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The Christian Scientists have maintain- ed an organization in Pipestone since 1895. In September, 1902. the society was incorporated under the name First Church of Christ, Scientist, of Pipestone. Services are held regularly.
A church of the Seventh Day Adven- tists was organized April 18, 1897. A church home was erected in 1901 at a eost
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of $706, and was dedicated February 23, 1902, by Elder Andrew Mead. of Brain- erd, assisted by Elder M. B. VanKirk, of Eagle Lake. Minnesota. At the time of dedication there was a membership of twenty-seven.
THE LODGES.
The first fraternal organization perfec- ted in Pipestone was the Masonic. Early in the month of December, 1880, a mim- ber of Masons gathered in a small room on Olive street and decided to ask for a dispensation from the grand lodge. The dispensation was granted January 13, 1881, and eleven days later the organiza- tion was brought about in the hall over Pease's dry goods store. The first offi- cers and members were as follows: Riley French, W. M .; J. C. Goodnow. S. W .; W. J. Taylor, J. W .: 1. 1. Hait, secre- tary; A. L. Ely, treasurer ; S. H Smint. S. D .: 11. D. Sanford, J. D .: E. W. Day- ies, S. S .: W. J. Pratt, J. S .: M. Brom- ley. tyler: C. C. Goodnow. Wellington Sherwood and Samuel L. Bailey, Sr. The lodge was chartered January 13, 1882, and named Quarry Lodge No. 148, A. F. & A. M. The organization under the char- ter was brought about March 11, 1882.
In the fall of 1887 signers of more than the constitutional number of Royal Arch Masons wore secured to a petition to the grand chapter of Minnesota for the organ- ization of a subordinate chapter at Pipe- stone. Favorable action was taken and a dispensation granted November 28,
33The charter members of Triune Chapter No. 51 were Fred Bloom, Henry E. Briggs, W. Cur- rer Briggs. E. M. Carr. C. M. Chambers, J. F. Casey. E. W. Davies, E. C. Dean, G. C, Eyland, A. I .. Ely. A. S. Foster, H. E. French, W. W. Fletcher, William Frost. C. C. Goodnow. C. W. Gilmore, I. L. Ilart, J. R. Hubbard. F. I. Janes, W. G. Martino. L. II. Moore, Charles Mylius, George McGillivray. G. Il. Perry, F. L. Pease, A. G. Preston, O. Ruddy, I. D. San- ford, Edgar Shepherd, M. G. Schauer, John Stuart, R. E. Thomas and F. A. Walker.
14The first officers and charter members were as follows: Mrs. Olivia Smith. W. M .; M. Churchill, W. P .: Miss Lulu Taylor. A. W. M .;
1881. C. C. Goodnow was designated to act as high priest, I. L. Hart, king, and W. G. Martine, scribe, and on Decem- ber 6 the lodge was duly organized. Dur- ing the year that the lodge was under dis- pensation it prospered and many names were added to the membership. At the October. 1888, session of the grand lodge a charter was granted to Triune Chapter and given the number 31.13
A lodge of the Order Eastern Star- Calumet Chapter No. 51- came into ex- istence in 1893. The meeting to bring about the organization was held Janu- ary 5, and on February 15 the organi- zation was perfected under the guidance of Mrs. Mary C. Taylor, of Minneapolis, assisted by Mesdames Pattee and Brier- ley.11 The lodge was constituted June ?. 1893.
Masonic temple, a three-story stone building in which the three Masonic orders have their homes, was dedicated on the evening of December 6, 1893.
The second fraternal order in Pipe- stone was the Odd Fellows, which was organized a short time after the Mason- ie charter was granted. Hope Lodge No. 89, I. O. O. F., was instituted June 29. 1882. by Grand Deputy Matthews, of Lake Benton. The following were the first of- feers and members: W. J. Taylor, N. G .; 1. L. Hart, V. G .; G. W. Huntley, P. G .: J. Il. Nichols, secretary : George D. Green, treasurer: Charles Smith and J. G. Ben- nett. Hope Lodge now has a membership of over 160.
