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Salaries county officers, early, 114. Sandstone, 234. Saratoga precinct, 114. Saratoga Station, 226. Saratoga townsite, 36, 38. Sawmill, the first, 44. School districts, creation of, 67. School Grove lake, 237.
Schools, the first- in townships (see township headings); in villages (see village headings). Seefield, 224. Settlement, early, 30, 34, 36, 38, 41-45, 65-74. Settler, the first, 42.
Sham lake, 237. Sham Lake postoffice, 232. Shelburne township, 61. Shetek Station, 162. Siding No. 4, 216. Siding No. 7, 224. Sod shanties, 45, 68. Sodus township, 60. Soil, 235.
Stanley township, 59. Stowe township, 62. Summit postoffice, 161, 162. Survey of county, 42. Swan lake, 237.
Taunton, 215-218; as Siding No. 4, 216; bank, 218; churches, 217; fire department, 218; first business houses in, 216; incorporation of, 216; officers, 217; platting of, 216; population of, 216, 217; postoffice, 216; school, 217. Taxes, payment of, extended, 76, 82. Tax payers of 1873, 72.
Telephone, the first, 254.
Terry, 224. Three-Mile creek, 42, 236. Timber, 27, 235. Topography, 233-235. Townships, 50-63.
Traey, 161-175; as Shetek station, 162; banks, 174; churches, 168; early directories of, 162, 165: fire department, 173; fire of 1891, 166, 167; first buildings in, 162; first business men of, 162; incorporation of, 163; library, 173; license question, 164; lodges, 171; made a railroad division, 165; naming of, 163; officers, 164; platting of, 161, 162; population of, 161, 163, 165, 167; postoffice, 161, 162; schools, 167. Traders, 30, 34, 35.
Trading posts, 30, 34: Trails, Indian, 27, 45, 130.
Train, the first, 68, 72. Transportation facilities, 237.
Trappers, 38. Treaties, 33. Tree claims, 50-63. Twin lakes, 237.
Upper Yellow Medicine precinct, 114. Upper Yellow Medicine township, 54. Upper Yellow Medieine Crossing, 177.
Vallers township, 57. Villages, Indian, 26, 31. Vineland postoffice, 191. Votes cast at county elections, 128.
War between Indian tribes, 26. War, the Sioux, 34, 38-40. Well, the town, 254. Westerheim township, 56. Winter of 1880-81, 92-97, 251. Wood lake, 237.
Yellow Medicine river, 30, 32, 236.
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Page
Page
Aamodt, Charles.
491
Bakken, Knute ().
340
Aamodt, Olai ..
337
Baldwin, Ray D ...
399
Adair, Harvey H.
557
Baldwin, Thomas P.
308
Adams, Frank A.
293
Baldwin, William S.
297
Adams, Howard.
577
Bamford, Charles F.
578
Adams, S. H ...
298
Bamford, George H ..
158
Addison, Harry W
460
Bamford, William C ...
574
Addison, R. M.
280
Banks, Will.
523
Ahern, Garrett F
577
Bartlett. Fred S
382
Ahern, James J.
501
Bartlett, James S.
549
Ahern, Michael F
446
Bates, Allen. .
324
Ahern, Philip P.
521
Beasley, William
434
Ahern, William C.
535
Bellingham, Charles ('.
269
Akester, Dr. Ward
497
Benson, George.
484
Alexander, Lee O.
469
Benson, Hall
309
Alleekson, John.
397
Benson, Hans
364
Allen, Mannie G.
597
Benson, Henry H.
584
Almjeld, Peder J.
547
Berg, Carl F.
552
Ampe, Celeste .
301
Berg, John E.
569
Amundson, Alfred
490
Berg, Lars.
598
Amundson, Amund II.
420
Berg, Peter M.
529
Amundson, Ferdinand.
331
Berge, Ole
578
Amundson, Gregar.
273
Berry, William E.
282
Amundson, Ole.
300
Betourne, A. G ..
559
Andersen, Hans.
3.85
Bigham, R. A. 462
Anderson, Adolph T.
5.86
Bills, Frank E.
288
Anderson, Andrew.
447
Birkenmeyer, F. M.
