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Attack on the Upper Agency .. 188
Attack on Fort Abercrombie. 239
Battle of Birch Coolie. 249
New Ulm ..
217
At Lower Agency Ferry 221
Near Glencoe. 228
Of Fort Abercrombie 235
Baker, Mrs., flight of
195
Byrnes, Lieut., with forty-seven men starts from Minneapolis for Meeker and Kandiyohi counties 229
Carver. Jonathan
177
Causes of irritation preceding the massacre. 180 Covill's, Mrs., statement. 209
Chittenden's, Captain, letter to the "New Havan Palladium" 213 Cox, E. St. Julien, arrives to the relief of New Ulm. 217
Camp Release, white prisoners brought into. 250 Dodd, Capt. William B., death of 218 Dead bodies are found and bur- ied in Meeker county 225
Davis Captain, ordered to the relief of Fort Abercrombie ... 235
Expedition to Fort Leavenworth 219 Fugitives on the way to St. Peter 213 Fight at Lake Shetek 215 Fight at the wind-mill at New Ulm 217
Fort Ridgely, siege of 222 Forest City, troops arrive at 225 camp at Wood Lake 249
Freeman, Captain, ordered to the relief of Fort Abercrombie .... 235 Fort Abercrombie relieved 239
Fortifications erected at Paynes- ville, Maine Prairie, St.
525
INDEX.
HISTORY OF HOUSTON COUNTY
PAGE.
Brownsville village.
Brown, Charles, and the Indian 335
Fairy Rock 382
Freeburg Village 383
Rre-historic mound 883
Religious 382
Robbers' Roost 388
Schools 382
Town organization 381
HOKAH.
Page 385-399.
Bee culture .. 391
Brass Band 392
Brewery 391
. 995-399
Business Directory
891
Cemeteries.
894
Cooper shops
991
Descriptive
385
Early settlement.
3.88
Fraternal orders.
392
Grist mill
888
Good times 89 )
Hokah Village 387
Hard times .. 390
Library .. 394
Grampian
390
Pembina Flouring 391
891
Manufacturing $89
Post-office
389
Railroads
389
Religious
392
Steam boats
388
Town organization.
386
Town hall.
388
Village organization. 887
Village officers 387
389
HOUSTON.
Page 399-417.
Amher cane manufactory 407
Business Directory
General remarks. 348 Biographical. 1, 417
410
Manufacturing 362 Crops
400
Descriptive
899
Early settlement
400
Schools 355 Embryotic villages 403
Town organization 353 Indians 400
Village organization. 358 Masonic 410
CROOKED CREEK.
Page 379-385.
Broom Factory 382
Biographical .383-385
Caledonia Junction 383 Railroad station 408
Descriptive 379 Religious 409
400
Early events 381 Schools 410
404
First birth. 381 Village plat 400
First death. 381 Village organization 405
Artesian Well. 337 First wedding 381 War record. 40
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GENERAL HISTORY.
Page 257-325.
Agricultural Societies.
818
Alluvial terraces
270
Amber Sugar Cane.
293
Attempts at robbery in Cale- donia
299, 903
Brick
273
Building stone
271
Cartoons
283
Chronological events 306 274
298
County name selected Bible Society Government 307,
316
Early settlement.
274
Early settlers' names
279
Earthworks
Ferries 285
Floods.
297, 300, 302
Geological
258,
278
Golden wedding.
305
Leap year party Lead
273
Lime.
273
Limestone. Trenton Shakopee St. Lawrence
263
Maps, Atlases, and Plat Books. Mississippi and Missouri Railroad Company.
296
Narrow Gauge railroad
286
Newspapers. 318, 317
316
Population ..
291
Pre-historic.
273
Railroads ..
257 296 318 2272
Sand.
291
Southern Minnesota Railroad 289
262
264
St. Croix
264
Steam boats Boil
261
Timber
281
War Record
819, 325
BLACK HAMMER.
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Page 325-381,
Biographical. 328-390
Descriptive . 325
Early settlement. 326
First birth 327
First death 328
327
Naming the town
327
Pre-historic.
325
Political Organization.
328
Post-office
327
Religious. 827
Schools 328
War notes. 828
BROWNSVILLE.
Page 331-347.
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Brewery 338
Bank 398
Biographical 341-347
Business Firms 398
Early settlement 394
Early incidents . 335
Early stage routes 337
Epidemic. 337
First saw-mill. 334
First grist-mill 334
First building. 935
Fraternal Orders 339
Flogging affair 335
278 Frigid curiosity 336 Biographical
Hacket's Grove. 333
273 Hotels. 388
Leap year party
Mining operations 392
337
838
Post-office.
Political.
332
Punishment of a criminal.
