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Council Bluffs (Iowa)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Albert S. Mowry land grants

 Collection — Folder OB230
Identifier: OB230
Scope and Contents This collection contains land grants obtained by Albert S. Mowry for land in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1860. The land grants were originally issued to Susannah Smith via Munford Smith, Benjamin Huffragle, Hezekiah Riggs, Joshua Dennis, George Cagle, and Rachel Armstrong via John B. Armstrong.
Dates: 1860

Ewing family collection

 Collection
Identifier: L323
Scope and Contents This collection comprises personal and business papers from the Ewing family, particulraly the brothers William Griffith (W.G.) and George Washington (G.W.) Ewing and their companies in Fort Wayne, Indiana and numerous other locations in the Midwest, ranging from 1818-1887, regarding land speculation; the fur trade; trade and relations with Native Americans and Hoosier pioneers; the settlement of Indiana and the Old Northwest; the development of Fort Wayne; state and national politics; and...
Dates: 1818-1889