517
Anderson, Anton E. (Cottonwood)
360
Bjornson, Eyolfur.
442
Anderson, Anton E. (Florenee)
544
Bjornson, Gunnar B.
521
Anderson, Charles R.
514
Bladholm, Axal L.
606 606
Anderson, E. W.
569
Blake, Charles E.
517
Anderson, Herman
476
Blake, Major John Winslow
258
Anderson, John.
359
Blake, Richard
276
Anderson, John M ..
504
Blanchard, A.
461
Anderson, Lincoln L.
442
Anderson, Martinus.
349
Anderson, Nels (Eidsvold)
438
Blanchette, Steve.
358
Anderson, Nels (Coon Creek)
306
Blegen, Lauritz E.
346
Anderson, Oluf ..
331
Blomquist, John
483
Anderson, Oscar J.
606
Bly, Peter H.
573
Anderson, Par. O ..
562
Borson, Ben
578
Anderson, Rasmus N.
576
Bot, Henry J ..
362
Anderson, Sorn A
609
Bot, John H.
495
Arndt, Herman J.
366
Bot, Reinier J
441
Arntson, Arthur E.
605
Bot, William H. 463
Askdal, Sigurdur M.
519
Brantnér, John Franklin
401
Atwood, James Walter
425
Breen, John .. 401
338
Avery, Levorit. 259
Bremer, Walter O ..
590
Broughton, George K.
310
Baert, Gust M
443
Broughton, Knud A.
264
Bair, M. D.
520
Broughton. Ole A ..
271
4
Bredeveien, Hans J
473
Aurandt, Maxwell J
325
Breening, Charles ('
Anderson, Edward
329
Bladholm, John.
Blanchard, Alvin L.
316
Blanchette, Albert L. 376
xvi
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Page
Brown, Fremont Sharpe.
352
Craig, John L ..
305
Brull, William J.
353
Culshaw, John B ..
348
Bruns, Henry.
602
Culshaw, Thomas P.
368
Buckley, John.
427
Culshaw, William
429
Bue, Mathias O.
592
Cummings, Robert
322
594
Cupp, Christian. 285
394
Cutler, George B.
539
Bumford, Richard R.
348
Burchard, James C ..
335
Dahl, Julius T
538
Burckhardt, F. Charles
420
Dahl, Ole S.
413
Burekhardt, Henry
154
Dahl, Peter T.
312
Burckhardt, Henry J
368
Dahlke, Emil
587
Burckhardt, John A.
551
Dale, A.
538
Burckhardt, Oscar H.
405
Burlingame, Oscar A
539
Dandurand, George
567
Burns, Wilhelm
442
Dane, Albert B.
586
Burt, Edward V
392
Daniel, Richard B. 507
Busse, Frank
603
Davis, Ellsworth E. 367
Davis, Reese 274
294
Buysse, Mrs. Julianna
525
Debuf, Camil
527
C'ady, Charles W
535
De Keyser, Ernest
613
C'ain, Henry J ...
428
474
Caley, George B.
167
Dennin, Gustav A.
502
Caley, Harry E.
580
De Reu, Charles L.
177
Carnine, William Dennis
611
De Sutter, Camiel F
357
C'aron, Jasper A
596
De Sutter, Emiel
119
('aron, Leon
473
De Vinck, Henry
604
C'aron, Phil
532
De Vos, John.
554
C'arroll, William H.
539
Diekerman, Eugene A
299
Carstens, E. H ..
386
Dierockx, Peter
467
('arstens, Harry E
616
Dillberg, Swan A
139
C'ase, C. F.
303
Doherty, Thomas R.
540
Case, Frank W.
561
Donaldson, Russell G.
485
Case, Fred H
575
Donnelly, Charles
591
Casselman, Dr. Don.
499
Dove, Charles
361
C'astle, John R ..
445
Dovre, Olaf.
286
Castle, John William
390
Dovre, Ole O.
379
Castle, Thomas 1.
460
Doyle, James E.
450
323
Drake, Montgomery E.
445
Chace, A. R.
354
Durrenburger, August
421
Chamberlain, Archibald J
449
Duus, Christian M
502
Chamberlain, George H.
569
Cheney, Birney L
581
Eastman, Warren S
301
Child, Fred E ..
