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On Ascension day, 1851, the corner stone of the first Episcopal church in Stillwater, now used as a blacksmith shop, near Dr. Carli's, was laid by Rev. Father Green, with appropriate cere- monies, he also delivered the address; Revs. Wil- coxson, Breck and Merrick were also present. The church was erected and consecrated in the summer of 1853. Bishop Kemper officiating. The first rector of this parish was Rev. Joseph A. Russell, who began his duties in May, 1855, with nineteen communicants.
Bishop Whipple, who was the first bishop o the diocese of Minnesota, made his first visit to Stillwater in 1860, and during this year Mr. Rus- sell was succeeded by Rev. Chas. D. Clinton, who remained but six months. There seems to have been no regular pastor from this time until the spring of 1863, when Rev. IIorace Hills, Jr., took charge, preaching his first sermon on the first Sunday in May of that year, continuing in the rectorship till June 9th, 1872, when he was suc- ceeded by Rev. Wm. Johnston, and the following year, 1878, the corner stone of a new church was laid by Bishop Welles, of Wisconsin. In April, 1875, Rev. Johnston was succeeded by Rev. Theophilus J. Brooks. Mr. Brooks came from the Iowa diocese, and his first work was the com-
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pletion of the unfinished church, accomplished in four weeks, and on August 26th, 1875, the new Ascension church was consecrated, Bishop Whip- ple conducting the ceremonies, in the presence of a large congregation, and thirteen visiting clergy- men.
In the spring of 1878, Rev. Mr. Brooks resigned the rectorship of the parish. The Rev. D. D. Chapin took temporary charge in June; in Octo- ber he accepted the rectorship.
At the present time about one hundred families are connected with the parish and the number of communicants is about seventy-five. The parish is entirely free from debt.
The First Presbyterian Church grew out of earnest missionary work of Rev. W. T. Boutwell, in 1847 and 1848. In 1848, Rev. J. C. Whitney had charge of the mission, and December 8th, 1849, the church was organized by Revs. J. C. Whitney, W. T. Boutwell and E. D. Neill, with eight members: William Holcombe and wife, Cornelius Lyman and wife, Ebenezer K. Colton and wife, Mrs. Storrs Lyman and Mrs. Eliza B. Whitney. William Holcombe, Cornelius Lyman and Ebenezer K. Colton were first elders. A church was built in 1851, and a second, which is still used, in 1857, which is quite large and com- modious.
The Second Presbyterian Church was organized November 26th, 1856; Rev. J. C. Caldwell, pastor; William Holcombe, elder; James McPhail, M. H. Abbott and William Holcombe, trustees. The first church was commenced in 1857, but when nearly completed, was totally destroyed by fire. Within one week a sufficient sum was subscribed to enable the trustees to replace the building de- stroyed. Ground had previously been purchased of Churchill and Nelson, on which a small build- ing was erected, which was afterwards remodeled and made suitable for a parsonage. In April, 1869, Rev. Caldwell resigned, and Rev. J. Coch- ran was elected, succeeded in 1873 by Rev. A. J. McGowan until 1876. After an interim of one year, Rev. P. C. Emerson took the charge. He resigned after one year. Since then no service has been beld in the church, and nearly all its members have united with the First Presbyterian.
In 1877, Rev. A. Kiehle became pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, at which time its membership was one hundred and fifty. Under
his successful ministration this church has in- creased in strength until now it numbers two hundred and fifty members, and sustains a Sun- day school with two hundred and fifty scholars, of which W. S. Goodhue is superintendent. The church is located on the corner of Third and Myrtle streets, which is now outgrown, and will doubtless soon give place to one more commo- dious.
The Methodist Episcopal church dates its be- ginning from a society formed by Rev. James Harrington in 1850. Services were discontinued in consequence of the death of Rev. Harrington and the records were lost.
The church was regularly organized November 10th, 1853, with six members, by Rev. Thomas M. Fullerton. Of the original members Mrs. J. T. Anderson alone survives. The first quarterly meeting was held November 12th and 13th, 1856, by Rev. David Brooks. The first church was begun in 1854 at a cost of about $1,300, and was dedicated November 19th, 1856. It was 24x33 feet, located on Myrtle street between Second and Third. William Cover, John Allibone, Benja- min F. Hoyt, Nathaniel McLean and James T. Fullerton, trustees.
