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December 24, 1890; order rescinded and papers sent to Sleepy Eye, February 14, 1891.
Linden-Nels Rukke, postmaster, appointed May 18, 1869; John R. Johnson, December 28, 1871; Archie M. Brand, December 19, 1897; William W. Jenkins, Decem- ber 6, 1899; mail to Hanska, December 3, 1904.
Lone Tree Lake-Ferdinand Hartwick, postmaster, appointed September 20, 1869; L. O. Root, September 28, 1871; Ferdinand Hartwick, April 22, 1872; George Leath- erman, August 25, 1879; Ferdinand Hartwick, November 29, 1880; Eugene Leatherman, December 8, 1881; Ferdi- nand Hartwick, June 3, 1889; Albert J. Schramm, March 2, 1890; changed to Lone Tree, March 31, 1894.
Lone Tree-Oscar A. Dresser, postmaster, appointed March 31, 1894; Leroy A. Gilbert, April 20, 1898; John Gluth, August 8, 1900; mail to Morgan, November 30, 1905.
Iberia .- Frederick Benham, postmaster, appointed February 1, 1870; Frederick Benham, February 1, 1872; Andrew J. Bangs, January 29, 1878; Fred W. Kuehn, February 7, 1881 ; discontinued, mail to Sleepy Eye, Novem- ber 20, 1882; re-established, Albert J. Schramm, March 2, 1891; discontinued, mail to Sleepy Eye, February 24, 1893.
Prairieville .- George N. Dayton, postmaster, ap- pointed April 10, 1871; J. D. Levi, April 22, 1872; changed to Sleepy Eye, September 19, 1872.
Sleepy Eye .- James A. Lee, postmaster, appointed September 19, 1872; Thomas J. Murfin, March 3, 1873; Andrew W. Williamson, December 22, 1873; Lars Hanson, May 8, 1876; Hans Mo, May 29, 1882; Hans Mo, July 18, 1882; Dennis G. Clary, July 26, 1886; Charles H. Schore- gee, August 7, 1890; Peter Geschwind, August 6, 1894;
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Frank H. Buelow, January 19, 1899; Frank H. Buelow, November 3, 1903; Frank Buelow, January 9, 1908; T. P. Graff, present postmaster.
Nile .- Daniel Wylie, postmaster, appointed May 15, 1871; Daniel Wylie, May 15, 1873; discontinued, June 5, 1875.
Springfield .- Michael H. Gamble, postmaster, ap- pointed October 24, 1873; Gustav Nuessle, January 9, 1883; John Albert, October 24, 1887; Jonathan Hallowell, Novem- ber 26, 1888; Michael Huiras, January 10, 1890; Michael Huiras, January 23, 1893; John Schmelz, January 28, 1897; John Schmelz, January 20, 1902; John Schmelz, January 23, 1906; William Mueller, present postmaster.
Comfrey .- Andrew W. Pederson, postmaster, ap- pointed February 28, 1877; Henry A. Huney, August 25, 1899; Elonzo G. Backmun, December 22, 1905; Peter R. Nelson, May 17, 1906; Arthur C. Halgren, December 4, 1908; Arthur J. Yackel, July 16, 1913.
Sonde .- Aslak Sigmdson, postmaster, appointed Octo- ber 12, 1877; discontinued, January 26, 1880; re-established, Hans O. Moen, May 17, 1880; Ole M. Olson, December 1, 1881; discontinued, March 15, 1882.
Mulligan .- Nicklas Schmitt, postmaster, appointed May 9, 1883; discontinued, mail to Leavenworth, February, 1888.
Stately .- Edward E. Dickerson, postmaster, appointed April 20, 1883; discontinued, mail to Sanborn, September 29, 1900.
Essig-John Essig, postmaster, appointed February 24, 1886; Martin Mueller, January 5, 1889; William C. Hey- mann, July 1, 1903; William C. Heymann, January 18, 1908.
