With the spread of Congregationalism throughout Iowa and the growth of large congregations in Davenport, Muscatine, Dubuque, Grinnell, Newton, Des Moines, and Tabor -Denmark ceased to exercise the prominent influence exerted in earlier days.112 Reverend Turner left in 1868. His long pastorate of thirty years had been a fruitful period of spiritual life for Denmark and for political reform in Iowa. Turner's co-worker since 1852, Principal H. K. Edson, resigned his position in the Academy in 1879. Though the people continued faithfully to support the school, its enrollment constantly diminished. In 1914 the building was leased to the Independent School District of Denmark Township for purposes of education only. The Board of Trustees of Denmark Academy was continued for the administration of the endowment funds, the income from which also on certain conditions was turned over to the public high school,113 now bearing the double name of Denmark Academy High School. The historic structure dating from 1848 and 1868 was destroyed by fire in January, 1924. The new grade and high school building, erected on the same site, has the double name over the main doorway and a memorial tablet to the old Academy has been placed in the front wall.114 THE STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF IOWA IOWA CITY IOWA THOMAS P. CHRISTENSEN 112 Minutes of the General Association of Congregational Churches and Ministers of the State of Iowa, 1869, pp. 15-24; Manual of the Congregational Church of Denmark, Iowa (1888), pp. 4, 5; Quinton's Early Denmark and Denmark Academy in the Annals of Iowa (Third Series), Vol. VII, p. 12. 113 Manuscript copy of the contract between the Board of Trustees of Denmark Academy and the Independent School District of Denmark Township, May 28, 1914. 114 Based on observations and information obtained in March, 1925, from residents of Denmark, Iowa. SOME PUBLICATIONS The French Régime in Wisconsin and the Northwest. By Louise Phelps Kellogg. Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin. 1925. Pp. 474. Maps, plates. This volume is the product of many years of careful research in the field by Miss Kellogg and bears evidence in every chapter of her ripe scholarship. As is indicated in the preface this book differs from previous volumes on the activities of the French in America in that the point of view is from the standpoint of the West. The early chapters relate the approach of the Frenchmen to the West, then the occupation of this region is described, and in turn there are chapters on Indian wars, the development of mining and the fur trade in the Northwest, the French residents of Wisconsin, intercolonial rivalry for the western trade, and the end of the French régime in the Northwest. The author has consulted the sources anew, and has arrived at some conclusions contrary to accepted traditions concerning the French régime in Wisconsin. Perhaps in her effort to assign the missions and missionaries to "their proper place" in "the opening of the West to civilization" she has been overzealous. One of the valuable features of the book is the selection of maps and illustrations. The style is lucid, and makes an interesting narrative. Particularly well done is the chapter describing the manners and customs of the French inhabitants of Wisconsin. The book is well printed and bound, and bears evidence of careful proof reading. The index is quite satisfactory. Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf has compiled a Lincoln Bibliography of nearly sixteen hundred items. The sixth volume of Edward Channing's A History of the United States has recently appeared. This covers the years from 1850 to 1865 and bears the sub-title, The War for Southern Independence. A third part of Alanson Skinner's Observations on the Ethnology of the Sauk Indians has recently been published as the October, 1925, issue of the Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee. This installment describes the material culture of this tribe. Among the papers in the Annual Report of the American Historical Association for 1920 two are of special interest to students of Mississippi Valley history: The Early Development of Agricul tural Societies in the United States, by Rodney H. True, and History of the Ranch Cattle Industry in Oklahoma, by Edward Everett Dale. The four papers in The American Historical Review for January are the following: The American Revolution: an Interpretation, by Charles M. Andrews; Roman Parties in the Reign of Tiberius, by Frank Burr Marsh; The European Powers and the French Occupation of Tunis, 1878-1881, by William L. Langer; and United States vs. Jefferson Davis, 1865–1869, by Roy F. Nichols. WESTERN AMERICANA The Wisconsin Archeologist for November, 1925, is entirely devoted