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Early Settlement. The first colonization in this township was in the spring of 1854, just before the opening of the land office in Brownsville, where entries of land had to be made. As near as can be learned, at the above mentioned time M. Onstine, who was then too young to make a claim himself, with his father, Michael, came and drove their stakes in section twenty-five. They had located originally in Amherst, the year before, coming from Ohio and remaining a certain time in Wisconsin, being natives, however, of Pennsylvania, The old gentleman passed on to the great majority on January 27, 1859.
Niles Carpenter and John Russell made claims in section twenty-five about 1854. Mr. Carpenter remained about four years, when he was elected county auditor, and removed to Preston and afterwards to Rushford, where he now resides. G. J. Onstine lived on the old place for sixteen years, when he removed to Rushford.
An early comer, in July, 1855, was John Johnson Rodebacken, who secured a location on sections fourteen and twenty-three. Ile was born in Norway April 14, 1827, and came to DuPage county, Illinois, in 1849, and two years later to La Salle county, where he bought 100 acres of land, which he disposed of in 1854, and the next year, with ox teams, started for Minnesota with his brother-in-law, John Ellefson, and arriving in Holt, located a claim as above mentioned. For two years they remained to- gether, and then divided their interests. John Ellefson was born in Norway in June, 1824, and was an early settler in La Salle county, Illinois. He came, as already related, and secured lands in sections twenty-three and twenty-four. In the fall of 1855, Ole Mikkelson secured 160 acres in section one.
During the summer of 1856, pioneers swarmed into town, and a large part of it was settled; some of them will be here mentioned.
Norman A. Graves came in upon the scene in the fall. Mr. Graves secured the organization of the school district, and the establishment of the Highland postoffice, of which he was the first postmaster. He was the first justice of the peace there when the state was organized, and retained the position for sev- eral years; was county commissioner for one year, and superin- tendent of schools while this was a separate office for each town. John Anderson arrived in June, 1856, and surrounded a claim
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in sections twenty-six and thirty-five. He came from Norway by way of Wisconsin, where he had sojourned nearly ten years. Martin S. Anderson found his way here and secured tracts of land in sections twenty-three and twenty-six. Knud Olson put in a personal appearance in the summer of 1856, and placed his sign manual in section twenty-three. David Whaalahan in 1856 wended his way up the Root river to section nine and surrounded a claim with $5 in his pocket, and went to work for himself and for his neighbors, and made every blow count. As showing what work will accomplish, he had at one time 1,800 acres of land, and when the railroad came he was offered $7,000 in cash for one eighty, which was rejected. Conrad Desmond secured a large tract of land in section three, near the river, in the spring of 1856. He was a single man, and put up a rude hut with a straw roof, put in five acres of corn, and secured a bountiful yield, and in the fall built a more comfortable residence, using some of the bark from the deserted Indian village. Holver Kit- tleson was an early comer, and secured 160 acres in section one. He lived there alone till married in 1859, and died September 15, 1866
Osman Johnson came from Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1858, and took a farm in section twenty-two. He did honorable service during the war, in the Nineteenth Wisconsin Regiment, and was in Libby prison and Andersonville.
Among the early pioneers was Gilbert Holt, who settled in section thirty, and whose name was afterwards given the town. Early in the seventies he transferred himself to Dakota. G. J. Onstine secured a claim in section twenty-five. Patrick Gribbin came to Holt, locating on sections twenty-eight and twenty-nine in 1856. In 1868 this was sold, and, in company with his brother Peter, he secured the site for the mill which they put up in section twenty-one.
Land Office Records. The first titles to land in Holt town- ship were issued by the government in 1855. Those who ob- tained land that year were as follows, the date of the issuance of the warrant being given first, then the name of the owner and then the section in which the land was largely located: January 18, Caleb C. Onstine, 13; March 16, Michael H. Onstine, -; April 30, Timothy McCarthy, 2; June 8, Ole Jacobson, 13-14; June 8, George J. Onstine, 13-24; August 15, John Johnson, 14-23.
Those who secured land in 1856 were as follows: February 29, Johan Hanssen, 33; April 28, John Elefson, 23-24; May 3, Nancy Sullivan, 4-9; May 10, Ole Peterson, 35; May 27, Jeremiah Carpenter, 22-23-26-27; May 27, Miles Carpenter, 25; Peter Grib- ben, 21; May 27, Bartholomew McGowan, 18; May 29, Peter Gribbins, 28; June 13, Jeremiah Griffith, 13; June 20, Abraham
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Scranton, 25; July 2, Con Desmond, 3; July 2, Dennis McCarty, 2-3; July 3, Knut Oleson, 7; July 10, George W. Swarthout, 35; August 1, John Whelen, 8-9; August 4, Patrick Sullivan, 9; Au- gust 27, William L. Brown, 25; November 4, John Desmond, Sr., 4-5; November 15, Erastus W. Seelye, 14; November 13, Erastus W. Seelye, 23-24; December 2, Isabella Oleson, 26.