567
Edwards, Edward.
288
Chittenden, A. (.
319
Edwards, Hugh L.
466
Chittenden, Walter R.
511
Edwards, William H
199
Christensen, Peter
598
Edwards, William R.
374
Christenson, Andrew A
321
Egan, James.
475
Christenson, James
353
Claeys, Bernard F.
380
Elmer, Edward P.
372
Clark, Milton S.
534
Clark, Wallace W
607
Clausen, Fred. .
613
English, Arch R
390
Clausen, Thomas.
582
English, Bert L ..
441
Clay, Andrew.
433
Erickson, E. John.
398
Clendenning, Forbes.
582
Erickson, Erick O.
613
Clendenning, Margaret E.
485
Erickson, Nels
602
Coil, William Jacob.
600
Erickson, Sigurdur B.
543
Cole, Benton J
605
Eriksrud, Nelder 557
Como, Henry.
614
Etrheim, Christian E.
378
Cook, Fred S
448
Etrheim, Eilef E
386
Cook, W. W.
501
Evans, David H. 29.5
505 Evans, Ellsworth 277
Copeland, Fred W
384
Ehlers, William C.
427
Elbers, Peter.
333
Clark, Horace M.
507
Engels, Mrs. Ludovica H.
414
Engesser, John
579
England, Justus.
545
Buysse, Frank.
485
Davis, Thomas E.
De Clerk, Edward
534
De Kiere, John F.
Butler, Fred E.
52-1
Dalmann, G. A.
341
Bugher, Isaac ..
Bumford, Abner G.
Page
Catlin, Joseph H.
Christenson, Henry
Colby, Earl A.
579
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
xvii
Page
Fifield, George F ..
412
Griffith, John D.
480
Finch, Almon Henry
577
Griffith, John J.
266
Finnegan, John F.
460
Grotta, Maurice
544
Finnell, Jesse E. . .
551
Guelsow, Fred J ..
433
Finseth, Halvor E.
510
Gullerud, Rev. Olaf.
519
Fischer, Kasper .. .
352
Fitch, George Arthur.
I18
Haack, William F.
469
Hahn, Matthew D.
509
Hall, Dr. Earl L
536
Forbes, Samuel J
375
Hall, James, Sr
358
Ford, Patrick
369
Halvorson, Samuel
265
Foster, Lester F.
309
Hamilton, Frank
568
Foulon, Charles
494
Ilamm, E. M. 267
458
Fraser, Dr. C. B.
444
Hansen, Peter.
426
Freese, Arthur.
327
Hanson, Christine.
514
Freese, Henry
288
Hanson, Henry O.
409
Freese, Lawrence H
321
Hanson, N. W.
487
Frochlich, John William
595
Harden, Myron W.
363
Fruke, Paul.
589
Harris, Mrs. James A
347
Fuller, Emery G.
563
Hartzell, John ..
438
Fuller, Frank E.
615
Hasbargen, Dan.
467
Fulton, H. P.
132
Hatlestad, Ole H ..
264
Furgeson, Adolph.
373
Hattlestad, Andrew Henry
355
Furgeson, Henry K.
283
Furgeson, Lars Oscar
571
Heairet, Andrew E.
451
Healy, Edwin W.
273
Healy, Fred M.
384
Galbraith, Samuel W.
270
Heine, Henry C
103
Garrow, Arthur
594
Helgeson, Helge K.
369
Geiwitz, George.
512
Helgeson, Louis.
319
Gibbs, Cassius M.
530
Helgeson, Ole.
270
Giese, Paul
365
Helliekson, Anton A
314
Gieseke, William F.
410
Hellikson, Andrew
292
Gifford, Elbridge.
575
Hellum, Albert J.
391
Gifford, George B.
377
Hendrickson, Ira W
608
Gilbertson, Sturlaugur
522
Hennen, James J.
163
Gilpin, J. Delbert
563
Hennen, Leo
429
Gislason, Arni B.
302
Hennen, Mathew
515
Gislason, Bjorn B.
328
Henrichs, Byron G.
546
Gislason, John B.
285
Henrichs, Herman
558
Gits, Ed.
345
Henrichs, William C.
