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ORGANIZATION.
The town was attached for civil purposes to the town of Verona by the special commissioners in 1858, and so remained until de- tached by the county commissioners, September 3d, 1861.
The first election for town officers was called for September 16th, 1861, at the house of Jonathan McDowell. The organization has continued through all the subsequent years.
The town officers for 1878-9 were: Supervisors, A. Lent, chairman, and Jas. McColley and J. H. Wagner; town clerk, M. Perrizo; treasurer, S. M. Young; assessor, W. Viebahn; constable, D. W. Nichols.
HISTORICAL INCIDENTS.
The first school house erected in this town was built in 1863, and was known as the McDowell school house.
There are now six school houses in the town in which schools are regularly kept.
Bounties were given to encourage enlistments during the late war, and all promptly paid.
No bonuses to aid in the construction of railroads have ever been voted. Several propositions to grant aid were voted down.
The town has the benefit of a railroad market, at Delavan, near the northeast corner, and of another at Winnebago City, near the northwest corner, and at Blue Earth City, which is convenient to the southern portion of the town. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Omaha railroad passes through the southwestern part of the town. No part of the town is over five miles from a railroad market.
There was a Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry organized in this town, when that great institution was flourishing in this county.
RELIGIOUS.
As in all other parts of this county, religious services were held in this town at a very early day of its settlement, and various relig- ious denominations have long since been organized. There has, for many years, been a church building on the southeast quarter of section fifteen, erected by the Methodist Protestant society.
FRANK W. TEMPLE.
Mr. Temple, for many years a resident and large farmer of Prescott town- ship, was born in Williamstown, Mass., February 19th, 1840. His father was a farmer and Frank W. has also made that his principal life occupation. There were six sons and three daughters in his father's family. Mr. Temple's school-
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Ing was receive during his boyhood's years, in the very good common schools of his native village.
He came west to St. Paul, in April, 1857, and on the eighth day of May, took up his residence In Chaska, Carver county, where he established a brick yard. While at that place he moulded, with his own hands, all the brick in the court house of that county, built at that time. He remained in Carver county about two years, and then removed to Winona county, where he engaged quite extensively in farming.
Je was married in 1863, to Miss Cornelia Perry, of Olmstead county, Minn. They had two children who are now living, Charles E. and Mary B., now Mrs. J. W. Kamrar, of Blue Earth City, Mrs. Temple died in 1874.
In 1864, Mr. Temple sold out in Winona county, and in June, 1865, he came to this county and purchased considerable land, and since being here, he has been one of the largest farmers and sheep raisers in the county. He has, also, at times, engaged in the purchase and sale of stock.
Mr. Temple has always been a republican in political sentiment. Ile was elected a member of the board of county commissioners, in 1874, and held that office almost continuously, until January, 1895, being most of the time chairman of the board. It was largely through the prudent management of Mr. Temple, that the county has secured one of the finest court houses in the State without burdensome taxation, or contracting heavy indebtedness. When the structure was completed, it was practically, wholly paid for.
In January, 1880, he was appointed by Gov. W. R. Merriam, a member of the board of state prison managers, for three years, and was afterwards ap- pointed for the full term of five years. The position is one of much importance and responsibility.
Up to the close of 1879, this town had furnished to the public service, in the office of county commissioner, Wm. M. Scott. F. W. Temple; register of deeds, Frank Lent; coroner, D. H. McDowell; county suryeyor. D. Birdsall.
STATISTICAL.
The population in 1860 was 14 persons; in 1865, 384: in 1870, 552: in 1875, 543: in 1880, 603. There has for some years been quite a settlement of French pen- ple in this town, but the majority of the inhabitants are American born.
By the assessors returns for 1879, there were in the town, of horses, 300: cows, 361: other cattle, 303; sheep, 1,305: hogs, 378: wagons and carriages, $3; sewing machines, 26. The assessed value of real estate for the same year was $182,356; personal estate, $26,487; total, $208,843. The total tax assessed on this property for 1879 was $2.729.79.
