Karen, You might try this site: http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/ There are more than 7,000 books that have been scanned. All of them can be searched by phrase and date of publication. I performed an 'advanced search' on "Henry County" near 25 words of "Iowa." (1845-1875) that yielded: Your search "Henry County", Near within 25 words "Iowa" returned 7 matches in 5 works. View the 7 matches in 5 books. And further: 1 to 5 works of 5 1.Curtiss, Daniel S. Western portraiture, and emigrants' guide: a description of Wisconsin, Illinois,... 1 match in 1 of 370 pages 2.Parker, Nathan Howe. Iowa as it is in 1856; 1 match in 1 of 306 pages 3.Parker, Nathan Howe Iowa as it is in 1855; 2 matches in 2 of 282 pages 4.Pickard, Samuel, Autobiography of a pioneer; or, the nativity, experience, travels, and ministerial... 2 matches in 2 of 406 pages 5.United States. List of post offices in the United States ... 1851 1 match in 1 of 470 pages One of those sources (choose page 139): http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/cgi/sgml/moa-idx?notisid=AFK4427 You can choose any number of words and publication dates to search! Enjoy, Patrick J. Winters Researching WINTERS, CAUGHLIN, OHARE, BOYLE mailto:winterspj@home.com Karen Windheim wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what farmers were growing in Henry Co. about 1850-1900? > Were they growing crops - row or ?, fruit trees, raising cattle, sheep?? > What was the land like when they came in the 1850s? What did they have to > do to the land to farm it? My people moved into the lower part of the > county - Salem & New London. Some were Quakers, were their farming practices > different? > > We have a very small library here, would there be books (names?) that could > be inter-library loaned. Is there someplace on the web for Henry Co. > history? > Thanks for any help. Karen in Oregon > > ==== IAHENRY Mailing List ==== > SUPPORT ROOTSWEB! HELP KEEP GENEALOGY AFFORDABLE BY > SUBSCRIBING TODAY! If you would like to help RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative > by becoming a member, sponsor, donor, or patron, please visit: > <http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html>