An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, Part 2

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Luverne, Minn. : Northern History Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 924


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Martin L. Wallert. 530


Main Street, Luverne. 140


Hans T. Holverson. 530


Residence Street, Luverne. 140


Diagram Map of Luverne, 1883. 146


Ones H. Gravatt .. .530


Luverne's Churches 156


Samuel L. Carleton. .544


Luverne's Public Buildings. 164


Charles E. Nelson


544


Scenes at Hills. 172


Chandler N. Philbrick 544


Churches and School at Hills. 178


Carl J. Woodrow 544


Scenes at Hardwick.


182


Knute K. Hellie. .558


Scenes at Beaver Creek.


190


James A. McCann. 558


Scenes at Magnolia


198


Scenes at Kenneth


204


Scenes at Steen.


206


The Blue Mounds.


220


The Pipestone Quarries


246


Home of Dr. J. W. Hawkinsonl. 584


The Nicollet Inscription.


256 266


Typical Sod Shanty.


Cactus at the Quarries 266


Home and Mill of J. P. Coffey 608


Map of Pipestone County


274


Home of Herman Fitzer. 608


Home of Chris O. Nelson. 620


Grand Army Post, Pipestone. 296


Pipestone County Scenes. 306


Pipestone in Early Days. 322


Pipestone's Churches 336


Home of H. O. Tuff .. 644


Pipestone's Public Buildings 342


Monument Works of James Horne. 644


658


Daniel E .Sweet


692


Scenes at Edgerton


.360


Carl L. Engebretson


714


Scenes at Holland 366


.372


Scenes at Woodstock 378


Robert E. Thomas


714


Gustav Boehmke


736


The Jasper Quarries


402


Winnewissa Fall


420


Dr. Henry C. Doms .736


L. 11. Moore. .736


Selah S. King 758


Edwin H. Canfield.


464


Family of Henry D. Siebring. 758


August Loose 482


Erick J. Aslesen. 758


Home Automobile Company. 500


Home of M. K. Steen. 776


Henry Bierkamp


500


Home of (1. 11. Bennett. 776


Peter T. Petersen. 558


Arthur P. Rose. .558


Home of Charles J. Martin. 572


Home of A. D. LaDue. 584


Home of J. W. Gerber .596


Home of A. J. Daley. 506


Main Street, Pipestone .. 296


Home of T. G. Tammen. 620


Home of Otto K. Steen .. 632


Family of Andrew T. Hauglid. 632


Scenes at Jasper. .350


Churches and School at Jasper 354


Christian 1. Ring


714


Scenes af Ruthton.


C. S. Howard. 714


Prati M. Serrurier 736


Harrison White


424


Jay A. Kennicott.


444


Charles H. Bennett.


Scenes at ' Trosky. 386


WV. Orange Larson 530


HISTORICAL INDEX


ROCK COUNTY.


Apportionments-commissioner districts,


121, 122, 124, 126; congressional, 120; legislative, 120.


Area, 217. Ash creek, 220. Ashcreek village, 208-210. Assessments, early, 59, 62, 72, 76, 113, 117.


Banks (see village headings). Battlefield, Indian, 36.


Battle Plain township, 36, 66. Beaver creek, 61, 221.


Beaver Creek township, 61.


Beaver Creek village, 187-197; bank, 197; census returns, 192, 193; churches, 154, 194; cyclone, 104; directories, early, 190, 192; fire department, 197; fires, 193; founding, 188; incorporation, 190; li- cense question, 191; lodges, 196; officers, 191; platting, 188; postoffice, 189; rail- road reaches, 87, 91, 188; school, 194: wants county seat, 106-108, 193.


Bicycle craze, 239.


Binder, first self, 239.


Births, first-in Battle Plain township, 66; in county, 53; in Hardwick, 181.


Blizzards, 54, 70, 72-74, 96-100, 109, 110. Blockades, snow, 73, 96-100.


Bonds-for court house, 106, 112; for rail- roads, 87, 102, 112; for schools, 152, 154; for village improvements, 147, 148. Borrowed county's cash, 235.