There was returned, as produced in 1879 of wheat, 44,000 bushels: of oats 51,000 bushels; of corn, 58,000 bushels: of barley, 4,500 bushels: of potatoes, 4,200 bushels; of sorghum syrup, 1,000 gallons; of flax seed, 1,800 bushels; of wool, 6,000 pounds: butter, 30.000 pounds. There were also 2,600 apple trees, of which $00 were bearing. Number of acres cultivated, 7,000.
Voici quelque faits historique qul interesserons-notre peuple Français et leurs descendants.
Cela est bien raisonnable qu'il ait beaucoup de residents de nationalité fran- çaise dans ce pays.
Il y a cent ans, ou plus, que cette portion du Minnesota, faisant parti de l'em- père de Louis quatorze, alors connu par le titre de "Grand Monarque de France," et Il y a moins de cent ans, depuis que le grand Napoleon, Empereur des Fran- çais, etait le souverain regnant sur cette région, et qui avec beaucoup de sa-
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gesse et de prevoyance, cócla ce territoire aux Etats Unis, afin disait il, qu'il puisse au future s'établir dans cette hemisphere occidentale une puissance qui deviendrai l'égale et la rivale de la grande Bretagne, parmi les nations du monde.
Les premiers explorateurs, les premiers commerçants, (traders) les premiers missionnairs de la croix au Minnesota étaient français. La première place de traffic (trading post) dans la vallée de la rivière Blue Earth fut établi par le français Le Sueur. Le premier missionnaire qui mit le pied sur le sol de ce comté, de qui l'on a connaissance était le Père Ravoux de Saint Paul, un fran- gais, qui pendant un voyage a une mission lointaine traversa ce comté, bien avant que l'homme blanc n'y eut établi son habitation, et en dernier, celui de qui a comte porte le nom de Jean Baptiste Faribault était un français, un homme desquel le nom et le souvenir peuvent être honoré par toute le monde.
Ce pays, pouvait avec raison avoir été nommée la Nouvelle France, et le jour viendra quand le comtè sera en richesse, en beauté et par l'intelligence et la prosperité de ses habitants, le rival de n'importe quelle parti champêtre de la belle France avec ses collines de vignes.
The following list contains the names of many persons who have resided in this town prior to the close of the year 1879, not already hereinbefore named: L. W. Brown, J. Bassett, Wmn. Bassett, Ch. Bassett, P. Bassett, J. H. Black, Jas. Beard, O. J. Beard, A. Blunt, T. V. Braithwait, O. Boiseelare, A. Butter- field, W. R. Cheney, W. O. Chestnut, J. Coulter, E. Clark, B. F. Clark, F. Cox, J. Davis, E. DeRusha, W. DeRusha, Elijah DeRusha. J. Dieter, H. Domes, P. Dolan, M. Dolan, O. Dolan, S. Edwards, C. Eberline, W. Eberline, E. Eberline, G. Freer, David Freer, R. Fierkey, A. Greisy, J. Galloway, C. Goyette, J. Goy- ette, G. Gibbs, P. Hebert, R. Hacklander, A. Hacklander, T. Hynes, C. Ilager, E. Harding, H. Harding, H. O. Ives, J. B. Jones, E. Katzung, M. Kasulki, M. J. Kennedy, H. R. Keeler, J. Klawitter, C. Kube, Jacob Lent, Sam'l Lent. A. Lent, A. C. Lent, F. Lent, A. J. Lane, S. F. Lent, J. Leanny, D. H. McDowell, J. McDowell, C. Maxson, Wm. Mattin, H. Mattin, W. A. Miller, P. McCue, Jas. McColley, F. Mosher, R. Murray, H. Murray. C. Morehouse, L. Nichols, D. W. Nichols, L. Nurenberg, S. Noteman, O. S. Orr, A. Potter, W. D. Patten. M. Prescher, M. Perrizo, L. Patten, B. Perrizo, J. Perrizo, G. Perrizo, C. Plochin- sky, W. Roberts, F. L. Spencer, J. M. Spencer, W. Spencer, F. Schultz, R. Schram, C. Sonnesac, N. B. Swartout, A. Swartout, R. E. Scott, A. Sweet, A. B. Sweet, C. Stroble, S. Shutteeworth, O. Tibedo. T. Tibedo, I. Tibedo, J. Terry, F. Trowbridge, W. Viebahn, J. H. Wagner, Henry R. Walker, L. C. Walker, A. Warren, G. F. Weiler, W. Wesley, O. B. Wheeler, P. Whitacker, A. Willett, Albert Willett, George Wirt, J. C. Woodruff, W. A. Woodruff, P. M. Young, E. C. Young, G. Young, D. N. Young, S. M. Young, S. Zutty.
