History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 24

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264

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The first marriage celebrated was that of Hans Mattson and Cherstie Peterson, November 21. 1855. A school was taught here in the fall of 1856 by a Mr. Button. Another was tanght in the Swedish language by James Engberg. Meetings were held on the Sabbath and Lutheran church services read by Hans Mattson until the minister arrived.

Vasa is named from Gustavus Vasa. the Christian king of Sweden, who established the Lutheran religion in his kingdom. Since the first settlement, Vasa has been famed far and near, and its reputation is nationwide as the home of Dr. E. Norelius. the venerable patriarch of the Swedish Lutheran Evangelical church. The story of the early days of Vasa is told by Dr. Norelius. Colonel Hans Mattson and S. J. Willard in another chapter of this history.

Vasa township was organized in 1858. and its area has remained unchanged since that date. The first officers were : Supervisors, Charles Himmelman (chairman), Charles Charleson, Nils Peterson ; clerk, Swante J. Willard; assessor. Nils Swanson; collector. John Sundell; overseer of the poor, Matts Mattson; constables, Nils Johnson Erick Anderson ; justices of the peace, T. Granvill Person, Franklin Morrison ; overseers of roads. Swan P. Peterson, Gustus Carlson and William F. Fessenden.

Among the early officers of the township were: Chairmen of supervisors-1858, Charles Himmelman ; 1859. William F. Fessen- den; 1860, 1861, 1862, T. G. Pearson; 1863. A. P. Wilson; 1864. Lars Mattson: 1865. A. G. Anderson ; 1866, John Hakanson; 1867, 1868, 1869, A. G. Anderson. Town clerks-1858, S. J. Willard ; 1859, John Norelins ; 1860, S. J. Willard ; 1861, 1862, A. B. Lester : 1863, Charles Himmelman ; 1864, 1865, John Wiekey; 1866. 1867, 1868, T. G. Pearson : 1869, J. W. Peterson.

According to the official list of the adjutant general. the follow- ing men who enlisted in the Civil War gave Vasa as their home : Olof Anderson. John A. Anderson, Nils Abrahamson. Charles M.

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Yates, Frank Carlson, Victor Freeman, George Washington, George W. Knight, George Bohinback, Ben Benson, Charles R. Charleson, Charles M. Beers, Halvor Ekeland, Olaf Fahlin, Peter Johnson, John Johnson, John Larson, John Monson, John P. Ofelt John F. Olson, Paul Paulson, Nils Ringdahl, Charles Roos, Gustav Swenson, Charles J. Sundell, Jonas Swan, John Stice, Charles Gustavson, John Hokason, Ivan Salmonson, Reuben Taylor, Con- rad Windhusen, Eder B. Pelles, Carl Bruhn, John Hershberger, Robert V. Langdon. II. F. Merriman, S. L. Merriman, Harvey Ward, Michael MeGrath, Felix Hills, Joseph McNally, Horation Vaughn, Carl Sehroske, Ephraim Dudley, Benjamin Burgess, Charles Berlin, John Dablow, Joseph Griffin, Patrick Hefferman, Lafayette Leavitt, Matt Mattson. Thomas MeDonald, Ole Oleson, Charles Oleson, Olin Wiltse, Olin K. Ryalan, George Blake, Peter Dressell, Henry G. Henderson, Henry Luhring and Frederick Ressert.

Vasa village has a population of about 300. It is the only postoffice in the county that is not situated on a railroad, its shipping points being Red Wing, Welch and Cannon Falls. Swe- dish Lutheran and Methodist churches supply the religious de- mands of the people, and a creamery, feed mill and two stores add to its industrial importance. Here is also .located the' Orphan's Ilome.

WACOOTA TOWNSHIP.

Wacoota township preserves the name of the chief whom the white men found in charge of the Indian band at Red Wing in the late forties and early fifties. His name. Wah-coo-tay, variously translated as Wauconta. Daconta and Waccota, means the "Shooter," or "Leaf Shooter, " literally the "Shooter of the Leaves of the Indigenous Pines.".