Mrs. A. F. Rublee. secretary; Mrs. C. W. Gil- moro, treasurer; Mrs. C. C. Goodnow, conduct- ress: Mrs. J. C. Goodnow. assistant conduct- ress; Mrs. C. F. Marsh, Adah; Mrs. E. W. Da- vies. Ruth; Mrs. M. Churchill, Esther; Mrs. H. E. Briggs, Martha; Mrs. J. L. Jones, Elecia; Mrs. M. W. Ware, chaplain; Miss Stella Church- ill, organist; Joseph Nuttle, sentinel; C. W. Gil- more, M. W. Ware, Mr. and Mrs. Charles My- lius, II. E. Briggs. A. F. Rublee, Mrs. Joseph Nuttle, E. W. Davies, J. I. Jones, C. C. Good- now. A. G. Smith. Dr. and Mrs. W. J. Taylor. Mrs. Robert Scarf. William McGillivray. Leo A. Moore, Walter Sanford, George McGillivray, H Dimock.
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The Odd Fellows auxiliary, Winnewissa Lodge No. 68, Rebekahs, was instituted Jannary 19, 1892.15
The next order in Odd Fellowship in- stituted was Gitche Manitou Encampment No. 45, which was officially organized March 27, 1893, by G. W. Bertram, grand patriarch, assisted by A. L. Bol- ton, grand scribe, and Winn Powers. The encampment began life with a mem- bership of thirty, which was said to have been the largest number of charter mem- bers ever formed into a lodge of the order in the state.16
The last Odd Fellows order, Canton Hiawatha No. 20, Patriarchs Militant. was instituted February 25, 1910, with a membership of thirty-three.17
The Grand Army of the Republic has been represented by a post in Pipe- stone since 1884. Simon Mix Post No. 9518 was named in honor of Colonel Simon Mix, of the Third New York cavalry,
15The first officers and charter members of Winnewissa Lodge were Mrs. George D. Green, noble grand; Mrs. J. L. Grun, vice grand; Mrs. E. C. Smith, recording secretary; Mrs. S. W. Funk, financial secretary; Mrs. L. J. Reader, treasurer; Mrs. Gertie ITumble, warden; J. H. Sanborn, inside guard; G. E. Bushnell and C. J. Crandall. noble grand supporters; E. C. Smith and S. W. Funk, vice grand supporters; P. P. Cady, J. L. Grun, A. H. Adams, L. J. Reader. E. M. Carr, George D. Green and C. C. Goodnow.
16The first officers and charter members were O. P. Nason, C. P .; P. P. Cady, S. W .: G. M. Winegardner, J. W .; L. H. Bughee, R. S .; C. C. Goodnow, F. S .: L. J. Reader, T .; J. L. Grun, H. P .; H. H. Hanson. G. E. Bushnell, L. Baker. S. W. Funk, N. Kennison. C. J. Crandall. B. Toresdahl, F. I. Clement, W. T. Sanborn, J. E. Buell, George Redmon, O. H. Williams, F. B. Hobaugh, M. C. Barber, Max Menzel, G. A. Warner, W. E. Bushnell. A. E. Burgess, George D. Green. E. C. Smith. A. E. Woodman. J. W. Cook and J. J. Simenson.
17Officers at the time of organization and charter members were G. S. Redmon, captain; P. P. Cady, lieutenant; W. E. Wakefield. en- sign; G. F. Argetsinger, clerk: F. M. Payne, accountant; A. E. Woodman. standard bearer; John Telford. sentinel: L. E. Krull, picket; J. W. Hunt. M. E. Boomer. G. R. IFowes. R. P. Woodworth. B. Toresdahl. M. W. Missman. L. Hess. G. G. Stone, O. P. Nason, H. A. Gano, Frank Raymond. G. A. Warner, W. F. C. Krohn, P. H. Smith, S. W. Funk, C. W. Den- hart. H. M. Parker. Carl Anlauf. William Boyce, D. M. Johnston. W. J. Dingler. George Piepgras, L. E. Hillier, A. E. Harris and B. A. Turnbull.