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CHAPTER VIII.
BARBER TOWNSHIP.
Barber is congressional township one hundred and three (103) north, of range twenty-six (26) west. It is bounded on the north by Lura, on the cast by Walnut Lake, on the south by Emerald and on the west by Prescott. The average elevation of this town, above the level of the sea, is about eleven hundred feet. The depth of the drift, to bed rock, is, in the northeast portion, about one hundred feet, and in other parts of the town, probably one hundred and fifty feet. It is a prairie town. Much of the land is quite rolling. A morainic belt, or tract of hilly, or more or less rolling drift, of about three miles in width, extends from the east line through the town, in a northwesterly direction. There are no running streams in this town, except some small brooks. A part of lake Ozatonka-a fine lake, about two miles long, by one and one half miles wide-is situ- ated in the town, on the south line, near the southeast corner. There is, also, a group of three small lakes near the center of the town, the largest of which is named Swan Lake, but which was at one time called Green lake. Another is named, on the old maps, "Kenty," but has now, probably, some other name. The third ap- pears not to be named. The native timber is about these lakes, and a part of it has been known, for many years, as "Wesner's Grove," an old land mark on the prairie. This immediate locality is the headquarters of the town. There was, at one time, a store and post-office here, and near by is the Roman Catholic Church of St. Mary, and parsonage and cemetery. There are, also, several dwelling houses. Mr. Wiesner kept here, for a number of years, a wayside inn, where the weary traveler might stop and "rest and re- fresh" himself and team. The building of the village of Easton, on the line of the railroad, only a few miles distant, interfered witlı the business and prospects of this locality. This town, like the others of this county, affords fine grain and pasturage lands. The people of Barber have also been quite industrious in setting out ar- tificial groves of forest trees, which now thickly dot over the town. The southeast corner of section thirty-three of this town is the geo- graphical center of the county.
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THE NAME.
The town was named Barber by the special commissioners in 1858, in honor of Mr. Chauncey Barber, who was supposed at the time to be a resident of the town, but who, in fact resided in Minnesota Lake township. The reader is referred to the history of the latter town, for a more full account of Mr. Barber.
THE SETTLEMENT.
Andrew Woesner and John Blocher were the first actual set- tlers of Barber township. Mr. Woesner was born in Germany. He came to the United States in 1854, and located in Indiana. In June, 1855, he removed to Illinois, and from thence to Winona county, Minnesota, and finally settled, about the thirteenth day of June, 1857, in this town, He is a blacksmith by trade, but has for many years been engaged in farming and stock raising. The land he settled upon was a part of the north half of section twenty-two (22).
Mr. Blocher was also born in Germany. He came to the United States in 1853, and located in Ohio. From thence he removed, in 1856, to Winona county in this State, where he fell in with Mr. Woesner, and came with him to this town. He is also a blacksmith by trade. He also took a claim on section twenty-two.
The following list contains the names of all the residents of the town, in June, 1860, as they appear on the national census rolls of that year, and the table following shows something of their posses- sions at the time:
Aschman-John. Aschman-Henry, Mrs. Christina, John. Lutz-Frank. Stevermere - Barnard, Mrs. Henrietta, William, Mary, Henry, John, John. Terhurner-Henry, Mrs. Minnie, William.
At the time of the taking of the above census, A. Woesner and family and John Blocher were residing in Blue Earth City. Mr. Woesner subsequently returned to the town, but Mr. Blocher did not.