Boundaries-of ceded lands, 39; of Min- nesota territory, 43; of Rock county, 39, 43, 44, 71, 72, 217; of townships, 59-68. Bruce, 171, 173, 210-212. Buildings, pioneer, 49, 50, 51, 139. Building stone, 222, 238, 239.


Celebrations-after county organization, 59; first Christmas dinner, 51; first fourth of July, 52; Norway's independence, 173. Census returns-county, 44, 54, 74, 85, 96, 105, 113, 114, 116, 117; village (see vil- lage headings). Chanpepedan creek, 38, 220.


Chanarambie creek, 38. Churches (see village headings).


Clinton postoffice, 216. Clinton township, 60.


Commissioner districts, 58, 121, 122, 124, 126.


Congressional history, 120.


Contests-for county seat, 106-108; for of- fice, 124.


Coteau des Prairies, 38.


County formations, 42.


County orders hawked, 238.


County seat-selecting the, 57, 58, 119; contest for removal of, 106-108.


Court houses, 85, 106, 107, 111, 112, 238. Conrts (see judicial districts).


Crops, damaged by weather, 85, 94. 95, 96, 100, 114; (see also hail storms and cy- clones).


Cyclones, 103, 104, 113.


Denver postoffice, 215. Denver township, 67, 68. Descriptive, 217-222. Drainage, 220. Drake station, 198.


Elevations, 220. Elk creek, 220. Explorers-LeSueur, 37; Carver, 37; Nicol- let, 38.


Fair, first county, 234. Fire departments (see village headings).


Fires (see village headings). Floods, 100, 114. Free seed grain, 81, 83, 88, 114.


Game, 36, 47, 48, 71, 137, 188, 233. Geology, 33, 34, 218, 219, 221, 222. Grasshopper scourge, 75, 76, 81, 82, 84, 87- 90, 95, 142.


Gregory township, 64, 67.


Hail storms, 71, 95, 113, 114, 117. Handy postoffice, 215.


Hardwick, 179-185; hank, 185; census l'e- turns, 179, 183; churches, 184; direc- tory, early, 181: fire department, 184; founding, 180; incorporation, 182; li-


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cense question, 182; lodges, 184; officers, 182; platting, 181; postoffice, 180; school, 183; selecting the site, 179, 180; water- works, 183.


Hills, 171-178; banks, 178; census returns, 174, 175, 176; churches, 171, 177; direc- tories, early, 174, 175; fire department, 178; founding, 173; incorporation, 175, 176; license question, 176; lodge, 178; naming of, 172; officers, 176; platting, 172; postoffice, 173; removal of, 175; school, 177; selecting the site, 171. Homesteaders, 55, 60-68, 74, 141, 239. Hopperdozers, 84, 90.


Immigration, 40, 54, 69, 71, 74, 91, 93, 94, 104, 113.


Incorporation (see village headings).


Indians-origin of, 34, 35; treaties with, 39; tribal divisions of, 35; troubles witlı, 36, 40, 45.


Iron post (boundary mark), 39.


Jail, 117. James Boys, visit of, 236. Judicial districts, 57, 81, 124.


Kanaranzi creek, 38, 63, 220. Kanaranzi township, 62. Kanaranzi village, 212. Kenneth, 203-206. Kongsburg postoffice, 216.


Land grant, 91. Land office, 57. Land sales, 39, 94, 104, 113, 116, 117, 237. Legislative history, 120.


License (see village headings).


Luverne, city of, 137-169; as a distributing point, 90: banks, 166-168; census returns, 137, 142, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149; churches, 154-160; city hall, 147; cyclone, 104; di- rectories, early, 142, 145; electric lights, 148; fire department, 165; fires, 147, 148, 152, 165; first buildings in, 50, 51, 138, 139; first residents of, 50, 138; first store in, 53, 139; founding, 140, 141; homesteaders on land in, 141; incorpora- tion, 143, 149; library, 164; license ques- tion, 143; lodges, 160-164; made county seat, 58, 139; manufactories, 168; nam- ing of, 139; officers, 144, 149; platting, 140; postoffice, 52, 138; railroad reaches, 87, 142; resists county seat removal, 108; schools, 151-154; selecting the site of, 50, 138; waterworks, 148. Luverne township, 59.