14The post was mustered in as Ed. S. Mc- Cook Post hut the name was changed a couple of weeks later.
who was killed in action with his regiment at the battle of Petersburg. It was mus- tered in May 1, 1884, by R. R. Miller, of Worthington, department mustering of- ficer. The post was organized with forty- five members.19
The first step toward the organization of a Woman's Relief Corps was taken November 2, 1885, when. a number of ladies entitled to membership met in Opera hall. About a dozen were present and the preliminaries wore arranged. Simon Mix Corps No. 1? was organized two days later and the first officers were installed by Mrs. Mary Starkweather and Mrs. Norton.20
On three separate occasions camps of the Sons of Veterans have been organized in Pipestone. The first of these was Elmer E. Ellsworth Camp No. 2, which was mustored in with eighteen charter members February 12, 1885.21 The see- ond was Robert Searf Camp No. 92, which
19The first officers and members were as fol- lows: John Pearson, commander ; Riley French, senior vice commander; M. J. Easland, junior vice commander: W. J. Taylor, surgeon: W. D. Peck, chaplain; George D. Green, officer of the dav: J. H. Enearl, officer of the guard; C. W. Fenlason. adjutant: W. B. Brown, onar- termaster: L. D. Peck. sergeant major; B. S. Clark. quartermaster sergeant; C. H. Bennett. E. M. Carr. C. C. Devore. A. N. Ferris, J. C.
Goodnow. John Gillon. W. W. Gray. C. C. Good- now. H. T. Humphrey. W. H. Harrison. W. H. Hockabout. John Ibach, Ferdinand Kurz. Mon- roe Kenyon. Thomas Kinney. John H. La- Rue. Thomas J. Lynch. H. G. Montville, War- ren MeCarter. I. H. Moore. A. J. Pearson. F. L. Pease. Franklin Plank, Simon Price. S. J. Per- kins. H. C. Righy, E. A. Rice, Robert Scarf. C. W. Sizer. D. E. Sweet. Peter Travits, W. F. Tibbetts R F. Taylor, Hamilton Wells, Cad- wallder Williams.
"The following composed the initial mem- bership and first officers: Mesdames C. H. Ben- nett, president; F. L. Pease, senior vice presi- dent: C. W. Gilmore, junior vice president; N. M. Scarf. secretary; P. I. Walkup, treasurer; George D. Green, chaplain: C. E. Ervin. con- ductor: C. W. Sizer, guard: T. J. Lynch. W. Brown. H. R. Upman, C. C. Goodnow. W. J. Taylor, John Gillon, N. M. Brown, Samuel Price. H. L. Humphrey, Hamilton Wells, M. J. Easland.
21Among the members of this first camp were D. E. Sweet, Frank J. Brown. C. D. Fisher, H. W. George, A. F. Henderson, U. S. Clark. Charles E Gillon, J. E. George, Frank Poor- baugh. Sheridan Gilman. E. J. Churchill. O. P. Nason and A. Rutter.
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was mustered in November 17, 1891, hy Lieutenant Charles A. Christy, of Win- nebago City. The camp began life with thirteen members.22 The eamp now main- taining an organization is Daniel E. Sweet Camp No. 14, named in honor of the first settler of Pipestone county, and mustered in September 1, 1908, by Junior Vice Commander Frank Tolman, of Paynes- ville, Minnesota. The charter member- ship list was left open until December 1, at which time there were thirty-five mem- bers.23
The first fraternal insurance society organized in Pipestone was Pipestone Lodge No. 122, Ancient Order United Workmen, which began life July 29, 1890.24 Five years later, on May 12. 1895. the auxiliary lodge, Fidelity Lodge No. 44. Degree of Honor, was instituted by Mrs. Mary Daley, grand chief of honor, of Minneapolis. The order began life with thirty-seven members.25
The Modern Woodmen of America has had a flourishing camp in Pipestone since
22Among the charter members were W. S. Williams. Frank Raymond. G. E. Hart. F. E. Bushnell, Charles Sizer. M. H. Stone, William Raymond. Richard Hadwick and Fred C. Smith.