355
Gits, Francis
318
Herron, Wilson.
538
Gits, Paul.
412
Heymans, Anton
383
Glotfelter, William H.
301
Hill, Sherman
493
Goltz, Gottlieb C.
308
Hofman, Hector
599
Goltz, Gustav J ..
297
Hofner, Philip.
532
Goodell, Charles E.
256
Hognason, Snorri.
346
Goodmund, Sigfinn.
303
Hoidale, Dr. Andrew D
490
Goodrich, Charles W
290
Holden, Carl R. 516
586
Goodrich, Wallaee A
489
Holland, Oscar A.
5744
Goodwin, Joshua.
287
Holley, Frank L.
4555
Gorseth, M. O.
369
Hollo, John
359
Gorseth, Ole Olson.
373
Hommerberg, Anton
558
Grannan, Michael E.
172
Hook, Andrew.
566
Gray, Dr. F. D.
506
Hook, Frank E.
555
Greeley, Solomon.
440
Hook, George.
579
Green, Andrew E
403
Houston, W. A.
136
Green, Emil O.
492
Hovdesven, A. ( ..
596
Gregg, Oren C.
256
Huisenfeldt, Cornelius
121
Gregg, W. R ..
335
Hughes, Griff.
Grieve, James.
351
Hughes, John H
350
Flinn, John B.
602
Forbes, A. Gordon
492
Hall, James H.
427
Ford, Michael B.
380
Hall, William
Foster, Elmer E.
107
Frahın, Claus.
557
Hansen, George A
Hanson, James M.
568
French, Palmer ().
382
Harden, Mrs. Annette
525
Froland, Peder
500
Havens, Jasper L.
278
Heagle, William E.
431
Furgeson, Mrs. Helene.
452
Goodrich, C. M.
272
Holden, John, Jr.
Page
Fjelstad, Eggert E
388
xviii
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
Page
Hulburt, John. ..
570
Larson, Olaus M ..
Humphrey, Kay C ..
468
Laudenslager, Charles A
439
Laudenslager, John J. 328
Laughlin, James J
451
Ijams, Dr. L. E.
561
La Voie, William
471
Illian, Charles A.
503
La Voy, Victor J
573
Inhofer, G. J.
447
Lawrence, J. A.
518
Leas, John H.
395
James, Dr. W. D.
424
Leas, J. S. 445
Jansen, Jacob J.
366
LeBeau, George I.
387
Jansen, Theodore
350
LeCuyer, Edward.
597
Jerpbak, Peter H.
394
Ledel, Gustav
291
Johnson, Andrew
536
Lee, Ole I.
310
Johnson, Christ
404
Leitch, Henry
510
Johnson, Elmer
592
Leknes, Berner.
419
Johnson, George H
499
Leland, Lewis B.
324
Johnson, Haldor G.
509
Lende, Tennes A.
533
Johnson, Jens B.
265
Lerwick, L. M.
514
Johnson, John.
317
Liedtke, David
520
Johnson, John H.
528
Lien, Anton K.
552
Johnson, Mrs. C. A.
327
Linden, Andrew P 497
462
. Johnson, Solomon
417
Lindstrom, Carl.
532
Johnson, Thomas U
465
Lindstrom, P. A.
595
Jones, Evan C., Sr.
307
Loe, Mrs. Jerdine.
403
Jones, Evan C., Jr
414
Long, George
528
Jones, Evan M
536
Longtin, F. J.
547
Jones, Hugh H.
Loranz, Anton ..
304
Jones, Thomas C.
597
Lord, Alexander J.
319
Jonsson, Rev. B. B.
466
Lowe, George (i.
498
Josefson, Johann A.
311
Lucas, William L
581
Josephson, Arni S.
396
Lund, Bernt E.
575
Josephson, Herman
393
Kaechele, Tony W.
542
Madden, George W
153
Karlen, John A
475
Maertens, Edward. 168
Keehl, Otto M ...
505
Keller, Christian H.
564
Keller, Edwin K.
603
Malzahn, Frederick W. E.
56S
Kelly, Edward P
437
Marcotte, Edward.
456
Kelly, Peter F.
591
Marcotte, Hector A
593
Kelson, Alfred ..
