TWELFTH BIENN IA L REPORT OFTIJE Historical Department of Iowa MADE TO THE TRUSTEES OF TBE State Library and Historical Department OCTOBBR 31, 1914 BY EDGAR R. HARLAN, CURATOR PRINTBD IY OltOBR 0~ Ttl I CltNBRAL ASSB}IBLY ()F~ )101~T.S ICIIlD'f' HI... DEaii<!Jif. •T.t.TC nasTU un lllHTOHlCATJ D~:l' \HT.\IE:l\1' O~· !OW\. Tlt'ITII:D. COVER!';OR OEOROE W. CL.\RKE ("!liEF' JUSTICE SCOTT ll. LADO. JUIXlE SILAS M. WEAVER. JCOOJo: HORAC'lt E. DEEMER. JI'OOE F'RANK R 0AY1;0R. JliOOE BYRON W PRESTON Jl'OOE WINFIELD 9. WITHROW. liON. WILLIA~I 8. ALLEN, 6<<r<'la'l! of State. IIOX A. ll. DEYOE, llupl l'vOIIc l,..t,..,ctlon. EDGAR R.. HARLAN. Cwrotor. ALICE MARPLr.. A.UI#tGIU tO Ill,. ("WfdtOr. lOA lt. HUNTINOl'ON, A.W•tant to the Curator. JOSEPH STEPPAN, M"'c•m Dim tor. ROY C. DADY. C'lrrk ana Stcnoqrophrr. ETHEL B. VIRTUE, lndez Clerk •;. W. DOOLITTI.&. O..,NI, T H. ST. JOHS, OooNI C\ RUS WE.\ VER, Ooortf. JOliN MILLER. O•ortl. IIP.NRY WILLS, (}uartl. J. II. STOVER. GWJrd. \IRS. JESSII'l 0 WILLIS, Matro•. THEODORE PEMBERTON. Port.r, l LB'l'1'ER OP 'l' HA NSMI 'l 'TA T~ . HrSTORTCAr, DEPARTMENT OF IowA, Des :Moines, Iowa, October 31, 1914. To the II onomblc Boat·d of Trustees: GF.NTLJDtEN-Tn pur·suance of the requirements of Section No. :3881-b, of the Code of 1907, I have the honor to snbmit herewith the Twelfth Biennial Report of the JJ istorical Department of Iowa. Respectfully, EooAR R. HARLAN, C1trator. 1'\TROI>I '(,1'0RY. This, tht• T1wlfth llitnuial R~port of the Historical Depart· nll'nt of 101111, prt-<~'nt~ tb~ dt·tailo•d bu<ioe-~ of tbe two naN ,. .,,J~•I .Jun~ ;10, 1914 • Thr fuurult·r of th~ "ork, ("harlu .\hlrieh, laid down the policy of rnll•etiug and pn·s~r~·in~t th~ materials from wbieh may ade­ <tnat~ly h~ Rtu<httl all th~ f"<'ntial future• of the dewlopment uf our e< '" r.OJI\\t~ltl•, of coopt· rating "ith all otb<·r Jow1 ptr •oM and institutionR in the promotion of intellij!'enee eone•m· in~t, nrul lovt• for. Iowa history aud biography; of eollS<'n·ing all th• •cents and •itt~ of hi•toric and landscape worth and of ree· OKniling and notin(( the attaiurneut of Iowa men and women in all the linM or useful endeavor. The.e purpOt!tS hue bern all und singularly furtherecl to the extent of our capacity during thtl birnnium. Tm; AN!';AIA! 0>' IOWA. Th{' '11hirtl fif'lri('!J iti iu iu. twrnty.KPeonil yPnr: it ill no ~ighty. page <JUarterlJ tlcvot~d primarily to the publication of original material" upou Iown nod we•tern history ancl biography. It is ll nw<lium of information couccrniug the D~partmeot and its activiticH, forma on ~xchaugr for publications and materials, and go!'s co~t-frrc to nil Iowa librnric• that desire it for permanent Jtr-t·~'M'IHion, nnd t<'l tho"'' wbo eontribute to its columa..oJ, or t'J other divi•iona of our work. Its contents, like most of the other valnnblr arquiaitiouc of th~ llilltorical Department, are gh·eo to the publir without eompt·IIKation to the contributors. An index ... o\'t•ring tht• •·r'~ of t Ia roam•lt>r '" work whi<"h ench•d ~f:lr.. h ~. I !JOn, ancl to tht• eloo.· of volu11w VIII, 1\88 i,._,uc·•l, and a cumulatiw iutlt•>. J,tt•aft•·" ic J>.~rt of our (>Ian. lo'olloning are the lith·• ,,f article>< contribute•! aocl thr oamts of the contributors for th~ ••iQ'hl uuml~n: imt:ued clurina thi" bi••nuium: ~l•torle \'llt.p 81l<S ot Harrlaoo Conlr, lo,..a-Robert F Glld<r. 1'7ltr Pbotosrapba ot Iowa lltltlan lloo -Loren S. 1'71tr. Aborl~tlaal Uae ot )ltatral Co&l aad tla DIKo'•TJ' Ia the We.t.-chul• KtJ•. Promlaeot )ltD of larl7 to"·a.-t:dward H. Stile& Dr Gallaed'a Attoont ot lbe Half.B......S Trut.-RoprioL 8 TWELFTH BI K~N!AL REPORT OF THE HISTORICAL DEPART:\fE:-\T OF IOWA 9 Pioneer H lijtO ry or the Territorial and State Library or Iowa.- John son LIBR..lRY. Brlgh am. Spanish Mines; an Episode In Primitive American Lead-mlning.- Charles The li hrar.'· of the Jli:'IOt·il'nl Department of Iowa is especially Keyes. strong in honks and pnmphJt't., on WC'St<'m histot·y. slan•ry, war Somet hing Additional on Kasson's Fight for the Capitol. Constant R. of the n•lwllion. thr .\ merit·nn lJHlian. g<'llNI Iogy. county And Mar ks. t'll \Yh Stampede from General Weaver In the R epublican Convention or 1875.