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Another story is that the Indians used to bring coal in their blankets to sell to the blacksmith, or when they wanted a pony shod, and that an old Indian chief, by the name of Four-Eyes, offered to tell where the coal was, at one time, for two ponies. But as nobody had the ponies, the bargain was not consummated, and the old chieftain took his knowl- edge away with him to the Far West. That coal was obtained in some mysterious way by the soldier there is no doubt; but to convince the scientific man that he obtained it from deposits in Winneshiek County will require stronger evidence than the above stories furnish. Every person familiar with the geological topography of the county well under- stands how unreasonable such an idea is.
The first church erected in Winneshiek County, excepting the old Mission Chapel, was built about the year 18-, in the vicinity of Twin Springs. It was Catholic. Father Leuvent officiated. The site was selected and the church directed to be built by Bishop Lovas, of Dubuque, who was the first ordained Bishop in Iowa.
The first duly commissioned postmaster in Winneshiek County was James B. Cutler, of Osage, then a sterling pioneer of the county. He
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located on the Atkin Farm, Frankville Township. The commission confers on James B. Cutler the appointment of postmaster of Jamestown, and bears the signature of Nathaniel K. Hall, Postmaster General under Milliard Fillmore, and dated the 18th day of September, 1851. Judge J. T. Atkins served as assistant postmaster. The office was discon- tinued March 31, 1852. Mr. Leonard Cutler and family came to the county May 30, 1850, which places them among the early pioneers. The father of Mr. James B. Cutler is still living at the advanced age of ninety-six years.
Among the various souvenirs seen by the author, retained as memen- toes of olden times, is a shipping-bill of certain mill irons brought from Galena to Lansing by " the good steamboat called the Nominee," con- signed to Messrs. Beard & Cutler, and dated the 29th of March, 1852. These mill irons were used by Beard & Cutler in what was in 1860 known as the Rogers Mill, on the Canoe, and now known as Spring- water Mill, now owned by Mr. A. Bradish. The erection of the mill began in the fall of 1851, and it was running July 8, 1852. Probably it was the first saw-mill north of the Iowa river. -
In 1850 a young man came from Norway to Iowa and found a spot of ground that suited him in what is now known as Madison Town- ship, Winneshiek County. So far as ascertained, he was its first settler. In the year following an older man followed him, who was the father of at least one girl. As young men and maidens will, this young man and this maiden agreed to wed. These parties were Johannes Evenson and Catherine Helen Anderson. At that time, as now, the law required the parties to have a license. In order to obtain this a visit to the Judge was necessary. Rev. N. Brandt, then a wandering missionary, was in the county, and would perform the ceremony. And if this chance escaped them, no knowing when another opportunity would be afforded them. Mr. Evenson straightway started for Bloomfield Township, to see the Judge and get a permit to enter into a matrimonial alliance. The missionary had promised to await his return. Mr. E. found the Judge absent. He had gone to Dubuque on official business. Imagine the sensations of that waiting bridegroom ! Again the question : Would that minister tarry ? After three days Judge Reed returned, and with his license in his pocket, John turned his footsteps homeward a happier man. No grass grew under his feet on that trip. The minister had remained, and the marriage ceremony was performed-the first, as the records show, to have been performed in the county. The license for this marriage was granted on the 5th day of October, 1851. The
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second marriage license was granted on the 3d of November, 1851. The contracting parties were Erick Anderson and Miss Ann Soles.
The first death to occur in the county was that of a Government teamster named Howard. He was engaged in the transportation of material form Fort Crawford to Fort Atkinson, to be used in the con- struction of the latter. On the 3d of October, 1840, a heavy snow had fallen, and on the next day Mr. Howard started from Joel Post's place, or Postville, to go to Fort Atkinson. A party following in his wake the next day were surprised to find his loaded wagon in the road and team and driver gone. They followed his track up to near the present site of Castalia, where they found him frozen stiff in death. The same day his remains were brought to the Fort, and on the next, or 5th of October, 1846, he was buried. This information is authenticated, and shows that the date of the first death and graveyard preceeded the first birth by one year, and the first marriage by eleven years. In fact, the grave- yard had quite an encouraging start over the marriage era. However much consolation this may have afforded the departed, they may be assured, that in after years, the matrimonial fever swept the county like an epidemic, finding victims on every side.
