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The Farmers' and Merchants' National Bank, of Cannon Falls, was organized June, 1903. Its officers are: President, T. L. Baiseker; vice president, J. L. Erickson ; second vice president, Henry Thompson; cashier, Edward Mattson; assistant cashier, M. N. Gergen; teller, F. O. Freeberg. Capital stock paid in, $25,000; surplus fund, $3.000; assets, $280,000.
Cannon Falls Township received its name from the Big Can- non river, and its branch, the Little Cannon, whose sudden change of level forms a falls in the western part of the township, at the point where the city of Cannon Falls is now located. The Big Cannon flows through the northern part of the township, from west to east, and its valley is marked by many changes in topog- raphy. The outer bluffs of the river are frequently more than a mile apart and over two hundred feet above the water in the river. In this valley are broad terraces and beautiful farms, and in addition to this the township has considerable timber. Along some of the valleys there is a sandy lightness to the soil, which has the effect of making the roads rather poor at some seasons of the year. For agricultural purposes, however, the soil is excellent and large crops are raised, although dairying is an important industry. The river bottom, from one-half to a mile in width, has a gravelly soil.
It is probable that Dr. W. W. Sweney and Richard and Will- iam Freeborn, who made the trip afoot from Red Wing, were the first white men to behold the falls. The first settler was Edway Stoughton, who came early in 1854. Others were Charles Parks, who settled at the falls, and James H. Payton and James McGinnis. Mrs. Charles Parks was the first white woman at the Falls.
The first death in the township was in August, 1855, when an infant son of David MeKune passed to the Great Beyond. The first child was Ellen Hartry, now Mrs. Ellen French, of Dennison, born in October, 1855. The first marriage was that of Robert Fotherby and Sarah Strange. who were united before Charles Parks, justice of the peace. E. L. Clark taught the first
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school in 1856-57. the sessions being held in a building which he had erected for the purpose, principally of basswood logs; and which, for this reason, he named Basswood Seminary. This build- ing was also used for a house of worship, on Sabbath days for some time thereafter.
Cannon Falls township is bounded on the north by Dakota county, on the west by Dakota county and Stanton, on the south by Leon, and on the east by Vasa. It comprises one entire gov- ernment township, No. 112. range 17, and its area has remained umchanged since the township act of 1858.
Among the early supervisors of the township were: William Barton. W. P. Scofield, Lewis Engberg. J. D. Wheat, Abram Mal- let. D. II. Knox, George West, J. D. Jennings, H. A. Tanner, D. L. Davis, F. Pentz, C. W. Gillet. James McGinnis. E. E. Chase, W. P. Tanner and G. Slocum. The first town clerks were: J. T. Moss, Eli Ellsworth. George L. Baker, W. H. Scofield, J. D. Jen- nings, A. J. Phelps, John Jennings, Frank Slocum. W. P. Tanner served as town treasurer for eleven years, and was then followed by Frank Slocum. The early justices of the peace were J. A. Wilson. Park Tucker, G. Westman, W. H. Scofield and W. P. Tanner. The first constables were James H. Peyton, E. H. Klock, George MeKenzie. E. R. Steel and George Kinder.
Those who enlisted in the Civil War from Cannon Falls were as follows : Marion Abbott. Charles J. Anderson, Thomas H. Baker. John Boss, Captain George L. Baker, E. E. Chase, E. L. Clark. Daniel E. Cadwell, George W. Doud, Peter Engberg, Jona- than Flynn, Lieutenant William D. Hale, Henry Hamilton, Nels B. Johnson, Luther M. Knox, James M. Knox. Charles Klock, Olof Larson, Peter Lindberg. George Lewis. William Morrell, George W. Neff. James H. Payton, William O. Stranahan. Mathew Willson, Albert G. Leach. Charles M. Scofield, Marvin Cary, John Hoffstatter, Harlow Van Vleit. Captain Ara Barton, George Cook, Samuel Dilly. Samnel Hullett. William Hnllett. John J. Hartig. James F. Kelley. Stephen A. Penny. Jacob Rhodes, David Val- entine. Joseph Blum, James A. Wright, Austin Demming, Cor- nelius Crown. Thomas Jennings. Lester Bancroft, George Park, Edward Klock. Nels Lindenholm, Matts Peterson, Cyrus Van Vliet, James L. Scofield, Luther Scofield.