Early Events. The first white child reported to be born in town was Thomas Johnson, on March 29, 1856, a son of John Johnson Rodeback. The first child of American parentage was Charles O. Graves, son of N. A. Graves. The first representative to the legislature was George J. Onstine.
Political Organization. At first the present towns of Holt and Norway were organized together as one town and called Douglas. The division of the town was made in 1860, and the town of Norway created from the eastern half, a regular gov- ernment township of thirty-six sections. When the new town was set off, of course, in equity, it would be liable for its share of the public indebtedness, so in March, 1861, a settlement was secured and Norway paid over to the mother town her share of the liabilities, which was $2.69. The west side of the town, in what is now Holt, was quite well settled with English speaking people, who dominated in town affairs, as the east part, which now constitutes the town of Norway, was peopled by Scandi- navians.
The organization of the town of Douglas dates from May 11, 1858. The name of Douglas drops out of sight in 1862, which was the probable result of a law of the state forbidding that more than one town should bear the same name, as there is in this case a Douglas in Dakota county. The officers of the first town meeting were: Chairman, G. J. Onstine; moderator, M. Onstine ; clerk, Niles Carpenter. The officers elected were : Super- visors, G. J. Onstine (chairman), Patrick Gribbin and Simon Thompson ; clerk, Niles Carpenter; collector, John Russell; over- seers of highways and bridges, John Peace, N. A. Graves and Andrew S. Byholt; overseer of the poor, H. M. Onstine; consta- bles, John Russell and Ellert Ellerston. The judges of election were G. J. Onstine and John Russell. The administration of town affairs from that time to this has been of a commendable character.
Highland Village is a hamlet on the boundary line between sections thirty-five and thirty-six, which brings it in the south- east corner of the town. A northeast and southwest road inter- sects the section line road at this point, and N. A. Graves and Andrew Shattuck, who had farms here, realizing the need of a blacksmith shop, induced Christian Flohr to locate here by each donating a piece of land, the one for a residence and the other
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for a shop. This was in 1860, and he kept hammering away until 1872, when the shop was disposed of to Westley & Olson, who had a short time before started a rival concern. In 1866 a store was started by two brothers, Ole and James Gjermund- son, in the house built by the first blacksmith for a residence. They kept it running for about eighteen months and sold to Onstine & Jones. Two years later it was disposed of to Graves & Son, who kept up the stock for a year, when it was turned over to Mr. Rye, who at the end of a year failed in business. Andrew Olson was the next incumbent, and he kept turning over the goods for eight years. Some time in 1880, the store was rented to J. D. Elliot who, in 1882, sold his stock of goods to Christianson & Co.
Highland Postoffice. N. A. Graves procured the establish- ment of a postoffice in 1857, and was the first postmaster. The office was at his residence up to 1861, when the place was given to Mr. Shattuck. After one year it went to the store of Jones & Onstine, with A. D. Elliot as postmaster. When first estab- lished, the mail was brought by different persons for some time until a route was opened from LaCresent by the way of Hokah, Houston, Dedham or Yucatan, Highland and Preston, the carrier making the trip weekly, and not infrequently on foot when the roads were impassable for teams. The last postmistress was Mary Nepstad, and the patrons now receive their mail from Whalan.
The Village Pump. One of the institutions of the hamlet is the well. This was completed in December, 1870, and previous to this time the dependence for water was upon cisterns, surface ponds, and the creek, a mile distant. This well is situated in the public street and is sixty feet deep, the last thirty-seven feet being through solid rock, and the cost was $200, one-half of which was borne by Mr. Shattuck and the rest by other citizens.
WHALAN VILLAGE.
Whalan is a small village on the line of the Southern Min- nesota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul. It has two general stores, kept by A. Anderson and T. E. Halvorson; a hardware store, kept by H. A. Anderson; a hotel, kept by A. Culbertson; a restaurant and grocery store, kept by D. M. Backman; a photograph gallery, kept by O. J. Hallum, and several other business enterprises.