552
Marks, Fred C.
314
Kelson, Andrew
504
Kennedy, Dunean I.
560
Kiel, Guy H ..
513
Mathews, Joseph V
572
Kile, Arthur J.
395
Mathews, Marvin E
406
Killius, Oliver A
584
Kinch, Arlow S.
546
Mattson, John.
464
King, D. M ..
506
Maxson, Edgar T.
465
Kjorness, Knud E.
283
Maxson, William E.
481
Klaith, Lorents
351
MeDaniel, Samuel.
594
Kleine, John E.
556
McDonald, Lawrence.
471
Knudson, John
537
Me Elvain, Joe R. 515
MeGinn, Arthur J. 440
MeGinn, James. 334
Krook, Osear A ..
560
MeGuigan, Patrick J. 607
MeLaughlin, David L .. 424
533
MeNiven, James A
441
Laingen, Charles R.
447
Meehl, Henry 300
Larson, Adolph B. 512
Melby, Christ K.
478
Larson, Fred . .
563
Mellenthin, Fred W.
312
Larson, George O.
559
Mellenthin, Mrs. Anna Louise.
389
Larson, Knut.
417
Menard, Joel.
530
Larson, Ludvig E.
326
Menard, Prudent B.
593
Larson, Martin C.
336
Meyer, Edward. 364
Larson, Niels F.
330
Meyer. Herman P 343
Maertens, Hyppolit. 377
Maher, John ..
589
Marshall, Jacob C. 599
Masters, Mrs. Anna
280
Kiley, Eugene B
425
Mathis, J. I 545
408
Knutson, Gus ..
522
Kolhei, Alexander
488
Krueger, Emil J.
555
Kvanbeck, Halvor K.
376
McMahon, Mrs. Katherine.
Johnson, Nels P ..
503
Lindholm, John
Mack, Anton.
587
Matthews, Henry A.
Page 513
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
xix
Page
Page
Meyer, Rudolph A. T ..
541
Olson, Mrs. Marie G ..
316
Michel, Ernest A ..
488
Olson, Oluf G.
497
Middleton, Charles H.
338
Olson, Peter H. 392
Mielke, Mrs. Catherine
313
Opdahl, Iver.
529
Mihills, Donald R
568
Ophiem, Ole.
548
Miller, Charles
411
Ordlock, Lars H.
436
Miller, Earle S.
339
Orsen, Nickolai. 457
Miller, Edward.
464
Orsen, Ole L .. 274
555
Ossen, George.
563
Mitchell, James.
260
Ousman, Iver A
375
Mitehell, Joseph M.
339
Mitchell, Osmund N
531
Owens, John
275
Mitchell, Robert A
267
Moat, William. 481
Pagel, Charles F.
426
Moffatt, George.
474
Painter, Horatio R.
454
Mohn, Knute K.
373
Palmer, William C.
533
Mohr, Henry G ..
541
Paradis, Teles, Jr.
498
Mongeau, Archie S
553
Paradis, Telesphore
453
Monroe, John.
277
Parker, Franeis J.
388
Moore, A. M.
402
Pattridge, Henry J
367
Moore, John W.
159
Pattridge, Otis ]
367
Moore, William A
564
Paulson, Ole
511
Moorse, Mathew J.
570
Morgan, Amos S ..
608
Morgan, Henry D.
293
Pederson, John (.
310
Mork, Chris
605
Pehrson, Nels
431
Morse, Jerome.
272
Peniston, William B
416
Moss, Robert S.
601
Persons, Dr. C. E ..
313
Mouland, Tollef T.
455
Peterson, Albert E.
615
Mullaney, William F
379
Peterson, Anton
611
Mullen, George A.
565
Peterson, August
503
Mulvaney, Thomas
478
Peterson, Frank
603
Murphy, Thomas H.
611
Peterson, Hans
398
Murphy, William.
575
Peterson, Jay P.
349
Murrison, Robert G
371
Peterson, Lewis C.
320
Myran, Esten.
600
Peterson, Louis E.
432
Myran, Mrs. Olava
276
Peterson, Martin.
434
Peterson, Marvin
583
Neill, Robert M.
402
Peterson, Ole E.