The present officials of the township are: Elof Johnson. chairman ; Edward Lano and Martin Chelson, supervisors; Emil Bloomberg. clerk: Olaf Haine, treasurer; Louis Rapp, assessor.
CHAPTER XIV.
TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES.
Featherstone - Florence - Frontenac - Goodhue Township and Village-Advantages and Growth-Holden-Kenyon Town- ship and Village-Modern Progress-Leon-Minneola.
Featherstone comprises one entire government township, No. 112 north, range 17 west, and has remained unchanged since the township act of 1858. It has no villages, its trading and ship- ping point being Red Wing, which is its near neighbor. Burnside, also, as well as Red Wing, borders it on the north, Hay creek on the east, Goodhue on the south and Vasa on the west. It is crossed by the Great Western railroad, the line through this township having originally been the Duluth & Red Wing. The township is intersected by the Hay creek valley on the east and by Spring creek valley on the west. These valleys are deep and wide, but their slopes are almost uniformly turfed, while between the bluffs that enclose them are some of the finest farms in the state, in a rich, deep loam. The higher farms on the uplands between the valleys are based on a yellowish loam for sub-soil, and are fertile and reliable for the usual crops. Some of them are sightly and command very picturesque landscapes, extending over the valleys with which the township is nearly surrounded. The surface is from undulating to rolling. Beau- tiful residences, surrounded with groves, from which stretch rich and highly cultivated farms, prevail through the township. The earliest settlers, who had come from countries wooded and watered, were not familiar with the advantages of prairie land. and consequently Featherstone was not settled until settlements of considerable size had sprung up in some of the other localities in the county.
The township was named from William Featherstone and his extensive family, who came here with a number of farm hands to assist him in breaking the land, in 1856. He was not, however. the actual first settler, as in 1855 John Spencer, Philip Storkel and the Messrs. Goldsmith and Coleman had staked out claims and started to cultivate the land. Other early settlers were
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William Freyberger, George Featherstone, J. Meacham and Rev. John Watson.
William Featherstone, in relating some incidents of the early days, not many years ago, said that he broke a claim in 1856, but that a portion of his land had been broken the year before by others. He sowed ten bushels of fife wheat which he had brought from Canada, the first seed wheat of that kind in this seetion of the country. His first crop yielded but eighteen bushels to the acre. He sold what wheat he could spare for seed. broke up 170 acres more of land and sowed the next year, receiving a yield of about twenty-four bushels to the acre. The larger portion of this erop was also sold for seed. This is claimed by some writers to have been the origin of "hard wheat" in this state, but the same honor has been claimed for other localities.
The first death in the township was that of a Mr. McMahon, who perished from exposure on his attempting to return from Red Wing on a cold night in January, 1857. The first marriage was that of James A. Jones and Mary Libby, daughter of William Libby, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. J. H. Han- cock. The first school was taught in the summer of 1856 by Mary Cox, in a claim shanty, the location of which later passed into the hands of Henry Featherstone.
October 21. 1857, William Libby called a school meeting. F. N. Leavitt was chosen chairman and George Featherstone clerk. The first board of trustees consisted of William Freyberger, William Libby and William Watson. William Featherstone was clerk, making a board composed entirely of Williams. Although the district comprised nearly the whole township, there were but seventeen children of legal school age. The first schoolhouse was built in the winter of 1857-58 at a cost of $250. The first church service was held at the home of William Featherstone in 1856. In 1862 the Methodists built a church edifice, 26x40, at a cost of $1,000. Ilay Creek mills, on Hay creek, were built in the early days by a German pioneer named Kotzube, who afterward sold out to Messrs. Cogelt and Betcher, of Red Wing. In 1866 Ezekiel Burleigh opened a hotel, but failing to secure a license, he closed the place, finding that the patronage was too limited to support a "dry" hotel.
