Gentlemen on the Prairie: Victorians in Pioneer Iowa

Index

INDEX Numbers in italics refer to photographic inserts Abingdon Agricultural Society, 150 Agricultural apprentice/pupil "pup" system, 5, 12, 59, 67-68, 71-73, 78, 99; advertisements for, 113-15; criticism of, 113, 161, 190-93 Agricultural fairs, 74, 136 Agriculture: in America, 20-21, 232-35; in Britain, 58, 233; large scale vs. intensive, 21, 110- 11; mechanized, 74 Ahrendson, Karl, 235-37 Alaska, Close business in, 215 Albion, Illinois colony, 45 Albion House, 84 Aldersey, Thomas, 234 Alexandra, Queen of England, 211 Altowan, 4 American Emigrant Company, 20 Americans: antagonism toward British, 84-88; egalitarianism of, 11,84,118-19; social status values, 220, 232-35 Arson, 198, 199 Assimilation of immigrants into U.S., 6, 7, 95, 120, 237 Atkinson, Percy, 137, 142 Atlantic, Iowa, 16 Baker, F. P., 177-80; home,185 Baker, Valentin "Pasha," 177, 199 Ball, Charles, 105, 106, 155 Barlow, Alexander K., his manor house, 4245 , 125 Barrow, Fred, 86, 137, 147 Barrow Cup, 128, 137, 193 Benson, Constantine, 66, 67,93,98, 133, 155, 207 Benson, Robert, 99-100 Bigelow, Poultney, 5, 75, 93-94,106-7,109 Bird, Isabella Lucy, 4 Birkbeck, Morris, 45 Blacks, 12, 166 Blackwood's, 79, 158, 169, 190, 232 Blair, John I., 187 Blair Town and Lot Company, 187 Bloodgood, John, 41, 61, 69 Board of Aid to Land Ownership, 145, 146 Bowman, T. L., 151 Bridson, W. P., 81 249 British Association of Kansas, 144 British Columbia Development Assodation, 215 The British in Iowa, vi British Ladies' Female Emigrant Society, 116 The Broad Stone o/Honour, 34-35 Brodie, Malcolm: as colonist, 222-28; diary of visit to England, 223 - 28 Brooks, Amy, 9 Brooks, Samuel, 9, 100 Brooks, Thomas, 100 Browning, Orville H., 30-31 Brunsville, Iowa, 107 Btyant, R. H., 221 Burlington Railroad, 189 Business, and social status, 234-35 Caldwell, Keith, 107, 108 Cambridge University, 3, 9, 12, 18, 64, 103-4 Campbell, W. McOran, 81 Carlogie Ranch, 6, 107, 183. See also Farquhar family Carlton Stock Farm, 89. See also Fenton, James Cash-rent farming, 77 Cattle drive, W. Close participates in, 21-22 Centennial Regatta, 1876, 4, 9-12 Chapman, Montague J., 144 Cherokee, Iowa, 100 Chicago, Illinois, 194 Chicago and North Westetn Railroad, 90, 187, 188 Chicago Tribune, 146 Chiene, Hugh Playfair, 110 Christian, H. c., 88 Churches, 96; Denison, 23-24, 27, 33, 58; I.e Mars, 75, 142, 150. See also St. George Episcopal Church Civil War, 12, 15, 144 Close, Emily, 101 Close, Frederick, 15, 53; charms Iowa girls, 19-20; and Close Bros. Ltd., 69, 154-55; farms in West Virginia, 12; farms near Denison , 19-29, 32-36, 61; farms near I.e Mars, 90,91; final days, death, 8, 207-9; and Free Land Mortgage Co., 207; and frontier justice , 141; interest in trading, 97-98; marriage , 79, 149-50; in Pipestone, Minn., 109, 188-89; on prohibition, 147; and sporting events, 92, 93, 133, 135, 136, 138, 189, 192-93 250 Close, Henry, 101 Close, Herben, 212, 214, 217 Close, James, 23, 41, 55, 56, 84; and colony pups, 71, 78; his farm, 89-90; marriage, 79, 215; role in family business, 61, 63-64, 66, 68-69, 82, 105, 132-33, 154-55, 194; as sheep breeder, 136 Close, John, 56, 61, 62, 101; criticism of brothers' business dealings, 153-55; role in family business, 132 Close, Margaret. See Humble, Margaret Close, Thomas, 22, 31, 38, 101 Close, William B., 4-5, 51,52,56, 136, 194, 209; and advice to prospective farmers, 45, 58-60; affair with Marie (Mimi) Howard, 213-14; on American customs and language , 11, 13, 23, 26-27, 30, 33, 34; on American farming, 20-31; buys, farms land near Denison, Iowa, 19-29; clothing, 37; and Daniel Paullin, 11, 37-38,41,61,6970 ; death, 217; decides on career in land speculation, 28-29, 30; describes Iowa prairie, 15-16; engagement to Mary Paullin, 25, 31-32, 61, 64, 69-70, 82-83; first visit to America, 9-17; forms Iowa Land Company , 131-32; friendship with Carrie Wygant , 24-25; his stock farm, 66, 82, 90, 98; interest in coal processing, construction, 216; interest in trading, 97-98; as intermediary in pups' family problems, 100, 101-2; land purchase near Le Mars for colony, 38, 41, 61-63; marriage, divorce to Mary Paullin, 98-99, 100-101, 103, 152-53, 207, 21217 ; naturalization, 212-13; panicipates in cattle drive, 19-20; in Pipestone, Minn...