The township of Wacoota consists of a few sections lying along the Mississippi river at the head of Lake Pepin. It has many hills and bluffs, but in the valleys are many fine farms. The first white settler. George W. Bullard, arrived about 1850. bringing Abner W. Post, who built for him the first house erected in the township. Bullard had a license from the United States government to trade with the Indians. This gave him some rights upon the Indian lands, which at that time were not opened to the whites; but although he did enjoy some Indian trade, the larger part of his customers were lumbermen from across the river. In May, 1852, even before the signing of the treaty, the influx of immigration started. In 1853 Bullard and Post ereeted a sawmill, the first west of the Mississippi river, it is believed. A village was platted, and for a time it looked as

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though Wacoota, commanding, as it does, the head of the lake, was to become a great and important city. Up to 1854 travelers were entertained at the home of Mr. Bullard. The increasing travel and the number of lumbermen who arrived caused a demand for a hotel, and during that year one was erected by J. B. Smith. This hotel was afterward removed to Mt. Pleasant, in Wabasha county, and did service as a residence for the Rev. Mr. Williams. In 1855 Daniel Saunders built another hotel, which in 1864 was removed to the township of Featherstone, where it was converted into a dwelling house for the Rev. Ezra Tueker. These two hotels in 1857 were found to be insufficient for the demand. The village became a headquarters for lumber- men, and at this point were rafted the logs from the pineries further north. So prosperous were the people at this point that they contested with Red Wing for the location of the county seat, and but for the cleverness of the Red Wing voters, might have got it. Bullard, wishing to get his full share of the money which was pouring into Wacoota, erected a third hotel in the village in 1857. This building was 40x60 feet and furnished in good style. After the tide had turned and the flood of business had gone to other places, Bullard sold this hotel to Messrs. Tibbetts & Hackett, of Lake City, who removed it to that place in the winter on the ice. With the advent of the Civil War more than one-half of the legal voters enlisted. After the war was over the glory of Wacoota had departed ; and today it remains not the proud and populous county seat that had been fondly dreamed, but a quiet rural community, whose prosperous farmers do their trading in that eity which Wacoota at one time hoped to rival.

Wacoota village is now a station on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. About three-quarters of a mile from the railroad station, after passing through a small grove, one arrives at Vivian Park, at the head of Lake Pepin. Here the waters of the great river expand into a wide and deep basin, which has all the attributes of a great lake, whose waters are still except when stirred by the wind. There, on the high ground over- looking the lake, have been built a number of cottages, where many families go to spend the hot summer months amid the refreshing scenery and bracing breezes.

The first birth in Wacoota was in the family of G. W. Bullard, in 1852. The same child died in 1854, this being the first death in the township. The first marriage was that of Joseph F. Thompson and Melissa Pingrey, in 1855, James B. Smith, a justice of the peace, performing the ceremony. In the fall and winter of 1854 J. F. Pingrey taught a school in a hall over a store. Rev. J. W. Hancock and Matthew Sorin held services as

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early as 1853. The township was organized at the time of the general act in 1858.

Mrs. Julia B. Nelson, at a meeting of the old settlers of the Lake Pepin valley some years ago, related some of her early experiences, from which the following extract is taken: "Had I ever been scalped by a savage Sioux, or scared to death by harmless Chippewas; had I ever lived in a seven-by-nine log house on three grains of corn a day : had I ever practiced driving four-in-hand with an ox team: had I ever raised vegetables on territorial ground, or raised the chickens that crowed when Minnesota was admitted to the Union. it would not be inappro- priate to call upon me in an old settlers' meeting, and I should be both proud and happy to respond. As the case stands, if I speak and confine myself wholly to the facts. I fear you will not be greatly entertained and will conclude that as an old settler I am a fraud and a failure. On a darkish night in June of 1857 the steamer Henry Clay landed at the town of Wacoota. and from that boat stepped my father, Edward Bullard, who had been down the river and brought back with him some horses, some cattle, and two awkward school girls, one of whom was myself. Although it was late at night, I saw a good many lights in the darkness and thought I had really come to a town. Passing to my new home I heard men swearing inside one of the three hotels in the place and thought I had come to a new country.