This church was enlarged and repaired in 1862. The present one was built in 1870 on lot seven- teen, block nineteen, fronting on Third street. It is a frame building 36x60, costing $3,000, neatly furnished, calcimined and carpeted. Rev. Henry J. Shaffer was at that time pastor, and the membership was forty-three.
A parsonage was built in 1874 at a cost of $1,200. Present membership, one hundred and thirty-nine. Prof. E. P. Frost, J. S. Anderson, W. W. Young, Isaac Staples, L., W. Eldred, Jacob Bean, George B. Davidson, Thomas Moir and H. H. Chase, trustees. Rev. David Tice, pastor.
Swedish Methodist Episcopal church. The organization was effected July 27th, 1880, mainly through the efforts of Rev. C. S. Carlander. The society consisted of eleven members when first organized. Services were held in the Methodist Episcopal church of this city, and afterwards at the Young Men's Christian Association hall, but the society has now secured the use of the Pres- byterian church in which to hold services. The present pastor is Rev. O. F. Linstrom, and the
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members have increased to thirty. The trustees are John Larsen, C. H. Carlson and Axel Ander- son.
Catholic. Church of St. Michael was organ- ized in 1852, with a very small congregation, and a building erected during the same year, Father Fisher in charge, who was succeeded by Rev. Thomas Murray. In 1870, Rev. Maurice Murphy was assigned to the church and still continues. The congregation is evidently the largest in the city.
The church of St. Mary, German, was organ- ized in 1865, with eighteen families, under the jurisdiction of Rev. Aloysius Plut. The old Presbyterian church between Myrtle and Mul- berry streets was purchased, and a house for the priest built on an adjacent lot. The cost of the church, repairing, and priest's house, was about $4,800. The present number of families belonging to the parish is about sixty, under the charge of Rev. Willebrod Mahowald, O. S. B.
The Universalist society dates its organization June 1st, 1861, when a constitution was adopted and signed by about twenty-five members, Oliver Parsons, president; M. S. Willard, secretary and treasurer; John S. Proctor, Z. H. Foss, Charles O. Farrar, trustees.
June 6th, 1868, the society was incorporated; M. S. Willard, James S. Davis and Edward Ca- pron, trustees; A. A. Capron, secretary and treasurer. Meetings were then held in a room known as Armory hall.
July 26th, 1870, it was determined to build, and a building committee appointed, who pro- ceeded so rapidly with their work, that the walls of the church were up and a vestry finished for service December 18th, 1870, at an expense of $7,751.50, and the society requested the com- mittee of fellowship and discipline to confer ordination on their pastor, Rev. George Adams. The church proper was completed and dedicated December 2d, 1880, at an additional expense of about $6,000. A bell was added worth $500, provided by the will of the late General Hersey. The church edifice, built of stone is in durability, convenience, comfort, beauty of finish, acoustic properties and other appointments, much the most desirable in the county.
The first Universalist preaching in Stillwater was in 1852, by Rev. E. A. Hodsdon of St. An-
thony. Revs. Barnes, Adams, Bisbee, Bowen, King, Porter, Haskell, Marvin, Harrington, have .also either supplied or been pastors of the church. The present pastor Rev. W. H. Harrington holds the appointment of chaplain of the state prison, The present officers are: Hon. John S. Proctor, president; Orris E. Lee, secretary; F. E. Joy, treasurer; A. S. Gillespie, George Low and R. H. Pendergast, trustees.
The German Lutheran church was built and dedicated in 1871. The organization had been made during the same year, and embraced twenty- five families. In 1873, Jacob Siegrist took charge, at which time fifty families were embraced in the parish. In 1881, this number bas increased to one hundred and twenty, and the entire con- gregation numbers over six hundred, and is, ex- cepting the one at St. Paul, the largest in the synod. The church is located on Third street, betweet Oak and Olive. The school-room is in the basement.
