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Charles Porter, who came with Bean, filed on 520 acres of land
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two and one-half miles east of Lamberton, in Charlestown town- ship, living on it until 1866. He took an active interest in all the work of organization, moving into Lamberton village in 1886. He shortly afterwards moved to California.
W. W. Kelly, one of the earliest settlers, came in 1873. He took a homestead three miles north of town, built a fine home and worked the farm for a number of years. Later he moved into town and went into the lumber business. In addition he built a ware- house for grain, store for hardware and combined it all with the real estate business. Mr. Kelly's warehouse was a favorite place for holding meetings-church services, etc., while the town was young. Declining health in later years sent him to Northfield to live with his daughter, where he died.
M. B. Obbett came here in 1869 and located on section 24. He was made of stern, sticking material and survived the grasshopper years. He took an active part in all of the forward movements of Lamberton and was popular enough to be elected sheriff of Red- wood county. He moved from here to Redwood Falls while sheriff, but at the end of his term came back. He lived here for nineteen or twenty years after that until he died in June, 1914. M. B. Abbett was the first treasurer of the town of Lamberton.
Hiram Small was another one of the old settlers. He came here in 1871 and located in section 22 just west of town. He lived as a successful farmer on this place until he died in 1910. The place is now owned by his son-in-law, Pliny Terry.
W. E. Golding, another one of the old-timers, settled on a farm just north of the town. Living there for a number of years, he afterwards moved into town and opened a blacksmith shop. He was elected the first town clerk of the town of Lamberton, and also an early village recorder of the village of Lamberton.
LUCAN.
Lucan is a thriving little village in the center of Granite Rock township, on the line of the Evan-Marshall branch of the Chicago & North Western. The place is unusually neat with its cement block, corrugated iron and substantial frame buildings. There is an unusually progressive and friendly spirit among the people and the village is widely known.
Before the railroad came through, Rupert Schanberger had a store and in section 14, a mile and a quarter east of the present village of Lucan. He was appointed postmaster and the office named Rock. E. J. Norcutt moved the store to the Jefferson farm in section 20. Two surveys had been made for the railroad, and Mr. Norcutt believed that he had located on the future site of the village.
But when the railroad was built, in 1902, the Western Town
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Lot Company purchased land from George W. Norcutt and Christ Hansen and platted the present town. The first lots were sold April 10, 1902.
In the fall, a building was moved to the townsite from the Jef- ferson farm in section 20, and opened as a store by Lawrence Jor- gensen, who was likewise the postmaster. The building still stands and is occupied by the general store of John Zeng. Several build- ings went up that fall and winter. The first store building erected was a two-story frame structure, 20 by 50 feet, on the east side of the street. It was built by Jens Larson and opened as a restau- rant. Later it was changed to a general store. Into it the post- office was moved, and here it has since remained. On the west side of the street a saloon was opened, one by Andrew Koller in a one- story frame building, 20 by 50; and on the east side one by Frank Jung, in a two-story frame building, 24 by 70 feet. Emil Black erected a two-story frame building, 24 by 50 feet, and opened a general store. The Sleepy Eye Milling Company, with Nels P. Larson as manager, and the Springfield Milling Company, with Henry C. Dittbenner as manager, each erected elevators.
The sightly bank building, a two-story brick building, was erected in 1905. For some years the Catholic church was the only church in town, but in 1915 the Lutherans erected a neat edifice. The school is located in a substantial frame building.
The village has a hall, owned two-thirds by the township, which provides an excellent meeting place, and is equipped with a stage and scenery for the presentation of theatrical attractions. There is a jail of cement blocks, and a pumping station of brick. At the pumping station is a bell alarm, and the fire company consists of some twenty members. The public water supply comes from a well, with a reserve cistern of 1,500 barrels' capacity. The White com- pressed air system is used, the tank has a 500-barrel capacity, and there is a maximum pressure of 65 pounds. The system consists of a Fairbanks-Morse pump, 6 by 6, capacity 175 gallons per minute; power gasoline engine; 1,300 feet of 4-inch water mains, five double hydrants; three dead ends. The fire equipment con- sists of a hose cart with some 500 feet of jacket lined rubber hose.
