Pottawattamie, IA 1870 Federal Census ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcriber's notes: Pottawattamie County, Iowa was formed in 1848, and grew rapidly in the 1850-60's with the ending of the Civil War, and the advent of the trans-continental railroad. Nearly 1/2 of the population were farmers while a huge amount of people worked for the railroad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (Note) The first page was hard to read as it was folded over during microfilming. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~