307
Nellis, Claud Dayton.
604
Peterson, Ole S.
323
Nelson, Albin W
460
Peterson, Peter.
4.89
Nelson, Andrew (Clifton)
483
Peterson, Peter A.
523
Nelson, Andrew (Marshall)
Phillips, William E.
571
Nelson, Chris.
Pilotte, Lucien
610
Nelson, Gust
593
Pilotte, Peter
558
Nelson, Hans P
588
Pinekney, Frank D.
537
Nelson, Henry
333
Place, John M.
601
Nelson, Ive
304
Plantz, Charles E.
562
Nelson, John P
415
Polson, Nels.
612
Nelson, Joseph L
565
Porter, A. C.
493
Nelson, Nels.
383
Powers, Dr. Fred H.
526
Nelson, Peter C.
Prairie, Levi.
491
Nelson, Philip A.
505
Prechel, August C.
610
Nelson, Thomas .. 289
Price, Rees.
260
Nicholson, Stephen.
459
Price, Rufus H
259
Nielsen, Fred.
399
Princen, August
480
Nordli, Carl.
483
Princen, Joseph
362
Nylin, Knute.
544
Prouty, De Alton
413
Purves, George W
417
O'Connor, John
356
Odell, Spurgeon. 342
Radke, Gustav
5.87
Oestern, Orlando J 520
Rasmussen, Anton
565
Ofstad, Andrew. 357
Rea, Orvin J ..
330
Ofstad, Michael G.
423
Reese, Boyd T .. 508
Oftedal, Hans L.
443
Regnier, Ambrose A
387
Olevson, Isaac N
558
Regnier, George.
437
Olson, Andrew
593 Regnier, John B.
360
Pearey, Walter
609
Pedersen, Ole.
517
Monseth, Lars F
446
Patneaude, Henry
596
Miller, Harry C.
Overlee, George. 603
526
266
615
BIOGRAPIIICAL INDEX.
Page
Page
Regnier, Joseph E ..
486
Sjolinder, Rev. Laurent Erik. 549
Regnier, Louis N.
410
Skaar, Knute.
409
Reinke, Albert () ...
518
Skogen, Carl O .. 335
Rialson, Louis.
291
Skyhawk, Ephraim.
299
Rialson, Ole.
317
Slaney, Rev. J. H.
609
Rich, Edwin S.
595
Slette, Ole P ..
374
Richard, Charles C.
337
Slette, Peter P.
407
Rickert, Jacob A.
457
Smedsrud, Mrs. Nellie
Ristow, Herman F.
400
Smith, Dr. J. ]
543
Rivard, Ferdinand A
436
Smith, Ernest.
470
Roberts, David R.
316
Snapp, Charles M.
559
Robertson, Dr. J. B
572
Snidal, John.
465
Robinson, N. J.
548
Sommer, Victor.
582
Rogan, James T.
561
Sorensen, Nels Christian
591
Rogde, John C.
361
Soucy, L. P.
510
Ronning, Knute.
466
Spencer, John K.
530
Ronning, Mrs. Erick
280
Spong, Charles J.
341
Ronning, Paul K ..
393
Stankey, Herman C.
456
Ronning, Peder Gilbert
351
Starr, Frank E.
348
Rossland, A.
377
Starr, Herbert L.
435
Rouse, Jacob
263
Stassen, John
604
Rowell, Lewis L ..
321
Stassen, Mike.
471
Rowland, Arthur H.
411
Stassen, Theodore
397
Ruliffson, Donald H.
566
St. Denis, Dr. E. F.
495
Ruliffson, F. W.
430
Sterk, Ole H ..
135
Runholt, Ole () ..
298
Stewart, Rov. William Joseph.
344
Stiefel, David .. 268
475
Storek, William G.
543
Storlie, Halvor A.
393
Sampson, Rasmus B. 496
Sanden, Andrew 271
Sturgeon, John J.
4.86
Sanden, Hans P. 583
Sullivan, M ..
322
Sanders, Mrs. Angeline
392
Supernatz, Joseph
3.88
Sanderson, Dr. Anton G.
405
Swanson, Aldor B.
118
Sanderson, Dr. Edward T
343
Swanson, Erick M.