"I couldn't make a claim and develop the resources of the country. but I did what I could by attending the spelling schools and lyceums, which were in full blast. About two years after I began to 'teach the young idea how. to shoot,' and have fol- lowed that business much of the time since. (Note-Mrs. Nelson has now retired and lives in Red Wing. where she is still prom- inent in religions, temperance, equal rights and philanthropic work .- Ed.) Speaking of Sabbath keeping in the early days, 'when there was no sound of the church-going bell,' an aunt of mine who came to the state before I did. who had no neigh- bors, and whose husband had gone on a journey of several days, kept the Sabbath. as she supposed. and the next day put out her washing. IIer husband, returning, notified her to her horror that she had been washing on Sunday. Great changes have been wrought before our eyes, great improvements have been made in our time, but what pleases me most of all, more than the thought of railroad facilities and wonderful immigration. more than telegraphic communication and spacious and beautiful pub- lie buildings, is the prosperity of those who came here to make homes, bringing with them only health and hope and honest hearts and willing hands. To see those who worked hard behind

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cxen riding with their own horses and carriages; to see those who lived in huts now occupying comfortable homes, enjoying themselves and educating their children, that is the best of all."

The sixteen men who enlisted in the Civil War from Wacoota were : Morris Eldred, John Eldred. James Farenside, William Gordon, Lot C. Hilton, John Jordan, Nathaniel Jordan, Henry M. Reade, Henry S. Reed, Josiah Richardson, Ludwig Thiergart, Henry E. Van Dyke. John R. Winchell, Charles Axel, William Toms and R. D. Rich.

WANAMINGO TOWNSHIP.

Wanamingto comprises township 110, range 17, and has remained unchanged in area since the township organization act of 1858. It is bounded on the north by Leon, on the east by Minneola, on the west by Holden and on the south by Cherry Grove. Wanamingo is crossed east and west by the north branch of the Zumbro in the southern part, but the valley is broad and has gentle slopes. In the northwestern part there is a branch of the Cannon. The surface is largely prairie, gently rolling, with very fertile soil, well watered by many springs and running streams. Where these are not at hand. water is found by digging a few feet below the surface. The natural groves of timber in various sections add variety to the landscape. No other township in the county. it is said affords superior advan- tages to the farmer.

The story of the early settlement of Wanamingo has been told as follows: "The first settlers came here in 1854. and were natives of Norway. Early in that year Henry Nelson (Talla) came to Dodgeville, Wis., from California, where he had been staying a few years and where he had accumulated a snug little sum of money. About the same time his older brother. Toge Nelson (Talla), then a widower, came back to the same place from Australia. where he also had earned some money. The two brothers then agreed to go to the Northwest together and search for a home. Purchasing a team, they started, and after being on the way as far as Root river, they heard that the terri- tory of Minnesota contained good farming land, with wood and water. They then purchased a number of cattle and such imple- ments as they would need for beginning farming operations. They were now joined by Thosten Anderson, another of their countrymen, who was also in the same pursuit. As both the Nelsons were determined to start in farming for all there was in it. they each hired a man to help them. Henry hired William Williamson (Runningen) and Toge hired Nils Gulbrandson. Both these hired men were carpenters by trade. Mr. Gulbrand-

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son left his family in Wisconsin, expecting to return for them in the fall, providing he liked the new country. The prairie schooners were ready and the little company started for the unknown land May 21, the party consisting of those already men- tioned and Henry Nelson and family, Thosten Anderson and family, and two sisters of the Nelsons, Mrs. Jens Ottun, whose husband had not yet arrived from the old country, and Mrs. Nels K. Fenne, whose husband was then in California. After rambling over the new territory of Minnesota for three weeks they came, June 12, to the place now called Wanamingo. They had for many days seen no white persons but themselves. At about. 11 o'clock on the day named above they crossed the north fork of the Zumbro. Toge Nelson stopped his team and, looking around, saw there was a fine park with beautiful land adjacent. He exclaimed : 'Here will I live and die.' His words were fulfilled. for he died in 1889, having lived in that place thirty-five years. The whole company found it to be desir- able country for settlement. and so began their improvements. Knowing nothing as to how much land one man could hold as a claim. they marked off large portions, for they expected others of their countrymen to join them in making the town a Norse settlement. They began by making dugouts and sod shanties for living and sleeping apartments. They broke up the prairie for field culture and planted some corn. sowed buckwheat and rutabagas. They also planted a few potatoes that season.