Acres of improved lands in 1860, 40; value of farms, 1,200; value of farming implements and machinery, $170; number of milch cows, 5; number of working oxen, 4; number of other cattle, 7; number of swine, 5: value of live stock, 305.
It is not much to say that there are many individuals in the town to-day who, alone, have two or three times the aggregate value of all the above property, and a few much more.
ORGANIZATION.
Barber was attached to Walnut Lake township for civil pur- poses, by the special commissioners, in 1858, and was set off by the county commissioners May 27th, 1864. The first town election was held at the house of John Koonze, June 10th, 1864, and the town organized as a separate town. The town officers for the year 1878-9 were Josephus Vial, chairman of supervisors; T. Trowbridge and J. Linder, side supervisors; town clerk, A. Scheid; treasurer, H.
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Hassing; assessor, C. Horn; justice of the peace, Patrick Kelly; constable, H. Stevermere.
HISTORICAL INCIDENTS.
The first school house in this town was built in the spring of 1863, on section fourteen. It was a small log building. There are now (1879) six substantial school houses in the town.
A Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry was organized, in this town, July 9th, 1873, of which G. H. Brown was master, and T. C. Pond, secretary. It did good work, but long since ceased to exist.
Ever since the building of the S. M. R. R. in 1870, the farmers of this town have had the benefit of two convenient railroad mar. kets, one at Easton, near the the northeast corner, and one at Del- avan, near the northwest corner. No part of the town is over eight miles from one or the other of these markets.
Up to the close of 1879 this town had furnished to the public service, a representative in the lower House of the State legislature- Mr. Pond.
RELIGIOUS.
In the fall of 1863, St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, above re- ferred to, was erected on section fourteen. Subsequently a parson- age was built near the place. There is a large and flourishing congregation of catholics here, and regular religious services are held. For some years a priest resided here, having charge of this and neighboring congregations, and this was the central locality, or seat of anthority, for a number of years of the church in this section of country. The building of churches and establishment of priests, in the surrounding villages, have lessened the importance of this lo- cality as a church center. Other religious societies have. also, had organizations in the town, for many years.
The following schedule embraces the names of many persons, not already named, who were residents of the town prior to the close of the year 1879: J. Abraham, L. Anderson, J. Buegler, P. Bursaw, C. Brake, Jas. Boylan. P. Cor- coran, G. Claude, L Claude, J. Domes, C. Eiselt, C. Frank, A. Feist, R. Feist, S. A. Goodrich, P. Gaffy, N. W. Galpin, M. Garlow, G. Garlow, A. Gleason, F. Horn, Il. Hartman, S. G. Hendricks, J. Hassing, B. Hassing, A. Hill, G. J. Hassing, Jos. Ilassing, F. Hadlick, G. Hassing, Henry Hassing, C. Horn, P. Kelly, M. Koegan, J. Koonze, Wm. Kinsley, HI. Keiser, A. Kruger, J. Klucas, J. Lang, 11. Lane, T. Lavelle, M. Lutz, C. Lutz, Caesar Lutz, F. Lutz, J. A. Lutz, Jacob Linder, E. Marsh, A. Meyer, L. Mesahl, C. 1. Malado, G. Nagel, J. J. Pauley, W. Pipke. T. G. Pond, J. Rothans, Il. Rouenhorst, F. Roske, W. Rosko. M. Ronan, W. D. Roske, J. Rakow, J. C. Reynolds. W. Steinberg, S. M. Stover, 11. Stevermere, H. Schroeder, R. Spencer, J. Scheid. A, Scheid, P. Sipple, Henry Schroeder, C. Thayer, T. Trowbridge, L. Tressler, A. Troska, E. Tressler, W. Terry, Josephus Vial, A. Werner. G. M. Wheeler, J. Wahl, A. Woesner, M. Whalen, C. Whalen, C. Weber. T. G. Young, F. N. Young.
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SOME STATISTICS.