to The Lake Kegonsa Region, by W. G. McLachlan. Ralph Leslie Rusk has compiled a two volume work entitled Literature of the Middle Western Frontier, published by the Columbia University Press. Perils of the Santa Fe Trail in Its Early Days (1822-1852), by B. M. Read, is one of the short sketches in El Palacio for November 15, 1925. The October, 1925, issue of The Missouri Historical Review contains an article by Thomas S. Barclay on The Liberal Republican Movement in Missouri and one by Franklin R. Poage on Mark Twain Memorials in Hannibal. George S. Cottman has prepared a textbook for Indiana schools, Indiana, Its History, Constitution and Present Government, which is intended to meet the requirement that the Constitution of Indiana be a part of the school curriculum. VOL. XXIV-10 The committee to designate the site of Fort de Crèvecoeur, appointed by the President of the Illinois State Historical Society in accordance with an act of the General Assembly, has presented its report. This has now been published by the State of Illinois in pamphlet form under the title The Site of Fort de Crèvecoeur. The Quarterly Journal of the University of North Dakota for November, 1925, contains a number of papers, among which are the following: The Number and Distribution of Physicians in North Dakota, by H. E. French, and The Upper Missouri Historical Expedition of 1925, by Orin G. Libby. Some Early Wyoming History West of the 108th Meridian, a paper by Mrs. Cyrus Beard, appears in the Annals of Wyoming for October, 1925. This contains references to persons and events of interest to students of western history, such as John Work, Captain Bonneville, and Father De Smet. Lilian Linder Fitzpatrick has compiled a study entitled Nebraska Place-Names which has been published as a number of the University of Nebraska Studies in Language, Literature, and Criticism. The names are arranged alphabetically, first by counties and then by towns. A paper by Joseph J. Thompson, Illinois' First Citizen-Pierre Gibault, is concluded in the October, 1925, issue of the Illinois Catholic Historical Review. The Trappists of Monk's Mound, by Gilbert J. Garraghan, and Great Western Railway Systems, by W. W. Baldwin, are two other articles in this number. John Henri Kagi, by C. B. Galbreath, makes up the chief contribution in the issue of the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Quarterly for July, 1925. This article deals with Kagi's experiences in Kansas only and does not include his stay at Springdale, Iowa, or his death at Harper's Ferry. Chapters in the History of the Turners, by Robert Wild; The Epic of a Plain Yankee Family, by Joseph Schafer; William Penn Lyon, by Clara Lyon Hayes; Some of Our Pioneers, by Ellis B. Usher; and More Napoleonic Soldiers Buried in Wisconsin, by Albert O. Barton, are articles and papers in the December, 1925, issue of The Wisconsin Magazine of History. Early British Opinions on Westward Expansion is the title of a short paper in the Chicago Historical Society Bulletin for October, 1925. The number for November contains The Huguenots in France and America and the issue for December has short sketches of The Anchor of the Santa Maria, The Significance of the American Frontier, and Captain Andersen and the Viking Ship. When Detroit Invaded Kentucky, a paper by M. M. Quaife, appears in the Burton Historical Collection Leaflet for November, 1925. It is the story of the invasion of Kentucky in the summer of 1780 by a force of British and Indians under the command of Captain Henry Bird. The issue for January, 1926, contains Capital Punishment in Detroit, also by M. M. Quaife. Minnesota History for December, 1925, contains the following papers and articles: A New Interpretation of the Voyages of Radisson, by Arthur T. Adams; Robert Dickson, the Fur Trade, and the Minnesota Boundary, by Louis A. Tohill; The Edmund Franklin Ely Papers, by Grace Lee Nute; Lincoln and Minnesota, by Solon J. Buck; and With La Perrière to Minnesota in 1727. Under Notes and Documents is The Kensington Rune Stone Discussion and Early Settlement in Western Minnesota, by Theodore C. Blegen. Pioneers and Pathfinders of New France, a paper by James A. Woodburn; Morris Birkbeck's Estimate of the People of Princeton in 1817, by Lucius C. Embree; Sketch of Early Presbyterian Church in Indiana, by J. H. Barnard; and The McCormick Family, First Settlers of Indianapolis, by Catherine Eagle, are the contributions in the Indiana Magazine of History for December, 1925. Under the heading Document is the Journal of an Emigrating Party of Pottawattamie Indians, 1838. This is supposed to have been written by a William Polke who, as a child, had been captured and had lived among the Indians. The Border Missions of General George Mathews, by Isaac J. |