It is worthy of note that the first public school building was built at the corners of the following townships, Decorah, Springfield, Glenwood and Frankville, in the center of a Norwegian settlement. This event is worthy of record, as it serves to illustrate the strong desire the Norwegian people have to advance their mental condition. Even here, inhabitants of a wild country, and isolated from the world as they were, they found means of encouraging education. In 1852, principally through their efforts, a small, unpretentious log school-house was built at the Corners, and in it the late Mrs. Erick Anderson, then a young woman, taught the first school. .
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CHAPTER IV.
FIRST SETTLERS.
The First Settlers-The First Tax List-First Assessment-A Wel- come Reception-A List of Settlers by Townships-The Richest Man -Bloomfield-Frankville - Military - Washington - Springfield -- Jackson --- Decorah-Madison-Bluffton- Canoe-Glenwood-Pleas- ant-Personality Assessments.
The previous chapters show, with considerable accuracy, who were the residents previous to 1851. The following chapter, perhaps the most valuable in the entire book-valuable for the historical information it contains-is in a great measure the work of Mr. A. K. Bailey, editor of the Decorah Republican.
In 1851 the county was organized. Its officers were elected, and we may presume regularly inducted into office. They needed money in compensation for their services, and then as now it had to be raised by taxes. Happily the first tax list of the county is preserved. The lists for 1853 and 1854 are gone, and this volume was rescued ten years ago by Mr. A. K. Bailey while serving the public as county treasurer, from a box of old papers that were stowed away in an unused closet of the Court House. It should be scrupulously kept as a relic. It is in a fair state of preservation. The contrast between this volume and that of 1862-ten years only-is a complete history in itself of the rapid growth of Winneshiek county. That of 1862 is a volume of nearly a thousand pages of the largest ledger size. This of 1852 is but a small, home- made book of 62 pages, composed of double blue foolscap, with its columns ruled off by hand, and bound in a beautiful sample of Indian- tanned buckskin. The warrant for collecting the taxes bears date Sep- tember 15th, 1852; is addressed to Daniel Kuykendall, treasurer, and is signed by D. R. Reed, county judge. The title page bears the signature of " Morris B. Derrick, ('lerk "-a man who was, for a time, at least, a partner of Aaron Newell, at the old Pioneer Store, of Decorah.
This volume, we believe, is really a complete list of the residents (who had any property) in the fall of 1851. Although dated many months later, the work of preparing the list was begun at a time when it would have been impossible to include the settlers who came in 1853. We learn from others that the assessment which was preliminary, was made
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by A. H. Fannon, the jolly old constable, who still serves the public. He says it was begun and made early in the spring, before the immigra- tion of 1852 had set in, and he thinks all whose names are included in it had arrived in 1851 or before. Mr. F. made the assessment as sheriff . says he was really the first sheriff; and this was one of the first of his official acts. This claim is in collision with the records, and we cannot undertake to reconcile the discrepancy. In making the list Mr. F. says he sometimes could not visit more than half a dozen families in a day, so widely were they scattered, particularly in the north half of the county, but he always found a welcome reception, and a hearty invita- tion to "sit up to the table " when meal time brought him to one of their cabins. The residents in the northern tier of townships, however, strongly objected to being assessed ; not that they wished to escape tax- ation, but because it was doubtful in their minds whether they dwelt in Iowa or Minnesota. Mr. E. E. Meader gives this information. He, personally, wished to be in Iowa, and had the happiness of finding, when the lines were run, that he had located his cabin just right in order to secure the land he wanted, and at the same time remain an Iowan. This much of outside history to the volume. Now for the stories its pages reveal. We find in it the names of 446 persons. Perhaps some of these were not residents, but the list contains many a known and familiar name. A large share are assessed with personality only ; which means that they had not secured their lands, and had only the "im- provements," or a little stock to pay tribute on. It will be impossible to locate most of these in making a list of settlers by townships, as we propose to do; but whenever lands are named, the townships and ranges will be an unerring guide. Preliminary to this, however, let us give a few general facts. Lands were assessed at the Government price, $1.25 per acre. As land was plenty at this price, it is fair to presume that as- sessments were made at the full cash value. The taxes were only four in number besides the poll tax, viz : county, state, school and road, and they summed fifteen mills. In these later days, when assessments are made at one-third of the cash value, taxation is high if it reaches twenty- five mills, with township school taxes included. There are no footings to show what the total value of the assessed property was ; but the taxes themselves aggregated as follows :
County tax
$696 68
State tax.