Early History. The land where the village is located was originally owned by John Whaalahan, as he spelled his name, but usage dropped two a's and an h and it became Whalan. The land was presented to the railroad company on condition of
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having a station here, and that of the village lots Mr. Whaahalan should have every twentieth. The first house was built the sea- son that the railroad reached this point, in 1868, by J. D. Cam- eron. It was kept as a hotel for a year or so, then as a ware- house for grain. The same season a store was opened by Carr & Smith. In the course of a year or two Smith sold out to Carr, and in 1871, he sold to A. Ward, who kept it until his death in the spring of 1879. During that season the hotel was erected by Canfield & Crowl. After one or two changes of proprietorship it fell into the hands of Nelson Canfield.
George Dyer, in 1866, erected a store. The first drug store was opened in 1873, by Weiser & Ring. Mr. Ring soon became the sole owner, who soon after sold to A. Backman. The same season, 1868, when the village started, another store was built by Joseph Olson and Thomas Anderson. It was rented to John Iverson, who kept it up to 1869, and then moved to a store oppo- site Mr. Dyer, which had been put up by J. Whaalahan, but the business was closed out about a year afterwards. Among other early merchants were Johnson & Peterson, Ole Osten, Greaser & Co., J. Walker, John Russell, Mr. Downing, and John Streeter.
Municipal History. Whalan was incorporated as a village, March 30, 1876. The first officers were: President, John Rus- sell; trustees, J. Downing, Andrew Hanson, G. H. Dyer; recorder, G. C. Cooley; treasurer, Paige Downing; justice, D. F. Jones; constable, C. G. Jordan.
1877-President, John Russell; trustees, G. H. Dwyer, Nels Canfield, A. Hanson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, Paige Downing.
1878-President, J. Downing; trustees, Nels Canfield, A. Han- son, H. M. Onstine; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, Paige Downing.
1879-President, H. M. Onstine; trustees, Cornelius Nelson, A. Hanson, John Streeter; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, John Whalan.
1880-President, H. M. Onstine; trustees, John Streeter, A. Hanson, J. A. Van Liew; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, D. F. Jones.
1881-President, H. M. Onstine; trustees, A. Hanson, Cor- nelius Nelson, John Streeter; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, D. F. Jones.
1882-President, G. H. Dyer ; trustees, Nels Canfield, Cornelius Nelson, John Streeter; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, D. F. Jones.
1883-President, Nels Canfield; trustees, H. M. Onstine, A. E. Anderson, William D. Culbertson; recorder, A. Backman; treas- urer, D. F. Jones.
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1884-President, G. H. Dyer; trustees, C. Larson, William D. Culbertson, John Streeter; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, D. F. Jones.
1885-President, John Streeter; trustees, A. Anderson, A. Hanson, C. Larson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, William D. Culbertson.
1886-President, II. M. Onstine; trustees, A. Hanson, C. Lar- son, Anthony Anderson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, John Streeter.
1887-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, A. Hanson, C. Can- field, A. Anderson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, Christ Larson.
1888-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, William B. Dixon, A. Anderson, William D. Culbertson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, Christ Larson.
1889-President, C. Canfield; trustees, D. F. Jones, C. Hol- man, P. Paulson ; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, C. Larson.
1890-President, C. Canfield; trustees, D. F. Jones, C. Hol- men, Hans O. Westby; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, C. Lar- son. This year the date of election was changed from January to March.
1891-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, G. H. Dyer, A. An- derson, C. Holmen; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, C. Larson.
1892-President, A. Culbertson ; trustees, D. F. Jones, C. Hol- men, N. Thorson; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, C. Larson.
1893-President, G. H. Larson; trustees, A. E. Anderson, E. E. Bothum, C. Holmen; recorder, N. Thorson; treasurer, F. W. Shattuck.
1894-President, A. L. Jones; trustees, T. Thorson, A. E. An- derson, E. E. Bothum; recorder, A. Backman; treasurer, F. W. Shattuck.
1895-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, L. M. Dyer, T. Thor- son, A. Steen; recorder, N. Thorson; treasurer, F. W. Shattuck.
1896-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, A. E. Anderson, A. Steen, L. M. Dyer; recorder, N. Thorson; treasurer, C. J. Olson.
1897-President, W. D. Culbertson; trustees, H. A. Anderson, M. L. Anderson, T. Thorson; treasurer, C. J. Olson; recorder, A. L. Jones.
1898-President, A. L. Jones; trustees, A. Anderson, H. O. Westby, T. Thorson ; recorder, A. Backman ; treasurer, C. J. Olson.
