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In 1903 Mr. J. E. Douglas of Anoka, wrote to Mr. Andrew Carnegie, asking if he would give Anoka a public library building. Receiving a favorable answer,
ANOKA IN 1879.
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Mr. Douglas, who was a member of the library board, turned the correspondence over to Mr. Warnes, its sec- retary, who was active in closing the negotiations on the subject. Mr. Carnegie's only condition to his generous gift was that the city should agree to supply $1250 per year for ten years for the support of the library. This was agreed to, and he assured the board that $12,500 would be sent in such installments as the building ex- penses should require. The site selected by the city council was the corner of Jackson street and Third ave- nue, and the board at once proceeded to the consideration of plans, selecting one furnished by R. D. Church. arch- itect, and employing Mr. Fransen, a St. Paul contractor. The building was finished the first week in December, 1004. It is a fine structure of gray Columbus brick. with trimmings of Bedford stone. The portico, with its four handsome pillars of stone, and tile flooring, faces the corner, with walks leading on each side to the streets. The entrance leads up the steps of Georgia marble to the circular space beneath the dome, which is surrounded by pillars and faced by the librarian's desk. On the north side is the children's reading room, with a hand- some grate and mantel, and on the north the general reading room, the stack room being in the southwest corner, behind the desk, and the remainder of the space on the main floor occupied by the librarian's room and toilet rooms. The building is steam heated, and finished in red oak. with a cork floor covering. The furniture is of red oak and golden oak of good design. The large room in the basement has a maple floor, and is lighted, like the rest of the building, with electricity, but was not furnished at the time of the completion of the building. It was expected that it might be often used by the Phi-
PUBLIC LIBRARY, AKOKA.
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lolectian society, which has always retained its interest in the library. The building was formally opened on the evening of Dec. 6, 1904. The library board at this time was G. H. Goodrich, president, Mrs. I. A. Caswell, vice president, J. H. Niles, secretary and treasurer, Dr. J. H. Frank, C. L. Johnson, W. H. Jordan, Mrs. L. J. Greenwald, Mrs. J. C. H. Engel, and Mrs. A. C. Frau- man. The librarian is Mrs. O. C. Bland. Those who have contributed money to the library, beside the Philo- lectian Society, are E. L. Reed, who twice gave $100 for books, and the following gentlemen, who, on the. solic . itation of G S. Pease, gave as follows : J. J. Hill, $200 ; W. D. Washburn, $50: C. A. Pillsbury. $25; J. S. Pills- bury, $25; Thos. Sheylin, $25: J. B. Gilfillan. $25 ; S. D. Works, $25; F. H. Peavy, $25; and P. B. Winston, $25.
CONFLAGRATIONS.
Anoka suffered severely from fires in its earlier days. The destruction of the flour mill Feb. 24, 1855, was the first of these. The loss was $12,000, the heaviest loss by fire in Minnesota up to that time. The hotel of J. R. McFarlan was burned on the night of June 18, 1856, the boarders barely escaping with their lives. On May 31, 1863, occurred the fire which caused the death of George C. Colbath and burned the records of the county treasurer's office. The mill of Stowell & Co. burned Aug. 12, 1864, entailing a loss of $10,000. April 18, - 1867, Cutter's mill, together with his tub and pail factory, were destroyed by fire, and in September of the same year Houston & Prescott's sash and door factory and Sias & Pomeroy's furniture factory were burned. On the night of March 13, 1869, fire caught in the rear of the dry goods store of James J. Couchman on Main
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street near First avenue and ten stores were destroyed, with a loss aggregating nearly $20.000. Aug 23, 1870, the old Kimball House burned. 1877 was a disastrous vear for fires. On Aug. 20, fire caught in the lumber yard of W. D. Washburn & Co. and destroyed nearly $100,000 worth of lumber and buildings. The fire smnouldered in the edgings which had been piled along the east river bank, and was not entirely extinguished for several weeks. The last spark had hardly been quenched when Reed & Sherwood's lumber yard on the west side caught fire, causing a loss of some $30,000, and in November the sash and door factory of Bergsma & Co. was burned, entailing a loss of $25,000. This fire also swept away the old town hall, which stood near the present site of La Plant's feed store.