"Four weeks after this party had made their stand, two young men. Hans Ovaldson and Andrias Hesjelden, came to the place, having followed their tracks. These young men belonged to a larger party of immigrants, whom they had left some thirty- five or forty miles behind. They were so much pleased with the location that they started back immediately for their com- rades. They found them and induced nearly all the party to come to Wanamingo. This last party consisted of Andres Baarn- hus, John Stroemme, Gunder Hestemyr, Ole O. Oakland, Haldor Johnson, and their families. About the first of August another train of Norwegian immigrants came on from Wisconsin, but finding the township of Wanamingo already claimed, they went further west into Holden and Kenyon, some even beyond the county line west, to make claims.

"In the latter part of July this town was visited by two men from Red Wing. this being the first intimation the new settlers had of the existence of such a place. These men informed them that Red Wing was on the Mississippi river. about thirty miles distant, in a northeasterly direction. This information was a great benefit, as they knew of no market town nearer than Decorah, Iowa. In August Nils Gulbrandson went to Wisconsin

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for his family, and it was agreed that he should there meet Jens Ottun, who had arrived from Norway, and accompany him to Red Wing on the steamboat. Three weeks later Toge and Henry Nelson set out from Red Wing to meet them. After wandering about for two days they found the place. In the meantime the party had arrived, but both men had taken the cholera while on the steamboat. Mr. Gulbrandson died in one hour after landing. Mr. Ottun survived. They were left on the shore by the boat hands. Mrs. Gulbrandson took charge of her dying husband and grown-up daughter. The latter also took the disease, and died shortly after the father. William Freeborn, seeing Mr. Ottun lying on the levee with none seemingly to care for him, offered five dollars to the man who would take him to some house and care for him over night. A few days after this the Nelsons arrived in Red Wing and found Ottun so far reeov- ered as to be walking about, and he, in company with Mrs. Gulbrandson and her son, returned with the Nelsons to the new settlement. The next year, Toge Nelson (Talla) and Mrs. Gul- brandson were married. In October, 1854, the Nelsons went again to Red Wing, for winter supplies. Nils J. Ottun, son of Jens Ottun, related years afterward to a historian that his father was sent by the party for flour and some other neces- sities. Having only ten dollars, his wife sent a gold nugget worth ten dollars more. They bought two barrels of flour. Jens Ottun worked for Toge Nelson that winter, splitting rails, leaving his son Nils and the mother to keep house alone. The mother used to measure off the slice of bread for each to be eaten at every meal, the same size, and this, with a little butter and something they called coffee for drink, constituted their everyday diet through the winter. In the latter part of March the people who had settled in the northern part of the town came to them for flour. They were entirely out, and the snow was so deep they could not get to Red Wing. Only one barrel was then left in the settlement. That was one of the two that Jens Ottun had bought, and it was equally divided among all and was made to last until the road to Red Wing became passable. The first death among the settlers was that of the youngest child of Thorsten Anderson, named Berith. Mrs. Jens Ottun was requested to seleet a suit- able place for a burial ground, and a farm for a preacher. This she did at the time of the burial of this ehild, in July, 1854. The first white child born in this town was Knute N. Fenne, in September of the same year. The first marriage was a double wedding in June, 1855. Toge Nelson (Talla) and Mrs. Gul- brandson, already mentioned, and Jolm J. Marifjern and Soe- neva Johnson were united in marriage at the same time, by Rev.

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Nils Brant. of Oconomowoc, Wis. The first public religious service was held the same month by the same clergyman. The land selected for the preacher was for many years occupied by the Rev. B. J. Muus, who came in 1859 and for about forty-five years remained the pastor of several churches in that locality.

"A few American families came to this town in 1855 and made claims in the southern portion. on the Zumbro river. One of the settlers. James Brown, platted and laid into lots forty acres of land for village purposes and called the place Wana- mingo. the name of a heroine of a novel popular in those days. A store was built by J. T. Wright in this village.