Magnolia township, 62.


Magnolia village, 197-202; as Drake station, 198; bank, 202; census returns, 201; church, 201; founding, 198, 199; incor- poration, 200; license question, 200; lodges, 202; officers, 200; platting, 198, 199; postoffice, 197, 199; school, 201. Mail routes, 48, 50, 141. Manley, 213.


Martin postoffice, 216. Martin township, 63.


Meadow postoffice, 216.


Military road, 45.


Militia companies, 114. Mound Builders, 34, 35.


Mound creek, 220.


Mound station, 215.


Mounds, the, 43, 65, 221, 222.


Mound township, 65.


Newspapers, 223-229.


Officers-county (see political) ; township (see township headings); village (see village headings).


Old Settlers association, 108.


Panics-of 1857, 40; of 1873, 76; of 1893, 114, 148.


Pleasant Valley postoffice, 216. Political, 58, 119-135, 239.


Population (see census returns). Postoffices (see village headings). Prairie fires, 84, 90, 231.


Prairie schooners, 71, 93, 94, 143. Products, 219.


Railroad lands, 74, 235.


Railroads-Burlington (Rock Island), 101- 103, 116; Doon branch (Omaha), 94; Illi- nois Central, 110; Prospective, .40, 101; Sioux City & Northern (Great North- ern), 112; Sioux City & St. Paul (Oma- ha), 46, 70, 85-87, 239; Southern Minne- sota (Milwaukee), 86, Willmar & Sioux Falls ( Great 91; Northern), 111; Worthington & Sioux Falls (Omaha), 85- 87, 91, 94, 142.


Relief measures, 79-81, 83, 85, 86. Religious service, first, 157.


Reminiscent, 231-239.


Rock county -- creation of, 40, 43; organi- zation of, 57-59, 119-121; other names borne by, 43; sovereignty 41, 42. of lands in,


Rock river, 38, 220.


Rose Dell township, 67.


Schools-county, 69, 77, 151; village (see village headings). Settlement, early, 40, 44, 47-55, 69. Soil, 219.


Soldiers (see war).


Split Rock river, 221. Springwater township, 65. Squatters, 235. Steen, 206-208. Surveys, 39, 43, 53, 55.


Taxes abated, 83. Threshing, first, 52. Timber, 74, 220, 221. Topography, 217, 218. Townships, 59-68. Trappers, 46, 47, 48, 138.


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Treaty, of Traverre des Sioux, 39.


Vienna township, 64.


Virginia (see Steen). Voters-by precincts, 134; first, 119.


War-Inkpaduta massacre, 40; Sioux, 45; Spanish-American, 114-116. Warner, 215. Winter of 1880-81, 96-100.


PIPESTONE COUNTY.


Aetna township, 277. Airlie, 392.


Altona township, 277. Altoona (see Cresson). Automobile, the first, 421.


Banks (see village headings). Battlefields, 245, 246.


Births-first in county, 268; first in Ed- gerton, 356; first in Jasper, 349; first in Osborne township, 273. Blizzards, 262, 282-284, 292, 293, 415.


Blockades, snow, 282, 283.


Bonds, vote on, 288, 289, 294, 299, 300, 418. Boom times, 268, 269, 279, 286, 289, 291, 298. Boundaries, 257. 258, 397. Breaking, 264.


Building stone-at Jasper. 401, 402; at


Pipestone, 401. Burke township, 273.


Cazenovia, 391. Census-county, 258, 281, 291, 294, 299, 301; village (see village headings ). Chanarambie creek, 255, 403. Churches (see village headings).


Churchville (see Luctor).


Close Bros. & Co., 285, 286, 289.


Commissioner districts. 306, 309.


Converse, 395. Coteau des Prairies, 249, 252, 253, 397, 398, 399.


County seat, 272. Court house, 266, 272, 299. 300.


Courts, 257, 260, 284.


Cresson, 393.


('rops, damage to, 265, 267, 269, 284, 285, 297, 300, 301. Cyclones, 285, 295, 296.


Descriptive, 397-404. Drainage, 403, 404.


