This is a likeness of of Chief Mahaska the Younger, who was known to the white man as Frances White Cloud. Mahaska the Younger was the son of Chief Mahaska I of the Ioway Native-American Nation. When his father died, Mahaska the Younger was made…
This is a map dating to 1890 that shows the importance and extent to which the railroad serviced Mahaska County the later half of the 19th Century. Key railway lines that came through Mahaska County and more importantly the county seat of Oskaloosa…