524
Sanderson, Sander
422
Sween, Julius. 599
Sather, Iver ().
462
Swennes, Arne
329
Savoie, Ilenry.
600
Swennės, Knute. .
345
Schaefer, Abel D.
195
Swenson, Andrew J
315
Schain, George A.
547
Swift, Homer R.
172
Scherf, Rev. Paul.
590
Swift, Lee.
115
Schmitz, Charles.
516
Swonson, Carl R.
125
Schoel, William 614
588
Tate, George A.
320
Tate, Harry A.
457*
Schultz, William.
Taylor, Leon M.
482
Sehurz, Herman
550
Teerlinck, Julius 382
423
Scott, Lewis E.
-112
Tehart, Christ .
546
Seals, Thomas I).
279
Terry, Byron P.
286
Searles, H. R.
381
Teufel, Henry A
608
Seiler, William.
570
Thavis, Henry.
527
Seiter, H. Raymond
455
Thiel, Gustav
389
Senden, Joseph M
449
Tholen, John.
550
Seward, Virgil B.
292
Thomas, Benjamin F
281
Shaeffer, F. T.
585
Thomas, James J ..
289
Sharratt, Homer D
523
Thomas, Theodore MI
479
Shepard, Cyrus P
371
Thompson, Thore K.
305
Shepard, Ernest S ..
312
Thorburn, William B.
434
Shequen, William Grover 448
Thordarson, Dr. Theodore
482
Sheutzel, Ilerman. 424
Tibbit, Charles F.
332
Sickler, F. W.
357
Tiemessen, Francis J 614
Sigurdson, Christ E
526
Tillemans, Harry J ..
479
Simmons, Eugene
552
Tillemans, William P.
133
Simmons, Wesley W
500 Tolzman, William.
482
302
Rye, Ole E.
333
Salmon, Daniel F .. :
554
Story, Burl
143
Struthers, Robert Alton
4.88
Schouweiler, Michael W.
Schreiber, Edward
494
Schroeder, August
551
439
Scott, John.
269
Tegels, John
Shaver, Edgar W
404
Thompson, L. T ...
Rye, Anders E.
Stilwell, Edwin (
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.
xxi
Topel, Charles H ..
451
Webb, Frank W.
344
Town, Alvah R.
278
Webb, T. H ..
385
Town, Lucius E ..
265
Wedger, Charles F. 386
Tracy, George D ..
469 Weidauer, Alvin E.
585
Fraen, Henry L ..
566
Weidaner, Herman F. (Grandview )
612
Trout, Mrs. Mary.
400
Weidauer, Herman F. (Lake Marshall)
470
Truax, Charles. .
295
Weikle, Ferdinand K.
Trudeau, Adolph.
576
Weking, Otto
402
Tubbs, Vernon B .. . .
527
Welsh, John W.
574
Tweet, John ('.
28-4
Wewetzer, Lewis A.
461
Twogood, William E.
577
Whiting, Dr. Carl E
395
Tychsen, Rev. Th.
540
Whiting, Edwin F.
306
Whitlatch, Grover (.
615
Van Breasen, Ben F ..
476
Vanden Berghe, Oscar.
553
Van Dusen, George Albert
450
Van Dusen, Willard J
342
Vangheluwe, Peter.
528
Wild, Albert
553
Vanhee, Aime
452
Wilhelm, Urbane
391
Van Moer, Edmond.
408
Willard, William D.
580
Van Sadelhoff, William
613
Willford, Bert.
370
Vanstrom, Frederick W
487
Willford, Cassius M.
318
Van Uden, Anton.
590
Williams, Joseph B.
541
Van Uden, Herman A.
477
Williams, Roy W
325
Vergauwe, Vietor.
535
Willis, Robert E.
389
Vergote, Gustave
490
Wilson, John W
356
Verhaake, Joseph
336
Wimer, Cary J.
325
Volden, Hans
430
Woodruff, Frank L.
554
Volk, Albert
513
Woodruff, Joseph C.
540
Workman, Dr. H. M.
315
Wreath, Albert .
547
Wahlquist, Otto
581
Wright, Absalom Lloyd
409
Walquist, Joseph.
614
Walsh, Thomas F.