The electric lights, in streets, houses and business places, were inaugurated in 1915, the power being supplied by the Grain and Fuel Company. There is a splendid grove near the village, which the village authorities have attempted to buy from the Town Lot Company, but have thus far been unsuccessful.
The original plat of Lucan was filed on March 27, 1902. The land was surveyed by F. R. Kline for the Western Town Lot Com- pany on January 20, 1902. The land was a part of the east half of the northeast quarter of section 21 and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 22, town 111, range 28. There were 6 blocks, each containing 12 lots. The streets were 70 feet wide,
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except First, which was 66 feet wide, and Main and Second, which were 80 feet wide. The alleys were 20 feet wide. The east and west streets, starting at the north, were First, Second and Third. The north and south streets, starting at the west, were Oak, Pine, Main and Elm.
The plat of block 8, addition to Lucan, was filed December 6, 1911. The land was owned by the Western Town Lot Company.
The plat of block 7, addition to Lucan, was filed on December 24, 1909. The land was owned by the Western Town Lot Com- pany.
The plat of blocks 9 and 10 and outlot A, addition to Lucan, was filed January 27, 1916. The land was owned by the Western Town Lot Company.
One of the greatest prides of the village is the Lucan baseball club. This team, strictly amateur, and made up of the young men of the village and surrounding country, is noted far and wide, and contains a number of players, who, if they so desired, could secure marked professional honors. Loyalty to this team has been one of the important factors in the get-together spirit which animates the citizens.
Lucan was incorporated in 1902. A special census taken Octo- ber 6, 1902, having shown a population of 182, a petition was drawn up the next day and presented to the county commissioners, asking that the village be incorporated. The signers of the petition were Andrew Koller, John Flessner, Henry Dittbenner, O. R. Holloway, Jens Larson, Lawrence Jorgensen, H. S. Miller, Herman Wenzell, George W. Norcutt, Joseph Holm, Charles O. Weilandt, W. C. Nor- cutt, George C. Johnson, C. A. Nelson, P. C. Curtin, R. A. Norcutt, Siver Benson, Peter Benson, Dick Balk, Julius Hallberg, Thomas Mulvany, James Joseph Mullin, Frank Murray, Arnold Rollen, Frank Scharfe, Christian Hanson, Theo. Milkle, N. H. Haage, K. F. A. Piett, Peter Jacobson, Ole Ugland, Will L. Conrad and Jacob Vezal.
An election was duly held on November 17, 1902, at the waiting room of the Chicago & North Western Railroad, and of the thirty- two votes cast, eighteen were in favor of incorporating the village and fourteen against it. The judges of election were Joseph Holm, C. A. Nelson and John Flessner. The first election of officers was held at Young's Opera House, March 29, 1904, in charge of J. M. Stephenson, H. C. Dittbenner and Nels Larson. The first council met April 11, 1904, those present being : Nels P. Larson, president; Oscar R. Holloway, recorder; John Flessner, Nels Haagenson and Anton Kramer, trustees. The present officers are: President, Anton Kramer; recorder, Guy S. Dickerson, trustees, Charles Welter, Joseph Wurscher and William Hanson; justice, Nels Haag ; treasurer, O. H. Gehrke; assessor, F. C. Wegner.
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MILROY.
Milroy, the most western of Redwood county towns, is located in sections 16 and 17, Westline township, on the Evan-Marshall branch of the Chicago & Northwestern. It is thirteen miles from Marshall and thirty miles from Redwood Falls. Situated in the midst of a splendid farming country, its three large elevators give it good facilities for a large grain market, over half a million bushels of grain being shipped in the season of 1914-15.
