Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties, Minnesota History, In 2 Volumes + Bonus Book

Description: History of Cottonwood and Watonwan CountiesMinnesotaTheir People, IndustriesAnd InstitutionsIn Two VolumesBy John A. Brown, 1916595 + 486 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable - Bonus Book –Cottonwood CountyIn the World War1917-1919By J. O. Thompson, 1922181 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable - Bonus Book –Encyclopedia of BiographyOf MinnesotaBy The Century Publishing Co, 1900497 pages, Illustrated, Indexed, Searchable ***************************************************************************************** Digital CD Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View (or MAC Preview Ver. 3)Autoboot Menu for Easy PC Access; Manually Open Files on MAC************************************************************************************** Cottonwood County was established July, 29, 1870. It was named after the Cottonwood River which runs through the northeast corner of Germantown Township. The river received its name from the abundance of cottonwood trees on its banks. CONTENTS VOLUME I COTTONWOOD COUNTY CHAPTER I— RELATEDSTATE HISTORY 33 A portion ofMinnesota Originally Included in Louisiana Purchase — Indian Cessions and Treaties — -Territorial Government Established — Boundaries — Governor Alexander Ramsey — First Territorial Legislature — The Historic Council with the Indians at Traverse des Sioux — The Treaty — Indian Hunters Cause Trouble — ^Townsite Speculation — Constitutional Convention — First State Legislature — ^Admission of Minnesota as a State — Aid to Rail- roads — Financial Stringency — Unrest Among the Indians — Massacre of 1862 — Punishment of the Indians — Subsequent Treaties — ^A Period of Rapid Development — Trouble Because of the State Issue of Railroad Bonds — Settle- ment of the Question and Activity in Railroad Building — Diversified Farm- ing Interests— Population Statistics— Military Record— Name— Geography — Area — Rivers — Lakes — Elevations — Climate — Chronological History of the State. CHAPTER II— GEOLOGY,TOPOGRAPHY AND NATURAL FEATURES.. 59 Situation — Area — Natural Drainage — Streams — Lakes — Topography — Dis- tances — ^Altitudes — Soil — ^Timber — Geological Structure — Water Falls and Cascades — Drift and Contour — Moraines — Boulders and Pebbles — Peat. CHAPTER III— PIONEERSETTLEMENT 79 "Dutch Charlie"— First Settlers— Struggles of the Pioneers— Winter of 1872- 73— Old Settlers' Association — Early Hardships of a Mail Carrier. CHAPTER IV—ORGANIZATION OF COTTONWOOD COUNTY 90 Creation of — Area — Lakes — Soil — The Two "Stolen" Townships — County Government — No Hard County-seat Contests — County's Condition in 1884 — ORganization of the County — First Events — Assessed Valuation — County Commissioners* Proceedings — First District Appointments — Free Premiums — Grasshopper Appropriations — Taxes in 1877 — Court House Building — Other Locations for County Offices — County Jail — Caring for the Poor — Russian Thistle Pest— County Officers' Fees in 1909— Tax Levy for 1916-17— County Finances, July 1, 1916— County Officials, 1916— County and State Roads. CHAPTER V— COUNTY ANDSTATE REPRESENTATION 110 Presidential Vote in Cottonwood County — State Senators — State Repre- sentatives — County Auditors — County Treasurers — Sheriffs — Registers . of Deeds — Probate Judges — County Commissioners. CHAPTER VI— TOWNSHIPSOF COTTONWOOD COUNTY 114 Civil Subdivisions — The Townships of Germantown, Amboy, Amo, Ann, Carson, Dale, Delton, Great Bend, Highwater, Lakeside, Midway, Mountain Lake, Rose Hill, Selma, Springfield, Southbrook, Storden, Westbrook — Villages of Jeffers, Delft, Bingham Lake, Mountain Lake, Storden and Westbrook. CHAPTER VII—AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS 194 Fortunate Situation of Minnesota — Crop Failures Rare in Cottonwood County — Poultry Show — Early and Present Stock Farms — ^The Creamery Industry — Agricultural Societies — Farm Names — Agricultural Statistics — Columbian Exposition Premium — Stock Men of 1908. CHAPTER VIII— SECRETAND BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES 205 Ancient If^'ree and Accepted Masons — Royal Arch Masons — Order of the Eastern Star — Independent Order of Odd Fellows — Daughters of Rebekah — Ancient Order of United Workmen — Modern Woodmen of America — Royal Neighbors of America — Modern Brotherhood of America — Sons of Norway — Daughters of Norway — Knights of Columbus — Patrons