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1865 Iowa State Gazetteer
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1941 Bonaparte Directory
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1941 Keosauqua Directory
1941 Milton Directory
1941 Mt. Sterling Directory
1941 Selma Directory
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1954 Birmingham Phone Directory
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1954 Mt. Sterling Phone Directory
1954 Stockport Phone Directory
1961 Bonaparte Phone Directory


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J.A. Keck Journal & Papers
Story of the Emigrant Train
Dickson Pottery of Vernon  
VBCo Newspaper Abstracts
VBCo Newspaper History 1878 
Van Buren Democrat - 19 Jan 1870
1850 Mechanicsburg Diary
1871 Pioneer Ass'n Old Settlers Meeting

1872 Pioneer Ass'n Address
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