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PROBATE COURTS.
The list of the probate judges will be found in this work in the chapter entitled "County Officers and Buildings." The pro- bate affairs of this county have been administered with prudence, and while a vast amount of cases have been handled, compara- tively few have been appealed to the higher courts.
APPEALED CASES.
The following cases from Redwood county have been passed upon by the Supreme Court.
State vs. Winona & St. Peter Land Co., 21 Minn. 315. George P. Wilson for the state, Wilson and Taylor for the defendant. Appeal from Hanscombe. Order affirmed.
John A. Willard vs. Board of County Commissioners of Red- wood County, 22 Minn. 61. M. G. Willard for appellant, M. E. Powell and Erwin & Pierce for respondent. Appealed from Hans- come. Reversed.
Ada M. Pickett vs. Rufus S. Pickett, 27 Minn. 299. Frank L. Morrill for appellant. Appealed from Cox. Jupdgment reversed.
Sherman P. Terryll vs. Samuel E. Bailey, 27 Minn. 304. Bald- win, Miller & Morrill for appellant, Alfred Wallin for respondent. Appealed from Cox. Order reversed.
James M. Hillebert vs. Alva J. Porter, 28 Minn. 496. Lewis & Lislie for appellant, Chas. R. Davis & Sumner Ladd for respond- ent. Appealed from Cox. Judgment affirmed.
Board of County Commissioners of Redwood County vs. Amasa Tower and others, 28 Minn. 45. Baldwin, Miller & Morrill for appellants, Alfred Wallin for respondent. Appealed from Cox. Order affirmed.
State ex. rel. Emma Lee vs. I. M. Schaack, 28 Minn. 358. Al- fred Wallin for appellant, Frank L. Morrill for respondent. Ap- pealed from Cox. Judgment reversed.
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Samuel D. Coykendall vs. Asa May and others, 29 Minn. 162. A. B. Jackson for appellants, D. M. Thorp & B. F. Webber for respondent. Appealed from Cox. Remanded. Plaintiffs appeal from order of Oct. 21, 1881, affirmed at same time.
John J. Schoregge and another vs. Bishop Gordon and others, 29 Minn. 367. Seagrave & Smith for defendants, Brown & Wis- well & Wm. Schoregge for plaintiffs. Appealed from Cox. Af- firmed.
Geo. Ross and another vs. Henry Evans, 30 Minn. 206. D. M. Thorp for appellants, M. M. Madigan for respondent. Appealed from Baldwin. Order affirmed.
N. A. Carlson vs. Hiram Small, 32 Minn. 439. M. M. Madigan for defendant, Redding & Laing for plaintiff. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
C. P. Carlson vs. Hiram Small, 32 Minn. 492. M. M. Madigan for defendant, Redding & Laing for plaintiff. Appealed from Vanderburgh. Order affirmed.
Elias Bedal vs. Cyrus B. Spurr, 33 Minn. 207. D. M. Thorp and J. M. Thompson for appellant, John Lind for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Chas. Chester and another vs. P. L. Pierce and wife, 33 Minn. 370. M. M. Madigan for appellants, D. M. Thorp for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
D. M. Thorp vs. Joseph Lorenz, 34 Minn. 350. D. M. Thorp and T. M. Quarton for appellant, M. Madigan for respondent. Judge not given. Appeal dismissed.
C. Aultman & Co. vs. Knud Olson, 34 Minn. 450. P. A. Foster and M. M. Madigan for appellant, Baldwin & Ward & J. M. Thompson for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order af- firmed.
Elias Dillon and others vs. Chas. Porter and others, 36 Minn. 341. Chas. C. Wilson and Geo. W. Somerville for appellants, M. M. Madigan and J. M. Thompson for respondents. Appealed from Berry. Order reversed.
Peter Ortt vs. M. & St. L. Ry. Co., 36 Minn. 396. J. D. Springer for appellant, E. St. Julien Cox for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed and a new trial awarded.
State ex. rel. Geo. Holden vs. Village of Lamberton, 37 Minn. 362. Geo. W. Sommerville for relator, J. M. Thompson for re- spondent. Dickinson, judge. The respondent's motion to quash the writ is granted.