of Husbandry. CHAPTER IX—PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS 218 First Physician in Cottonwood County — Past and Present Physicians — Silas D. Allen. CHAPTER X— NEWSPAPERS223 Papers, Past and Present, Published At Windom, Westbrook, Jeffers and Mountain Lake. CHAPTER XI— RELIGIOUSDENOMINATIONS 226 Methodist Episcopal Churches — Presbyterian Churches — Baptist Churches — Danish Baptist Churches — Mission Band — Evangelical Lutheran Churches — Dowie Zionists — Lutheran Churches — Mennonite Church — Catholic Churches — Episcopal Church. CHAPTER XII— BENCH AND BAR 241 Pioneer Lawyers — Others of a Later Day — Members of the Bar in 1916 — Court Officers. CHAPTER XIII—EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS 244 Sterling Type ofPioneer Settlers — Early Educational Conditions and the Improvements Which Have Followed Through the Years — The Great Bend School House and Its Destruction — Early School Districts — ^An Early School — Early School Teachers — First School House in the County — Schools at Bingham Lake, Storden, Jeffers, Westbrook, Windom City and Mountain Lake — Rural School Commencements — Salaries Paid County Superintendents — School Lands — County Superintendent's Report for 1915 — ^An Early School Superintendent. CHAPTER XIV— BANKSAND BANKING 267 Little Demand for Banks in Pioneer Days — Poverty of Early Days Changed to Prosperity and Full Bank Accounts — Banks at Windom, Jeflfers, Storden, Mountain Lake, Westbrook, Bingham Lake and Delft — Recapitulation. CHAPTER XV— RAILROADSaND TRANSPORTATION 277 Railroads in Cottonwood County Early in Its History — The "Currie" Branch and Other Lines Which Have Been Constructed m the County. CHAPTER XVI— MILITARYMATTERS 280 Grand Army of the Republic— Woman's Relief Corps — Helped in Capture of Jeff Davis— "We Are Growing Old, John"— Soldiers Who Pledged Their Votes to Grant and Wilson — Spanish-American War Soldiers. CHAPTER XVII— CITY OFWINDOM_ _ 287 Name — Population — Windom as Viewed i''''n 1893— First Events — Commercial Interests, 1872 and 1882 — Postoffice — Municipal History — Waterworks — Library — Ferry — First Elevator — Ruse Hospital — Industries — Removal of an Old Landmark — The Old "Lock-up" — Commercial Interests in 1916 — Com- mercial^ Clubs — The Tourist Qub^Woman's Literary Club — Winldbm Pioneers — Windom's Greatest Fire. CHAPTER XVIII— REMINISCENCES305 pioneer Days in Great Bend — Blizzard of 1873. CHAPTER XIX— MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS AND INCIDENTS- 311 immigration Association — Population Statistics — Nationality of Population — Village Plats — Platted Cemeteries — Altitudes — Market Quotations — Grass- hopper Plague— Storm of 1873 — The Cyclones of 1903 and 1908— Snow Storm of 1881— Hay Burned— A Prairie Blizzard of 1873 — Five- Year Grasshopper Scourge — Burning Hay for Fuel — Railroad Wreck at Windom — Mountain Lake Wreck— "The Old Ox Team." WATONWAN COUNTY CHAPTER I— GEOLOGY OF WATONWAN COUNTY 327 Situation — Area — Surface Features — Natural Drainage — Topography — Ele- vations — Soil — ^Timber — Geological Structure — Lakes — Boulders and Gravel — uilding Stone — Peat. CHAPTER II— INDIAN HISTORY AND TREATIES 334 Treaty of Traverse des Sioux — Indian Characters — Captivity of Benedict Juni — Causes Leading to the Indian Massacre of 1862 — First Act of Vio- lence — Reminiscences of the Little Crow Uprising — ^The Government Not Guiltless — Punishment of the Sioux — Pensioners of the Sioux Uprising — Story of the New Ulm Massacre — Indians' Last Raid in This Section — In- dians and Their Peculiar Customs — ^The Versatile Indian — Incidents Con- nected With the Indian War. CHAPTER III— THE FIRST SETTLEMENTS 376 The Pioneer Band — Early Deeds and Land Transfers — ^Timber Claims — School Lands — Early Miscellaneous Deeds — Settlement Notes — First Set- tlers in the County. CHAPTER IV— ORGANIZATION AND COUNTY GOVERNMENT 381 Creation and Organization — Name — Area — County Commissioners* Proceed- ings — First Militia Officers — Troubles of a Treasurer — County Finances, 1870 — County Expenses, 1877 — Aid to Farmers Who Suffered From the Grasshopper Scourge — Relocating the County Seat— County Official Paper- Salaries and Bonds of County Officers, 1884 — Court House History — Jail — Caring for the Poor — County Finances, 1897 and 1915 — ^Assessed Valuation, 1880, 1890 and 1916— Number of Buildings Assessed in 1894 — ^Treasury Burglarized — Drainage. CHAPTER V— COUNTY AND STATE REPRESENTATION 410 Presidential Vote — State