The great fire of Aug. 16. 1884, destroyed the Lin- coln mill and laid the whole business part of the city in ashes from Rum river east to Third avenue. Eighty- six buildings were burned, and the loss amounted to more than $600.000.
· SOCIETIES AND LODGES.
FREEMASONS .- Anoka Lodge No. 30. A. F. and .1. M., was organized Oct. 21. 1859, with twelve charter members. The first officers were W. M., Owen Evans; S. W .. J. F. Clark: J. W .. J. H. Martin: Treas .. J. B. Lufkin; Sec .. J. H. Colbath: S. D .. N. Small; J. D .. J. P. Strout : Tiler, Geo. M. Small. The first mason in- itiated was Albert Woodbury, and he was also the first to be raised to the degree of master mason.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS .- Minnesota Lodge No. 8. was organized Dec. 26. 1872, with nineteen members. The first officers were: C. C., M. V. Bean : V. C., D. C. Dun- ham; P., R. D. Carvill; M. E., S. B. Sheldon : M. F.,
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O. L. Cutter : K. R. and S., W. W. Fitch ; M. A., C. P. Cutter : I. G .. E. L. Curial; O. G., H. E. Lepper : P. C., J. B. Tuttle.
GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC .- J. S. Cady Post was organized Oct. 28. 1880. The first officers were : Post Commander, J. W. Pride; senior vice, W. E. Cun- dy; junior vice, J. H. Cook; officer of the day, D. M. Parker: officer of the guard, I. L. Twitchell; quarter- master, W. F. Chase ; chaplain, S. C. Robbins ; sergeant, S. R. Wakefield ; adjutant, N. C. Simmilkeir ; sergeant
THE OLD HAY MARKET, ANOKA, 1872.
major. S. W. Lent : second M. sergeant. J. W. Wells. The post now numbers about a hundred members.
A. O. U. W .- Anoka Lodge No. 8. Ancient Order of United Workmen, was organized March 6, 1877, with fifteen members. The first officers were: Master, J. I. Giddings; past master, P. A. Bergsma : foreman. H. W. Featherstone: overseer, N. C. Simmilkeir; guide, O. McFall: receiver, Henry Webster; finance, H. C. Lochl; recorder. C. L. Parsons.
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The Royal Arcanum. Degree of Honor, Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors also have organizations.
TOWN ORGANIZATIONS.
RAMSEY .- The carly settlement of this town has al- ready been described. The town was organized in 1857. and the first officers were: supervisors, Jared Benson, chairman, Isaac Varney and Cornelius Pitman ; clerk, David Whiting ; treasurer, William Tennyson : collector, Joseph C. Varney. Population : 1860-192: 1870-265: 1880-387; 1890-398 : 1900-490.
BURNS .- The first settler of Burns is said to have been a Mr. Derigan, who made his home on section 29 about 1853. In 1854 Charles M. Ford made a claim in section 35 and gave his name to the brook which flowed through his land, although he spent much of his time for some years at Anoka, where he started the first black- smith shop. In 1855 came Charles Merrill and Franklin Demarest. The first wedding was that of Thomas Webb and Edith Flint in 1857. The first white child born in the tewn was Robert I. Demarest, son of Franklin Dem- arest, who was born in August. 1857. The first religious service was in 1858, held at the house of M. Montfort. The first school was taught by Miss Clara Wakefield in 1863. The town of Burns was organized in 1860. it having previously formed a part of St. Francis. The first officers were supervisors, John D. Keen, chairman. John AA. Muzzey and W. D. Laclair; assessor. Homer Me.Mister : treasurer. James Kelsey : clerk. William D. Cheever. Population : 1870-340: 1880-552: 1890- 650: 1900 -- 920.