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Cobden .- Christian Emmerich, postmaster, appointed May 29, 1886; Borge N. Fogh, November 3, 1887; Ole C. Olesen, July 15, 1895; Albert C. Peterson, March 1, 1898; Axel Newdall, April 20, 1904; David N. Jenkins, February 16, 1910; Mary L. Kunze, February 9, 1912; Herman J. Zieske, October 19, 1914.
Evan .- Martin Norseth, postmaster, appointed Decem- ber 14, 1886; George Knudson, July 23, 1888; Emil Ras- mussen, December 5, 1891.
Albin .- Hans O. Moen, postmaster, appointed May 26, 1890; William Rossbach, April 19, 1895; discontinued, mail to Sleepy eye, January, 1896.
Hanska .- Peter Olstad, postmaster, appointed June 30, 1890; Peder Ahlness, August 25, 1894; Martin B. Erick- son, December 13, 1898; Edward Carlson, July 5, 1901; Adolph R. Eggensperger, April 17, 1911.
McCleary .- George D. Janss, postmaster, appointed March 25, 1896; Wesley C. Miller, November 23, 1897; Will- iam J. Gentle, December 18, 1898; Paul G. Janss, April 9, 1901; mail to Comfrey, September 30, 1903.
Sperl .- Frank A. Wolthausen, postmaster, appointed January 12, 1900; discontinued, mail to Searles, March, 1902.
Dotson .- Robert P. Spielman, postmaster, appointed January 25, 1901; Simon L. Dotson, October 11, 1902; Rob- ert P. Spielman, December 1, 1904; discontinued, mail to Springfield, 1905.
Searles .- Frank A. Wolthausen, postmaster, appointed March 10, 1902; August L. Veech, December 15, 1904; Mathias Melerich, April 20, 1907; Alfred A. Schlumpberger, September 28, 1907; Marie Hass, July 1, 1915.
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In 1915 this county had postoffices as follow: Cobden, Comfrey, Essig, Evan, Hanska, New Ulm, Sleepy Eye, Springfield. The rural delivery routes have greatly dimin- ished the postoffices within this county and the system has proven a great success.
POPULATION AT VARIOUS DATES.
The United States and state census returns show the following figures for Brown county: In 1860 it had a population of 2,339; 1870, 6,423; 1875, 9,185; 1880, 12,018; 1890, 15,817; 1900, 19,787; 1910, 20,134.
POPULATION BY TOWNSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS.
According to the last United States census reports, Brown county had the following population in its various sub-divisions in the last three decades-from 1890 to 1910:
1910.
1900.
1890.
Albin township
662
629
600
Bashaw township
585
715
410
Burnstown township
596
591
517
Cobden village
87
Comfrey village
238
Cottonwood township.
697
694
697
Eden township
709
709
878
Evan village
112
Hanska village
310
Home township
869
983
1,056
Lake Hanska township
692
942
742
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1910.
1900.
1890.
Leavenworth township ..
546
578
431
Linden township
691
553
762
Milford township
673
713
751
Mulligan township
480
507
393
New Ulm City
5,648
5,403
3,741
North Star township.
502
524
Prairieville township
569
773
730
Sigel township
645
655
680
Sleepy Eye City.
2,247
2,046
1,513
Springfield village
1,482
1,511
716
Stark township
580
604
623
Stately township
514
395
211
Total
20,134
19,787
15,817
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The last census shows the following statistics of Brown county : Of its 20,134 population, 15,469 were native born; the following were the foreign born-Germany, 2,473; Sweden, 158; Norway, 580; Great Britain and Ireland, 61; Denmark, 262; Austria, 920; Russia, 26; other countries, 185.
RAILROADS OF BROWN COUNTY.
The railroads now-a-days go on ahead of the settler, but not so in the fifties when Brown county was settled by the two German colonies. The pioneer headed this way either by team or by steamboat up the Minnesota river. The sound of the shrill locomotive whistle was not heard to echo up and down this beautiful valley until long after the pioneer had laid well and sure the foundation stones for a permanent settlement.