473
Wambeke, John.
556
Zabel, Julius
583
Watkins, William E.
592
Zvorak, John
478
Whitney, Charles (.
255
Whitney, Charles H.
261
Wiesner, J. N.
496
Wignes, Ole J.
282
Williams, James Von
429
Van Walleghem, Rev. Henry Vietor.
535
Wilson, John.
542
Vermeersch, Louis
504
Wohlheter, Walter P 566
Voss, Henry
150
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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY MINNESOTA
1
CHAPTER I.
ABORIGINAL DAYS-1700-1866.
T HE white man's history of Lyon county dates back to no great antiquity. Nevertheless, during millions of years many interesting things happened in the county-events which were not witnessed by mortal eve, events which the most vivid imagination cannot conceive.
From a part of the seething, molten mass that composed the earth during the millions of years about which even the geologists hardly dare venture a guess Lyon county was formed and became a part of the earth's surface in the process of cooling. Thereafter it was successively covered with the waters of the sea, was raised from the depths to a great altitude, and was crushed back by the weight of the vast ice sheets during the Glacial Period.
During those times Lyon county's topographical features were formed, many changes resulting before Nature had them fashioned to her liking. Soil was spread over the surface; ridges and
ITraces of man's presence during this period have been found in the flood plain of the Mississippi river at Little Falls, Minnesota, and in other parts of the United States. Concerning the original peopling of North America, Warren Upham, A. M., D. Sc., in Minnesota in Three Centuries, says:
"The original peopling of America appears to have taken place far longer ago by migration from North- eastern Asia during the carly Quaternary or Ozarkian Epoch of general uplift of northern regions, which immediately preceded the Ice Age, and which con- tinued through the early and probably the greater part of that age. Then land undoubtedly extended across the area of Behring sea.
"During Ozarkian time and the long early part of the Glacial Period, wandering tribes, migrating for better food supplies or to escape from enemies, could
hills were formed by the action of the ice; depressions were left in which are now lakes; the waters from the melting ice sought avenues of escape and formed rivers and creeks; plant and animal life came into existence.
When Lyon county was first inhab- ited by the human species is unknown. Even when the North American con- tinent was first peopled archæologists can at best only guess. There has been discovered evidence that man lived upon the continent during the decline and closing days of the Ice Age, some 6000 to 10,000 years ago, and probably had done so for a much longer period.1
When civilized man first came to the New World he found it peopled with a savage race which he called Indians. They had no knowledge of their own ancestry nor of any peoples who may have preceded them. Whether or not this race supplanted one of a higher civilization is a question upon which authorities disagree.2 The only sources
have crossed on land from Asia to Alaska and could have advanced south to Pategonia and Tierra del Fuego, occupying all the ground (excepting the ice- covered area) that is now, or was in pre-Columbian times, the home of the American race. It is not in- probable, too, that another line of very ancient migra- tion, in the same early Pleistocene or Quaternary time, passed from Western Europe by the Faroe islands, Iceland and Greenland, to our continent."
2"It was formerly thought by many archeologists, twenty-five to fifty years ago, that the mounds of the Ohio and Mississippi valleys were built by a prehistoric people, distinct from the Indians and further advanced in agriculture and the arts of civilization. To that ancient people the name of Mound Builders was given , and it was supposed that they were driven southward
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HISTORY OF LYON COUNTY.
of information concerning the early in- habitants are the implements of warfare and domestic use they made, found in burial places and elsewhere in the land. The Mississippi valley is prolific in mounds-the burial places of these ancient peoples,- many having been found and excavated in Minnesota.
While we have little knowledge of the very early peoples who inhabited Minne- sota, from the middle of the seventeenth century, when white men first pene- trated to the Northwest, we can trace the history of the Indian tribes more or less accurately. At the coming of white men nearly the whole state was occupied by the Dakota, or Sioux, Indians. 3 The only exception was in the extreme northern part, where the Kilistino (or Crees) and the Monsoni of the Algonquin tribes had their habitat. The Sioux, with whom alone Lyon county has to do, had their favorite hunting grounds on the prairies, and although they were usually domiciled in a portion of the timbered lands bordering the prairies . they were strictly Indians of the prairie.
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