OAK GROVE -- The first settlers in Oak Grove were Moses S. Seelye, Sr., Jarvis Nutter and John M. McKen-
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zie, who made claims in May, 1855. Mr. Seelye was ac- companied by his son H. E. Seelye, who assisted in breaking the first sod and who still lives on a farm ad- joining the original claim. Close behind these came Da- vid Rogers, who arrived in June of the same year; and a little later John C. Smith made a claim. Gilbert Leath- ers assisted the settlers in breaking land during the sum- mer and put up a house for himself, and in the fall
LAKE GEORGE.
Photo, by Ralph Bruns.
Franklin Whitney arrived. The next spring brought John F. Clements, and during 1856 Alden W. Norris, Graften Norris, Justus Seelve, Thomas Gaslin and John Cundy settled in the town, west of Rum river. In Oak Grove east of the river there was a considerable settle- ment during 1856, including George Small, Stephen Sias, David Sias. - Pomeroy with his three sons, George,
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John and Elwin, William Vye, Benjamin Grinnells, Jona- than Emerson, James Murphy. David Moore (now living in Burns). - MeDonald, Patrick Corrigan and Gilligan. In 1857 came Thurman W. Morton (now living in Burns), Charles and Michael Atckison, - Copeland, and Patrick Gallagher. Religious services were held in Oak Grove in 1857 by Rev. Lyman Palmer, and a Baptist church was organized not long after. In the same year Miss Nora Orton taught the first school. The first white child born in the town was Rosalia B. Smith, daughter of John C. Smith, who was born Oct. 16, 1857. The town of Oak Grove was organized in 1857, and the first officers were : supervisors. A. W. Nor- ris, chairman, Dennis E. Mahoney and Peter Brennan : clerk, Frank Lane: collector, John C. Smith ; justices of the peace, Moses S. Seelve and D. Mahoney ; assessor, Thomas B. Richards. Population : 1860-231 ; 1870- 198; 1880-305: 1800-293; 1900-494.
GROW .- The first settler in Grow was probably Rev. Royal Twitchell, who took a claim just over the line from Anoka about 1852. Samuel Branch made a claim just above the Upper Ford and in 1853 John Glynn made a claim above Branch. In 1854 came Francis Peteler, a Mexican War veteran, who settled at Round lake, and Jacob Milliman abandoned his claim on Rum river and settled near Peteler. He was soon followed by Thomas McGraw and Patrick Tierney. By 1856 there was quite a settlement in the town, including besides those already named, M. D. Lapham, Peter Kelsey, Walter Gay, - - Gay (father of Walter Gay), Stephen Libby. Isaac Bar- stow. U. W. Hank. Deacon J. F. Wheeler, Joseph McKinney, William Staples, D. Y. Smith, John Mayall. Edwin Davis, Captain Nathaniel Small, Hiram Prouty,
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Charles Whitehouse. Jared Haskell, Eli Rogers. Major Ripley (afterward postmaster at Champlin), John Star- key, Silas O. Lum, Edward Stack, Andrew Talbot, Dan- iel Shannon. Harvey Richards and John De Lacy.
This town was organized in 1857, with the name of Round Lake. The name was changed to Grow in 1859 in honor of Galusha A. Grow, who spoke at Anoka in the political campaign of that year. £ The present town of Ham Lake was included in the organization until 1871. The first school was taught by John Giddings in the house of James W. Groat about 1857. The first child born in the town was David Glynn, son of John Glynn, who was born in December, 1853, and died six years later. Population : 1860 (including Ham Lake)-330; 1870 (including Ham Lake)-396: 1880-419: 1890 -485; 1900-721.
BLAINE .- The first permanent settler appears to have been Philip Laddy, who came there about 1862. George Townsend came soon after, and Green Chambers settled on Townsend's claim after the latter had gone in 1865. Up to 1877 this town formed a part of the town of Anoka. The first town officers were : supervisors. Moses Ripley. chairman, George Tisdale and Richard Delong : clerk. G. F. Murrell ; assessor. H. P. Winder ; justices of the peace. Thomas Schleif and Thomas Conroy. Pop- ulation : 1880-128: 1890-205: 1900-374.
