The book, titled The History of DeWitt County, was written in German by C.H. Waltersdorf in 1899 and gives readers a look at life in the county during the late 1800s. Bruns, with the help of Peggy ...

The logbooks also shine a light on life in general in the late 1800s in a Midwest coastal community. Digitizing the logbooks has been an arduous process, says Paul Howell, University Libraries manager ...