"The first settlers had some difficulty the first year in adjust- ing the boundaries of their several claims. Not knowing how many acres one person could hold and pre-empt. their farms were unusually large. Everyone wanted timber, prairie land and running water. This was in the latter part of 1855. before they found that each could hold but 160 acres, in adjoining 40-acre lots. In some cases their first buildings would be a mile away from their breaking, as the late comers were obliged to claim a patch here and a patch there to satisfy all needs. So there were troubles to meet and overcome when they went to the land office to purchase their lands from the United States gov- ernment after it came into the market. Many had hard strug- gles to encounter in that settlement during the first two years. They had not the means to pay their passage over the sea and were obliged to devote their earnings to that outlay. But for the fact that a few had money and could furnish work for others who had none, there would have been much suffering. The people from Norway seemed to be well fitted for pioneers in a new country. As farmers they have proved themselves to be more successful than any other nationality. perhaps, who have come into the county. With no other means than a willing- ness to work at any labor to be done, with stout arms and faith in God and their fellow men. many of them are now reckoned among the wealthiest of our citizens in every branch of business now carried on. The farms and farm buildings in the town of Wanamingo at the present day show a degree of thrift and industry equal to the best in this county. The first wheat crop was raised here in the year 1856. There being no flouring mills near. it was all kept and used for seed. This town has the honor of being the first to build up and sustain the Norwegian Lutheran church, which has become the most numerous of the Christian churches in the county."

James Brown is said to have taught the first school in the township. The first store was probably opened on section 4. by

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Hans M. Sande and Kunt Sanden, in the spring of 1857. They stocked it with goods and carried it on for about a year, when Mr. Sanden was married and his attention turned in other direc- tions. Mr. Sande also concluded that he could make more money farming. so the mercantile business was abandoned. Both of these gentlemen soon became well-to-do farmers of the town- ship. Another early storekeeper was Paulus Miller.

The Aspelund Society was organized in 1875. for the mutual benefit of the farmers. A store was erected on section 16 and the society incorporated in 1876. The first officers were: Presi- dent. O. J. Wing: secretary, N. J. Ottun: treasurer, E. E. Sevareid : directors. Henry Nelson (Talla), Hans M. Sande and Ole Lewis. N. J. Ottun was appointed the first manager.

To the Civil War Wanamingo township contributed the fol- lowing soldiers: Elling Albertson, Jermia Anderson. Arne An- derson, Samuel Arnold. D. W. Brown, Henry H. Brown, Asa Il. Dayton, Anfin Dalaker. Ole Evenson, John Ericson. Hans Holsted. George W. Heart. Harris Harrison, Ole Johnson, Olans Johnson. Hans Johnson, Abraham L. Jackson. Gunder Killoe, Samuel Knutson, Ole Larson, Lewis Lewison, Martin Martinson, John Nilson, Charles Nelson, Ole Oleson. Thomas Peterson, John Peterson, F. F. Sandberg. Lawrence Thoreson, Henry .J. Burrell, Phillip Buck, John M. Clark, Halver Enderson, Franklin Fuller, Anthony Farrell, Otis E. Fowble, Marshall Gore, Achiel D. HIollista. John S. Hall. Francis G. Hall. Elias Hoyt, William Hahn, Julins Johnson. John J. Koenan, George Newville, John B. Robinson, Eleazer Robbins. Anson Smith, Ahnon P. Smith, James B. Stouthers. Lorenz Thoreson, Gunder Thompson, Theo- dore Moonen, James A. Miller, Peter MeDonough, Jonathan B. Serrell. Halver Stamerson, Charles J. Dobering, Francis J. Burke. John Betcher. William II. Blaker . Samuel B. Brown, Laurens E. Brown, Spaulding Whittemore, Lucian E. Perkins, Sela Denny, Phillip Bnek. Samuel Johnson. Charles Martin, John Gutteridge, Joshua Oliver, Melvin O. Dutton, John Clementson, Daniel Mc- Alonan, William H. Applegat, R. G. Applegat, Peter B. Town- send. John Johnson. Tenkel Nelson, Charles Flack, John Peter- son. William G. Renearson, Lodolf Swanson, Patrick Connersy, Peter Hoppe. Andrew Roberts, Francis Coule, Archibald Gallo- way. George H. Gaylord, W. B. Harlan, Jacob J. Hussell, John Mallory, John Ockerson, George C. Ridley, Ole Severson, John Williams, Nels Iverson. Fikel Jensen. Frank W. Carlson, George Chambers, Samuel B. Roberts, Dominick Toole.