ILAM LAKE .- The craze for laying out town sites was manifested in this town before it had acquired any permanent population. In 1856 the town of Glencarie or Glen Gary was platted on land now owned by Berger Titterud. Seven or eight houses were built and the place widely advertised as a future city. One day after the panic of 1857 the houses were destroyed by a prairie
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fire. Some of the inhabitants barely escaped with their lives, and with the scanty lot of household effects saved from the flames they took their departure, and the en1- bryo metropolis came to an end.
John Scully, a native of Ireland, made a claim on section 31 in March, 1858; a Mr. Conley settled near by, and in October of the same year Josiah Hart settled on section 6. There was no further settlement until 1866, when Mats Gilbertson settled in section 20, followed soon after by H. M. Titterud and A. B. Livgard. Other early settlers were Nels Peterson, Ole Moore, Iver Pe- terson, Ole Foss. Ole Peterson, Thomas Olson and Ole Heglund. The town began to fill up with Scandinavians, and in 1871 it was detached from Grow and organized under the name of Ham Lake. The first town officers were : supervisors, John Rowe, chairman. A. B. Livgard and C. Olson; clerk, Charles Rowe; treasurer, D. C. Money; justice of the peace. Josiah Hart. Population : 1880-235; 1890-384: 1900-505.
BETHEL .- The first settlement in Bethel was made in the northern part of the town in the spring of 1856 by Rice Price, Owen Evans, Asher Hyatt and Joseph Can- ny. They were Quakers, and the place came to be known as the Quaker Settlement. The same summer came Ed- ward E. Pratt. Elisha Day, Louis Mitchell, James Dyer. and John Dyer with their families. The last named died in the spring of 1857. and was the first person buried in the town. Three single men also came in 1856: John Dougherty, John McCann and Charles Ross, and in the fall came James Cooper, an enthusiastic abolitionist, who thought he would find the Quakers congenial neighbors. The Quakers hell regular religious services, and started a Sunday school, which was attended by the children of
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the settlement. The services were generally led by Mrs. Asher Hyatt. The first wedding in Bethel was that of John Dougherty and Margaret Dyer, and the first white child born in the town was their son, John B. Dougher- ty. In the spring of 1859 came John H. Strong, now liv- ing just over the line in Isanti county. In the fall of 1862, at the time of the Sioux massacre, the Quakers moved away and never returned.
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RESIDENCE OF J. H. COOPER, BETHEL. Built by James Cooper in 1859, with lumber sawed by hand.
The town of Bethel was organized in 1858 and in- cluded nearly all of the present town of Linwood. The town was reduced to its present limits when Linwood was organized in 1871. The first town officers were: supervisors, Owen Evans, chairman. W. Dickens, and Rice Price; clerk, J. Mayhew; treasurer, John Wyatt;
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assessor, F. Wyatt. About 1863 a postoffice was estab- lished with James Cooper as postmaster. About 1876 Hugh Spence started a store near Mr. Cooper's house, and the place began to be known as "Cooper's Corners." The postoffice was removed to Bethel station in 1899. Population : 1860 (including Linwood)-128: 1870 (in- cluding Linwood)-216; 1880-423 ; 1890-419: 1900- 617.
LINWOOD .- The first settler in what is now Linwood, was Joseph Sausen, who located in the southeast corner of the town on section 24 in 1855. W. Dickens settled! on section 5 in 1857. Other carly settlers were Edward Servis. Michael Hurley, Fergus McGregor, Joshua May- hew, James Shorrocks and Timothy O'Connor. The town of Linwood was organized Sept. 5. 1871. The first town officers were: supervisors, J. G. Green, chairman, F. MacGregor and Michael Hurley, treasurer, E. G. Smith: clerk and justice of the peace. D. W. Green. Population : 1880-227 ; 1890-242; 1900-333.