The population of this town was, in 1860, enumerated with the people of Walnut Lake township, to which it was then attached, in 1865, there were 244 inhabitants; in 1870, 561; in 1875, 633, and in 1880, 647.
A large majority of the inhabitants are German and Irish.
It is learned from the assessor's returns for 1879, that there were owned in the town 351 horses, 405 cows, 422 other cattle, 4 mules, 695 sheep, 502 hogs, 29 sewing machines.
The assessed value of real property for that year was. $164,439
The assessed value of personal property for that year was. 33,687
Total $198,126 Total tax assessed on samne, $2,979.03.
Products, etc., for the same year were estimated as follows: Wheat, 52,000 bushels; oats, 42,000 bushels; corn, 32,000 bushels; barley, 900 bushels; potatoes, 3,000 bushels; gallons of syrup, 2,400; flax seed, 1,300 bushels; wool, 2,800 pounds; butter, 8,000 pounds; honey, 132 pounds; apple trees growing, 3,000; total acre- age of plowed land, 6,500.
Barber township is centrally located in the county, and has con- venient railroad markets and trading points, and is one of the most beautiful and fertile tracts of country to be found anywhere in the State.
CHAPTER IX.
WALNUT LAKE TOWNSHIP.
This is congressional township, one hundred and three (103) north, of range twenty five, (25) west. It is bounded by the follow- ing towns: north by Minnesota Lake, cast by Clark, south by Brush creck and west by Barber.
PHYSICAL ASPECTS.
This traet of land is described as high, rolling prairie, and is well adapted for all farming purposes. The average elevation of the town, above the level of the sea, is eleven hundred and twenty- five feet, but some of it is 1,150 feet and certain ridges north of Wal- nut Lake, 1,200 feet.
A morainic belt-a tract of hilly or rolling drift, about three miles wide, extends across the town from the southeast corner in a northwest direction. The drift ranges in depth from one hundred to one hundred and seventy.Ilve feet, probably above the bed rock.
There are no running streams worthy of note here. But a part of Walnut Lake is situated in this town, near the southeast corner. This is a very beautiful lake, and is about one and a half, by one and three-fourths of a mile in extent. Good well water is easily obtained.
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What native timber there is in the township, is found on the banks of this lake, and several small nameless ponds or lakelets.
This locality has for many years been quite a summer resort for fishing and boating parties, and for picnics and Fourth of July celebra- tions. In the early days it was also a favorite resort of the Indians, during the summer, especially the Winnebagoes, whose "teepes" were then often seen upon the banks of the lake. Here, as in other towns the settlers set out numerous groves, which have long since become small forests, and which give the town the appearance of a wooded country.
THE NAME.
The town derives its name from Walnut Lake, and was given to it by the special commissioners in 1858. The lake was so named because of the numerous walnut trees growing upon its shores. There are a dozen post-offices and villages in the United States named "Walnut," as many by the name of "Walnut Grove," and as many by the name of "Walnut Hill," but only one by the name of "Walnut Lake." The Indian name of Walnut Lake was Te-zu.ka.
FIRST SETTLEMENT.
Daniel James Ackerman took up a claim on section thirty-five. on the 7th day of June, 1856, and "proved up" on the same August 7th, 1856, and was undoubtedly the first actual settler of this town. He came into the country with Mr. Abraham Ackerman, his brother, who settled at the same time at Rice Lake, in Foster town- ship. There was a man, however, named White, who, it was said, located somewhere on the lake in 1855. But he left the country soon after, and never returned. Some further remarks in refer- ence to Mr. White will be found in the history of the year 1855.
Dr. R. R. Foster was one of the earliest settlers of this town. He located here in the summer of 1856, but Ackerman had then, he says, taken his claim. A fuller notice of Dr. Foster will be found in the history of Foster township.
The following named persons were residents of the town at a very early day, and "proved up" on lands therein prior to 1860, but their names do not appear on the census rolls of that year: Robert Steward, Herbert Robinson, Barton Robinson, John H Brown, John Colman. The following is a list of the inhabitants of the town in June, 1860, according to the national census, taken that year.