The Swedish Lutheran was legally organized in 1871, with twenty-eight communicants, and the same year a church edifice was built on the corner of Olive and Fourth streets, 30x50 feet. Rev. J. Ausland in charge, united to his charge at St. Paul. This joint arrangement continued until 1877, when Rev. A. F. Tornell took charge; number of communicants at that time was, one hundred and seven. In 1881, the membership is 217, and the entire parish number three hundred and fifty. Charles Thelande, N. P. Nelson, P. Liljegren, Gust. Holcomb, A. Magnuson and N. P. Krantz, deacons; John Hallen, Gust. Holcomb and Charles Holcomb, trustees.
Cemetery. Before any location had been chosen for a burial place, two grown persons and two children were buried not far north of the old Tamarack house. By common consent of the early settlers, the lot of ground on the bluff, near the corner of Third and Myrtle streets, was used as a burial ground. Oscar F. Strickland was the first person buried in this place, about the 1st of October, 1844. After about twenty interments, the citizens concluded the location was not favor- able for the health of the village. After some consideration on the part of the officers of the village a burying ground was located in what is now known as block three of the original survey of the city, and the bodies interred in the first
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burying ground were removed to it. A Mr. Brown who died at the Northrup house, was the first person buried in this cemetery. These grounds were used for burial purposes till 1867, when the present cemetery grounds were pur- chased by an association known as the "Fair View Cemetery Association." This association was organized November 9th, 1867, under the revised statutes of Minnesota, by the election of nine trustees, L. R. Cornman, Isaac Staples, George M. Seymour, David Bronson, William M. May, Abraham Van Vorhes, Samuel M. Regis- ter, William Holcombe and W. E. Thorne. The following officers were elected: Abraham Van Vorhes, president; L. R. Cornman, secretary, and W. E. Thorne, treasurer. The grounds were pur- chased of W. B. Palmer, and are located in sec- tion thirty-three, township thirty, range twenty, west, on the corner of Fourth and Orleans streets. the grounds were surveyed and platted by A. Van Vorhes, county surveyor, completed August 1st, 1868, and accepted by the trustees on the 25th day of August, 1868. At a regular meeting of the city council, December 3d, 1872, an order was issued to remove the bodies from the old ceme- tery on or before the 15th day of May, 1873. A Mr. B. Barker was secured to do the necessary work. The city purchased a portion of block five of Secrest and Perro's addition to South Still- water, in April, 1873, for a Potter's field, to which the remains of the poor and strangers were removed, by the authority of the city council, from the old cemetery grounds. These grounds are neatly kept, affording a pleasant spot for the people of Stillwater and adjacent country to bury their dead.
CHAPTER LXXII.
GENERAL RESUME OF THE CITY-PRESENT BUSINESS HOUSES - DESCRIPTIVE - POPULA- TION.
We have seen that Stillwater began in reality with J. R. Brown's town of Dahkotah, which con- sisted in 1841, of the old Tamarack house only,
and that partly completed, but, for all that, Dah- kotah was the county seat of St. Croix county, Wisconsin.
By act of legislature, January, 1846, Stillwater became the county seat. September, 1849, it be- came the county seat of Washington county, on the organization of the territory of Minnesota.
In 1844, Stillwater consisted of a few cabins and shanties rudely constructed. For many years the business of the town exceeded the buildings to do it in. Everything indicated a temporary camp for lumber business. Before many years it became evident that an active town was to spring up here. In 1853, a demand for building lots arose, which developed in 1855 into a regular boom, lasting two years, and quite a village was the result. In 1855, the population did not ex- ceed one thousand, accommodated, it is said, by about ninety houses. In 1857, the dwellings numbered three hundred and forty eight, and forty-five buildings were occupied by stores, hotels, etc. The population was estimated at about 2,500.
In 1855, business was conducted in seventeen stores and shops; in 1857, the number was in- creased to thirty-eight. In 1855, two churches existed, but no sidewalks; in 1857, we find six churches and sidewalks along the principal streets. At the latter year, five large mills were running day and night, cutting an aggregate of 200,000 feet of lumber every twenty-four hours. During this year a large flouring mill was hegun and several stores were erected.