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The Chicago & Northwestern railroad (main line from Chicago to the Black Hills), enters New Ulm from the east and passes through the county southwestward, with station points at Cobden, Sleepy Eye and Springfield. The Redwood branch of this system leaves the main line just west of Sleepy Eye, and runs to the northwest, while a branch of the Northwestern system connects Mankato by two routes-one direct over the main line east, while an- other runs by Nicollet, St. Peter and Kasota.
Another branch of the same great system runs from Sanborn to Belle Plaine, Iowa, passing through the south- ern part of Brown county, with a station at Comfrey, on the south line of this county. The stations of Pitson and Dotson are also on this road, in this county, between Com- frey and Sanborn.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad-the Storm Lake and St. Paul division-enters Brown county in Lake Hanska township and runs to New Ulm, with stations at Searles, Hanska and New Ulm, in this county.
The first railroad to enter Brown county was what is now known as the Chicago & Northwestern, then the Winona & St. Peter Company, which completed its line as far west as New Ulm on February 22, 1872. This was not until ten years after the awful massacre by the Sioux had laid waste much in Brown county, and this event marked a new epoch in its history. From that day forward matters took new life and have ever since been advancing.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad was completed to New Ulm in 1897.
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MEMORIAL SERVICES FOR PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
On September 19, 1901, occurred the memorial services held in the court house at New Ulm over the death of Presi- dent Mckinley, who was struck down by the hand of an assassin in Buffalo, New York, while attending and taking part in the Pan-American Exposition in September, 1901, a few months after his second election as President of the United States. It was on Thursday that the people of the county and citizens in New Ulm assembled at the court house, after participating in a long, solemn street parade, in which were all the orders, the Grand Army of the Repub- lic and the entire military organization of the city took part. That was the day on which the departed President was buried at his old home in Canton, Ohio.
With side-arms laid away and riding at the head of the procession, Colonel Bobleter, marshal of the first division, led the way while Webster's funeral dirge was rendered by the celebrated Second Regiment band. The guns of the battery were all festooned in deepest black streamers.
The Second Division, under Captain Vogel, followed closely and marched slowly to the music of the Concordia band. The members of the Grand Army of the Republic, men who had actually marched and tented and fought with the martyred President along the Potomac and James rivers, Virginia, in the sixties, presented a never-to-be-for- gotten spectacle as they tried to keep step and not give way to their feelings on that sad occasion.
The court room was modestly, simply draped. His honor, Judge B. F. Webber, was chairman of the meeting, and stated that at that very hour there were hundreds of
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thousands of starry flags in the Union at half-mast. His remarks were now and then interrupted by the booming of Captain Burg's cannon of the artillery company. Rev. S. G. Updyke, pastor of the Congregational church of New Ulm, delivered the invocation. The Methodist choir rend- ered "Lead, Kindly Light." Einar Holdale then delivered an eloquent address, in truly impressive language. Next on the program was the rendering of "Des Herren Einzug," by the band. Following this came an address in the Ger- man language by Rev. Father Sandmeyer, after which was sung President Mckinley's favorite hymn-"Nearer, My God to Thee." The final address was made by Reverend Updyke, the same being a befitting estimate and euology of the lamented Mckinley.
RETAIL PRICES IN 1915.
In future years it will be interesting to note the prices paid for produce in Brown county in the fall of 1915 and winter of 1915-16: Wheat, 88 to 95c; oats, 28c; rye, 87c; barley, 43c; shelled corn, 57c; ear corn, 55c; flour, $3.90 to $4.20; sheep, live weight, $5.00; cows, $5.50; veal calves, $7.25; hogs, $7.40; turkeys, 8c; ducks, 10c; hens, 9c; eggs, 22c; creamery butter, 30c; dairy butter, 25c; onions, 75c; potatoes, 40c; hay, per ton, $6.00; gasoline, 15c; kerosene, 10c; salt, per barrel, $1.60; sugar, per cwt., $6.75.