23The first officers of Daniel E. Sweet Camp were as follows: O. P. Nason, commander; J. Hitchcox, senior vice commander; A. C. Wright. junior vice commander; Ralph G. Hart, E. E. Argetsinger and C. C. Gilmore. camp council; George F. Argetsinger, secretary: J. H. Brown. treasurer; appointive officers, C. S. Wright, F. D. Johnston. B. C. Adkins. Earl Hadwick. Luke Brown. Eugene Dickey and G. L. Jaycox,
24The first officers of the Workmen lodge were M. W. Ware. P. M. W .: W. S. Williams, M .; W. S MeDonald. F .: Robert Scarf. O .; George Loomis, G .; G. H. Gurley, recorder: C. W. Gil- more, financier: I. L. Hart. receiver: Charles Gebhardt. I. W .: J. E. Bennett, O. W.
"The first officers of Fidelity Lodge were Mary A. McDonald, P. C. of H .: Mary 1. Gilson. C. of H .; Sarah C. Grun. L. of H .; Cora W. Hart. (". of C .: Amelia D. Gurley, recorder; Rosabella O. George, financier; Nellie C. Payne, receiver; Jennie Denhart, sister nsher; Millie E. Arm- strong. inside watch: W. B. Denhart. outside watch; W. S. McDonald. Adv. C. of H .: Emma Loomis. R. maid of honor; Nettie Stair. L. maid of honor.
26The charter members were Gustave An- derson. A. W. Anderson, Lars Backstrom, Row- land D. Carey, E. W. Davies, Hugh P. Dimock. J. C. Goodnow, Rollin S. Goodell, C. W. Gil- more. O. T. Gilson, George T. Lancaster, Char- les F. Marsh. George M. McGillivray. Alexander McNaughton. F. L. Pease. G. S. Perry. Andrew F. Rublee. G. S. Redmon. T. F. Robinson. Ed- gar Shepherd, W. J. Taylor and Henry Wilson.
1891. Catlin Camp No. 1543 was or- ganized July 7, 1891, with twenty-two charter members.26 Today the lodge has a membership of 234 in good standing, carrying insurance to the amount of $436,- 500. The auxiliary lodge, Ione Camp No. 612. Royal Neighbors of America, was instituted May 4, 1897. with twenty-two charter members.27
Pipestone Lodge No. 388, Modern Brotherhood of America, was instituted November 3, 1898, with forty-three char- ter members, twelve of whom were lad- ies.28
Pipestone Tent No. 142, Knights of the Maccabees, was instituted April 12, 1903.29
Pipestone Assembly No. 307, Equitable Fraternal I'nion, was instituted February 11. 1904, with thirty charter members.30
Pipestone Homestead No. 566, Broth- erhood American Yeomen, was organized April 19. 1906, with a small member- ship.31
Pipestone Lodge No. 999, Mystic Work-
27The first officers of Ione Camp were lih- bie Cadwell, oracle; Lizzie Thiel, vice oracle; Frances Whitehead, recorder; Mrs. L. Hirschy, receiver: Mary F. Clayton, chancellor: 1.ulu Houston, marshal: Maggie Bliss, inner sen- tinel: Jennie Whitehead, outer sentinel: W. Il Taylor, physician; Minerva Shepherd and M D. Cadwell, managers.
24The first officers of the M. B. A. lodge were W. S. McDonaldl. president: A. H. Brown, vice , president: Louis Hirschy. secretary; J. F. Ster- ner, treasurer; E. Il. Argetsinger, conductor; Rev. L. D. King, chaplain; C. E. Grun, watch- man: Edgar Shepherd, Jr .. sentry; Mrs. W. S. McDonald, J. D. Nichols and W. R. Sommer- ville, managers.