Eden township, 276. Edgerton, 355-363; bank, 363; census, 355, 357, 359; churches, 361; directory, 357; fire, 359; fire department, 362; found- ing, 281, 355; homesteaders, 355; incor- poration, 357; license question, 358; lodges, 362; officers, 358; platting, 355; postoffice, 356; school, 360.


Elections (see political). Elevations, 398. Elmer township. 275. Eton, 39.1.


Explorers-Allen, 256; Bennett, 262; Car- ver, 245; Catlin, 249-254; Featherstone-


haugh, 249; Fremont, 254, 255; Gore, 259; Hayden, 259; LeSueur, 245; Long, 248; Nicollet, 254, 255; Ravoux, 256; Swan, 256; White, 259. Fair. county, 287. Fire departments (see village headings). Fires-prairie, 416; village (see village headings ). Flandreau creek, 404.


Fountain Prairie township, 274.


Free seed grain, 297.


Game, 256, 417. Grange township, 274. Grasshoppers, 265, 267, 280. Gray Siding (see Eton). Gray township, 275.


Hail storms, 285, 300, 301. Hatfield, 389, 390.


Hay, for fuel, 421.


Heath, 395.


Hickcox's Prairie, 377, 378: Hieroglyphics, 244, 247, 253. Holland, 365-369; bank, 369; census, 36S; churches, 368; directory, 366; fire de- partment, 369; founding, 294, 366; in- corporation, 367; lodges, 369; officers, 367; postoffice, 366: school, 368. Homesteaders, 272-278. Homesteader, The Bachelor, 417.


Ihlen, 390.


Incorporation (see village headings). Indians- adventures with, 251, 256, 259, 260: Sioux, 246; superstitions, 253, 255, 401; Yanktons, 246, 248, 249, 257, 258.


Jails, 280, 297.


Jasper, 347-354: banks, 354; building im- provements, 349, 352; census, 347, 349, 350, 352, 353; churches, 353; directories, 349, 350; fire department, 354; founding, 294, 349: Improvement Co., 348; incor- poration, 350; license


question, 351; lodges, 354; officers, 351; platting, 348; postoffice, 349; schools, 353. Jurors, first, 284.


Land claims, 260, 272-278, 413. Land grants, 260, 280.


Land sales, 279, 285, 286, 289, 291, 292, 294, 299.


Leaping Rock, 253, 254, 255. Legends, 247, 248, 255, 419. Library, Pipestone, 344. License (see village headings). Lodges (see village headings).


Longfellow, letter from, 420. Luctor, 393.


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HISTORICAL INDEX.


Mail routes, 264, 265, 266, 356. McVey, 395. Meadow, 394. Meeting, first public, 266.


Newspapers, 405-411. North Sioux Falls, 394.


Officers-county (see political) ; township (see township headings) ; village (see village beadings). Old Settlers' society, 281. Organ, an historic, 417. Osborne township, 273.


Panic, financial, 294. Peace pipes, 244, 245, 248.


Pipestone (the stone), 244, 245, 249, 254, 399, 400.


Pipestone, city of, 319-346; banks, 344; building improvements, 326, 327; cen- sus, 323, 327, 328, 329, 330; churches, 335-340; civic improvements, 328, 330; Close Bros. & Co.'s operations, 285; de- velopment. 279, 322, 325, 326; director- ies, 323, 327; fire, 328; fire department, 343; first building, 263, 320; first resi- dents, 320; first store, 321; incorporation, 324, 329; library, 344; license question, 324; lodges, 340-343; officers, 324, 329; platting, 321; postoffice, 264, 520; schools, 331-334;


selecting the site, 262, 320.


Pipestone county-attempts to organize, 265, 267; attempt to divide, 267, 268; creation of, 257, 258; finances of, 420; organization of, 271, 272, 305, 306.


Pipestone creek, 255, 403. Pipestone quarries, 243, 245, 252-254, 255, 266, 319, 338, 339; ownership of, 246, 247, 249, 254, 257, 258, 260, 266. Political, 266, 268, 270, 272, 303-318. Poplar creek, 403. Postoffices (see village headings). Pump, the town, 418.


