Excerpt from Iowa Stories: Book OneBoth these institutions create an interest in the history of the State through the material they collect and through their publications.A good State map should be at hand in connection with the use of this book. A county road map would be an advantage in supplementing the sections on roads.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.