GREAT CYCLONE OF JULY 20, 1881.
When New Ulm had a population of 2,500, in July, 1881, it was visited by a cyclone which destroyed life and property to a great extent.
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Major Bobleter, of New Ulm, correspondent at the time for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, spoke of it as follows:
"The storm came on at 4:45 p. m., first striking the town from a northeasterly direction. It rained and blowed for about ten minutes when it appeared that another storm coming from the southwest met the first storm. And then the work of destruction began. It seems as though the clouds came to the ground, there was such a fearful pressure, all the fronts of the buildings being crushed. It was a ter- rible sight. The storms were accompanied by a good deal of electricity-in fact it seemed that there was almost a con- tinuous sheet of flame. People who were not in the storm center, but observed the operation of the cyclone from a dis- tance, say that there seemed to be four great spouts point- ing toward the earth. Sometimes they touched the earth and at other times would be drawn up to the sky again. These spouts were of various shapes, one was in the form of an immense inverted cone; another was cylindrical in shape; a third was like an immense gourd; another was oblong with convoluted edges. It moved along in swiftly revolving force, and their path was about a mile and one- half wide.
"The storm lasted about twenty-five minutes and its destructive force was simply terrific. Solid brick build- ings were leveled to the ground as though made of paper. Small frame buildings and heavy timbers were carried bodily through the air. There was, of course, intense ex- citement among the citizens during the terrible visitation and it was not allayed for a long time after the storm was over. As soon as the fury of the elements had subsided the first thing they did was to look after those who were the victims of the disaster. There were between five and six
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hundred buildings damaged by the storm, a large number of them being totally demolished. Many were swept away, the debris being carried away out on the prairies. The loss is estimated at about $400,000. It is difficult to find words to adequately express the frightful havoc done by the cyclone. Every store front in the town was blown in and the glass shattered. The streets were filled with the debris of the demolished buildings. Trees were twisted and up- rooted as though they were but twigs and in many cases they were entirely stripped of their bark. A great many of the business men have been ruined by the work of the wind and scores of laboring men mourn the loss of their houses and all that they contained. In the country, as far as heard from, the storm was the most severe in the towns of West Newton, Nicollet county, and Wellington, Renville county.
"J. A. Sanborn, of Mankato, who was at Sleepy Eye that afternoon, says that not less than five separate and distinct cyclones crossed that part the state that day and could be seen from Sleepy Eye. The one that struck New Ulm occurred about 4:45 in the afternoon and its progress through the air could be distinctly seen. It seemed to be in two separate columns, one moving upward from the earth and the other gradually descending from the clouds. It was about a mile or two in length at an angle of forty-five degrees and whirling round and round with great rapidity."
AFTER THE STORM.
The day after the storm the people went bravely to work to clean up the debris and repair the shattered build-
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ings. At the same time a few of the business men, seeing the necessity of prompt action, at once set to work to devise ways and means for relief of the poor and homeless. Superintendent Sanborn having placed a special train at the disposal of the station agent, a committee consisting of Col. William Pfaender, Hon. S. D. Peterson and Joseph Bobleter, started for St. Paul, at two o'clock in the after- noon, to consult with Governor Pillsbury, and lay the facts of the awful calamity before him.
The governor handed the committee a check for one hundred dollars to start the relief work with. Soon after, money from all quarters began to be sent to the relief com- mittee. On Tuesday, Governor Pillsbury visited New Ulm to see what aid was most needed. The Governor's Guards were placed on duty on Saturday and Sunday nights to pre- vent pillaging and to help the city authorities maintain order.
The relief committee, consisting of ten members, with Col. William Pfaender as president; Rev. A. Berghold, secretary, and C. Wagner, treasurer, did a great deal of active work. The total amount of money raised an dis- tributed was about forty thousand dollars.