A list has been preserved of the voters at the first election. held July 5, 1858. They were: John Watson, F. N. Leavitt, Philip Rounds. George Wooley. William Libby. Ernest Rosa, Benjamin Jones, David Coverdale, Calvin Frizzell, John Watson. William Featherstone. Jonathan R. Perkins, II. B. Wooley, Charles Perkins, C. Rosa, Edward MeMahon, Samuel P. Snow,
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John Gennis, William Freyberger, A. D. Roberts and Joseph Friz- zell. The election resulted as follows: Supervisors, William Freyberger (chairman), S. P. Snow, Harlow Rogers; assessor, A. D. Roberts: justices of the peace, William Libby, L. Snow; constables, W. H. Featherstone, Charles Perkins; town clerk, John Watson ; collector, H. B. Wooley ; overseer of poor, William L. Watson: overseers of highways. J. R. Perkins, J. C. Arnold, George Wooley, Gotleib Buholtz, William Featherstone.
Among the early chairmen of supervisors were William Frey- berger, F. N. Leavitt. William Freyberger, George Feather- stone, F. N. Leavitt (three terms), William Freyberger. The early town clerks were John Watson (two terms). A. D. Roberts, John Watson ( three terms). George Featherstone (two terms).
Featherstone's contribution to the Civil War consisted of R. N. Aakers, George Cook, W. H. Featherstone, Edwin A. Fessen- den, Angust F. Greed, Owen Gallagher, Lemnel Herbert, Charles Johnson, Francis McMahon. N. P. Malmberg, Thomas Pallas. Frank E. Peterson, William Edson Rice, John Suiter, Samuel Smith, Benjamin J. Taylor, Harvey Van Auken, C. II. Watson, Robert C'haterick, Robert Callihan. James Cramand, Sewell Ells- worth, Andrew J. Ellis. August L. Green, Isaac W. Stewart, Franklin J. Gale, Perry Gilmore, John C. Hilt, John Hallivers, Patrick Ogo. Henry Jones, Nathan Levy, John Livingston, D. M. MeDole. John A. Murray, James Nelson, William Piper, Frank Rayher. Charles Rye. William J. Skinner. John Thompson, Will- iam Maloy, Charles W. Wixon, Frank H. Wright, Alvin HI. Walter, William Trippe. John Moore, Watson S. Tilton, Walter Carter. Redden H. Everett, Anson C. Smith, Joseph R. Squire, Ezra Sheldon. Thomas T. Kennedy. Hiram Niell, Edward Smith. Freeman D. James, Elias C. MeCrorey, Daniel H. Robinson, Tolak Oleson, Jolín Arnold. JJoseph Hepp. Joseph Katthoff, Anthony Leland. Frederick Schmidt, Richard Britton. Jacob Banlig. An- drew Baker. Charles Baker, Benjamin Bevins, Thomas Carr, Thomas Hope, George E. Hanson. Albert Savage. Nelson Moriset. Ernest Pfefferle, Mathias Schabert, Horace K. Blake.
At the present time agriculture is practically the only oeen- pation carried on in the township. There are several fine schools, and the township is noted for the teachers and professional men who have received their boyhood education within its borders. The town has a Methodist church and a neat town hall, well suited for public gatherings. On Trout brook, in the northeast- ern part of the town large mills were once erected for the purposes of a tannery and sugar mill and were owned by J. E. Porter, but are now demolished. There was once a postoffice, Burley, in this township.
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FLORENCE TOWNSHIP.
Florence constitutes all of township 112, range 13, lying in Goodhue county. A portion of Wacoota bounds it on the north, Lake Pepin forms its northeastern border for a distance of many miles. Central Point also lies to the east. At the south is Wabasha county, and on the west is Hay Creek. The township was organized under the general aet of 1858, with its present boundaries. It was named in honor of Florence Graham, daugh- ter of Judge Chris. Graham, of Red Wing.