County of Redwood vs. Winona & St. Peter Land Co., 40 Minn. 512. Moses E. Clapp, attorney general, and M. M. Madigan for plaintiff, John M. Gillman and Towney & Randall and John H. Dillon for defendant. Appealed from Webber. Remanded.
J. R. Thompson vs. H. T. Winter, 7042 Minn. 121. John H.
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Bowers for appellant, J. M. Thompson for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed.
County of Redwood vs. Winona & St. Peter Land Co., 42 Minn. 181. Mose E. Clapp, attorney general, for plaintiff, J. M. Gilman and Tawney & Randall for defendant. Appealed from Webber. Judgment affirmed.
State of Minnesota vs. Clifton Holden, 42 Minn. 350. Chas. C. Wilson for appellant, Moses E. Clapp, attorney general, and H. N. Childs and M. M. Madigan for State. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
State vs. Redwood Falls Building & Loan Association, 45 Minn. 154. M. M. Madigan for State, John H. Bowers for de- fendant. Appealed from Webber. The determination of district court is affirmed.
State of Minnesota vs. William Rose, 47 Minn. 47. Erwin & Wellington & F. S. Brown for appellant, Moses E. Clapp at- torney general, H. W. Childs and M. M. Madigan for State. Ap- pealed from Webber. Order and judgment affirmed and case re- manded for further proceedings.
E. G. Comstock vs. Niels C. Frederickson, 51 Minn. 350. Munn, Boyesen & Thygeson and John Gillman for appellant, H. D. Baldwin and M. M. Madigan for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed.
Alfred Shrimpton & Son vs. F. W. Philbrick, 53 Minn. 366. L. G. Davis and J. A. Eckstein for appellant, M. M. Madigan for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
State of Minnesota vs. Michael M. Madigan, 57 Minn. 425. H. J. Peck and Joseph A. Eckstein for appellant, H. W. Childs, attorney general, Geo. B. Edgerton, his assistant, and S. L. Pierce for State. Appealed from Webber. The order appealed from should be affirmed. So ordered.
John Webber vs. Winona & St. Peter Ry. Co., 63 Minn. 66. Brown & Abbott for appellant, Frank Clague for respondent. Ap- pealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
James L. Byram vs. James Aiken, 65 Minn. 87. S. L. Pierce and John Lind, for appellant, John H. Bowers and Sommerville & Olson for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed.
Jenny Cain vs. E. N. Mead, 66 Minn. 195. John H. Bowers and Young & Mercer for appellant, Somerville & Olson for re- spondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Joseph Schweinfurter vs. Herman G. Schmahl, 69 Minn. 418. W. J. McLeod for appellant, Baldwin & Patterson for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Judgment affirmed.
Board of County Commissioners of Redwood County vs. Citi- zens Bank of Redwood Falls and others, 67 Minn. 236. H. W. Childs, attorney general, George B. Edgerton, assistant attorney general, Arthur M. Wickwill and Frank Clague for appellant, B.
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H. Schriber and Somerville & Olson for respondents. Order re- versed and new trial ordered. Appealed from Webber.
Justin F. Jones vs. Northern Trust Co., 67 Minn. 410. John M. Rees for appellant, Carman N. Smith for respondent. Ap- pealed from Webber. Order reversed.
Lizzie H. Francois vs. Robert P. Lewis, 68 Minn. 408. Bishop H. Schriber for appellant, Somerville & Olson for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Mary Scanlon vs. John Grimmer and others, 71 Minn. 351. S. L. Pierce for appellant, J. A. Sawyer for respondents. Ap- pealed from Webber. Judgment reversed and new trial ordered.
William P. Abbott vs. Ole O. Moltested and another, 74 Minn. 293. Baldwin & Patterson and Palmer & Beek for appellant, A. C. Dolliff for respondents. Appealed from Webber. The judg- ment of the trial court is reversed, and it is directed to enter judgment on the findings of fact in favor of plaintiffs for the re- lief demanded in complaint.
E. E. Harriott vs. C. L. Holmes, 77 Minn. 245. D. A. Stuart for appellant, E. E. Harriott, pro se. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed and new trial granted.
McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. vs. John H. Belfany, 78 Minn. 370. Frank Clague and Somerville & Olson for appellant, Seward & Burchard for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
State vs. Lester Rollins, 80 Minn. 216. D. A. Stuart for appel- lant, W. B. Douglas, attorney general, C. W. Somerby, assistant attorney general, Frank Clague, county attorney, for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
F. W. Orth vs. C. A. Pease, 81 Minn. 374. John H. Bowers and W. A. McDowell for appellant, Baldwin & Howard and Al- bert Hauser for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
A. J. Finnegan vs. Camile A. Brown and others, 81 Minn. 508. S. & O. Kipp for appellant, Somerville & Olson for respondents. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Herman G. Schmahl and another vs. Walter A. Thompson and another, 82 Minn. 78. Stuart & Glover and Joseph Chadderdon for appellants, John H. Bowers, Baldwin & Howard and W. M. Milchrist for respondents. Appealed from Webber. Order re- versed.
T. C. Shove vs. E. J. Martine, 85 Minn. 29. Pierce & Harriott for appellant, Bowers & Howard and Somerville & Olsen for re- spondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Jane Parsons vs. Hannah C. Vining, 85 Minn. 37. A. C. Dol- liff for appellant, Bowers and Howard for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Judgment affirmed.
Fred Watschke vs. Joel P. Thompson and others, 85 Minn. 105.
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W. A. McDowell for appellant, Albert Hauser and Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
G. E. Holden vs. Orlando B. Turrell and others, 86 Minn. 214. Bowers & Howard and H. D. Baldwin for appellant, J. A. Sawyer for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Henrietta A. Clark vs. Albert E. Clark, 86 Minn. 249. Bower & Howard for appellant, A. C. Dolliff for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Judgment reversed, new trial granted.
Mary M. Birum vs. Isaac Johnson, 87 Minn. 362. A. E. Clark for appellant, Bowers & Howard for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
Richard Peach vs. Ed. Reed, 87 Minn. 375. Elinor Hoidale and Pierce & Harriott for appellant, George T. Olsen and Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Judgment af- firmed.
Nessie Margaret McKittrick vs. William F. Cahoon, 89 Minn. 383. Bowers & Howard for appellant, M. E. Mathews for respond- ent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed and case remanded.
J. H. Queal & Co. vs. B. F. Bulen and another, 89 Minn. 477. Wilson Borst for appellant, Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order appealed from affirmed.
C. Fred Thompson vs. C. O. Borg, 90 Minn. 209. Pierce & Harriott for appellant, Bowers & Howard for respondent. Ap- pealed from Webber. Judgment reversed and new trial granted.
A. E. Finnegan vs. Camile A. Brown and others, 90 Minn. 397. S. & O. Kipp for appellant, Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Judgment reversed.
Jane A. Phillipps and another vs. Knud E. Mo and others, 91 Minn. 311. Thomas Hessian, C. R. Davis and P. J. MeLaughlin for appellants, Somerville & Olsen for respondents. Appealed from Webber. Affirmed without prejudice to plaintiff's right to apply for a modification of the findings.
State vs. E. Boehm, 92 Minn. 374. W. J. Donahower, attor- ney general, and C. T. Howard, county attorney, for plaintiff. A. C. Dolliff for defendant. Appealed from Webber. Case re- manded for further proceedings in the court below.
Lawrence King vs. Coe Commission Company, 92 Minn. 52. Bowers & Howard and Wilson & Mercer for appellant. George D. Emery for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order af- firmed.
John A. Lucy vs. R. R. Freeman, 93 Minn. 274. Charles R. Fowler, Fred B. Dodge and Korns & Johnson for appellant, Som- erville & Olsen, Clague & Emerson, and Wm. G. Owens for re- spondent. Appealed from Webber. Order reversed, new trial granted.
George A. DuToit vs. Village of Belview, 94 Minn. 128. A. C. Dolliff for appellant, W. C. Odell for respondent. Appealed from
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Webber. We discover no reason for disagreeing with the trial court, and the judgment appealed from is affirmed.
