Amos, Silas and John. Amos and John preceded her in death. Silas lives at Appleton, Missouri; Jeff in Sidney; Henry in Hollinger, Nebraska. There are also one half-brother, Edward Leonard; a half-sister, Mrs. Emeline Hare, a resident of Denver. Funeral services were held from the Wildberger funeral home at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev. C. W.Howard, Methodist pastor, and interment was made in Sidney cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Feese Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4239 Message Board Post: THE FREMONT COUNTY HERALD. August 6, 1907. "Tabor News".-- A. L. Feese has been assisting to remove bodies from the Rhodes cemetery to the Tabor cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Phipps, Jones Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4238 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. December 30, 1943. "Farragut Resident Passes Away".-- Salina J. Phipps, a daughter of J. K. and Sarah Jones, was born in Atchison county, Missouri, on March 20, 1864. She passed away at her home near Farragut, Dec. 15, at the age of 79 years 8 months and 26 days, following an illness that extended over several years. She was one of a family of ten children, all of whom preceded her in death. Salina Jones was united in marriage to Albert S. Phipps, July 2, 1883 in Brownsville, Neb. To them were born three sons; Forney of North Hollywood, Calif.; Oren and Ortel, both of Farragut. Mr. and Mrs. Phipps have resided in the Farragut community for more than 50 years. She has been a member of the Methodist church in Farragut since 1895. She held membership in the order of the Royal Neighbors and the Eastern Star. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church in Farragut by the Rev. Virgil Henderson Saturday, at 1:30 p.m. Mrs. Chas. Herriman and Mrs. Herschel Whitehill sang, "Saved by Grace,", "In the Garden" and "The Ivory Palaces", accompanied at the piano by Mrs.Albert Turnbull. The casket bearers were: John Booth, Roy Peters, Floyd Napple, Oscar Wallin, Carl Berger and Seth Pease. Flower committee: Mrs. Lester Lavely, Mrs. George Perkins and Mrs. Delbert Roberts. Interment was made in the Farragut cemetery.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Gore, Magel Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4237 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS -HERALD. December 30, 1943. "Claude Gore Dies at Red Oak, Ia.".-- Word was received at Sidney of the death of Claude Gore, of Red Oak,Sunday.He was a brother of the late Dr. F. A. Gore and of Chas. and Lee Gore of Sidney. His widow is the former Carabelle Magel of Sidney.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kemerling, Hathaway, Napple, York, Webster Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4236 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. December 30, 1943. "Hold Services For William H. Kemerling".-- William Henry Kemerling was born to Henry and Anna Kemerling at Kewanee, Ill., Dec. 22, 1867, and passed away at the home of his daughter, Dec. 23, 1943, aged 76 years and one day. He had five brothers and two sisters, only three of the brothers surviving. At an early age he moved with his parents from Illinois to Rock Port, Mo., where he spent his early manhood. He was united in marriage to Edith Hathaway on June 26, 1898, at the home of her parents, near Westboro, Mo. To this union were born four children, Ruey, who passed away at the age of seven; Mrs. Flossie A. Napple of Farragut; Mrs.Blanche A. York of Sidney and Elza of Auburn, Washington, who was unable to attend the services due to lack of transportation facilities. The early part of their married life was spent in the Westboro community, from where they moved to a farm southwest of Farragut in May, 1907. At the time of moving the family was under quarantine for scarlet fever which afflicted all of the children and caused the death of the oldest boy, Ruey. In addition to the three children, Mr.Kemerling is survived by five grandchildren: Arnold, Marjorie, Robert, Cleva and Shirley Napple. Also three brothers, Frank of Roosevelt, Okla.; Clay of Tarkio, Mo.; and Fred of Rock Port, Mo. A sister, Mrs. Edna Webster of Hobart, Okla., preceded him in death two years ago. Funeral services were held at the Wallace York home at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. Cecil Wells. Miss Jean Cowden, of Sidney, sang one song, accompanied by Mrs.Harley Walker. Flowers were in charge of Emma Greedy and Ruby Golden. Casket bearers were Donald Kemerling, Merl Kemerling, Bill Brunk, Charles Hurst, Virgil Harbinson, Glen Stoffer. Interment was made at Farragut.