The surface is broken and hilly, with deep valleys running westward from Lake Pepin. In sections 3 and 8 there is consider- able peat, and it is probable that this deposit in various parts of the township is much more plentiful than is generally sup- posed. The soil is fertile, well watered by Wells' ereek, which, with its many tributaries. has a general course from west to east. The farmers of the township pay particular attention to stock raising and dairying, and have achieved some remark- able results along these lines.
The early history is identical with that of Frontenac, and reaches back to the middle of the seventeenth century. The following is a list of the township officers in the earlier days of its organization, the first named under each date being the chair- man, the next two supervisors, and the last the elerk: 1858-L. II. Garrard. E. Z. K. Munger. L. Utley. Peter Grant. 1860-H. F. Simmons, William Arnold, E. Z. K. Munger, Calvin Potter. 1861-II. F. Simmons. F. Z. K. Munger. William Arnold, J. A. Owens. 1862-E. Z. K. Munger, J. C. Bennewitz, John Wear, W. E. Lowell. 1863-J. C. Bennewitz. S. R. Merrill. J. D. Spin- ney. W. E. Lowell. 1864-J. C. Bennewitz, J. D. Spinney, Rufus Dennin, W. E. Lowell. 1865-G. Terwillinger. O. P. Francisco, L. H. Garrard, H. Lorentzen. 1866-G. Terwilliger, O. P. Fran- cisco. Jeptha Garrard, HI. Lorentzen. 1867-Calvin Potter, N. (. MeLean, David Walker. H. Lorentzen. 1868-G. Terwilliger,
D. Walker, R. Menzel, H. Lorentzen. 1869-G. Terwilliger,
D. Walker. R. Menzel, H. Lorentzen. 1870-G. Terwilliger, R. Menzel, J. Holliday, H. Lorentzen. 1871-Eliab Munger, E. C. Eaton, D. Walker, J. C. Bennewitz. 1872-Eliab Munger. E. C. Eaton, John Nute, H. Lorentzen. 1873-John Nute, William Stroup, John Colby, H. Lorentzen. 1874-John Nute, John Colby. D. G. Heggie, H. Lorentzen. 1875-Same as previous year. 1876-D. G. Heggie, John Sauter, H. J. Morch, HI. Lorentzen. 1877-G. Terwilliger, John Santer, John Colby, HI. Lorentzen. 1878-G. Terwilliger. John Sauter, John Nute, H. Lorentzen.
Those who enlisted in the Civil War from Florence were:
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John Arden, Michael Ackerman. Henry Burritt, Oscar HI. Free- man, Daniel W. Floss, Cyrus H. Gould, John Hager, Englebert Haller, Charles Hurder, Joseph Harrison, Casper Koch, Henry M. Libby, Harry Lowell, G. A. Grandsbrand, Warren Hunt. Ephraim Harrison, Emsley Hamilton, George W. Hall. Asa Howe, Russell A. Johnson, John A. Jackson, Ira A. Lynch, John Me- Donald, Ole Nelson, Hiram M. Powers, Franklin Kelley. Theo- dore E. Freeman, John S. Harrison, Peter Connelly, Jefferson C'ates, Michael Doyle, Jonathan A. Ingham, James B. Moor- house, Wilson A. Montgomery, William Houk, Joseph E. Mabey, Horace B. Randall, Vulkert Warring. Eli N. Lewis, James Mitchell. James Owens. George Phinney, Nicholas Sehierard, Jacob Schneider, J. K. Smith, Joseph Tupper. Oscar .Willians, P. II. Weaver, Ezra B. Andrus, Isaac Cate, Justus Chase, Asa Daily, Samuel Davis, Edwin C. Eaton, Gustav Sandberg. . Jona- than Toms, Joseph C. Eldred, Charles H. McCamland, Dewitt C. Smith, Sylvester Dunsmore, Sylvester T. Bush, John R. Winchell. Charles Willson, Orson A. Warren, Jasper M. Woodward, Will- iam IIemter, Andrew More, Horace M. Johnson, Newton Williams, Cornelius W. Warring. Mead M. Milo. George W. Colby, Charles F. Church, William A. Brack, Jomes Coffman, Jabez M. Whitney, Judson Watson, Michael Hanley, John Johnson, Thomas Me- Govin. William Morgan, Melvin B. Blasdell, Josiah Wood, Benja- min F. Covington.