335
Religious 340
339
317 Steamboats.
337
Wild Cat Bluff
331, 332, 336
CALEDONIA.
Page 348-378.
`Academy 357
Banking.
362
Brass Band 365
Biographical
965, 378
Business Firms
363 359
Elevator
362
Early settlement.
349
First death
350
First birth
850
First store. 350
First schoolhouse 853
First marriage 859
Fraternal orders. 961
Flouring mill . 362
Post-office ..
358
Railroad business 862
Mill Wakefield Flouring Redding Flouring . Houston Roller 407
406
408
Saw, and machine shop 407
Post-office . 406
Reminiscence 400
Early settlement. 380 Soil
PAGE.
Flouring mill . 382
Barbecue 335
Bank .. 937
388
Mill. Wild Cat Flouring. City Flouring. Clark's saw
838 338
262
284 Schools.
Mill, Crescent Roller 390
City Flouring.
Schools 394
Churches
Statistics
Sandstone, St. Peter. Jordan
284
Post-offices
Root River Steamboat Company Schools
306
Early marriages
298
Description .. 257
Water-power. .....
Literary Society 365 Cemeteries.
Manufacturing
First mills. 381 Town government.
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INDEX.
JEFFERSON.
Page 417-421.
Biographical.
421
Descriptive ..
417
Early settlement.
418
Early deaths .... 418
First marriage.
419
First market ..
419
First death ..
419
Jefferson Village 419
Religious . 420
Schools 421
Town organization
LA CRESCENT.
Page 422-493.
An incident
424
Additions
428
Bounties .. .
42
Biographical
.430-493
Cameron's canal
423 430
Cemeteries. ..
Early settlement. 422
First store
423
Fraternal orders. 428
Interesting events. 423
La Crescent Village 424
Mill. Toledo Woolen 127
Saw .
Linganore Flouring 427
Burton Saw 427
427
La Crescent Flouring
Post-office
427
Religious 429
Schools 428
Town organization
Town site company. 425
427
MAYVILLE.
Page 434-436.
Biographical .
435, 436
Hotels ..
470
Early settlement. 484
First marriage 435 Lumber yards . 470
First death ..
435
Newspaper.
469
First election
435
Town organization
435
Town officers .. 435 Political organization.
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Page 436-446.
Brick yard.
438
Biographical .. 441-446
Early settlement ... 487
Mill, Money Lake 438
Money Creek Flouring. 438
Money Creek Village.
440
Masonic . 440
Religious
439
Schools
PAGE.
Topography
. 498
Tannery
438
Town organization. ... . . 440
MOUND PRAIRIE.
Page 447-453.
Biographical
451-453
Cemeteries.
..
450
Descriptive
447
Early settlement ..
447
Lorette House.
449
Manufacturing
449
Mercantile ..
449
Religious
Schools
450
Mail route established.
490
SHELDON.
Page 459-459.
Biographical
456-459
Early settlement ......
.. 453
First store ..
454
Political history.
455
Ridge settlement
454
Religious
455
Schools
Village of Sheldon.
..
455
Water-powers
..
455
SPRING GROVE.
Page 460-482.
Brickmaking
470
Cemetery
Crystal Mill
Early beginnings. 468
Grain elevators 470
Literary Society.
469
New House.
471
Primitive mill
462
Post-office
469
Religious
467
Railroad traffic
Riceford
471
Schools
465
Manufacturing 509
Post-offices 510
Religious 510
Schools
510
Town government
510
Topography
507
Biographical
...
.486-488
CHRONOLOGY
....
.514-518
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Early settlement. 483
Indian spring 482
Post-office .. 485
Religious
485
Schools
485
Town organization.
484
Union Valley Mill.
484
Various events. ...
484
WILMINGTON.
Page 488-496.
Biographical .
493-496
Early settlers
489
Political organization. 448 First birth. 489
Post-offices
449
First marriage ..
490
450
First reaper ...
490
Mill 493
Post-office .. 493
Religious
492
Schools
492
Topography
4.68
Town organization . 491
WINNEBAGO.
Page 497-507.
Biographical
504-507
Brickmaking
504
Descriptive 497
Early settlers
497
Eitzen ...
500
First marriage.
498
First death. 498
First store 499
Brewery 470 Items of interest .. 498
Biographical 473-482 Mills .. 469 Post-offices 500
472
Religious
501
State and County officers.
503
Town organization ..
499
YUCATAN.
Page 507-514.
Biographical
.511-514
Daily Mill
510
Early settlement ... 507
First birth. 509
470 First marriage 509
Howe Mill. 509
Topography
480
Village of Spring Grove.
466
Village School.
469
UNION.
Page 482-488.
Early settlement. 481 Schools 501
456
Michael Saw.
429
War record ..
419
MONEY CREEK.
484
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