Railroads-Duluth, 288, 289; Great North- ern, 293, 294; Milwaukee (Southern Min- nesota), 279-281; Omaha, 279, 281, 287, 414; Rock Island ( Burlington ),


288, 294, 414. Rain, shooting for, 421. Religious services, first, 267.


Reminiscent, 413-421. Reservation, 260; squatters on, 413. Ridge, 395.


Rock river, 255, 403. Rock township, 275.


Ruthton, 369-375; bank, 375; census, 371, 373; churches, 373; directory, 371; fire department, 375; founding, 294, 370; in- corporation, 371; license question, 372; lodges, 374; officers, 372; platting, 370; postoffice, 371; schools, 373.


Schools- county, 280, 283; early day, 421; Indian, 265, 333; Pipestone, 331-333;


village (see village headings). Settlement, early, 261-270. Signal Mound, 246. Sioux, The Medicine, 419.


Soil, 402, 403. Split Rock river, 404. Surveys, 258. 260, 263. Sweet township, 272.


Three Maidens, the, 243, 248, 401. Threshing, first, 267. Timber, 399.


Topography, 397-399.


Treaties-of Traverse des Sionx, 257; with Yanktons, 257, 258.


Trosky, 383-388; bank, 388; census, 383, 387; church, 388; directory, 386; found- ing, 288, 384; fire department, 388; in- corporation, 386; license question, 386; lodges, 388; officers, 386; platting, 384; postoffice, 385; school, 387.


Troy township, 276.


Villages (see village headings). Voters-by precincts, 318; first, 305; high- est number of. 314.


Wager, an election, 420. War-Sionx. 259; Spanish-American, 297, 298.


West Jasper, 348, 350. Winter of 1880-81, 282-284, 415.


383: census, Woodstock, 377-383; bank,


380, 381; churches, 382; colonization companies, 379; directory, 379; founding, 378; incorporation, 380; license question, 380; lodges, 382: officers, 380; platting, 378; postoffice, 377; school, 382.


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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX


ROCK COUNTY.


Page.


Aanenson, Aanen


Page. 609


Cady, Ira M. .511


Adams, Willard W


557


Cameron, John .. 598


Ahrendt, Albert. 534


Canfield, Edwin H 464


Albert, John A


628


Carl, Gust. 649


Alink, Johr


523


Carleton, Samuel L 544


Allen, William V


587


Carter, Samuel A .627


441


Anderson, Nels.


450


Anderson, Willie


S 477


Christensen, Jasper 526


Christiansen, Hans. .646


Christianson, Emil M .506


Arneson, Lewis


.519


Christianson, Nels A. 582


Ausen, Hans T


492


Christopherson, Carl E. .613


Ausen, Oscar M. 561


Axelsen, Gus .. 597


Coffey, John


608


Backer, Eli M. 580


Baer, Dana 648


Baker, Charles A. 522


Baker, Frederick A 467


Baker, Thomas 0 583


Coss, Louis


526


Cottrell, George W 568


Cragg, Henry S. 634


Cragoe, S. John N 535


Crangle, John 611


Crawford, William O


428


Crossman, Bishop


1


434


Croston, James 647


Dahl, Einar 497


Dahl, Ole


570


Daley, A. J. 596


Darling, Eugene N .. 427


Davidson, Charles C 638


Davidson, James A. 625


Davidson. William


N


.481


Dean, William T 482


589


Bogenreif, Jacob E. 576


576


Borchers, Henry 571


Boyren, P. B. . 492


Brauer, Charles


619


Brown, E. A.


457


Brown, P. E ..


455 463


Bruce, Charles S.


620


Eberlein, Andrew 562


Eberlein Ed. S.


599


Brusse, Hannah (Harbers). 597


Buckley, Edward 591


DeRue,


654


Dolge, William.


642


Drew, Charles


C


4.17


Dunbar, Ed. I.


.598


Dunbar, George.


569


Dunn, JJames B .. 445


631


Barck, Eugene V 562


Barclay, James H 577


Beaubien, Mark.


532


Bell, George G. 590


Bendt, Ernest .. 591


Bendt, George


623


Bendt, Nick.