FRONTENAC.
Frontenac, rich in historic traditions, and decorated by the hand of Nature in her most lavish mood, dates its settlement back to the beginning of the eighteenth century, when the sandy point directly opposite Maiden Rock was the scene of much French activity. It is situated in the northeastern part of the town of Florence, on beautiful terraces rising from the level of Lake Pepin. Above the village rises the towering peak of Point No-Point, so called from the fact that the winding of the lake is such that the approaching traveler from down the river, after sighting the point from six or seven miles away, gets apparently no nearer to it until he reaches Frontenae and finds himself at its very base.
Maiden Rock. opposite Point au Sable, has the common Indian tradition of the maiden who, forbidden to marry her lover, leaped to her death from its precipitons height. The story. told in a breezy manner in a newspaper some years ago, is perhaps more interesting reading than the same story related in more dignified language. The story alluded to is as follows: "A Dakotah maiden, Wenona, camped at the foot of the rock with her family once upon a time, as they say in the fairy tales.
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Wenona was a very beautiful maiden. Maidens who are heroines of romantic tales are always beautiful, no matter what their color may be. Of course Wenona had lovers. There was a rich old chief who had polecat skins without number, and ponies and whatever else in the way of personal possessions that made an Indian a desirable suitor in those days. To be sure, he was old, but that did not matter-in the eyes of Wenona's parents. Wenona herself had given her young heart and love to a brave and handsome warrior named Chaska, who, however, being young, had not yet had time to accumulate polecat skins, and so on. He was therefore not at all desirable in the eyes of the parents. as is often the case with poor young lovers and prudent old folks. The maiden's parents argued that love is an illusion, and that wealth, represented by polecats or any other commodity, is a very substantial fact, which is a very foolish thing for a maiden to ignore. So these cruel parents forbade their daughter to see the young brave any more and insisted that she marry the rich old chief with the pelts. They thought that settled the question ; but a few evenings later there came floating down from the summit of the Rock, nearly a hundred feet higher. the death song of the heart-broken and faithful Wenona. When it was finished the maid leaped out and fell, a bruised and broken corpse. on the jagged rocks below, almost at the feet of her heartless parents." James Wells, the Indian trader, and others acquainted with Indian character and ways, were asked some fifty years ago what they thought of this tradition, but all agreed that it was unlike the Indian, and that the Indians themselves put little faith in the story. Moreover. Chaska and Wenona are names signifying simply the oldest born son and daughter, respectively, and occurred in every Dakota family.
Modern Frontenac had a beginning in the late forties of the nineteenth century, when the old Indian trader, James Wells, more familiarly known as "Bully" Wells. Wells sold his build- ing in 1854 to Everett Westervelt, and removed to Fairbault, afterward meeting with a tragic fate at the hands of the Sioux during the frontier outbreak of 1862. In October of that year Israel Garrard and Louis Garrard spent some time along the shores of Lake Pepin, and greatly prepossessed with the historic associations and beautiful scenery. concluded to secure an inter- est along the lake shore. Dr. L. II. Garrard went to Europe, where he remained two years, while General Israel Garrard, afterward one of the county's most distinguished citizens, re- mained at the trading post with Everett Westervelt. In 1857, when the half-breed serip was issued, Frontenae was purchased by Mr. Westervelt and Israel Garrard and divided into quarter interests, Mr. Westervelt owning one, L. H. Garrard one, Israel
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Garrard one, and Kennet Garrard, then in the United States army, the other quarter. General Garrard established what was practically a baronial estate at Frontenac, naming it St. Hubert's lodge. For ages to come, the village of Frontenac, on the lake- side, will be inseparably connected with the names of General Israel. Dr. L. H .. General Kenner and Colonel Jeptha Garrard, and with that of General MeLean, the mother of the Garrards having married his father, Judge MeLean. Among the guests at St. Hubert's have been such celebrities as General Charles King. the popular novelist, and Joseph Jefferson, the great actor, as well as innumerable army officers of national note.
