MISSING ITEMS
Much rarer books and documents are found all the time, some quite by accident. The beauty
part of the internet is that it's the world's biggest bulletin board. If I don't post that the items
below are missing from Polk County(some probably for decades) nobody will ever know.
NEEDED ORIGINAL TOWN PLATS;
DELPHI - There is a reference to an original plat, but it has been lost. The original
owner of this parcel of land was Ambrose Boatwright in 1849. The town
was early on referred to as Delphi and Adelphia, but officially became
Adelphi all the way up to 1958, when it was completely abandoned. It may
also been a mistaken reference to the platted-but-never-realised town
of Delphi on the north bank of the Des Moines river south of Percy, Iowa
in Marion County.
CIRCLEVILLE - Now the site of the town of Avon Lake(Lake Avon), the last time this
town was mentioned in legal descriptions was in 1865. The town
was founded in 1848 by William Buzick. It may be no coincidence
that Lake Avon's streets were lain out in a crescent pattern and
perhaps the developers had a description of the original townsite
that we now don't. The lake at Lake Avon did not exist in 1865, or at
least was such an obscure and insignifigant body of water, it was
not listed on any maps.
RIDGEDALE
RANELAUGH GARDENS
BRAZELTONVILLE
BROOKLINE / BROOKLYN
KIRKWOOD
MISSING POLK COUNTY LAND RECORDS BOOKS
Contact the Polk County Archives if these are in your possession;
Polk County General Index of Town Lots ,Book One (pre-1848)
Polk County Town Lots Book B
Polk County Land Records Book A
LOST DES MOINES NEWSPAPER ISSUES:
If anyone has in their possesion even one copy of any of the following Des Moines area newspaper issues, the Iowa State Historical building would definately be interested in at least filming them;
THE MAIL AND TIMES - January 1, 1893 to December 31, 1899
THE DES MOINES DAILY NEWS - January 1, 1897 to April 18, 1897
- October 1, 1919 to December 31, 1919
- January 1, 1917 to March 31, 1917
THE DES MOINES CAPITAL - April 12, 1916 to April 30, 1916
THE SATURDAY REVIEW - January 1, 1893 to January 31, 1893
THE DES MOINES DEMOCRAT - Volume 1, Number 1 to Volume 5, Number 5,
(1899 to 1903)
NEEDED OFFICIAL CEMETERY PLATS;
Polk City Cemetery, Polk City, Iowa
St. Ambrose Catholic Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa
Oakwood (Youngstown) Cemetery, Pleasant Hill, Iowa
Oak Lawn Cemetery, Des Moines, Iowa (1893 - 1908)
Fort Des Moines Cemetery(1849 - 1859), Des Moines, Iowa
Fort Des Moines Army Post(#3) cemetery - (1901 - 1968)
Corydon Cemetery - Section 12, Madison township