175 08
School tax
115 42
Road tax
230 75
$1,217 93
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besides $650 of poll taxes. This would make the total assessable prop- erty in the county at that time, worth $182,789.
The richest man in the county was John McKay, of Washington Prairie. He paid the enormous sum of $23.94 in taxes. Francis Tea - bout was close up to him, being down for $23.16. Benjamin Beard followed with $20.95. These three were the very rich men, for they were the only ones who paid more than $20 ; or, rather, were regularly assessed for sums that amounted to precisely that figure. The list of other persons who paid over $10 is so short that we give the names in full :
Joseph Spillman, Calmar $18 96
Levi Moore, Burr Oak 17 68
Moses McSwain, Bloomfield 16 83
James S. Ackerson, Burr Oak 16 00
James B. Cutler, Frankville
15 78
Newell & Derrick, Decorah.
15 73
Ingebret Peterson, Decorah
14 82
Isaac Callender, Frankville
14 32
Samuel Allen, Bloomfield
14 30
O. W. Emery, Decorah
13 81
Gideon Green, Bloomfield
13 59
C. E Brooks, Military
13 04
David Bartlett, Canoe
12 76
J. T. Atkins, Frankville 12 29
Joseph Huber, Washington
II 27
W. F. Kimball, Decorah
II 17
Wm. Cummings, Bloomfield II I3
Richard M. Carson, Washington I3
Wm. Campbell, Bloomfield. II 05
Andrew Mayer, Washington 10 83
John W. Smith, Frankville 10 72
James D. Mckay, Frankville 10 09
This table indicates that the wealth of the county then centered on Washington Prairie. Decorah with her present capital certainly makes a poor showing. The population, too, was most numerous there. This the following table, showing all the names to which land is assessed, will more clearly show. Although the majority of those named have passed away, there are enough familiar names to make it interesting reading, and worth preserving :
BLOOMFIELD.
Samuel Allen
200 Charles Hawthorn. 40
G. B. Abbmar
40
Benj. Hawk 200
Charles Anderson 160 John W. Jenkins 160
Abner DeCow, Bloomfield II 24
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Geo. Blake 240
Samuel B. Jones 80
John Braumire
80
Tasa T. Kendt 40
Samuel Clark
140
Maria Lacy. 40
John Cowen. 360
Henry McSwain 160
Wm. Clark
20
Moses McSwain. I20
Grace Cohen
40
John McMartin 40
Jonathan Dean
80
Nathan Mckinley
80
David Duff.
120
Henry Noble 40
Abner DeCow 480
Andrew Stewart. I20
Wm. Elliott 40
Margaret Slaught 40
Samuel N. Faint
80
Kund Thompson 40
Gideon Green
400
Richard Thomas 80
Levi Grundy 80
John Thompson
160
Adam Garen
40
FRANKVILLE.
J. T. Atkins 560
James Kilgore 160
Antin Anderson
80
Edward Knight 240
Robert Angers 160
Benj. Knight 80
Christ. Anderson
80
John Krauder 40
Lucy Adams
160
Alanson Loomis 160
Henry Brandt. 160
Ole Anderson Loma 80
John C. Buckley 260
J. D. McKay 160
Benson Egbert 160
John McKay 480
Thomas Beard.
400
Miron Dean
40
Benjamin Beard
480
M. McSwain
200
Wm. Beard
40
John Martin
320
Wm. Birdsell
240
Drury Mays
160
John Bennett.
80
John F. Neider
80
Besalid Bennett
160
Erick B. Olson
240
Isaac Calender
520
Erick Olson 160
160
James Cutlip 180
Robert Pierce
160
Edward Carter 80
Samuel Peterson
160
Francis Carlton 80
Harris Reed
160
David Duff 160
D. Richtie 160
Emanuel Dean 160
J. H. Ransom 160
James Dunn 160
Dwight Rathbun 240
Francis Durst 40
Walter Rathbun 160
H. D. Evans 240
John W. Smith
320
J. H. Gellelan 80
Jas. B. Schenck 160
Egbret Gulbranson 80
Andrew Stewart
40
Joseph Gordon. 80
James Smith 160
Ole Hulverson 160
S. Schrekner 80
J. H. Hawk.
240
Josiah T. Tuttle 200
Isaac Hawk 240
George Teeple 160
John Halver 160
Francis Teabout
640
William Cummings 400
Knud Olson
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Levi Hubbell 160
Knud Toleffson 87
Samuel Hood
80
Elizabeth Tuttle 40
Elizabeth Joiner
160 Wm. Woods 120
Matlen Johnson
320
Oliver F. Woods 80
MILITARY.