The effect of the large crop of grain and the increased logging business, stimulated trade in all directions and increased the number of set- tlers, which, during the following year exceeded the entire amount of ten years preceeding. A check then took place, which continued for some time after the war closed. In 1868, another boom occurred, building followed, unparalleled by anything in the history of the city. Mill im- provements during the year amounted to $236,- 000. A large and imposing court-house added a new feature to the city, and a number of business houses were added, as well as scores of private residences.
During 1870, eighty-eight buildings were erected at a cost of about $256,975; in 1871, one hundred and fifteen, costing about $531,200. The
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manufacturing interests for these years increased in a corresponding proportion.
The total number of manufacturing establish- ments was thirty-four, employing a capital of $199,500, producing $410,000 in manufactured staple goods, furnishing employment to several hundred men.
For the year 1874, from a carefully compiled re- cord of the improvements made, we insert the fol- lowing: on Main street, fourteen buildings were erected, costing $76,000; on Second street, seven buildings, costing $11,000; on Third street, six- teen buildings, costing $19,000; on Fourth street, nine buildings, costing $23,800; on Fifth street, two buildings, costing $8,500, and in the additions, sixty-nine buildings, costing $133,000. The total number of buildings erected during this year, was one hundred and forty, costing $330,000.
Since the year 1874, no year has exhibited a proportionate increase in the number of buildings, but those erected have been of a more substantial and better class. Some of the blocks added dur- ing the last few years, clearly show that the build- ers entertained a more exalted idea of the present and future of Stillwater. Witness the opera house elsewhere described.
The present business of Stillwater is represented by the following departments, firms and individ- uals. Besides the principal business, under which an individual or firm is classed, other minor branches are often connected, so that the follow- ing exhibit may be said to represent fairly the entire business interests of this busy little city.
Attorneys-J. N. and I. W. Castle, L. E. Thompson, McCluer and Marsh, F. V. Comfort, C. P. Gregory, Thomas Lechy, Orris F. Lee, Edwin G. Butts, Rudolph Lehmicke and H. R. Murdock. The last two connect insurance with law business.
Physicians-W. H. Caine, Christopher Carli, H. S. Hersey, W. H. Pratt, J. C. Rhodes, O. A. Watier, A. L. Zuercher, P. II. Millard. Veter- inary surgeon, D. S. Hall.
Dentists-A. R. Knapp, M. P. Goodwin, Frank L. Roberts and B. G. Merry.
Music teachers-J. L. Jones, Anna A. Lane, Faith A. Sabin, W. P. Schilling and S. II. Hayner, the latter leader of orchestra. and piano- tuner. Insurance agents-Frank L. Joy, Theo-
dore Franks, David Cover, A. T. Lindholm and the attorneys previously mentioned.
Banks-First National, Lumbermen's National and Stillwater Savings bank.
Newspapers and publishers-Stillwater Ga- zette; Stillwater Lumberman, the company are also book-binders and wood-engravers; St. Croix Post, the company also are insurance agents and conduct a store with stationery and toys; Still- water Messenger.
Manufacturers-Lumber: McKusick, Anderson and Company, St. Joe; J. S. Anderson and Com- pany; Bronson and Folsom; Durant, Wheeler and Company; Gillespie and Harper; the two last named operate tow-boats; Ellison and Company, South Stillwater; Hersey, Bean and Brown; St. Croix Lumber Company; Schulenburg and Boeck- eler; C N. Nelson Lumber Company; the four last named carry on stores with general merchandise and clothing; Isaac Staples, who also operates tow-boats, stores with general merchandise, hard- ware, harness, boots and shoes, a foundry and a meat-market. Flouring-mills; Stillwater mills; Staples' mill and Townshend Roller Mill.
Foundries-George Swain and others, men- tioned elsewhere.
Boilers-Daniel A. Stombs.
Boat builders-Durant, Wheeler and Com- pany, who also run tow-boats, and have a ship- yard at South Stillwater; and Miiller Brothers.
Carriages and wagons-Daw and Connors; L. Keene, W. Muller, D. J. Sullivan; the two last are painters, and the last trimmer.
Carriage trimmer-Andrew Ohlsen.