The village, with its brick buildings, as seen from a distance, presents a metropolitan appearance, and a nearer approach con- firms the original impression. The municipal improvements are of the best, waterworks and electric light service having recently been installed. For the purpose of generating power for the elec- tric lights and water works, the village has erected a substantial building of cement blocks. Earl Christopherson will operate the electric light plant. The waterworks system consists of a deep well, tank, and pumping station, with mains covering the principal streets, and an adequate number of hydrants. The electric lights will be used for street lighting, and also in the business houses and residences.
Milroy has four churches, Methodist, Catholic, German and Norwegian Lutheran. There is a good semi-graded school, em- ploying three first grade teachers. The M. W. A. and the A. O. U. W. have flourishing lodges. At one time there was an excellent commercial club. The Milroy Telephone Co. conducts a local exchange and connects with the rural line. There is a good hall for public purposes, privately owned. The village building contains the jail and the fire apparatus. The volunteer fire com- pany has an engine and hose cart, and will soon have a hook and ladder truck.
The land upon which Milroy was platted was originally owned by C. E. Levig and Thomas Murphy. The lots were sold April 9, 1902, and building operations were commenced at once, lumber being brought from neighboring towns for the first structures. The first year saw several substantial buildings erected that would do credit to any villages, and Milroy has since enjoyed a steady growth. The first general stores were opened by Zeingham & Woodruff, George Brundage, Altermatt & Schwandt Brothers, and Olson & Olson. J. A. Looney conducted the first hardware store, John Drees the first saloon, Robert Reichel the first hotel, Ed- wards & Hickey the first harness shop, F. M. Rolfe the first barber shop. Fredrickson & Olson were the implement dealers, and Curtis & Propp operated the livery and dray line. Hayes, Lucas Lumber Co. and J. H. Queal & Co. put in lumber yards, and the Nelson Brothers, the Sleepy Eye Milling Co. and the Springfield Milling Co. opened elevators.
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Milroy has been somewhat unfortunate as to fires. Two ele- vators, a schoolhouse, a saloon, a livery barn, and a store and vacant building have been burned. Dec. 28, 1915, the hardware and implement stores and the electric light plant owned by J. W. Dysart were burned. This plant had been furnishing the village with current since August, 1914. The village records were de- stroyed when the Nelson Brothers elevator burned in 1904.
One of the pleasant features of Milroy is the large number of trees to be seen about the streets in the residential districts. These trees were set out by the city fathers in the early days of the village, and are now proving a monument to their foresight and artistic appreciation.
In recent years a number of modern buildings have been erected. Serr Brothers completed a garage in the summer of 1915. Dorum Brothers opened a cement block plant in 1916. In. the fall of 1916 C. G. Seeman erected a hardware store of cement blocks. It was in the late summer and early fall of 1916 that the village put up the cement building, already mentioned, occupied by Earl Christopherson for the electrical plant.