1899-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, T. Thorson, O. E. Laugen, D. F. Jones; recorder, W. J. Severance; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1900-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, A. Anderson, O. E. Laugen, John Desmond; recorder, A. L. Jones; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
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1901-President, A. Culbertson ; trustees, O. E. Laugen, John Desmond, A. Anderson; recorder, A. L. Jones; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1902-President, M. L. Anderson ; trustees, John Desmond, C. Johnson, A. Anderson; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1903-President, M. L. Anderson; trustees, A. Anderson, K. J. Bostrack, Anton Steen; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1904-President, M. L. Anderson; trustees, K. J. Bostrack, D. J. Whalan, A. Culbertson; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1905-President, Anthony Anderson ; trustees, M. S. Ander- son, H. A. Anderson, A. N. Syhre ; recorder, C. J. Olson ; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1906-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, K. J. Bostrack, H. S. Backman, E. L. Dyer; recorder, C. J. Olson ; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1907-President, A. Backman; trustees, A. Anderson, K. J. Bostrack, A. M. Olson; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1908-President, A. Culbertson ; trustees, D. J. Whalan, A. M. Olson, II. A. Anderson ; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1909-President, A. Culbertson ; trustees, D. J. Whalan, T. E. Halvorson, A. M. Olson; recorder, C. J. Olson; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1910-President, A. Culbertson; trustees, D. J. Whalan, T. E. Halvorson, A. M. Olson; recorder, D. M. Backman; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1911-President, L. H. Haasarud; trustees, M. S. Anderson, O. K. Eeg, O. J. Hallum; recorder, D. M. Backman; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
1912-President, A. Culbertson ; trustees, A. Anderson, A. L. Jones, A. M. Olson; recorder, D. M. Backman; treasurer, A. E. Anderson.
Waterworks. The erection of the waterworks resulted mainly through the efforts of President A. Culbertson. His persistence and enterprising spirit found favor with the people and in Sep- tember, 1899, a lot was purchased from Knudt Johnson and a cistern erected thereon. The cistern, which is circular, has a capacity of 1,500 barrels and is located half a mile northeast of the village. After the erection of the cistern the work pro- gressed rapidly on the laying of the mains and was completed in the fall of 1900. A pressure of ninety pounds to the square inch is obtained, and, with eight hydrants and 1,500 feet of hose,
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affords ample fire protection. The water is excellent, being pumped from a liberal depth by windmill power. The complete system cost the village about $4,000. As the treasury was well supplied with money before the undertaking, no bonds were voted.
The Village Hall, which is located near the center of the vil- lage, was erected about the year 1888. The village and town- ship both use this building, though it is the property of the village. It is a wooden structure, two stories high. The upper story is used for social purposes and the lower story is used for housing the fire apparatus, the polling place and jail. The jail, which has four cells, was recently condemned. The hall was erected at a cost of about $1,000. There is no regular fire com- pany, but in case of need the citizens turn out under the direction of Anthony Anderson.
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CHAPTER XXV
MABEL AND NEWBURG TOWNSHIP.
Mabel Village-Present Activities-Commercial Club-Telephone Company-Grain and Stock Company-Early History- Municipal History-Water Works-Newburg Township- First Settlement in County-Early Days by William Willford -Bellville-Newburg-Other Items.
Mabel is an incorporated village on the Reno-Preston division of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, and is located in sections 26 and 27, Newburg township. The first settler on the present site was William Loomis, who came in 1853. The village was platted in 1879 and incorporated in 1892.
At the present time Mabel is a flourishing hamlet, well laid out, with good sidewalks, waterworks system, fire protection, telephone service, good schools and a number of churches, solid banks and a live newspaper.
Among the present activities of Mabel may be mentioned : General stores-E. L. Tollefson & Co., Christopherson & Daniel- son, Bacon & Erickson, P. J. Heggen. Drugs-A. Jones & Son (D. W.). Furniture and undertaking-M. C. Christopherson and Fingerson & Olson. Restaurants and groceries-Lee Brothers (T. C. and L. C.), Bacon & Stroud, A. C. Wold. Implement stores- O. K. Wold, B. K. Swenson, Taber & Eastman. Hardware-Faw- cett & Fawcett (G. & I.), J. J. Larson. Harness shop-J. P. Dahl & Son (O. P.). Millinery-Mrs. C. Dunn and Rose Antrim. Lumber yards-Colman Lumber Co. (S. C. Brace) and K. Olson. Elevators-Tollefson & Johnson, Mabel Elevator Co. (P. C. John- son, pres.). Automobile supplies-G. L. Gabrielson, Mabel Tele- phone Exchange (G. L. Gabrielson). Banks-First National and State Bank of Mabel. Mabel Record (E. R. Antrim). Hotel -H. A. Gunvalson. Postoffice-D. W. Jones, postmaster. Physi- cians-H. A. Nass, J. C. Lannin, C. W. Cady. Dentists-D. A. Haines, L. V. Peterson. Churches-Methodist Episcopal, United Norwegian Lutheran, Norwegian Lutheran Evangelical. There is one lodge, the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. There are also the usual livery stables, barbers, real estate agents, insur- ance agencies, grain and stock buyers and the other customary lines of endeavor. There have never been any saloons.