2With the following first officers: A. P. Pow- ors. commander; G. G. Stone, past commander: J. J. Coats, lieutenant commander: P. H. Taylor. record keeper: W. H. Smith, finance keeper: R. B. Jose. chaplain; A. H. Brown, medical examiner: C. R. Watts, sergeant: J. E. Bliss master at arms; F. L. Loomis, first master of guards; N. A. Powers, second master of guards; Julius Stuck, sentinel; William Tattersfield. picket.
30The first officers of Pipestone Assembly were as follows: Charles Ewing, president; W. Mike- sell, vice president; H. J. Peterson, past presi- dent; C. F. Price, adviser: Harry Gano, war- den; S. W. Funk. secretary; N. E. Mannerud. treasurer; Otto Oppen, sentry; C. C. Walkup. . J. Hitcheox and M. W. Missman, trustees.
31The charter members were A. II. Brown. C. L. Miles, M. J. Becker, Anna Becker, Andy Dahlberg. Anna Dahlberg. Mary Lyons, Nellie Eppers, Emily Southall and Anna Itincs.
PIPESTONE'S PUBLIC BUILDINGS
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ers of the World, began its existence Sep- tember 21. 1910, when a class of twenty- eight was organized.32
In addition to the orders mentioned, there have been a number of lodges or- ganized in Pipestone which flourished for a time and then went out of existence. Among these was Calumet Lodge No. 28. Independent Order Good Templars, which was chartered and organized February 18, 1885, and which had an existence of several years.33 Another organization that was popular in Pipestone for many years was Hiawatha Lodge No. 121. Knights of Pythias, which was instituted March 22, 1893.34 Owing to heavy losses in mem- bership, by reason of death and removal. the charter was surrendered in December, 1906. Doon Castle of the Imperial Mystic Legion was organized in March, 1892, with fifty-two charter members, but later surrendered the charter.35 Wasia Tribe of the Improved Order of Redmen was or- ganized October 26, 1900.36 Two years later the lodge was transferred to Wood- stock. Another lodge that had a short life was Pipestone Aerie of the Fraternal
32The following were the first officers: Mrs. B. A. Turnbull, profect; Lewis Fangmeier. monitor; G. B. Johnston. secretary-banker: Mary R. Gilbertson, marshal; Dr. E. S. Perrigo, physician: Flora L. Smith, warder: A. W. Vivian, sentinel; Perley H. Smith. John Telford and R. E. Gilmore, supervisors.
33The charter members of the Good Templars lodge were Charles Thayer. J. L. Pratt. Mrs. T. J. Lynch, Mrs. A. S. Dyer. Mrs. E. E. Nason, Mrs. C. C. Sampson. W. S. Hamlin, J. E. Mil- Jer. Orvil Nason. Ross A. Nason. R. W. E. Nason. Mrs. J. E. George. J. E. George. Ellene Lynch. Allene Lynch and C. E. Wells.
MWith the following named charter members: E. B. Loomis. W. W. Robey. Il. W. George. J. H. Buttleman, F. E. Pearson. E. W. Crosby. J. W. Cook. Len Ramsdell, Harry Clure. Max Menzel. C. W. Gilmore, W. J. Taylor, William McGillivray. A. C. Neville. Fred Perrigo. Robert Scarf. C. Lindsay. Leo Moore. Fred Reynolds. William Brown and M. W. Ware.
35 The first officers of Doon Castle wore W. S. McDonald. Mrs. M. I. Gilson, Mrs. A. E. Wood- man. F. M. Bunn. A. E. Woodman, John Wick- Iund. M. W. Missman. Frank Clayton. W. B. Sanford, Mrs. W. S. McDonald, Mrs. E. Shipley. Mrs. M. W. Missman. W. J. Taylor and William McGillivray.