The village, as stated, was started in 1902. When the North- western Gazetteer was issued in 1904 Milroy was already a thriv- ing settlement. It has a good bank, a newspaper, Methodist and Norwegian Lutheran churches, a hotel, telephone, telegraph and express service, and many other features necessary to a thriv- ing urban community. The business activities of that year were : Aldermatt & Schwandt Bros., general store; Bickford, A., phy- sician ; Clair, E. A., meats; Druss, J., saloon; Edwards & Hickey, harnessmaker; Frederickson & Olstead, farm implements; Gul- den, R., saloon ; Johnson & Peterson, livery ; Klein, J. J., railroad, express and telegraph agent ; Larson, Theo., grocer ; Looney, J. A., publisher Milroy Echo; Milroy Echo, J. A. Looney, publisher ; Oveilie, A., saloon; Queal, J. H. & Co., lumber; Rawlings F. H., hardware and furniture; Reichel, R., hotel; Sawyer, Charles, hard- ware; State Bank of Milroy (capital $15,000; Wm. Beirman, president; Wm. Duncan, Jr., cashier) ; Taplin, Frank, barber ; Taplin, Frank, Drug Co .; Winstad, G. T., blacksmith; Zingheim & Woodruff, groceries and drugs. In 1906 the Gazetteer shows these names: Altermatt & Schwandt (Adolph Altermatt, Henry Schwandt), general store; Bickford, Frank J., physician; Fred- rickson & Olstead (Fred A. Fredrickson, John Olstead), farm im- plements; Goins, Roscoe C., restaurant; Gueden, Rhinold, saloon ; Haycock, Wm. D., flour mill; Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co., C. C. Dripps, agent; Hotel Milroy, Robert Reichel, proprietor ; Johnson, Eli, saloon; Klein, James J., railroad, express and telegraph agent; Larson, Theodore, general store; Milroy Echo, E. M. Wil- son, publisher ; Milroy Farmers' Elevator Co. (J. W. Dysart, president ; S. E. Weber, secretary), grain elevator and fuel ; Nelson
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Bros. (Philip & Leonard), grain elevator, fuel and live stock ; Potter & Halsten (S. T. B. Potter, Chas. A. Halsten) ; Peterson, Ole, livery ; Queal, J. H. & Co. (Chas. Semans, agent), lumber and fuel; Rawlings, Frank H., hardware; Rutz & Son (Chas. G. T. and Herbert C.), general store; Reichel, Robert, proprietor Hotel Milroy; Sleepy Eye Milling Co. (Theo. Fuglede, agent), grain elevator and fuel; Springfield Milling Co. (F. Bloedow, agent), grain elevator; State Bank of Milroy (capital $15,000; A. Alter- matt, president ; Wm. Duncan, Jr., cashier) ; Taplin, Frank, drugs and barber; Wilson, Edward M., publisher Milroy Echo; Wistad, G. T., blacksmith.
In 1908, the Gazetteer contains these names: Altermatt & Schwandt (Adolph Altermatt, Henry Schwandt), general store; Frederickson & Olstead (Fred A. Fredrickson, John Olstead), farm implements; Gakoske Frederick, railroad, express and tele- graph agent; Gulden, Reinhold, saloon; Haycock, Wm. D., flour mill; Hayes-Lucas Lumber Co. (C. C. Dripps, agent) ; Hotel Mil- roy, Robert Reichel, proprietor; Johnson, Eli, saloon; Krmela, Rudolph, shoemaker; Myers, Wm. G. (Fred De Bour, manager) hardware; Milroy Echo, Edward M. Wilson, publisher; Milroy Farmers' Elevator Co. (J. W. Dysart, president ; S. E. Webber, secretary) ; Nelson, Turpe, grain elevator ; Peterson, Ole, proprie- tor Milroy Livery; Rawlings, Frank H., hardware; Reichel, Robert, proprietor Hotel Milroy; Sleepy Eye Milling Co. (Theo. Fuglede, agent), grain elevator; Springfield Milling Co. (Theo. Larson agent), grain elevator; State Bank of Milroy (capital $15,000; Adolph Altermatt, president; Wm. Duncan, Jr., cashier) ; Taplin, Frank, drugs; Wilson, Edward M., postmaster, publisher Milroy Echo and dealer in groceries ; Distad, Geo. T., blacksmith.
The original plat of Milroy was filed March 27, 1902. The land in a part of southeast quarter of section 17 and south- west quarter of section 16, town 111, range 39, was surveyed for the Western Town Lot Company by F. R. Klime on February 24, 1902. There were eight whole blocks and four un- equal blocks. The streets were 70 feet wide, except Superior, which was 80 feet wide; Railroad, 66 feet wide, and Euclid avenue, 100 feet wide. Each alley was 20 feet wide. The streets running north and south starting on the west are Lorain, Prospect, Euclid avenue, Lexington and Marion. The streets running east and west, starting at the south, are Cedar, Cherry, Superior and Railroad, the last named being parallel to the railroad tracks.