- other lot· a! It istcr.'· a tHl rly maps. ilc udd i tious at'(' being James S. Clarkson. mad<' on ull of thes<' lin<'~. sJW<'ial attention is paid to the ~<'llNI· Some Character istics of Oen. U. S. Orant.-Gren vllle M. Dodge. logical dt•part ment. In this cla;;;s our <'OIIC'etions contnin nil or Organization and Service of the I•' rontler Guar ds.-Charles B. Richards. the b<.'st that is to b<' found in the gt·<'nll•st ~<'n r nlo~ i cnl li ht•n t·ics Biography of lion. Charles John Alfred Ericson.-Charles L. Dahlberg. in th<' Unitt>d States. J our nal of A. W. Harlan While Crossing the P lains In 1850. Judge Caldwell on Henry Clay Dean. W e han• 53:? gen<'ral wo1·k-. of g"<'ll<'lllo~y. !) st'parat<' family As to the Palmetto Flag.-J. W. Rich. histories. 4:t~ books of Yital statistics. :? hoo ks on name nnd 70 Jetlerson County at the Beginning of the Civil War.- Charles J. Fulton. on heraldry And allied suhjet'ts. Proposed Impr ovement or the Iowa State Capitol Grounds.-Edgar R. Harlan. Closely alliNI to g<'nralo~y a1·e the town n tH! county histories Lea's Notes on W isconsin T err1tory.- Repr1nt. of the eastrm, south<'rn alt(l mill<lle stntes. Of local hist·o•·y we Insta llation of t he Temple Tablet.- Thomas Hedge. have 128 of ?llaine. H~ of ~rw H ampsh ire. 71 of Vermont, 428 W J McGee, Oeologjst, Anthropologist, Hydrologlst.-Charles Keyes. of Massachusetts. ~3-l of :\ew York, 361 of Pennsylvania, 157 of A Beautiful Life-A Biographical Sketch.- Anna Howell Clarkson. Virginia and considNahl<' numbers of the other eastem nnd Case of Archie P . Webb, a Free Negro.-Natban E. Collin. Song- Sherman's March to the Sea .-Charles Aldrich. southern states. Besides the books ther e are pamphlets and After the Battle of Pleasant Hill, La.- Capt. Michael Acker man. other matc,·ial. Com plexity of the Glacial Period, and Iowa's Role in Its E'stablishment.- Every sc1·ap of Rt'vol utioun ry h istory is todny almost worth its Charles K eyes. E ar ly Iowa I ndian Treaties and Boundaries.-Alonzo Abernethy. weigh t in gold. Realizing that what has come tr ue with r efer ence Attempted Lynchings In Iowa.-Paul Walton Black. to the bistot·y of that wa1· and p <'riod will inevitably be true con­ Charles Baldwln.- Robert Sloan. cerning the Civil war, this d epartment has set about collecting Establishment of the Diocese of Iowa, Protestant Episcopal Church of Civil war d&ta and h!Ul paid especial attention to regimen tal Amerlca.- F rancls E. J udd. histories. We have 47 such his tories of Iowa, 15 of I ndiana, 25 Interpretation of the Capitol Grounds "Extension Law.- Supreme Court Decision. of Illinois. 48 of l\Iassachusetts, 53 of Michigan a nd other states W llllam B. Alllson.- H enr y Cabot Lodge. ip p roportion. Ea rly Com mer cial T ra velling In Towa.- Frank M. Mills. IOWA AUTITORS. "Our Van ishing W ild L ife•· by Dr. William Temple Hornaday.-John F. Lacey. Attainment in literatur<' and in other of thC' arts by Iowa P<'Oplc A Republic Within the Confederacy and Other Recollections or 1864.­ or by others under Town in6u<'nee has b<'t' n hy us held equal in W. A. Duckworth. Writings or J udge George 0. W r ight on Iowa Biography and History. importanc<' with militnry pT·owess or politirnl achievement. On this acconnt we hcgnn loug si nce th<' ncquisition of books MAP COLLECTION. Ly ! own antllors. D uring the pBst two y<'n r·s we have stencl il y Om· valuable collection of maps has for the first tim e become increased the collections th t·ongh some hnying and m uch h<'g­ f ully available through a scheme devised by the Curator, wher e­ ging, and with thn ncqnisition of some 516 items from Ron. by each map, mounted, is indexed by library method, and bound Henry Stivers of Osceola . Iowa. now hAvr the most extensive in loose-leaf form in its appt·opriate binder. By a ser ies of frames gro~p of matt'rinls on this snhjt'ct of which we know. We p ropose of a size a nd mat approximating the sizt's of the loose-leaf a vigorous cnmpaign in the immediate future not on1y for books mou n ts, any map or series of maps may be exhibited on tlJe by I owa. authoJ·s, but £or au togr aph data by each writer upon his wall for special or or dinary occasions.