Breweries-Herman Tepass; and Joseph Wolf.
Dye works-J. M. Burbridge and son.
Bricks-Fred Steinacker.
Cooper-W. G. Carley, with carriages.
General merchandise-Joseph Schupp, Bronson and Folsom, J. Lowell; the two first carry crock- ery and glassware; the mill companies elsewhere noticed.
Dry goods Louis Albenberg, Ludwig Kahn, W. E. Thorne; all carry carpets; the first hair goods, and the last curtains and draperies,
Ladies furnishing goods-Shuttinger and Com- pany.
Clothing-John F. Burke, Conhaim and Com- pany, A. Rohrback, also the mill companies.
Groceries-Dahm and Son, Thomas Haggerty,
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Alex. McMillan, St. Joe, Wheeler Brothers, J. N. Darms; the two last named carry glassware; Mrs. M. Hebenstreit, James McCoy, Kilty Brothers, in connection with a meat market.
Boots and shoes-August Bnth, Ferguson Brothers, F. W. Kern, A. Hankinson, W. Han- itsch, J. O'Shaughnessy, with sewing machines, N. F. Schwarz, P. J. Stenstrom, who keeps tobacco and cigars; W. Linhoff, Peter Gilbert; the two last named are makers. The mill stores and general merchandise stores also carry boots and shoes.
Hardware-E. L. Hospes and Company, with sportsman's goods; J. Karst, with guns, rifles, etc; L. E. Torinus, W. M. Capron, stoves, tin- ware, house furnishing goods and roofing; Saw- yer, Wallace and Company, stoves and tinware.
Agricultural implements-H. L. Foster, with wagons and carriages; Seymour, Sabin and Com- pany, with a foundry.
Book sellers-George N. Culver, with fancy goods; A. Eldridge, with news depot; A. C. Lull, Duel and Schermuly, in connection with their publishing and other business.
Drugs-King and Seymour, Henning and Mil- lard, Scott and Opsahl, Albert Wilkinson, H. M. Crandall, wholesale and retail.
Pianos and organs-H. W. Hitchcock.
Sewing machines-George Blake, with cellu- loid goods; others, with other business.
Commission merchants-Samuel C. Norton, with fire and building brick, cement, hair, lime, etc .; Kilty Brothers & Company.
Wines and liquors, wholesale-Phillip Potts, Joseph Wolf.
Ice-E. Rhiner, Owen Mower.
Meat-markets-Fee and Sons, Charles Le Comp, Hanson and Company, Isaac Staples, with his other extensive business.
Livery-A. J. Orff, C. A. Bromley, P. W. Mc- Kusick, H. C. Farmer, Web McKusick, Rahr and Hanson.
Real estate-R. M. Coles, V. C. Seward, My- ron Shepard, also surveyor.
Confectionery and fruit-Frank Bronson, Char- les L. Clegg, Henry Desowtelle, T. J. Dunn, Thomas Francis, Daniel Fry, John Kenny, Jr., Charles Lindbloom, John Olson; N. Patwell, Peter Patwell, Julia Starker, Robert Welch.
Florist-Marcel Gagnon.
News stand-D. D. L. Burlingham.
Railroads and express companies-Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway, G. M. Brush, agent; St. Paul and Duluth railroad, S. W. Kelley, agent; United States Express com- pany, Frank E. Netzer agent; North-western Telegraph company, C. E. White, manager; Tel- ephone Exchange, Miss A. McCausley, manager.
Contractors-George Lown, Stephen and Spin- dle, John Green, William Willim, William M. May, Thomas Rooney, John Rooney, Jake Fisher, George M. Seymour, A. E. Jordan, Michael Mc- Hale.
Machinist-D. M. Swain.
Stencil cutter-A A. Capron.
Marble works-P. N. Peterson.
Gas and steam fitters-Joseph Kelso, John Quinlan.
Painters-W. Muller, D. J. Sullivan, James Keefe, Wright and Webster, J. Van Buskirk, H. W. Smith, Stanley and Mosier.
Carpet weaver-Adam Schoenberger.
Blacksmiths-James Casey, James P. Fitzger- ald, William Muller, Staples and Kearney, D. J. Sullivan.