Milroy was incorporated in 1902. The census of October 6, 1902, showed a population of 177 and on that date a petition was drawn up, asking for the incorporation of a vast tract in sections 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21, township 111, range 39. The signers of the petition were: Otto S. Schwandt, J. A. Looney, Thomas F. Kinman, Charles Sahagan, J. O. Horde, H. Rowe, Wm. S. Easton,
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C. G. Leeman, O. P. Horde, Robert Richel, Wm. Murphy, Jens Pederson, Lewis P. Pederson, C. W. Christenson, I. J. Cross, Richard Edwards, F. J. Rolfe, Henry Schwandt, Edw. Ellifsen, Anton A. Andersen, John K. Hanson, P. A. Nelson, Ole Solseth, Ole Emmeson, L. F. Nelson, Wm. B. Cannon, C. I. Olson, H. W. Fredrickson, J. G. Falkingham, H. Boxiderson, Clement Simmons, Geo. Olson, Hugh Reed, Christ Pederson, James J. Kleins, Frank A. Wyrembek, James Wreight, Louis Thaemert, M. J. Broderick, Everett A. Clair, N. C. Gingras, G. M. Brown, Anton Lobech.
The petition was granted and an election ordered held at the barber shop of F. M. Rolfe, Nov. 15, 1902, in charge of F. M. Rolfe, Otto G. Schwandt and J. A. Looney. The election was duly held, and of the fifty-four votes case only two were against the proposition. The first officers elected were: President, Otto Schwandt; councilmen, R. F. Edwards, J. J. Klein and J. A. Looney; recorder, F. M. Rolfe; treasurer, F. J. Bickford. Otto Schwandt did not serve out his full term, but was succeeded a few months later by William Duncan, Jr. January 3, 1905, a peti- tion was presented to the commissioners asking that the incor- porate limits be reduced. The reduction went into effect Feb- ruary 7, 1905.
MORGAN.
The Minnesota Valley Division of the Winona & St. Peter, now the Sleepy Eye-Redwood Falls branch of the Chicago & Northwestern, was built through Morgan township in 1878. At that time the trade of Redwood county centered at Redwood Falls or went south to Sleepy Eye and Springfield, thriving young towns on the main line of the Chicago & Northwestern. Midway between Sleepy Eye and Redwood Falls and in the center of the richest soil region of this part of the state the railroad established a siding, made arrangements for the shipping of farm products, etc., and called the station Morgan, after the township. The first employee of the company and the first man to settle in this new place was T. G. Holland, section boss. The first house built in Morgan was the house of "Tom" Holland, built near where the depot now stands and occupied by him as a home, a store, the postoffice, and a boarding house. Mr. Holland soon was appointed postmaster, but his position did not carry with it many arduous duties, as the neighbors in the territory at that time were few and far between. He had no boxes to rent, and no well-to-do people to use a lock box or drawer. In the spring of 1878, Mel Tolman came to Morgan and commenced work for Holland as an assistant on the section. Then was when the Holland home became a boarding house. As the farmers began to occupy the territory around about this little village of one house and a box car Holland
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saw his opportunity and carried a small line of groceries, tobaccos, etc., for the occasional customer that "came to town." The Hol- land home, repaired and enlarged, still stands near where it did, and is now occupied by Mrs. John Schwetzler. Tom Holland is dead, but his assistant, Mel Tolman, is still living, is hale and hearty at fifty-eight years of age, and ready to talk about the early days of this thriving village.
In 1881 George Knudson, of Sleepy Eye, built the first store in Morgan, and was appointed postmaster. The store occupied the present site of the new creamery. He stocked it with a general line of merchandise. In September, 1883, he sold out to Louis Gerstman, who continued the store until his death. His son, Otto, continued the business for a while as administrator. Some years later, the son, Frank, after graduating in pharmacy, put in a stock of drugs and moved the store to Vernon avenue. He is now occupying the new Arcade. The store thus has a continuous his- tory back to 1881.
Another early store was that of a man named Rinke, who erected a building and put in a small stock of goods on the present site of the Schieffert building, opposite the State Bank of Morgan.
It was not until 1888, that the village began to show promise of being the prosperous and important point that it is today.
