County & Community
Emmetsburg
A town created with authentic Irish roots in 1855 when a small group of immigrants settled along the Des Moines River. The town was named to honor Irish Patriot Robert Emmet, who was executed in 1803 by the English government in…
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A well known physician of Milwaukee owned about 2,000 acres of land in Walnut township where the railroad was surveyed, and he offered the railroad company a half interest in the northwest quarter of section 9, through which…
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