639


Bennett, Bert W. 622


Benson, Nels.


457


Bergin, Michael.


477


Bierkamp, Henry


500


Bierkamp, Otto 499


Black, James E


495


Bleeker, George.


540


Blocker, Fred.


647


Boe, Halvor J ..


626


Bonnett, James W.


Colby, Charles 592


Colby, Thomas J. 518


Conway,


Michael


616


Cook, Alvin A ..


636


Anderson, Andrew A 578


Chapin, Birch.


555


Chesley, Roy E.


Andresen, Emil 592


Arends, 586


Christopherson, Conrad H. 535


Cooper, Benjamin


Delate, George G


Bruemmer, Charles.


Egge, Nels O ..


.601


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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX.


Page.


Eitreim, Iver D.


446


Herreid, Amund IT. 487


Ekman, Herman.


.649


Herrmann, Fritz .583


Ellefson, Knut. .


. 463


Hill, Charlie .552


Ellsworth, Marion J


. 609


Ilinkly, R. B. 487


Engebretson, Eric.


456


Hinz. William . 652


Engebretson, John.


488


Hodgson, Lewis .529


Engebretson, Martinus 520


Hofsommer, Adam 650


Engelson, Alfred P.


482


Hogan, Joseph M . 635


English,


626


Hoime, Andrew


.582


Erickson, Alfred E


453


Erstad, Edward.


480


Ferguson, Frank


523


Finke, August


454


Finke, W. 481


Finke, William F


496


Fitzer, Chris ..


568


Hoven, Ben


539


Fitzer, Herman


60S


Floden, Knudt K.


631


Foight, Sam 613


Frahm, John.


561


Fresvik, Arne.


601


Iverzon, John B. 475


Iverson, Nels 438


Gabel,


640


Gabrialson, John G. 623


Gainey, 460


Ganfield, 1


495


Jacobsen, William, Jr. .543


Gehrke, Emil.


634


Gerber, Jacob


.594


Gibson, Ralph L


.560


Giese, Henry


.507


Glenn, William


.601


Jaycox, Abraham 439


Goembel, Jesse L 557


Goettsch, Henry


628


Goettsch, William


595


Graaf, Charles W.


.594


Gravatt, Ones H ...


.531


Green, George Elbert.


516


Greene, W. E. E.


553


Joles, , James S. 532


Groman, Gus.


655


Jones, Daniel B.


602


Grout, Thaddeus A 471


Jones, Willard A 610


647


Gunderson, Tobias 501


Hafsaas, Andrew 615


Kammerud, Iver


613


Hagedorn, Ben .. 649


Kasch, William K.


623


Hagedorn, Gus A.


520


Kennedy, James P


437


Hagen, Jennie O.


621


Kennicott, Jay


444


Halvorson, Halvor. 489


Kille, Peter 459


Kindt, F'erdinand 582


Hansen, Ole. .


445


Hansen, Thomas.


615


Kitterman, J. H.


537


Hanson, Adolph 593


Kjergaard, Hans Nelson.


508


Haraldson, Flans. 494


Kniss, George W


451


Haraldson, Olans


470


Kniss, Pierce J.


514


Farroun, James A


502


Knowlton, Grant A.


497


Hauglid, Andrew T 632


Knowlton, James A 542


Haugness, Sever 551


Hawes, Philo 513


Koch, Anton 576


Ilawkinson, Joseph .11 .584


Kohn, Jacob


.630


Hecht, Emil C ..


.573


Koll, Matth.


.575


Helgeson, Jen's O., Jr.


560


Kolscheen. Emil F


578


Hellie, Knute K. 557


Kolsrud, Olaf


581


Helling. Andrew


604


flemme, Heinrich .J .525


Kornmann. Edward Philip.


617


Hemme, Herman


543


Krantz, Amil 651


Henton, Fred E.


465


Kreps, Fred 496


527


Hoime, P.


Holling, Henry M1. . 478


.547


Holverson, Hans T .530


Holverson Ole R. .525


Horne, James .644


Houg, Carl .558


Hulett, Duane A.