John Anderson
160
William J Peck. 160
Mary Ashby
40
Andrew Sharp 160
Chauncy Brooks
160
T. H. Semiss 80
C. E. Brooks
160
Jacob Smith 40
Dolvy Howard
160
Tolef and Lars Tosten.
200
John O. Porter
160
Charles K. Wood. 40
Geo. Bechel.
80
Jas. C. H. Miller 80
Martin Bechel
80
Andrew Meyer
200
John L. Carson
160
John S. Neal. 160
Geo. A. Clark.
160
Francis N. Palmer 160
Wm. H. Fulton
160
Harvey P. Waters
80
John Gardner
320
Gardner Waters 160
Lewis Harkins
160
Aaron Young
I
Joseph Huber
440
SPRINGFIELD.
Jacob Abrahamson
160
O. A. Lomen 80
J. B. Cutler
40
Ole Larson 80
Knud Gulbranson
120
Wm. Lansing 160
Ole Gullikson
160
Michael Omlie 80
Egbert Gulbranson
80
Thomas Simonson 160
Halvor Halvorson 160
T. Holverson 80
Erick Clements
160
Ole Tostenson 80
JACKSON.
Joseph Spillman 40
DECORAH.
Jacob Abrahamsor
80
M. A. Meintner 160
Thos P. Barker
80
Philip Morse 200
Ann Bowie
40
Joseph McGehee 80
John L. Carson
200
Newell & Derrick 42
William Day
160
R. G. Newland. 40
Claiborne Day
160
Engebret Peterson 480
Nathan Drake
160
Amasa Perkins 40
Adams Dexter
160
William Parker. 80
O. W. Emery
327
Thomas Robertson 160
N. S. Gilbert.
74
Joseph Reed. 240
Thor Gulbranson 120
A. Simmonson 160
Geo. W. Hazel
200
Jason Tuttle 160
Adam Heckart
240
John R. Townsley 80
W. F. Kimball
200
Abraham Taxell. 40
Daniel Kuykendahl 280
Geo. A. Wigeland 160
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MADISON.
H. Anstenson
80
Peter Jamison 200
Ole Asleson
40
Chas. McLaughlin 40
John Evenson
80
H. Oleson. 40
Jane Fletcher
40
Wilson Smith. 200
Ever Gulbranson 80
Tolef Tuleston 160
Ole Gunderson
80
BLUFFTON.
Benjamin Disbie
80
M. A. Meinter 160
Philo S. Curtis
80
Levi Moore 40
E. Chapmen
320
Geo. Smith 160
Geo. A. Clark
160
Robert Stockton 160
Emery Burritt
203
James Turner
74
Geo. R. Emery
40
Daniel Wheeler 80
S. E. Fairbanks 160
Henry Wilson
40
Bernard Harmon 160
CANOE.
James J. Ackerson 160
J. Hornson. 196
John Bodinson.
40
L. Iverson .. 75
David Bartlett. 480
Thos. Kennedy 40
Samuel Bolinger. 160
John Knudson 240
Jas. B. Cutler
40
David Kinnison 204
Wm. T. Cochrane 80
S. M. Leach
240
J. Freedenberger
200
E. B. Horton
160
B. F. Giles 120
Elizabeth Potter
40
N. S. Giblert 80
Ole Snear
40
Michael Gatlin
154
Wm. Shirley
40
Lorenzo Gates
160
N. Updegraff.
160
Joseph Harper 160
Wm. B. Updegraff.
320
H. Holverson
160
GLENWOOD.
J. T. Atkins 80
Permany Hantly 40
Robert Angus
80
C. N. Hatch 40
Philander Baker 160
Nels Johnson 160
John Barthel
160
German Johnson 163
Levi Barnhouse.