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nichols, Ettleman, Proudfit, Henderson, Irwin Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4235 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. December 30, 1943. "Hold Services for Tilghman Nichols".-- Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at the Methodist church at Thurman for Tilghman H. Nichols, 84, of Thurman,who passed away at the Hamburg hospital December 23, conducted by Rev.Charles Aitken of Bartlett. Interment was made in the Thurman cemetery. The son "Heaven is My home" was sung by Jay Leeka, accompanied by Mrs.P.M. Hanson. Casket bearers were Claude Case, Bert Gray, Charlie Wright, Ray Doil, Alvin Gardner and E. C. Axtell. Norma Cupp, Marion Cupp, Marilyn Leeka and Colleen Leeka were in charge of flowers. Tilghman Howard Nichols, son of James S. and Rachael Nichols,was born in Worth county, Mo., Jan. 2, 1859, and at the time of his death was 84 years 11 months and 21 days of age. When the Civil war broke out his father enlisted in the Union army and because of the unpopularity of northerners in the state of Missouri at that time, the family moved to Fremont county, and located on a farm just north of Sidney. After the close of the war, his family moved to the vicinity of Thurman, where, with the exception of a year in Nebraska, he spent his entire life. On December 31, 1885, he was married to Sarah C. Ettleman with whom he lived very happily until her death November 29, 1918. To this union six children were born: Earl, who died in 1891; Floyd, who died in 1903; Lloyd, who died in 1933; and Etha Proudfit, of Hamburg; and Glenn and Paul Nichols of Sidney, who survive him. He is also survived by a brother, W. D. Nichols, of Tabor, and a sister Belle Henderson, of Tilden, Neb. and a host of friends and relatives. He devoted most of his life to farming but he was a skilled carpenter and many buildings are standing in Fremont county as a memeorial to his craftsmanship. He was always interested in his community and had served as councilman and school director. Because of failing health he retired from active work in 1936 and moved to the town of Thurman where he spent the remainder of his life doing whatever work his health would permit and visiting with his friends and neighbors. Although afflicted with ill health for many years, he refused to surrender to its afflictions and was up and about until the day preceding his death. N.B.: Howard Nichols was a brother of "Don" Nichols of Tabor who married Carrie Irwin, daughter of Solomon Irwin.-- W.F.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Barnes - TO - VanSant Classification: Marriage Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4234 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. July 27, 1933. "A Miscellaneous Shower".-- A miscellaneous shower was held July 19 at the home of Mrs.Riley Simpson in honor of Mrs.Howard Ross who before her marriage on July 8 was Miss Mary Jane Monson. The afternoon was spent with games, which were followed by a miscellaneous shower. The bride received many acceptable gifts, which were presented to her in doll beds, wheeled to the recipient by Irene Gordon and Norma Jean Lauman. Refreshments were served by the hostesses, Mrs. Riley Simpson,Mrs. Floyd Simpson and Viola Simpson.They were assisted by the bride's mother Mrs.George Gordon. Those present were Miss Clara Barnes, Miss Dorothy Barnes, Mrs. John Bower, Miss Helen Bopp, Miss Lois Bopp, Miss Litta Bower, Mrs. LuellaBrown, Mrs. Cloyd Brush, Mrs. Lloyd Brush, Miss Marjorie Brush, Mrs. Jim Cowger, Mrs. J. A.Dalrymple, Mrs. William Davis, Mrs. Ray Derrickson, Mrs. Everett Kingsolver, Mrs. John Kingsolver, Miss Nellie Kingsolver, Mrs. Howard Kraschel, Charles A. Lindberg, Miss Lorene Lindbergh, Mrs. Sam McMullen, Miss Thelma Milligan, Miss Catherine Monson, Mrs. H. N. Monson, Miss Harriette Monson, Mrs. Jame Reid, Miss Marjorie Reid, Miss Velma Rickabaugh, Mattie Roberts, Mrs. Nate Roberts, Nellie Roberts, Mrs. Henry Ross, Mrs. Clyde Schafer, Mrs.Kenneth Smay and daughter Kathlene, Mrs. J. J. Troxel, Mrs. C. L.Young, Miss Irma VanSant, and Mrs. J. B. VanSant.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4233.1 Message Board Post: My Mother, who is 87 years old, talks of sleighriding on Grasshopper Hill when she was a child..interesting.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Carl Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4233 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. July 20, 1933. "Thurman News".-- Ralph Carl, a former coach in our schools, and wife, with a party of friends from Tarkio, Missouri, were camping on Grasshopper Hill Saturday and calling on friends here. They were enroute to the Century of Progress in Chicago.