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The Mabel Commercial Club was organized in February, 1912. It has a membership of fifty business men, professional men and prominent citizens, its object being for advertising the town, to promote sociability and for the general good of the community. The officers are : President, JC White; vice president, Hadly Larson; secretary, D. A. Haines; treasurer, F. W. Bacon.
Mabel Telephone Company. Mabel has excellent telephone service, with an exchange which connects with the two long distance lines, and with numerous farmers' lines. There are 110 instruments in use on the local lines and 500 on the farmers' lines. No less than fifteen farmers' lines connect with this exchange. The "Bell" company established an office in the drug store of Jones & Son in 1896. Three years later the "Standard" company opened an office in the Bank of Mabel. The exchange is now located in the place of G. L. Gabrielson, who is the man- ager. The Mabel Telephone Company was established in May, 1903. The officers are: President, John N. Johnson ; secretary, H. H. Hammer; treasurer, N. H. Nelson; directors, Ole Dahl, E. C. Erickson and Grandville Fawcett.
Early History. In the fall of 1879 Frank Adams, the chief constructing engineer of the railroad which was then being con- structed through Newburg township, purchased portions of the farms of C. D. Taber and William Loomis and platted the vil- lage of Mabel, naming it in memory of a little daughter who had died a short time previous.
Almost before the platting was completed Jones Brothers, general merchants; E. L. Tollefson, general merchant; Jones & Tamnes, hardware merchants, and Landlord Thompson, a hotel man, were on their way to the new village to open up their busi- ness establishments.
McMichael & Son, represented by Mr. Fisher, and McCormack, represented by E. M. Snell, were soon ready to buy grain. Three lumber yards were started before snow came, one by Day Broth- ers, of Decorah, represented by Mr. Tilford; another by Hem- mingway & Barclay, of Lansing, and the third by Edwards & Osborne, of La Crosse, represented by Mr. Anderson. Competi- tion was keen and within two years only Edwards & Osborne were left.
John Thompson and Chris. Enger also located in the village in 1879 and opened blacksmith shops. Joseph Apple started a wagon shop and Bentz & Taylor a grocery store. E. M. Snell and Frank Jones were the first to erect dwellings within the present limits of the village, occupying them during the winter of 1879-80. In the spring of 1880 Mrs. S. C. Brace opened a mil- liner shop on Main street, and Frank Adams commenced the
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building of a brick building which was subsequently occupied as a bank.
This constitutes all the business ventures of Mabel in the fall of 1879 and the spring of 1880. Since then the growth has been satisfactory and substantial.
The first physician in the village was Dr. E. H. Burridge, who opened a drug store and also practiced medicine. The first child born was Amy, the daughter of E. L. Tollefson. Frank Adams, the proprietor of the town site, offered Mr. Tollefson his choice of village lots if he would name the young lady Mabel, after the village.
Municipal History. Mabel was incorporated in the spring of 1892, and the first election was held at Hankes Hall June 6, 1892. The first officers were: President, A. Jones; trustees, George C. Hellickson, E. C. Erickson, O. J. Larson ; treasurer, J. Seelye; recorder, S. C. Brace; justices, D. P. Bacon, W. F. Hart; constables, R. P. Johnson, N. C. Vought ; marshal, C. D. Taber.
The next election was held March 14, 1893, and since then the elections have always been held in March. The village officers since the first have been :
1893-President, A. Jones; trustees, E. C. Erickson, George C. Hellickson, S. C. Brace; treasurer, J. Seelye; recorder, D. C. Osgood; justice, D. C. Osgood.
1894-President, A. Jones; trustees, S. C. Brace, George C. Hellickson, E. C. Erickson; treasurer, J. Seelye; recorder, Wil- liam Hart ; justice, D. P. Bacon; constable, Arne Nelson.
1895-President, A. Jones; trustees, E. C. Erickson, George C. Hellickson, S. C. Brace; treasurer, J. Seclye; recorder, Fred W. Bacon; justice, L. Mock.
1896-President, S. C. Brace; trustees, E. C. Erickson; A. Jones, C. D. Taber; treasurer, J. Seelye; recorder, Fred W. Bacon; justice, D. P. Bacon.
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