36The first officers of Wasta Tribe were W. H. Smith. C. Davis. Jens Sorenson. G. T. Jan- caster, A. H. Brown. S. F. Montville, John Van- Eaton, Norman Shannon and F. W. Norman.
Order of Eagles, which was organized No- vember 24, 1904.37
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
One of the institutions in which the peo- ple of Pipestone take pride and on which they place great dependence is the fire de- partment. one of the best organized and most capable fire fighting organizations in southwestern Minnesota. The Pipestone fire department has had an existence of nearly a quarter of a century and was or- ganized as a direct result of the Calumet hotel fire of December, 1886.
In the early days the entire water sup- ply of the village came from shallow wells. and prior to the fire which destroyed the largest building of the town there was ah- solutely no protection. Immediately after the fire the village council purchased two chemical engines and a hook and ladder truck, and on January 6, 1887, a fire de- partment was organized, with F. A. Walk- er as chief.3ยบ The department was divid- ed into three companies and the total membership was foriv.39
37The first officers of the Eagles were S. W. Funk, Louis Hirschy. C. W. Gilmore, George Thomas, John Wicklund, Gus Wohler, R. B. Lees. F. W. Pratt. Max Menzel. H. J. Petersen, Ruhe Gan- non. Herman Krookeberg and J. S. Roe.
3The chiefs of the Pipestone fire department since its organization have been F. A. Walker. W. B. Brown. Clarence Walkup. Charles Ris- ley, Frank Hohaugh. Charles Tofflemire, Oliver Sanborn. A. D. Brown, F. E. Cogswell. C. E. Dougherty, Harry A. Gano and A. D. Brown.
3The members of the pioneer fire department were as follows:
Engine No. 1-G. S. Redmon. foreman: A. C. Billon, assistant foreman; E. N. Bragdon. secre- tary and treasurer; A. B. Smith. W. Chesley. C. C. Walkun, William Rae. G. B. Kuist, O. P. Nason, D. N. Miller. L. D. Swartout, C. G Strong.
Engine No. 2-J. H. Enearl. foreman; C. J. Crandall, assistant foreman; L. H. Bughee, sec- rotary: Clarence Walkup, treasurer; C. W. Sizer. A. E. Gates. George Lancaster, L. Back- stroem. Walter Russell, Frank Hobaugh, I. J. Clavion. C. C. Hamlin.
Hook and Ladder No. 1 Ed. Reader. fore- man: Frank Carnegie, assistant foreman; Gard- ner E. Hart, secretary; Peter J. Wiger, treasur- er: Andy Pearson. H. Sanhorn. W. Sanborn. C. D. Fisher. George Coombs. George Carnegie, H. Gordon. W. S. Wheeler. W. I. Bulen, C. Miller. F. M. Prill.
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The matter of providing adequate pro- teetion from fire was not allowed to rest with the primitive measures adopted. It was soon decided to install a system of waterworks. largely because of the pro- tection it would afford. Bonds for the purpose to the amount of $20,000 were voted in November, 1887, and the water- works were installed the next year. The system was in working order in August, 1888, and at that time a hose eart and hose were purchased. Early in Septem- ber the department was reorganized and a hose company added.40
PUBLIC LIBRARY.
Pipestone has one of the best publie li- braries in southwestern Minnesota-an in- stitution which is the pride of the city. The building was erected with money do- nated by Andrew Carnegie, and the library is maintained by the city under direction of the city council. The home of the li- brary is built of red stone from the Pipe- stone quarries, trimmed with jasper, and its dimensions are 46x51 feet.
For a few years prior to the building of the Carnegie library a public one was maintained by the city. The first steps toward securing an institution of the kind were taken in 1899, when the question of founding a city library was submitted to a vote at the annual village election. At that time 225 votes were east in favor of the proposition and 49 against, but no action followed. Again at the election in the spring of 1900 the proposition carried by a vote of 431 to 38, and the village council at once took measures to establish the library. The library was opened Sep- tomber 1, 1900, in the city hall with only
"The members of the several companies under the reorganization were as follows:
Engine Company-G. S. Redmon, A. C. Bil- lon. James Maguire, A. Bates. J. L. Reader. S. W. Funk, Charles Tofflemire. Luke Brown. Frank Hobaugh. L. H. Bugbee. L. J. Clayton.