Senators — State Representatives — County Com- missioners — County Auditors — County Treasurers — Registers of Deeds — Sheriffs — Clerks of the District Court — County Attorneys — Court Commis- sioners — Coroners — Probate Judges — School Examiners and County Super- intendent — County Surveyors. CHAPTER VI— TOWNSHIPS OF WATONWAN COUNTY 419 Townships of Adrian, Antrim, Butterfield, Fieldon, Long Lake, Madelia, Nelson, Odin, Riverside, Rosendale, South Branch, St. James — Villages of Darfur, Lewisville, Butterfield, Ormsby, Madelia, Odin, LaSalle and Grogan. CHAPTER VII— CITY OF ST. JAMES 467 Name— Platted— Early Conditions— First Events— Winter of 1870-1— St. James in 1885-6 — Municipal* History — Fire Department — Societies — Commer- cial Club — Public Library — Business Men's Association — Sanitarium — Long Lake Park — Industries — Commercial Interests, 1916 — Miscellaneous Items. CHAPTER VIII— CHURCHES 480 Methodist Episcopal Churches — Evangelical Lutheran Churches — Presby- terian Churches — Christian Church — Church of Christ — Episcopal Churches — Norwegian Lutheran Churches — Swedish Lutheran Churches — Mennonite Churches — Baptist Churches — Catholic Churches. CHAPTER IX— EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS 503 Present School System of the State— School Lands — Schools of 1875 — First Schools in Watonwan County — St. James Public Schools — Rosendale Town- ship Schools and the Schools at Odin, Darfur, Lewisville, Ormsby and Butter- field — Present School Statistics — High and Graded Schools — School House Locations — Early School ScandaL CHAPTER X— THE BENCH AND BAR 513 Requirements for Admission to Practice Law in Minnesota — List of Attor- neys in This County — Present Members of the Bar. CHAPTER XI— PHYSICIANS OF THE COUNTY 516 Hardships and Poor Recompense of Early Doctors — List of Registered Physicians — Other Doctors Who Have Practiced in the County — Watonwan County Medical Society — Early Physicians' Fees, CHAPTER XII— NEWSPAPERS 521 Power of the Press — First Paper in the County — Papers, Past and . Present, at Madelia, St. James, Butterfield. CHAPTER XIII— BANKS AND BANKING- 525 Character of Banks — First Bank in Watonwan County — Banks at Madelia, St. James, Odin, Lewisville, Butterfield, Ormsby, LaSalle and Darfur. CHAPTER XIV— FRATERNAL AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS 532 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons — Order of the Eastern Star — Independent Order of Odd Fellows — Daughters of Rebckah — Knights of Pythias — Modern Woodmen of America — Royal Neighbors of America — Modern Brother- hood of America — Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen — Catholic Order of Foresters — Grand Army of the Republic. CHAPTER XV— RAILROADS AND TRANSPORTATION 541 Transformation in Local Conditions Through Advent of Railroads — Brief .Description of the Various Railroads Which Have Entered Watonwan County. CHAPTER XVI— MILITARY HISTORY „_ 546 Many Veterans of the Civil War in This County — The Spanish-American War. CHAPTER XVII— AGRICULTURE, STOCK-RAISING, ETC 548 Watonwan, Purely an Agricultural District — Creameries — Stock Farms — Improvement in Stock-raising Methods — Farm Names — The Great Elgin Colony — County Fair Societies — An Ea;-ly Horse and Cattle Fair — Dairy Statistics — Creamery Companies. CHAPTER XVIII— MURDERS AND OUTRAGES 556 Murder of Lais Johnson — The Goblinski Quadruple Murder — Killing of Leo Jacobson — Suicide — The Younger Brothers and the Northfield Bank Robbery. CHAPTER XIX— SIDELIGHTS 570 Population of the County — Population by Townships — Altitudes of the County — Village Flattings — Spelling School in Pioneer Days — Old Settlers' Reunion at Madelia, 1875— "Song for the Old Settlers"— Great Storms- Advantages of Watonwan County — Court House Corner-stone Laying — Growth of Watonwan County — Grasshoppers — Birds and Wild Animals. CHAPTER XX— REMINISCENCES 583 Interesting Review of Early Events and Conditions by Alexander Swanson — The First House in Adrian Township— Transportation Troubles — Privations of Pioneers — How the Children Helped — Tribute to Pioneer Heroes — The Grasshopper Plague — Lack of Amusements in Early Days — Early Market Prices — ^Tools and Machinery. CHAPTER XXI— MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 392 Market Quotations — Anti-Horse Thief Association — ^The Prohibition Ques- tion — Local Option Vote in 1915 — Russian Thistle Day Check out my other items! 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