541


Humphrey, William


640


Ingelson, Andrew 451


Jacobs. Ellen (Chapman ) 552


Jacobren, William 438


Jacobson, Jacob N 478


Jacobson, Jacob O 627


Jacobson, Niels 429


Jacobson, Theodore MI. 546


Jennings, Walter E. 659


Jensen, Andrew


.534


Jensen, Nels P 486


Johnson, Eli B. 569


Johnson, Erland 404


Johnson, W. A. .540


Gunderson, Gust 549


Josendahl, Sven


Kahler, John 577


Halvorson, Rasmus 430


Kittelsen, Sven


52-1


Knudtson, Wilhelm T .585


Kopp, Ferdinand 560


Pago.


Hoime, K.


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Page.


Kregmann, Julius


593


Nash, Olaf


.536


Krohn, John


612


Nelson, Andrew


646


Knbitz, Francis A


.614


Nelson,


Charles F. .544


Kuehl, H.


.563


Nelson,


Chris O .. .619


Kuhnert, H.


629


Nelcon, George D)


.560


Nelson, John, 604


Nelson,


Marcus C. 509


Nels J. 62]


LaDue, A. D. 584


LaDue, Jay


435


Lamm, John E.


626


Larson, Lewis G.


503


Larson, Lewis O.


483


Larson, Nels K ...


.535


Larson, W. Orange,


531


Lear, Lionel E.


532


LeCleir, Jacob


653


Leech, Eli


636


Leicher, Fenton A .512


.649


Lemke, Ferdinand J. 622


636


Leslie, George


.588


Lewis, Thomas Edwin 628


Linnell, Chester H. 528


Linnell, Victor C


610


Lohr, George A


490


Loose, August


482


Loose, Frank


458


Lowe, Charley C.


.607


Lynch, Edward WV


579


Lynch, W. F.


589


Page, Madicon O. 521


Palmer, Charles


588


Parker. Albert D 550


Paulsen,


Henry


M.


497


Mannigel, John C .. .5$5


Martin, Charles


J.


572


Mathews, Harry W. 622


Mathiesen, Charlie G


486


Maxedon, John R


605


Pedersen, John S.


650


Maxwell, Austin


446


Pederson, John


552


Maynes, William A ..


474


Peet, Ed.


654


Pendergast, Mike P.


652


Percival, Lizzie (Knight)


605


Peschon, Fred


634


Mckenzie, Gordon J 583


.639


McKisson, William 581


637


McLeish, John


Piepgras, John D 499


440


Merkel, Jacob


434


Merkel, Lycurgus 503


Meyer,


Albert A.


648


Qualley, Gilbert .J 540


Qualley, Ole C. 469


Rademacher, Albert 527


Rademacher, William C 554


Raymond, Emmet E


541


Raymond, Vernie 589


Rea, Samuel 507


Remme, Theodore C. 604


Reynolds, Charles A. 431


Reynolds. Nelson R 468


Riedel, Paul 578


Mork, Gus H. 639


Murray, Wilmer T 605


640


Moen, Halsten M.


Moerke, John 611


603


Moon, Frank


Moreaux, Amable 518


Riss, Joseph 642


Riste, Erick


620


Nelson,


Samuel B.


471


Nergord, Ole


.567


Nerison,


Neri


553


Newton, W. E.


571


Norton, Dell (


505


Norton,


Ray L. 528


Norton, Robert


436


Nuffer, Frederick (


504


Nntting, Charles E.


566


Oestern. Adolph G 574


Oldre, Knudt G 488


Olsen, Hogen 549


Olson, Engebret 616


Olson. John 653


Omodt, Carl 629


Onerheim, Ingebret K 563


Opsata, Tollef 433


Ordung, Philip C. 633


Ormseth,


Ole ().


599


Otto, Henry 641


Oye, John


580


Paulsen, Otto A. 470


Paulson, Theodore S 590


Paustian, Frederick


524


Pautsch. George


635


McCann, James Albert. 558


McCurdy, C.


525


McDermott, William E 461


McKay, David W.


587


Peters, Howard HI.


571


Petersen. Peter T .. 559


McKisson, John E.