COLUMBUS .- The first settlers of Columbus were John Kleiner, who settled in section 11, and J. H. Batzle, who settled in section 25. They came in 1855. The fol- lowing spring James Starkey platted the village of Col- umbus in section 22 and built a saw mill to give em- ployment to the settlers who were invited to make their homes in the new town. Kleiner put up a hotel in the village. and a few years later Captain Starkey built a two and a half story hotel said to have cost $10,000. In the fall of 1856 came Yost Yost, who made a claim the following year on the farm where he still lives. The saw mill ran during the winter of 1856-7, but the next year was shut down on acount of financial troubles and May 2, 1865, it was burned. Captain Starkey spent large
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sums of money in trying to make Columbus a city, but finally gave up the struggle, and moved away.
The town of Columbus was organized in 1857. Capt. Starkey was probably chairman of the board of super- visors, and Mr. Somers was a town officer of some kind. A postoffice was established in 1858, but was discontin- ued a few years later. Mary Yost (Mrs. Edward Ry-
YOST YOST, 1864.
oux) was the first white child born in the town. Pop- ulation : 1860-119; 1870-71; 1880-92; 1890-262; 1900 -- 484.
FRIDLEY .- John Banfil settled in what is now Frid- ley in 1847, and kept a stopping place for the accommo- dation of travelers. Two years later Henry M. Rice ac- quired considerable land and built a country residence at
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Cold Springs, giving his name to the creek which flows through the town. In the spring of 1853 came Isaac Kimball, who purchased the hotel from Banfil, and a little later Job Eastman settled in the place. A ferry across the Mississippi river was established about 1854. May 23, 1857, the county of Manomin was organized, with the same limits as the present town of Fridley
HON. ABRAHAM M. FRIDLEY.
(including Columbia Heights). A. M. Fridley was made chairman of the board of county commissioners. This miniature county of eighteen sections of land, continued to exist until 1870, when it became a part of Anoka county, as the town of Manomin. In 1879 the name was changed to Fridley. The first officers of the town of
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Manomin were : supervisors, John Sullivan, G. W. Thur- ber and Thomas Casey;"clerk, G. R. Weeks; treasurer, John Sullivan.
"/"The following correspondence explains the circum- stances connected with the formation and discontinuance of Manomin county :
State of Minnesota, District Court, Second District.
1 Major Fridley,
Saint Paul, April 8, 1899.
Fridley. Minn.
My dear Major :- In connection with my lectures at the University of Minnesota on "Taxation" I want to give a brief statement of the history of Manomin county. To that end will you be good enough to give me what knowledge you have on this subject and refer me to authorities where that knowl- edge can be supplemented. Hoping to see you soon in St. Paul, and with pleasantest recollections of our transactions while I was at the bar, I remain,
Very cordially yours, EDWIN A. JAGGARD.
Fridley, Minn., Apr. 18, 1899.
Judge Edwin A. Jaggard,
Court House, St. Paul, Minn.
Dear Sir: Your favor of 8th inst. was duly received, re- questing information concerning Manomin county. It was or- ganized by an act of the territorial legislature approved May 3, 1857, and abolished by constitutional amendment adopted Nov. 2, 1869.
The bill passed by both houses embraced, in addition to the territory comprising the present town of Fridley. the town of Mound View, both taken from Ramsey county; but by skulduggery, presumably by a Ramsey county politician, Mound View was omitted in the enrollment of the bill presented to the Governor (an uncle of mine), who approved it without discovering the emasculation. Of course, a county of so small an area and sparsely populated was unable to maintain an organ- ization without embarrassment and liability of being subject to exorbitant taxation, should its political management fall
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into incompetent hands. It was "an elephant on our hands," difficult to get rid of, because of the constitutional provision against reducing counties below four hundred square miles, hence the constitutional amendment was submitted and adopted as the only way out of the dilemma. With best wishes for your con- tinned success and prosperity, I remain,
Very truly yours, H. C. FRIDLEY.