The Northwestern Gazetteer issued early in 1888, shows the following business activities: Dingler, Anna, dressmaker; Eis- chen, N. & Co., general store and postoffice; Gerstman, L., gen- eral store; Kives, Michael, saloon; Marti, John, lumber; Miller, Wm., blacksmith; Mire, Karle, blacksmith; Robinson & Teas, hardware; Ryden T. F., lumber; Van Dusen, G. W. & Co., grain; Wegner, Wm., saloon; Wegner & Weller, farm implements.
When the Gazetteer was issued in 1890, the village had grown considerably, and Catholic, Presbyterian and German Lutheran churches had been erected. The business activities shown in the Gazetteer of that year were : Breman, John, dressmaker ; Eischen, N. & Co., general store ; Faeber, Joseph, butcher ; Gerdes, Richard, postmaster, general store and notary public ; Gerstman, L., general store; Hellig, John, hotel; Hitz, Hil, saloon; Kives, Michael, saloon; Marti, John, lumber; Miller, William, blacksmith; Mire, Karle, blacksmith; Moore, Harvey, blacksmith; Newman, Henry, hardware; Newman, McRea & Junger, lumber; Robinson & Teas, hardware; Ryden, T. F., lumber ; Tisser Bros., saloon ; Van Dusen, G. W. & Co., grain; Wegner, Wm., saloon; Wegner & Wilder, farm implements.
The Gazetteer for 1892 shows these activities: Albrecht & Grabow, general store; Benham & Austin, hardware; Dahmes, J. & Co., boots and shoes; Eagle Mill Co., grain ; Eischen, N. & Co., general store; Faeber, Joseph, butcher; Fixsen Bros., saloon; Frank, John, saloon; Gerdes Richard, general store and notary;
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Gerstman, L., general store; Goblisch & Goblisch, blacksmiths; Heinke, R. F., farm implements ; Hodges, Wm. R., proprietor Mor- gan Messenger ; Jungers, John, hotel; Jungers & Hopp, farm im- plements; Lorge, Kate, dressmaker; Lorge, N. D., grocer; Marti, John lumber ; Miller, Wm., blacksmith ; Morgan Messenger, W. R. Hodges, proprietor ; Omehl, A., grocer ; Rider, Wm., railroad, tele- graph and express agent; Ryden, T. F., lumber; Seifert, M., saloon ; Sleepy Eye Roller Mills Co., grain; Van Dusen, G. W. & Co., grain; Wilter Nic, furniture.
At first the street parallel with the railroad was used for busi- ness; but the use of this street for mercantile purposes was re- stricted by the fact that the south side was used by lumber yards, shipping and oil stations, elevators and the like. So, gradually, Vernon avenue, the street running north from the station, became the real business street. Extending from the corner of Front and Vernon, there is a solid line of business houses on both sides of the street, giving to the village a neat and busy appearance.
At the east end of the business district of Morgan is Vernon Park, a beautiful little breathing place for the residents of the village. Covered with trees in symmetrical formation, dotted here and there with flower beds, pleasant to look at, surrounded by cement sidewalks, walks laid out through the grounds, the whole plat covered with grass and well kept with no "Keep off the Grass" signs in sight, make Vernon Park a veritable oasis for the tired traveler.
The original plat of the town of Morgan was filed October 18, 1878. It was surveyed by Arthur Jacobi on August 14, 1878, for George B. Wright and Gustavus A. Austin. This land was in the west half of southwest quarter of section 115 and the east half of southeast quarter of section 16, town 111, range 34. It contained seven whole blocks, and Vernon Square. Blocks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 extended to Front street, making them half a block longer than the ordinary size. Blocks 1 and 9 were only half a block wide. The streets ran in a northwest and southeast direction, and in a northeast and southwest direction. The northwest and south- east streets beginning at the south were: Front, Second and Third. The northeast and southwest streets, beginning at the east, are: Somerville, Bloomington, Vernon, Cleveland and Carlton. All the streets are 75 feet wide, except Vernon, which is 100 feet wide. The alleys are all 20 feet wide.
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