Petterson, Mathias (). 651


Philbrick, Chandler N 545


503


Meyer, Earnest A 635


Miller, Herbert J. 442


Millhouse, Samuel H. 547


Minard, William R. 563


Moe, Carl


547


Moe, Christian C.


554


Moeller, Ferdinand H 606


527


Meester, Albert


Preston, James


Qualley, George


Macfadden, William 587


Maloney, Edward E. .561


Lein, Ole J.


Leslie, Earl


Nelson,


Kundel, Nick


610


xxiv


BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX


Page.


Roberts, James E


612


Tammen, T. G. 620


Rodman, Harry S.


644


Tangeman, A. G. .614


Roen, Benhardt A.


470


Tangemann, Andrew 538


Rogness. Andrew J 533


Taylor, James 566


Rogness, Nels


573


Teskey, Arthur 579


Regnley, Hans 475


Thom, Robert D. 585


Rolfs, Henry 564


Thompson, Albert 648


Rolph, Charlie


453


Thompson, John 617


Rose, S. W.


575


Thompson, Oscar MI.


611


Rossum, B. E


452


Thompson, Theodore


595


Rowland, T. D. 570


Thompson, William


484


Rustad, John M.


548


Thomte, Hans 556


Thomte, llerman .512


Sanderson, Andrew


488


Thorin,


Savold, Halvor


556


Thorp, George 574


Savold, Henry 588


Thorson, Edward O


621


Schellhouse. Henry 615


Thorson, Emory T


443


Schlueter, Henry


624


Schneckloth, Arnold


633


Todd, Samuel .506


479


Scott, Amos 521


Tostenrud, Ole L. .


509


Severtson, Ole 462


Tostenrud, Ralph L


.555


Sexe Ammon T.


463


Sheriff, Chester W. .603


Trenhaile, Jchn MI. .625


.625


Shurr, George W


.519


Sierks, Hans J.


645


Turner. George


555


Skovgaard, Charles F 472


Tvedt, Ilolden


.607


Skrondahl, Andrew .496


Tvedt. Mrs. Zigred .537


Skyberg, Olaf 473


Tweton, Mrs. Ole


.567


Skyberg, Peder O. .461


Ulrich. John .586


Snook, Henry Quinby


504


Utley, Charles R. 618


Snook, James F


616


Snook, Joseph L


624


Sodemann, Otto


654


Vopat, James $55


Solem, Ananias G .508


618


Wahlert, Martin L 529


Walker, Alexander .515


Walker, Charles 11. 440


Walker, Edward A .566


Staffler, Gus H


645


Wallenberg, Fred 64]


Walter, S 652


Standish, Simon S 602


Welker, Frank


E 493


Stearns, Willis J.


465


Westlie, Halvor H


549


Steen, Otto K. 631


White, Harrison 425


499


Steen, Peter N.


447


Whitney. George B 500


Steffen, William


522 633


Wiese, Carl


.476


Stepben, Rufus J


551


Wiese, Herman


638


Stoakes, Dryden J


.600


Wikner, Otto


596


Stoltenberg, Hans


602


Willems, Henry


651


Story, Arthur J


618


Willers, Joseph


484


Story, Percy A


.637


Winkler, William


643


Stralow. William L 645


643


Woodle, Thomas P.


.565


Woodrow, Carl J


515


Wright, Charles 0


491


Suhl, Henry


653


Sundem, Gullik G., Jr


.581


Wynn, Marion


606


Sundem, Gullik G., Sr. .498


Zemke, Ernest


646


Swan, Robert Russell 548


Zenker, J. Il. .


517


Swedberg, Mark .510


Zinn, Arthur


574


Tibbetts, Herbert (1 600


Schroeder, Adolph


502


Schwartz, Edward C. .539


Tollefron, Ole T 533


Tower, Isaac .630


Shurr, Frank .480


Tuff, Haagen 642


Smith, Albert D .. .550


Varah, James E 538


Soutar. George


479


Spriesterbach, Emil A .505


Stager, A. E .. .570


Stamman, John ١١٣ .510


Webber, Christ 578


Stearns, Charles F 455


Steen, Peter (


466


White, William 11.




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