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ISBN: 9780832867101
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Languages : en
Pages : 919
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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa
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ISBN: 9780832867101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 919
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ISBN: 9780832867101
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 919
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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa
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Category : Hancock County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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Category : Hancock County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 422
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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa
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Category : Hancock County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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Category : Hancock County (Iowa)
Languages : en
Pages : 566
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History of Winnebago County and Hancock County, Iowa: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement
Author: Anonymous
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ISBN: 9781375716383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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ISBN: 9781375716383
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 418
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Bulletin
Author: Iowa Geological Survey
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Bulletin
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 930
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Pirates of the Prairie
Author: Ken Lizzio
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493036580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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The dramatic story of outlaws and vigilantes on the American frontier invariably calls to mind the Wild West of the latter nineteenth century. Yet, there was an earlier frontier, Illinois, that was every bit as wild and lawless as Dodge City or Tombstone. Between 1835 and 1850 several hundred outlaws and desperadoes descended on the prairie state, holding up stagecoaches, robbing homes and individuals, rustling cattle and horses, counterfeiting, murdering, and terrorizing residents with virtual impunity. In a state that was mostly wilderness, outlaws went undetected for years, often masquerading as law-abiding farmers and merchants while preying on isolated settlers and passing emigrants. If it was hard to detect the pirates, it was harder still to capture them and bring them to justice. With law enforcement incapable of checking outlaws, frustrated citizens eventually took matters into their own hands, administering frontier justice—vigilantism. Posses were formed; outlaws were swept from their lairs and whipped, shot, or hanged. Sometimes the miscreants got their just desserts; other times, the use of public tribunals to enact personal vendettas led to abuses, even chaos. Pirates of the Prairie brings the story of these wild times to life.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493036580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 249
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The dramatic story of outlaws and vigilantes on the American frontier invariably calls to mind the Wild West of the latter nineteenth century. Yet, there was an earlier frontier, Illinois, that was every bit as wild and lawless as Dodge City or Tombstone. Between 1835 and 1850 several hundred outlaws and desperadoes descended on the prairie state, holding up stagecoaches, robbing homes and individuals, rustling cattle and horses, counterfeiting, murdering, and terrorizing residents with virtual impunity. In a state that was mostly wilderness, outlaws went undetected for years, often masquerading as law-abiding farmers and merchants while preying on isolated settlers and passing emigrants. If it was hard to detect the pirates, it was harder still to capture them and bring them to justice. With law enforcement incapable of checking outlaws, frustrated citizens eventually took matters into their own hands, administering frontier justice—vigilantism. Posses were formed; outlaws were swept from their lairs and whipped, shot, or hanged. Sometimes the miscreants got their just desserts; other times, the use of public tribunals to enact personal vendettas led to abuses, even chaos. Pirates of the Prairie brings the story of these wild times to life.
The Raptorial Birds of Iowa
Author: Bert Heald Bailey
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 248
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Iowa Journal of History
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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Category : Iowa
Languages : en
Pages : 676
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United States Local Histories in the Library of Congress: The West
Author: Library of Congress
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1322
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