History of O''brien County, Iowa, From Its Organization to the Present Time (Classic Reprint)

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In 1850, the - Iowa State Legislature appointed a committee, for the purpose of giving names to fifty of its counties. This committee in its various selections, desirous of honoring the patriots of Ireland, named some of. Its counties after these, among which is Emmett county, after Robert Emmett, and Mitchell county, after John Mitchell.

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