C. J. SWANSON.
One of the most important industries in Anoka county is the Northwestern Fireproofing Works, situated just north of the Minneapolis city limits. The proprietor, C. J. Swanson, started in the business of brick making at Camden Place in 1875, and four years later purchased the
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present site cast of the river, upon which buildings were erected in 1880. Large quantities of hollow brick and hollow tile fire proofing are manufactured and shipped to all parts of the West. About seventy-five men are employed at the works, and as many more on buildings.
Population : 1860-104; 1870-103; 1880-257; 1890 -476; 1900 (including Columbia Heights)-566.
ST. FRANCIS .- George Armsby, E. Fowler and Smith I .. Gale were the first settlers to take up their residence in
SCENE AT ST. FRANCIS.
St. Francis. This was in 1855. J. P. Austin. W. P. Clark and others followed the next year. The first school was taught by Miss Hattie Waterhouse at the house of E. Fowler. The present flouring mill at St. Francis is the property of the St. Francis Milling Co. It is a five- story building, and was erected in 1888. It has a capac- ity of 250 barrels of flour per day. The bulk of the output is shipped to Chicago. The St. Francis Starch
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Manufacturing Co. has been doing business since 1895. The first year the company made 600 tons of starch. The average run per annum since has been about 300 tons, varying with the character of the season and the price of potatoes. There are about 140 stockholders, nearly all of whom are farmers. The starch is shipped to Chicago and Boston. The St. Francis Canning Fac- tory has run four seasons. Corn is the only product canned. The last two years about 2500 cases have been turned out in a season. In a good year the factory should turn out double that amount. Population : 1860 (incluid- ing Burns) 153: 1870-166; 1880-270: 1800-324; 1900 -- 483.
CENTREVILLE .- The early settlement of this town is described on page 50. In 1854 Charles Peltier built a saw mill, and in company with F. X. Lavellee and Fran- cis Lamotte, platted the village of Centreville. The set- tlers in the village and vicinity were mostly French, and this came to be known as the French settlement. Oliver Dupre, A. Gervais. Joseph Forcier, Paul and Oliver Pel- tier, Stephen Ward and L. Burkard were among the first comers. Meanwhile German settlers had been making claims near the home of F. W. Traves in the western part of the town, among them Henry Wenzel, who came in 1855, and this place was known as the German settle- ment. The town of Centreville was organized August IT, 1857. The first officers so far as known were : Oliver Peltier, chairman. Francis Lamott ; clerk, Charles Pel- tier ; treasurer, Stephen Ward ; justice of the peace, Fran- cis Lamott.
The first religions service in the town was at the res- idence of Francis Lamott, where mass was said by Father Kaller in 1854. who continued to visit the place occasion-
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CATHOLIC CHURCH AT CENTREVILLE.
Photo. by Johnson.
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ally for several years. He was succeeded by Father Robert, and in 1861 Rev. Joseph Goiffon was placed in charge of that parish and that of Little Canada, a po- sition which he held for many years. His successors have
REV. JOSEPH GOIFFON.
been Rev. Francis Combette, Rev. H. Bonnefous, Rev. . A. Van den Bosch, Rev. Peter A. Quesnel, and the present pastor. Rev. Marcil Masl. The Church of St. Genevieve of Paris was erected in 1859.
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Population : 1860-351; 1870-687; 1880-876; 1890 1134; 1900-1175.
CHAMPLIN.
The first settler in Champlin was Charles Miles, who built a house near the Mississippi a few rods below Elm creek in 1852. The following spring Joseph B. and Augustus Holt took claims on the present site of the village. Augustus Holt erected a frame house in the summer of 1853-the first in the village. Richard M. Lowell, a brother-in-law of Miles, had been here as early as 1851, but did not make a claim until 1853, when he located above the village near the river. Robert H. Miller, John K. Pike and Benjamin Messer also settled above the village, and here also came John Shumway, who had sold his fractional claim in Ramsey to Moses Brown. Mr. Lowell soon sold his claim to a Mr. Stevens, and made another claim in section 30. Colby Emery also located in section 30 that year, and William Milhollin and Rev. Lewis Atkinson settled in section 33. Stephen Howes made a claim in section 20, and Hiram Smith settled on the south line of the town.
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