Jane A. Phillipps and another vs. Knud E. Mo and others, 96 Minn. 42. Fred B. Phillips and Ernest S. Cary for appellants, Somerville & Olsen for respondents. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
State ex rel. Jane A. Phillips and others vs. B. F. Webber, 96 Minn. 348. Writ of mandamus directed to the judge of the dis- triet court for the county of Redwood. Fred B. Phillips and Ernest C. Cary for relators, Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Ruling of learned trial judge was correct and that the order to show cause must be discharged. So ordered.
State ex rel. Fred B. Phillips vs. District Court of Redwood County, 98 Minn. 136. Fred B. Phillips, pro se., Somerville & Olsen for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Writ discharged.
Henry Jenning vs. August Rohde and another, 99 Minn. 335. Albert Hauser and Somerville & Olsen for appellant, Thomas E. Davis and A. C. Dolliff for respondents. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
A. W. Edwards vs. Michael Morley, 100 Minn. 542. A. C. Dolliff for appellant, Frank Clague for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
John Casserly vs. James J. Morrow and others, 101 Minn. 16. James A. Kellogg for appellants, C. W. Gilmore and Joe Kirby for respondent. Appealed from Webber. Order affirmed.
George L. Evans vs. City of Redwood Falls and others, 103 Minn. 314. A. C. Dolliff for appellants, A. R. A. Laudon and C. T. Howard for respondent. Appealed from Olsen. Order of the trial affirmed.
State ex rel. John H. Ross vs. George Posz and others, 106 Minn. 197. Somerville & Hauser for appellants, Wm. G. Owens, Albert H. Enerson and Frank Clague for respondents. Appealed from Olsen. Order reversed.
Horace L. Harmon vs. Chicago & North Western Railway Com- pany, 107 Minn. 479; Josephine Harmon vs. Chicago & North West- ern Railway Company, 107 Minn. 479. Brown, Abbott & Som- sen for appellant, C. T. Howard and T. M. Quarton for respond- ent. Appealed from Olsen. Reversed and new trial granted.
Nicholas Munsch vs. Julius Stelter and another, 109 Minn. 403. William G. Owens and Somerville & Hauser for appellant, C. T. Howard for respondents. Appealed from Olson. Affirmed.
Halguin Erickson vs. Revere Elevator Company, 110 Minn. 443. A. Frederickson and Frank Clague for appellant, D. A. Stuart for respondent. Appealed from Olsen. Order affirmed.
Kate Clark vs. Albert E. Clark, 114 Minn. 22. Somerville & Hauser and John A. Dalzell for appellant, C. T. Howard for re- spondent. Appealed from Olsen. Reversed and new trial granted.
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Wherland Electric Company vs. A. C. Burmeister, 122 Minn. 110. A. R. A. Laudon and Frank Clague for appellant, W. R. Werring, Henry Deutsch and Walter S. Whiton for respondents. Appealed from Olsen. Order affirmed.
County of Redwood vs. City of Minneapolis, 126 Minn. 512. Daniel Fish, city attorney, and W. G. Compton, assistant city at- torney, for appellant, Albert H. Enersen, county attorney, and John F. Bernhagen for respondent. Appealed from Waite. Or- der affirmed.
Frank Schulz vs. Lewis Duel, 128 Minn. 213. Frank Clague and T. Otto Streissguth for appellant, Albert H. Enersen for re- spondent. Appealed from Olsen. Order reversed.
Herman Trebesch vs. Christian Trebesch and another, 130 Minn. 368. Somsen, Dempsey & Mueller for appellant, Moonan & Moonan and Albert H. Enersen for respondent. Appealed from Olsen. Judgment affirmed.
Authorship. This chapter has been compiled from various sources with the assistance of Alfred C. Dolliff, and by him the final draft has been revised, amplified and edited, and numer- ous additions made. M. E. Powell and Frank Clague, the oldest members of the Redwood county bar, have been consulted, as have been W. G. Weldon, clerk of court; C. V. Everett, county treasurer; and A. R. A. Laudon, judge of probate. The list of ap- pealed cases has been prepared by Fred E. Person.
Authority. General and Special Laws of the Territory and State of Minnesota.
Reports of the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota.
Court Records of Redwood County in the custody of the clerk of court of Redwood county.
Records of the Municipal Court of Redwood Falls, in the custody of the judge and clerk of the Municipal Court of Red- wood Falls.