At the organization of the township, May 11. 1858. the officers elected were: Supervisors. O. Hansen (chairman), N. K. Fenne. J. G. Brown; town clerk, J. T. Wright; justice of the peace. W. R. Brown : constable, Warren Illson : assessor. N. K. Fenne. Fol-

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lowing is the list of the early supervisors, the first named under each date being the chairman: 1859, George W. Duffy, Saave Knudson, Halvor Olson; 1860, T. J. Smith, Halvor Olson, Thor Einertson ; 1861, T. J. Smith, Saave Knudson, Colben Nelson ; 1862, Hans H. Holtan, J. T. Leet, William Williamson ; 1863. Hans HI. Holtan, Coelhoern Nelson, I. C. Swift; 1864, A. P. Jackson, Knut Sanden, Hans M. Sande: 1865. A. P. Jackson, Hans M. Sande, Knut Sanden; 1866, A. P. Jackson, Hans M. Sande, Knut Sanden ; 1867. A. P. Jackson, Hans M. Sande, Knut Sanden; 1868, A. P. Jackson, O. J. Wing, N. K. Fenne; 1869, Hans H. Holtan, O. J. Wing. Chris Sanden; 1870, 1871, 1872, the same; 1873, O. J. Wing, G. C. Gunderson, Charles Anderson ; 1874, G. C. Gunderson. Charles Anderson, John Swenson; 1875, 1876, the same; 1877, G. C. Gunderson, John Swenson, A. T. Rygh. Assessors-1859, N. K. Fenne; 1860. Saave Knudson; 1861 to 1863, Neri Helgeson : 1864. Charles Paulson ; 1865. E. E. Sevareid; 1866 to 1868, John Paulson; 1869, Elef Olson; 1870, and 1871, Hans M. Sande; 1872 and 1873, Ole O. Follingstad : 1874 to 1877, Hans M. Sande; 1878, Ole O. Huset. Justices of the peace-1859, W. R. Brown, George W. Duffy; 1860, T. J. Smith; 1862, W. R. Brown ; 1863, Charles Paulson; 1864, J. P. Leet; 1865, Charles Paulson; 1866, L. P. Leet; 1867. C. Paulson, W. R. Brown ; 1868, A. P. Jackson, N. J. Ottun; 1869, W. R. Brown; 1870, A. P. Jackson; 1871, W. R. Brown; 1872, N. J. Ottun; 1873, Christ Hveem: 1874, N. J. Ottun, T. T. Corehran ; 1875, Hans M. Sande ; 1876, N. J. Ottun; 1877, Hans M. Sande; 1878, Ole O. Huset. Clerks-1859. O. Hansen: 1860, and 1861, W. R. Brown; 1862, A. P. Jackson ; 1863, Benjamin Clark; 1864 and 1865, J. P. Leet ; 1866 to 1868, N. J. Ottun. Collector-1858, Knut Sanden, served two terms. Treasurers-1860, William Williamson; 1862, W. R. Roulet; 1864. G. C. Gunderson; 1866, Charles Paulson ; 1868, J. Paulson; 1869, Thorsten Anderson; 1870, E. E. Sevareid. Con- stables-1859. Ole Olson; 1860, Ole Olson, S. Glaz; 1862, Lewis Throp; 1863, William Miller, William Johnson; 1864, William R. Roulet; 1865, William Miller; 1866, William Johnson; 1867, William Johnson, William Miller; 1868, Charles Anderson ; 1869, Thron Juliekson, William Johnson; 1870, William Johnson ; 1871, Thron Julickson ; 1873, Erik Nelson ; 1875 and 1876, John Seven- son ; 1877, T. I. Laven. Overseers of the poor-1858, Torger O. Rygh; 1859, John Wing; 1863, Kling Johnson; 1864 and 1865, Coelboern Nelson ; 1866, K. J. Naeset ; 1867, Hans II. Holtan ; 1868. Hans M. Sande; 1869, Torger O. Rygh; 1871, Lars Olson ; 1872 and 1873, Swent Johnson ; 1875, Hans M. Sande.

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History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 24

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper Number of Pages: 1264

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264