History of Rice County, including explorers and pioneers of Minnesota and outline history of the state of Minnesota, Part 108

Author: Neill, Edward D. (Edward Duffield), 1823-1893. 1n; Bryant, Charles S., 1808-1885. cn
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Minneapolis : Minnesota Historical Co.
Number of Pages: 626


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Churches ... 360


INDEX.


Disastrous fire.


Early settlers.


Financial report. 291


603


INDEX.


Town meeting Officers.


457


Biographical 514 517


Union Lake Post office. 538


Webater Post-office .... 538


WHEATLAND. Page 545-553.


Biographical 550 553


Descriptive .545


Early eventa. 548 549


Mercantile 5.49


Pioneers 545 547


Political


.548


Post-office .548


Religious .548


Schoola ...


547 548


Village of Vessley.


549 550


ERIN. Page 554-564.


Biographical. 560 564


Description of. 554


Early settlers. 555 557


Education 559 560


Events of interest. 557 558


Fowleraville post-office 559


Political


.559


NORTHFIELD TOWNSHIP. Page 564-574.


Biographical. 571 575


Churches .. 571


Early items 568


Educational. .570


First settlers.


565 568


General description 564 565


Industries. 571


Political


569


SHIELDSVILLE. Page 575-582.


Biographical. 581 582


Description of. 575


Early notes .. 577 578


Early settlers 575 576


schools .579


Shieldsville village. .580 581


Town government


579


MORRISTOWN. Page 583-595.


Biographical 591 595


Descriptive .. 583 584


Early settlement 584 585


Educational 586 587


Industries. .587 589


Morristown village 589 591


Political


.585 586


Township organization


537


Town name.


537


Religions


.586


Bully Wella.


507


County poor farm. 510


Milla. 457


Post-office. 458


Religiona .. 458


Syrup manufacture 457


457


Town Hall


457


RICHLAND. Page 464-470.


Biographical. 468 470


Churches. 466 467


Early settlera. 464 466


Early events. 460


General description 464


Political


466


Schools.


467 468


WALCOTT. Page 470-577.


Biographical. 475 477


Early events 471 473


First settlers. 470 471


Location and description 470


Manufacturing


473 474


Post-office 473


Schools ..


174 475


Town organization


474


FOREST. Page 478-490.


Antoine Mosher


481


Biographical .485 490


Descriptive. 478


Early settlers .478 481


Educational. 482 481


Lester post-office 482


484 485


Millersburg village Mills


484


Post-office


481


Political


48L


Religious


182


WELLS. Page 491-504.


Biographical 498 504


Births .. 491


Business.


537 538


Biographical.


540 544


Descriptive .. 534 535


537


Marriages 495


496


Political


495


Schools.


496 497


Societies 497 498


WARSAW.


Saw-mill.


538


Page 505 517


Agricultural.statistics 1881


509


Educational .. 510 512


Early settlement. 506 507


First marriage 507


Hershey burial ground 510


Jewett, Dr. Chas.


508


Lake City ..


513


514


Manufacturing.


509


Murder.


508


Post-office.


513


Religious.


512


518


Town name.


507


Town Government


508


Warsaw village.


CANNON CITY.


Page 518-534.


Biographical 531 534


Church


525


Cemetery


525


Descriptive.


518


Drowned


526


Early settlement


519 522


Early items.


522


524


First saw-mill


525


Political 524


Schools


524 525


Village of Cannon City .526


528


Churches


528


Hotels.


527


East Prairieville 531


528


Cemetery


531


Hotel


530


Mills


530


Religious 531


Store and Post-office


530


WERSTER.


Page 534-544.


Early settlement. 492 494


First blacksmith shop. 495


General description 491 492


Early births.


537


Marriages 537


539 Educational. 540


First settlers.


535 536


Hazelwood Post-office 538


Religious 538 539


ERRATA.


On page 341, the second sentence under the head of "The school for Imbeciles and Idiots," should read "One of the first to call attention to the matter, uns the Superintendent of the Deaf and Dumb," &c.


On page 341, the first sentence of the second paragraph under the same head, instead of "Under the same authority and management as the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind," should read "under


the same board of directors as the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.


On page 345, the top line in first column "and the school for idiots and imbeciles" and in the second line, the name "Dr. George H. Knight" should be erased, so that the reading would be "and Prof. J. J. Dow was appointed superinten- dent of his respective department."


Cemetery Association. 510


Descriptive. 506


505


508


Peter Dalcour


512


Stores


157


Mills. 495


Deaths


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FOR ALL POINTS IN


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MINNEAPOLIS:


ST. PAUL:


UNION DEPOT, City Office No. 8 Washingtone Ave. UNION DEPOT,


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C. H. HUDSON. General Manager. Gen'l Ticket and Pass Agt.


SAM. F. BOYD,


J. A. McCONNELL, Trav. Agent. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN


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A soil which in richness and variety is unequaled.


TO THE BUSINESS MAN


An agricultural community who have been blessed with a succession of bountiful harvests.


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A. MANVEL, General Manager. General Passenger Agent. Ass't General Passenger Agent.


W. S. ALEXANDER, H. C. DAVIS,


ST. PAUL, MINN.


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