The Northwestern Gazetteer, 1876-1916, published by R. L. Polk & Co.
Personal testimony of attorneys and old settlers.
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CHAPTER XXXV.
REDWOOD COUNTY VILLAGES.
(By A. J. White)
Redwood county has fifteen incorporated villages, and one city. Redwood Falls was incorporated by act of the legislature, approved Feb. 18, 1876, and reincorporated as a city by act of the legislature approved April 1, 1891. Lamberton was incor- porated by act of the legislature approved March 1, 1879; and Walnut Grove by act of the legislature approved March 3, 1879. Petitions for the incorporation of the other thirteen villages were presented to the county board on the dates given below, all being granted, and subsequently being favorably voted upon by the citizens of the respective villages: Morgan, Jan. 7, 1889; San- born, Oct. 6, 1891; Belview, Nov. 29, 1892; Vesta, Jan. 2, 1900; Revere, Jan. 2, 1900; Wabasso, April 23, 1900; Wanda, Dec. 18, 1900; Seaforth, Dec. 18, 1900; Delhi, Oct. 6, 1902; Lucan, Oct. 6, 1902; Milroy, Oct. 11, 1902; Clements, May 23, 1903; North Red- wood, July 13, 1903.
There are eighteen platted townsites in Redwood county, filed with the register of deeds as follows: Redwood Falls, April 9, 1866; Walnut Grove, Sept. 10, 1874; Lamberton, Aug. 19, 1878; Morgan, Oct. 18, 1878; Sanborn, Oct. 10, 1881; Delhi, Sept. 1, 1884; North Redwood, Aug. 22, 1885; Revere, May 26, 1886; Bel- view May 21, 1889; Okawa (Seaforth), Oct. 20, 1899; Vesta, Oct. 20, 1899; Wabasso, Oct. 20, 1899; Wanda, Oct. 20, 1899; Clements, March 24, 1902; Milroy, March 27, 1902; Rowena, March 24, 1902; Wayburne, March 24, 1902; Lucan, March 27, 1902. In some in- stances the survey had been made fully a year before the filing. The dates are given in the histories of the separate villages. Sea- forth, Vesta, Wabasso, Wanda, Clements, Milroy, Rowena, Way- burne and Lucan were platted by the Western Town Lot Co. Revere was platted by the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Co. H. W. Lamberton, who platted Lamberton, was the land commis- sioner of that company. The other villages were platted for pri- vate owners. The plats of Paxton and Riverside, laid out in the early days, have been abandoned.
The Western Town Lot Co. was incorporated in the interest of the Chicago & North Western Railway Co. for the purpose of securing the land needed for town sites, by subdividing and plat- ting it, and placing the town lots on the market at reasonable rates, so that the settlers would not he at the mercy of the town lot speculators, and be obliged to pay inflated prices as is some-
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times the case under private owners. All the proceeds secured from the sale of the lots reached the treasury of the railroad company.
When the census of 1880 was taken there were three incor- porated villages in Redwood county: Redwood Falls, with a pop- ulation of 981; Walnut Grove with a population of 153; and Lam- berton, with a population of 149. In 1885, Redwood Falls had in- creased to 1,123; Lamberton had increased to 165; and Walnut Grove had decreased to 149. In 1890, the population of Redwood Falls was 1,238. Morgan had been incorporated and had become the second village in the county, with a population of 301. Lam- berton had increased to 202; Walnut Grove had further decreased to 127. In 1895 Redwood Falls had increased to 1,589, of which the first ward had 784 and the second ward 805. Lamberton had more than doubled its population, had passed Morgan, and with a population of 459 had become the second place in size in the county, a position it has since maintained. Morgan had increased to 358. Sanborn had been incorporated, and had a population of 247. Bellview had been incorporated and had a population of 185. Walnut Grove had decreased to 117, and from its position as the second village in the county in 1880, was now the smallest.