80
Geo. Keatings. So
40
David Bender. 160
John S. Morse
80
Daniel Becknell.
80
Lyman Morse
80
L Carmichael 40
Thor Severson
100
Chas. Benjamin
I20
W. Sanford
176
Julien Dougherty
40
Tosten Nelson 80
F. M. Fuller 160
Lebrend Whitney
40
Torkel Hanson 160
Leroy C. Walter. 320
.
John C. Buckley 40
Wm. Kyrk.
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PLEASANT.
Benj. Beard
160 John Klontz. 166
J. B. Cutler
160 Peter K. Londgon. 120
H. Halverson
40 Ole Magneson 160
This completes the entire list of landed assessments, and, it will be seen, includes only twelve of the twenty townships. Of the eight others no mention is made. These were the four in the northern tier, and four out of five on the west side. The fifth has only one assessment, and that is to a resident in Calmar township. That there were dwellers or squatters on this territory is beyond question ; because some of them-like Mr. Meader, D. D. Huff, and others, who came as early as 1851 -are still living on the land they selected in that year. These lands, however, did not really come into market until a year or two later, so that settlers could acquire title. For this reason they were assessed, if at all, with " personality " only. A list of these will complete, what I believe to be the most perfect list that can be obtained of the really " first settlers "-those who were here and took part in the organization of the county. In the foregoing lists, as well as in the following, there are doubtless some non-residents ; but these can- not, at this late day, be selected out. The names that follow are those of persons of the latter classes, who cannot be assorted into townships as a whole. Many of them, however, can be readily located by the reader :
Anderson, Erick
Huber, Anthony
Olson, Ole (five of 'em)
Anderson, John
Herzog, George
Oleson, Barney
Avins, Toleff
Harkins, H.
Oleson, Magnus
Ackerson, James
Herbranson, Ole
Olson Andrew
Andrus, Erastus V.
Holm, Henry
Olson, Holver (two)
Bush, John
Hollenbach, Benjamin
Olson, Christian
Brandt, John
Howard, John R.
Olson, John
Banning, William
Herbranson, Knud
Oleson, James
Brisco, Jeremiah
Horton, William
Oleson, George
Brown, Joseph
Howe, Phillip
Oleson, Arne
Bachel, Lewis
Hostetler, Moses
Oleson, Herman
Bear, Benjamin
Hoverson, Christopher
Oleson, Knutson
Bisby, L. W.
Johnson, Halvor
Ostrander, J.
Brown, Madison
Johnson, John
Painter, William
Benson, Ole
Johnson, Ever
Peterson, Ole
Brush, Samuel F.
Johnson, John R.
Pierce, D. W.
Bateman, John
Johnson, John G.
Padden, William
Banning, Phineas
Johnson, Andrew
Reed, David
Chase, Alva
Johnson, Martin
Reed, Daniel
Carson, Richard M .
Johnson, Michael
Ruller, Jolın
Campbell, Hamilton
Knudson, Raid
Rosa, Abraham
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Chase, James G.
Knudson, Andrew
Reams, John
Cross, James
Knudson, Toleff
Riley, Conrad
Callahan, Cornelius
Klontz, William
Riddle, S.
Dexter, Oscar C.
Kincaid, A. L.
Russell, A.
Dickerson, Thomas
Knudson, Elmar
Stuart, John
DeCow, John
Krech, Charles
Sharpe, William
Davidson, D.
Krumm, G. S.
Shafer, John
Everson, Christian
Krumm, G. L.
Spencer M. B.
Everson, Hover
Krumm, Theophilus
Sherwin, M. B.
Erickson, Gilbert
Klein, J. N.
Simonson, Ole
Frasier, David
Kelley, James
Tate, George W.
Fannon, Acles H.
Knudson, Ever
Townsend, Michael
Fisher, Nelson
Lyon, James
Thoreson, Ole
Graudy, Orson
Larson, Ellick
Torgrimson, Jacob
Goodwater, Benjamin
Livengood, John
Thaat, Sebastian
Goodmanson, K.
Larson, Knud
Thompson, Ephraim
Gulbranson, George
Larkins, Valentine
Torkleson, Nelson
Goddard, Josiah
Larson, Halgrim
Thaat, George
Helmer, George
Lathrop, Phillip
Toreson, Mykle
Hoverson, Andrew,
Moore, James R.