Burney-James. Cusic-Francis, Mrs. Mary, Jane, Thomas, Rosa. Duffy- Barnard, James, Catharine, Mary. Foster-Horatio, Mrs. Sarah, Aurelia, Ida. (Dr. Foster and wife were residents of Blue Earth City at the time of the cen- sus, and hence their names do not appear here.) Grinnolds-Jobn, Mrs. Laura, George, Frank. Hanlin-Michael, Mrs. Mary, Catharine, Julia, Sarah. Merry - Lorenzo, Mrs. Julia, Edwin, John, Julia, LaFitte, William. Wilcox-Absalom, Mrs. Margaret.
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This table exhibits the wealth of the town at the time of the census of 1860.
Acres of improved lands, 90; value of farms, $2,800; value of farming imple- ments and machinery, $230; number of horses, 5; milch cows, 7; working oxen, 2; other cattle, 4; swine, 7; value of live stock, $775.
ORGANIZATION.
The towns of Lura and Barber were attached to Walnut Lake township, for civil purposes, by the special commissioners, in 1858, and the first town meeting was called for October 20th, 1858, for the election of town officers, but no meeting was held. In fact, much difficulty was experienced in getting organized. We find, by certain records, that on May 30th, 1859, there were no town officers, and the county board appointed L. Merry, chairman; M. Hanlin and H. Harrington, supervisors; John Chase, town clerk; O. C. Healy, as- sessor; H. Welch and John Brown, justices, and O. C. Healy, col- lector. Some of these persons resided in Lura. They all failed to qualify, and on the sixteenth of June, 1860, there were still no offi- cers, and the county board appointed John Aschman, chairman; H. Foster, supervisor; L. Merry, treasurer; B. Duffy, assessor. But it seems that these last appointments failed also, and on June 24th, 1861, the county board appointed A. Wilcox, chairman; A. Woesner and M. Hanlin, supervisors; R. Foster, town clerk; H. Turherner, assessor; A. Wilcox, justice of the peace, and R. Foster, constable. Some of the above appointees were residents of Barber. The town of Lura had then been set off, which event occurred March 5th, 1860, and Cobb township now Clark, was on the same day attached to Walnut Lake township by the county commissioners. By the same authority, Barber was detached from Walnut Lake, May 27th, 1864, and Clark was detached September 7th, 1869, and became a separate town.
The roster of town officers, for the closing year of this sketch, was composed of the following named gentlemen: Supervisors, Wm. Zimmerman, chairman, C. E. Ford and G. C. Sheldon; town clerk. W. R. Haskins; assessor; C. S. Bates; treasurer, C. B. Wes- ton; justices of the peace, M. M. Sheldon and H. Copley; constable C. Zimmerman.
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
At a very early day certain persons proceeded to survey and lay off a town site on the lake shore, and a plat of the village site was made and sent to the register of deeds of the county for record, as required by law, but the plat not being duly executed and certi- fied. was returned to the proprietors for correction, and has never been heard from since. The project was evidently abandoned. This village was named "Marengo."
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On October 22d, 1863, occurred the Crapau homicide, an account of which will be found In the history of that year. Along about the years 1864 to 1868, quite a hamlet grew up on section 27, which became the headquarters of the town and a center of business. There were here, at the time, several hotels, a post-offlee, school house, several stores, blacksmith shop and several dwellings. The hotels were patronized, mainly, by persons traveling the country in quest of lands. The trade came from the surrounding country, and reached even to the Cobb river and to Clayton, in Seely, and into the towns of Barber and Em- erald. No grounds were, indeed, laid off into lots, and the locality was not formally named, but it was known from the name of the post-office, as Walnut Lake. But the place has long since ceased to be a trading point, and the men of that period. interested in the business of the locality, as Louis Sherman, Dr. Fellows, L. Merry, W. Robinson, Geo. Newcomb, 11. P. Edwards and Lewisand Cottrefl, and others, are no longer residents of the town, and the few remain- ing structures are occupied as dwellings.
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