REV. ALEXANDER BERGHOLD.
The man who had the distinction of organizing the first Catholic church in New Ulm was Father Alexander Berg- hold, who was born in Austria, October 14, 1838. His father sold their estate and they removed to St. Marein. While quite young he expressed the desire to become a priest, but (32)
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when his father refused consent, he ran away from home in 1851, and entered school at Gratz; then passed through the gymnasium and university earning the necessary funds by giving private lessons. In 1864, at the solicitation of Francis X. Pierz, he came to Minnesota, and finished his theological course at St. Paul; was ordained on November 1, 1864, by Bishop Grace, and was appointed to the parish of Belleplaine. In 1868 he visited Europe; when he re- turned in the fall of that year, he volunteered to come to New Ulm and establish a congregation. Here he was sig- nally successful in forming a good-sized congregation, and built up a dwelling, church edifice and college, besides hav- ing charge of Catholic congregations in six counties. He also, up to 1882, had built eleven other churches since his coming to America. It was this gentleman who founded Loretta Hospital, at New Ulm. Father Berghold was a versatile writer, and of high reputation. He published a book of poems entitled "Prairie Rosen," also a "History of New Ulm," "The Indian Massacre," "The Indian's Re- venge," and a "Guide to German Emigrants." He re- moved to California many years ago and is there still doing a noble work for the church of his choice.
FIRST AND IMPORTANT EVENTS.
The United States land office was removed to New Ulm and opened on March 17, 1870.
St. Alexander's Hospital was dedicated at New Ulm, November 1, 1883.
Doctor Martin Luther College was dedicated, Novem- ber 9, 1884.
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President Lincoln's proclamation was first heard in New Ulm, April 22, 1861, and April 24 there were twenty men volunteered and started to the front-all but two re- turned.
The Sons of Herman organized a lodge in New Ulm, July 6, 1883.
New Ulm received her city charter, March 21, 1876.
The Globe Mills were burned, December 12, 1873.
The national government allowed two million dollars for settlement of the "Sioux Claims," growing out of the loss of property destroyed by that outbreak in 1862, in which New Ulm and Brown county lost heavily.
The first daily mail service (except Sunday) was secured for New Ulm July 1, 1866.
The new Turner Hall was begun on July 4, 1864, under supervision of Julius Berndt.
The first grasshoppers to annoy this county came in 1857; in 1864 they did great damage. In the seventies they were the worst pests in the history of the county.
New Ulm had its first steam fire apparatus in 1888. The water tower was built in 1890-one hundred and four feet high.
The first horse fair in the county was held in 1886.
A local telephone system was installed in New Ulm in July, 1897.
The earliest fire department in the city of New Ulm was formed on December 13, 1856, and it consisted of forty- six members.
The wind grist-mill was started at New Ulm, in Decem- ber, 1856, by C. C. Brandt. The stones came from the river bed here and the timbers were sawed out by hand.
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Judge A. F. Chatfield held the first term of court in New Ulm, September 22, 1857.
The first theatrical entertainment in New Ulm was in Turner Hall, on the evening of January 17, 1858, and the play was entitled: "One Must Marry."
The first brewery was commenced in January, 1858, by August Friton.
The New Ulm Turnverein was organized on Novem- ber 11, 1856, with thirteen members.
Frederick Kapp, of New York city, donated a library of one hundred volumes to New Ulm in 1860-this was the town's first library.
The Eagle flouring mills burned at New Ulm in 1860, causing a loss of seventeen thousand dollars.
The first train of cars to enter New Ulm was that com- ing over the old Winona & St. Peter (now Northwestern) railroad, February 20, 1872, and two days later there was a great public demonstration given in commemoration of the important event.
A sugar factory was established at New Ulm in 1879, by Messrs. Westphal, Boock, Amme, Hellman and George Jacobs.