Harnesses-George Borrowman, Louis Roth- man, B. F. Rice, Simmons and Company, Isaac Staples, in connection with his other business.
Tailors-W. R. Daimond, Hospes and Cutter, Louis Gross, Thon Brothers, Samuel Lamphear. Upholsterers-J. S. Fassett, and the furniture dealers.
Watches-C. Henningson, John Calesar; W. J. Stein, Joseph Taenhanser.
Bakers-Heitman and Becker, with confection- ery and groceries; Charles Neuendorf, with feed store and groceries.
Dress and cloak makers-Mary Phillips, Miss G. C. Morgan, M. Malcomb, Josephine Lamay, Anna Christanson, D. B. Glass, Mrs. E. Risley, Mrs. J. H. Shannon, hair dealer and worker; M. J. Scanlerm.
Milliners-Fanny H. Field, D. B. Glass, F. E. Jordan, Johanna Siebold, Mrs. E. P. Smith.
Photographers-F. E. Loomis, James Sinclair, Mr. Kuehn.
Steam rendering and soap factory-Mckenzie Brothers, South Stillwater.
Barbers-Hadley and Jackson, B. McSweeney,
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L. E. Nolen, Mrs. J. Simpson, George Rogen- tine.
Laundries-Samuel Lung, Mrs. Westerhouse. Billiards-Samuel Bloomer, P. S. Deragisch, Bernhardt Thelan, Emil Krueger.
Boarding houses-Mrs. H. Mead, Mrs. T. Dunn, Daniel Elliott, Charles Boo, Patrick Barrett, Mrs. F. Mercier, J. H. Morgan, Thomas Shattuck, Mrs. L. Tanner.
Hotels-Sawyer house, Farmers Home, Lake- side house, Wexio, Central, Keystone, Still water, Williams.
Restaurants-Octave Willett, P. Willett and Company, Herveux and Shepherd, A. Mellin.
Bands-Schillings, Hayner's, Still water Cornet.
Saloons-Twenty-six in number, of the various grades and classes usually found in cities of the size of Stillwater.
We give below the names and business of a few of the leading merchants of Stillwater.
S. Simonet, dealer in furniture, began his busi- ness in this city in 1867, in partnership with P. H. Muller, in the present location, in a building 40x45 feet. In the spring of 1868 Mr. Muller withdrew and the business has since been con- ducted by Mr. Simonet. IIis sales-room is 20x55 feet, and the workshop 16x55 feet. It is located on lower Main street.
Joseph Dahm's grocery store is located on lower Main street. It is a triangular but com- modious store, built on the face of and partially beneath the bluff. It was erected in 1860, by S. Demler, who soon after died; his widow married the present proprietor. In the rear of the store are two cellars, each 35x45 feet, hewn out of the solid rock, where fruits, syrups, etc., are stored. In the center of one is a living spring of pure water, and through the roof is a ventilator, cut perpendicularly through the solid rock to the sur- face. Since 1870, Mr. Dahm has devoted his en- tire attention to the grocery business.
James Fowler, Jr.'s furniture business was es- tablished in 1854, by S. Willard, and by him con- ducted till November 15th, 1880, when he was succeeded by Mr. Fowler. The building has a frontage of thirty feet, one hundred and twenty feet deep, three stories high, and has a large base- ment room. Mr. Fowler is rapidly placing him- self among the foremost business men of the city. He is located on Main street.
Louis Albenberg came to Stillwater in 1871. and, with only a few hundred dollars commenced what has since grown to be one of the most ex- tensive dry goods stores in the city. He opened his present store in 1876, and is now doing an annual business of $60,000. His location is on Main street.
Joseph Schupp became identified with the mer- cantile interests of Stillwater in 1856, when he started a general store in Socrates Nelson's block, opposite where the Grand Opera house stands, in a room 20x40 feet, with a $400 stock of goods. His business rapidly increased until, in 1869, he purchased the grounds and erected his present place of business. It is substantially huilt of stone, twenty-five feet front, with a depth of seventy-four feet and two stories high. He em- ploys three clerks and does an exclusive cash business of $60,000 annually.
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