Underhill, Isaac
Hanky, Ole A.
Moore, James F.
Vail, John
Halvorsen, John
Miers, George
Varnall, John H.
Halvorsen, Torger
Meader, Ezekiel E.
Williams, John
Halvorsen, Peter
Meyer, William
Wheeler, Silss
Husted, Phillip
Meyer, Casper
Wheeler, Harrison
Huff, D. D.
Miller, J. N.
Wilson, Justus
Hazlitt, Thomas J. Nelson, G.
Yans, Anna
Perhaps it would be well to follow up the list of the first taxpayers with a list of the early settlers, so far as such is obtainable. Such a list is necessarily, in a great measure, a repetition of what has been given in previous chapters. Through the kindness of Mr. A. K. Bailey I am permitted the use of the old settlers' cards, taken as admission tickets at the door of Steyer's Opera House at the time of the organization of the Old Settlers' Association, July 4, 1876. It was the object of the inventor of this mode of gaining admission, not only to make the cards serve that purpose, but also to give a condensed history of each individual ; and in order to serve this purpose, to the best advantage, printed cards, with blank spaces to fill, were used. The person gaining admission by this means was obliged to fill the blank spaces left for that pur- pose, and which, when filled, would give his age, when married, to whom and what year, and the date of his settlement in the county, as well as the number of the section on which he settled.
The following list of the very earliest settlers is quite complete :
Hamilton Campbell and his wife Sarah came to Winneshiek County 4
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June 7, 1848, and settled on Sections 23-26, Bloomfield Township. Hamilton Campbell was born in 1802, and married in 1837.
Gotlob Krum and wife came to Winneshiek County on the 29th of June, 1848, and settled on the N. W. Q. of Section 17, in what is Wash- ington Township.
Gotleib Krum, June 29, 1848, Washington.
David Reed and wife, settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 25, August 1 5, 1848, Bloomfield Township.
Daniel Reed settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 25, August 15, 1848, Bloomfield Township.
John N. Topliff settled on the S. E. Q. of Section 25, in Bloomfield Township, April 1, 1848.
Andrew Meyer and wife came to Winneshiek County on the ist of April, 1849, and settled in Washington Township, on Section 23.
Phenenas Banning settled on the N. W. of N. W. Q. of Section 5, in what is now Bloomfield Township, in June, 1859.
William Day and Elizabeth, his wife, came to Winneshiek County and settled on what is now Decorah, on the 10th of June, 1849. John F. Day, same. Richard V. Day, same. Claibourne Day, same.
O. W. Emery came to Winneshiek County on the 20th of August, and settled on the N. W. Q. of Section 17, Canoe Township.
Josiah Goddard, Jr., October 10, 1849, Decorah.
The following are settlers who made a permanent settlement in the county in 1850 :
David Kinnison and his wife Henrietta, who settled on the N. W. Q. of Section 7.
John DeCow and his wife Mary D., who settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 1, in Bloomfield Township, June 29.
A. O. Lommen and his wife Seigie, who settled on the E. 1/2 of N. W. Q. of Section 2, in Springfield Township, June 12.
Erick Anderson settled on the S. E. Q. of Section 24, Springfield Township, June 12.
A. K. Anderson came to Winneshiek County on the 20th of June, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 23, Springfield Township.
Tolef Simianson and his wife Betsy came to Winneshiek County July 2, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 1, Springfield Township.
Russel Dean, April, Bloomfield Township.
Ole G. Johnson settled on the S. W. Q. of Section 31, Glenwood Township, July 2.
Nelson Johnson and his wife Anna came to Winneshiek County on
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the 2d of July, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 36, Decorah.
Orin Simmons came to Winneshiek County on the 3d of July, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 36, Decorah Township.
E. G. Opdahl came to Winneshiek County on the 4th of July, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 14, Springfield Township.
Albert Opdahl settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 14, Springfield Township, July 4th, and his wife, Mary H., settled on the N. W. Q. of the N. W. Q. of Section 13, Decorah Township, July 25.
John W. Holm came to Winneshiek County on the 30th of July, and settled on the N. E. Q. of Section 33, Canoe Township.
Benjamin L. Bisby came to Winneshiek County on the Ist of August, and settled on the S. W. Q. of Section 29, Hesper Township.
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