Frontenac at the present time is a popular summer resort. The Frontenac Inn occupies a point projecting into the lake, consisting of several acres of ground. About this hotel are cottages in picturesque positions, and in the neighborhood are croquet and tennis lawns, boat honses, bathing houses and stables. There are fine opportunities for boating, fishing and hunting, which have won for the place a national prominence. There are charming drives to the fine points of view on the surrounding bluffs on good roads. The drive along the lake shore, six miles to Lake City, affords many a delightful prospect. An Episco- palian chapel offers opportunities for Sabbath worship. Near by is the Villa Maria school for girls, conducted by the Ursuline sisters.
Frontenac Inn, one of the most desirable summer resorts on the Mississippi river, is managed by Celestine M. Schaller, whose able conduct of the place is bringing back to Frontenac some of the prominence which in former days it occupied in the summer plans of people in search of rest, amusement or recreation. It is a comfortable building, with airy rooms, plenty of sunshine and with a beautiful view from every window. Situated along a picturesque drive are a number of roomy and comfortable cottages which are used by the guests of the Inn. The Inn and the cottages are surrounded by a beautiful park. Fishing, boat- ing, croquet, tennis and dancing are among the amusements offered, while those who enjoy walks and drives can find no more picturesque surroundings. Many of the large Mississippi boats stop at the Inn and a buss connects the place with the railroad at Frontenac station. The table at the Inn is widely known for its excellence. Miss Schaller is a capable manager, and the place is being improved year by year under her direction.
Frontenac Station is on the S. M. & St. Paul railway, twelve miles south of Red Wing. It has a German Lutheran church, a stone yard, a grain elevator, a saloon, general stores and black- smiths. The town hall is also located in this village. The stone quarries are worthy of extended note. The stone is of a light
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cream color and is used in large quantities for building pur- poses, tombstones and monuments. George W. Garrard is the owner.
The Frontenae stone quarry has been operated more or less since the early fifties. Its light cream stone, used for general ornamental work, is noted throughout the United States, and is used in the interior of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, the great church of the Episcopal denomination in New York, and one of the handsomest church edifices in America, which will cause its praises to be sung by countless generations to come. Among three hundred samples of stone submitted, from the best quarries in the world. the Frontenac stone was selected as being the most suited for interior work of the most exquisite nature. Other smaller contracts have all shown the adaptability and beauty of this stone. George Wood Garrard, the owner and manager of the quarry. has taken an artistic as well as a busi- ness interest in the Frontenae product.
General Israel Garrard, for nearly half a century the patri- archal sage and patron of Frontenac, was probably a man of wider and more distinguished fame than anyone else who has resided in this county. Of him it has well been said: "General Garrard was beloved by all who knew him, for his kindly and courtly manner toward all-for he was a peer among the finished gentlemen of his age-and by many he was regarded with a love that could but spring from hearts that had been soothed in times of tribulation and distress by his more than generous sympathy and substantial assistance. The extent of his benevo- lence, touching the needs of scores of the distressed in this region and elsewhere, will never be fully known. For. though his lib- erality to all who were in distress is known to have been munifi- cent and far-reaching, he was one who never permitted his loving kindness to be noised about."
Israel Garrard was born in Lexington, Ky., October 22, 1825, the oldest son of Jeptha D. Garrard and Sarah Bella Ludlow, his wife. He was descended on the paternal side from James Garrard, one of the earliest settlers and governors of Kentucky, and on the maternal side from Israel Ludlow, one of the original proprietors of the townsite of Cincinnati. As a boy Israel Gar- rard was a pupil of Ormsby M. Mitchell. afterward attending Cary's Academy and also Bethany College in West Virginia. He read law with Judge Swayne, at Columbus. Ohio, and gradu- ated from the Harvard law school. at Cambridge, Mass. At the age of twenty-nine. in company with Dr. Louis H. Garrard, General Garrard came into the wilds of Minnesota on a hunting trip. For several weeks he camped on the shores of Lake Pepin, and being impressed with its beauties, determined to make the
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