In 1880 a woolen mill was started on the Cottonwood river near New Ulm, by B. Marschner.
A creamery was established at New Ulm in 1883, by W. Hummel, E. G. Koch and Henry Crone.
The first fire alarm in New Ulm was sounded by beat- ing a circular saw in the old Turner's Hall, April 25, 1861, to warn the people against a sweeping prairie fire that was seen coming into the outskirts of the town.
John Spenner was murdered on December 25, 1866, by
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two trappers near Mankato. They were later lynched for their wicked crime.
January, 1867, Mrs. M. Roehl was murdered in Sigel township by Andreas Schmidt.
February 9, 1866, W. Jacques murdered Giles Thomas in Milford township, using an ax to commit the deed.
November 11, 1904, Dr. L. A. Gebhardt, a dentist of New Ulm was brutally murdered while at work in his office after nine o'clock in the evening. The murderer was never convicted.
The first cars to arrive in New Ulm over the Minne- apolis & St. Louis railway came on July 4, 1896.
The first practicing physician in the county was Dr. John Kaula, who was a member of the German Land Asso- ciation, coming here from Chicago, in 1855. The next in the profession here was Dr. Charles Weschke, who came direct from Germany in 1860.
FIRST WHITE MAN BURIED IN BROWN COUNTY.
The records show that the first white man to die and be buried in what is now Brown county, Minnesota, was Mur- dock Cameron, an enterprising Scotchman, who had come to Prairie du Chien with Joseph Roulette, Sr., about 1804. General Pike, in his account of his expedition into Minne- sota in 1805, relates that he met him at Lake Pepin. He usually had trading posts well toward the sources of the Minnesota. Accompanied by Henry Milor, Cameron started down the Minnesota river in the fall of 1811. A sudden and serious illness seized the trader and he was landed in the woods where he died a few hours later. Milor
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gave his friend a decent burial as circumstances would per- mit, and his resting place was long a land-mark and known as "Cameron's Grave." This burial place was thirteen miles from the mouth of the Cottonwood river and about three miles from Little Rock, which brings it within the territory of Brown county. [The writer is indebted to Judge W. Gresham, of St. Peter, for this information, the same having been published in the Minneapolis Journal in 1913.]
INTERESTING ANNIVERSARIES.
New Ulm has had numerous important and interesting anniversaries in its history, among which are those growing out of the Indian massacre of 1862 and the unique founding of the city by the German colonies. The first of such mem- orials was held in memory of Goethe and Schiller, in the month of August, 1859, and was a great German gathering for so new a country.
The next of importance was the memorial held August 23, 1866-four years after the Indian massacre-in memory of the massacre and of the brave defenders of the Union that had given up life on Southern battle-fields and prison- pens. A befitting monument was unveiled here upon that occasion.
The fifth anniversary of the Indian outbreak was ob- served in 1867. Again, August 22, 1885, a reunion of the defenders of New Ulm, was held, upon which occasion people came from all quarters of the country, and were hos- pitably entertained by New Ulm citizens. This was fol- lowed in 1887 with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the massacre. It was on August 23 that thousands assembled
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at New Ulm and participated in a rousing anniversary- the best that ever had been attempted to that date.
THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY.
On August 20, 1902, occurred the fortieth anniversary of the Indian massacre at New Ulm. Governor Van Sant, Senator Moses E. Clapp, John Lind, Horace Austin, Alex- ander Ramsey, Colonel Sheehan, Congressman J. T. Cleary and Judge Collins were all in attendance and made ad- dresses befitting the occasion. Over twenty thousand peo- ple were present -- more than the city could well care for, but all seemed happy and went away well pleased. Fifteen Sioux Indians who had taken part in the massacre, directly and indirectly, were induced to attend and had a tent in which they gave a war dance, by which they netted five hun- dred dollars. Sham battles were fought, bringing back the scenes of August, 1862. This reunion lasted three full days.
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