Hose Company-C. J. Crandall. C. F. Sherwin. George Kuist, O. P. Nason, E. C. Smith. G. M. Schauer, George Lancaster, G. T. Haugen, Char-
200 books on the shelves. Within six months. however, the library had acquired 562 volumes and was well patronized.
The matter of securing a donation from Mr. Carnegie was taken up in the spring of 1901, but the philanthropist replied that he had so many applications from larger towns, where he considered libraries of so much more far-reaching benefit. that he was unable to take up the cases of the smaller towns at that time. Application was again made early in 1903, the matter being taken up by the Pipestone Com- mereial club. Within a short time came Mr. Carnegie's usual proposition : that he would donote $10,000 for a library building, providing the city would fur- nish a site and pledge the expenditure of $1000 annually for maintenance. The city council passed the required resolu- tion May 2, 1903. The site was selected in August and was purchased for $800. the money being raised by subscription. The plans for the building were drawn by Joseph Schwartz, of Sioux Falls, and the contract for the construction was let Feb- ruary 12. 1904. to George S. Redmon on a bid of $8100. The building was com- pleted during the following summer and was opened for inspection November 11. 1904. Mrs. O. T. Gilson is the present li- brarian.
THE BANKS.
The oldest banking institution of Pipe- stone county is the Pipestone State Bank. which during the greater part of its his- tory was known as the Pipestone County Bank. It was founded as a private insti- lution by C. C. Goodnow and J. E. Craig. and opened its doors in November, 1879.
les IJamlin, Clarence Walkup. J. M. Weeks, B. Randall. Frank Raymond, Adolph Ewert, F. A. Walker.
Star Hook and Ladder Company-Gardner E. Hart, E. L. Reader. Levi D. Wait, A. F. Rublee, C. W. Miller. Samuel Markal. W. I. Bulen, Wil- liam Sanborn. Herbert Sanborn. P. J. Wiger. John Dixon. H. Buell. George Walkup. G. ... Carnegie, Nic Newcomer,
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One year later the firm of Goodnow & Craig was dissolved, and Mr. Craig, who had been the cashier, retired, being sue- ceeded as cashier by Riley French. A. H. Merwin became associated with Mr. Good- now in the management of the bank in 1882.
The Pipestone County Bank was or- ganized as a state bank April 28. 1883, under a twenty-five year charter and with a capital stock of $25,000. The officers and directors were as follows: T. A. Black, president :#1 O. P. Miller, vice pres- ident: A. TI. Merwin. cashier: William Larrabee. J. K. P. Thompson, Frank Lar- rabec. C. C. Goodnow. In July, 1884, the capital stock was increased to $50,000. The institution was housed in a little one-story frame building in the early days, but la- ler erected one of the finest stone blocks in the city. The bank at once became a popular institution and soon took rank among the leading financial institutions of southwestern Minnesota. During the memorable panic of 1893, when nearly all the banks of the country felt the ef- fects of the financial storm, the Pipestone County Bank had a larger capital and surphis than any other bank in the old second congressional district.
Upon the expiration of the charter of the Pipestone County Bank, on April 28, 1908, the institulion was reorganized under the name of the Pipestone State Bank, with a capital of $50.000 and a surplus of $15,000. The incorporators were E. W. Davies, F. L. Janes. F. E. Pearson, T. E. Nash, David Patten, Max Menzel and George E. Sellers, of Pipe- stone: O. P. Miller. of Rock Rapids, Towa; Charles Larrabee, of Fort Dodge, Iowa. The present officers are E. W. Dav- ies, president : F. L. Janes and F. E.
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