In 1900 Redwood Falls had a population of 1,661, of whom 877 were in the first ward and 748 in the second ward. Lamberton had increased to 624. Morgan had made a big stride and had increased to 592. Walnut Grove had increased its population nearly four times, and was the fourth place in size in the county, with 447 people. Sanborn had increased to 351, and Belview to 254. Wabasso had been incorporated and had 178 people, and Vesta had been incorporated and had 214 people. In 1905, eight new villages had been created. The places previously created had all shown an increase except Walnut Grove, which had again fallen back. The figures for that year are: Redwood Falls, 1,806 (first ward, 871; second ward, 935); Lamberton, 657; Morgan, 608; Sanborn, 549; Walnut Grove, 392; Wabasso, 388; Belview, 318; Vesta, 286; Seaforth, 195; Wanda, 179; Delhi, 174; Milroy, 173; Revere, 171; North Redwood, 126; Clements, 107; Lucan, 89.
North Redwood, Clements and Lucan had increased in 1910, all the rest of the urban places had decreased. The population for that year was as follows: Redwood Falls, 1,666 (first ward, 834; second ward, 832) ; Lamberton, 652; Morgan, 553; Sanborn, 462; Walnut Grove, 366; Wabasso, 343; Belview, 290; Sanborn, 243; Delhi, 159; Seaforth, 158; North Redwood, 143; Milroy, 137; Revere, 134; Clements, 132; Wanda, 129; Lucan 98.
There are no official census figures for 1915, no state census being taken that year. It is believed, however, that all the vil- lages have increased in population to some extent since 1910. Redwood Falls has probably increased about 600, Lamberton
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about 400, Walnut Grove 250, Morgan 200, and the others some- what.
Charles W. Howe's "Directory of Redwood County" contains the result of careful investigation, made by Mr. Howe in person, or through representatives living in the various localities. He gives the present population of the villages as follows: Redwood Falls, 2,144; Lamberton, 1,064; Morgan, 735; Walnut Grove, 622; North Redwood, 174; Clements, 146; Sanborn 544; Wabasso, 467; Belview, 364; Vesta, 309; Wanda, 209; Delhi, 196; Revere, 182; Milroy, 177; Seaforth, 146; Lucan, 143.
Redwood Falls was chosen as the site of a village by reason of its excellent location and its waterpower. The other villages have all grown up around the locations designated by the rail- roads as suitable station points. The sites are therefore ones situ- ated conveniently for rural shipping places, and were selected arbitrarily by the railroad officials with such a purpose in view. All the urban settlements depend entirely on the rural districts for their support and maintenance, as there is practically no manufacturing, except of dairy products, in the entire county.
REDWOOD FALLS.
Redwood Falls is picturesquely located on the high banks of the Redwood river, about one mile south of the Minnesota river. It is the terminus of what is now known as the Sleepy Eye-Redwood Falls branch of the Chicago & North Western, but which when built in 1878 was called the Minnesota Valley division of the Winona & St. Peter.
The rivers, gorges and bluffs here present some of the most beautiful scenery in the Northwest, while north, east, south and west stretches some of the finest agricultural land in Minnesota.
The trees set out in the early days give the city the appearance of a settlement set in a beautiful grove, while the nearby parks have given to Redwood Falls the justly deserved title of "The Scenic City." The streets are well kept, the public buildings are unusually sightly, the churches are noted for their splendid archi- tecture, the business houses are modern and progressive, the homes are attractively built and surrounded with lawns and shrubbery. From the earliest days, the city had been noted for its religious and educational activities, and the clean moral atmosphere of its social life.
Among the public buildings are the courthouse, the city hall, the Carnegie library, the jail and the armory. The municipal improvements include, aside from the parks, an extensive water- works and sewer system, a splendid electric light system, a well- kept bathhouse, and extensive paving, while a public heating plant is now being installed.
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There is a good band here, organized in 1900 under the name of the Scenic City Band, and also a good orchestra. The military company, Co. L, Second Regiment, M. N. G., is now on the Texas border.
The high school, recently remodelled, is as good as any of its size in the state. The graded school building is substantial, well equipped for its purpose, and surrounded with a public play- ground. Along the shores of Lake Redwood many private parks are maintained in the rear of some magnificent private residences.
There are three banks, two newspapers, two moving picture theatres, and many garages. A Commercial club maintains quar- ters in the armory, and the Automobile club has done much to add to the reputation of the city.
The parks consist of Lake Redwood park and Redwood Falls park, both owned by the city, and the extensive Ramsey State park, owned by the commonwealth.
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