Biographical and historical memoirs of Adams, Clay, Hall and Hamilton counties, Nebraska, comprising a condensed history of the state, a number of biographies of distinguished citizens of the same, a brief descriptive history of each of the counties mentioned, and numerous biographical sketches of the citizens of such counties, Part 126

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820

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School District No. 1, the first organized in the county, included all the territory lying in Town 9, Range 5 west. Notice of the first meeting was given to James Waddle, by County Superintendent of Public Instruction John Laurie, which was held at the house of James Waddle September 27, 1870. Joseph Stockham was elected director. There were thirty nine children of school age in the district. A subscription school was opened in this district in a log school house, built by the settlers, in the fall of 1870, by Miss Jennie Laurie.

District No. 2 was organized at a meeting held in the dug-out of Joseph Stockham June 20, 1871. Byron D. Brown was chosen director, and the district included the east one quarter of Town 9, Range 5, except the east one-half of the east tier of sections on the east line. District No. 3 com- prised all of Town 10, Range 5, and was organ- ized at the house of R. M. Hunt March 3, 1870, with S. B. Chapman as director. District No. 4 was organized February 14, 1872, at the house of C. H. Kimball, and included the south one-half of Town 11, Range 6; S. W. Spafford, director. Dis. triet No. 5 was organized at the house of M. Lewis February 20, 1872, and E. J. Lewis elected di- rector. District No. 6 was organized February 14, 1872, at the house of John Matthews, notice being issued to J. E. McBride, and included the east one-half of Town 10, Range 6, which was extended March 27, 1872, to include all of that township; first director, L. W. Hastings.

District No. 7 was organized at the house of William Werth April 27, 1872. The first notice was issued to Robert Lamont and re-issued to Will- iam Werth April 16, 1872. William Werth was chosen first director, and the territory included the southeast one-quarter of Town 11, Range 5. In District No. 8 notice of formation was issued to Noah Brotherton March 12, 1872, and the first meeting organizing the district was held at the house of George Haner. The original territory comprised the southwest one-quarter of Town 11,

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Range 5, and extended March 26 to include all of Range 5 north, of Town 10; first director elected, James M. Fodge. District No. 9 was organized April 9, 1872, at the house of David Stone, in Aurora, the notice of the first meeting being issued to Darius Wilcox. The territory covered by this district included all of Town 10 west, of Range 6 except the east one-half of Town 10, Range 6. District No. 10 was organized at the house of Charles Pelan June 22, 1872-boundaries, north- west one-quarter of Town 9, Range 5 west. Dis- trict No. 11 included the northeast one-quarter of Town 9, Range 6, and was organized November 9, 1872.

The organization of District No. 12 includes all the districts formed up to the year 1873. It was organized at the house of L. A. Franklin, No- vember 30, 1872, and comprised all of Town 9, Range 7. During the year 1873, 21 districts were organized, making a total of 33, and at the close of the year 1874 the number of districts had in- creased to 71, in 1875 to 78, in 1885 to 95, and there are now 98 organized districts in the county. There are now three graded schools in the county, located at Aurora, Hamilton and Marquette. The school at Stockham has recently adopted a course of study, preparatory to establishing a graded school at that place. The office of superintendent has successively been filled by John Laurie 1870- 71; Byron D. Brown, 1872-73; John T. Price,

1874-75; Delevan Bates, 1876-77; E. B. Barton, 1878-83; J. A. Kirk, 1884-85; E. B. Barton, 1886- 89, and M. T. Stanley, the present superintendent, who was elected November 5, 1889.

The following summary of the superintend. ent's report for 1889 shows the condition of the schools at that time:

Number of districts, 98; number of school houses, 97; number of children of school age, 5,061; average number in each district, 51; num- ber of teachers, 160; total number of days taught, 15,927; average number of days by each, 298; number of districts having six months school or more, 91; number of districts four months school or more, and less than six, 6; number of districts having less than four months school, 1; average number of days school in all districts, 162; number of districts having no school, none; average blackboard surface, 100 square feet; num- ber of school houses, well furnished with patent desks, 90; number of school houses built within a year, 4; number of schools having some apparatus, globes, maps, etc., 92; total value of school houses, $59,095; total value of school house sites, $5,445; total value of apparatus, $4,958.50; amount paid during year for teachers, $29,928.47; amount paid during year for buildings and repairs, $10,854.59; total cost of schools, $55,509.01; compensation of superintendent, $1,200; bonded indebtedness, $21,066. 72; floating indebtedness, $5, 105.97.

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CHAPTER XXXII.

CITY OF AURORA-LOCATION AND APPEARANCE-HISTORY OF PROPOSED ORIGIN-ORIGINAL SITE-BEGINNING-BUILD- ING UP OF THE VILLAGE-ADDITIONS-FIRST STRUCTURES-EARLY BUSINESS MEN-INCORPORATION-CHARACTER OF BUILDINGS-PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND IMPROVEMENTS-ROSTER OF OFFICERS-POST-OFFICE-RAIL- ROADS - EDUCATIONAL INTERESTS-INDUSTRIES-FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS-CHURCHES, WITH SKETCHES OF THEIR HISTORY-SECRET SOCIETIES -- OTHER ORGANIZATIONS -GENERAL FEATURES OF AURORA'S ATTRACTIVENESS.

Each mind is press'd, and open every ear, To hear new tidings .- Fairfax.

URORA is handsomely lo- cated near the geographi- cal center of the county, and is an important station of the Burlington & Mis- souri River Railroad in Ne- braska. It is tastily and regularly laid out, with a fine public square in the center, planted with rap- idly growing forest trees, in the center of which stands the court-house, and around it on all sides are the various business houses, compactly and sub- stantially built. The original site of the town, situated upon the northeast quarter of Section 4, Town 10, Range 6, was pre- empted by Darius Wilcox in the summer of 1871.

In March, 1871, a town company was formed at Chariton, Iowa, who proposed to go to Hamilton County, Neb., and locate a town which should be- come the county seat. They entered into the fol- lowing agreement with each other:

This agreement, made and entered into this 9th day of March, 1871, by and between David Stone, Darius Wil- cox, Robert Miller, James Doremus, J. Ray, N. H. Thorpe, S P. Lewis, of Lucas County, Iowa, for the pur-

pose of securing a title to Section 4, Town 10, Range 6 west.

First :- The parties hereto agree and by these presents do hereby form themselves together and organize a com- pany for the purpose of laying out and organizing and locating county seat, town or village in the county of Hamilton and State of Nebraska, upon the following ex- press conditions.

It is agreed that David Stone be selected as a snitable person to visit Hamilton County, Nebraska, for the pur- pose of securing land for the location of said county seat, town. or village.

Said Stone hereby expressly agrees to homestead in the name of the eight individual members of the company. if title can be proenred in that manner, if not, locate in the name of each individual member of this company. It is further agreed that after said Stone secures the land de- scribed, being section four (4); township ten (10); range (6) west, in Hamilton County, Nebraska, each of the above members, named parties, is to execute to eachi other, a hond for a deed for the individual conveyance of the undivided eighth part of the entire section, or convey- ance of the lots to each other in any manner they may se- lect to divide the same as soon as title to the same can be obtained; that the entire section shall be owned in com- mon by all the parties named to this contract, eight in number, and each shall share and share alike in all the profits and losses, and each be entitled to the one-eighthi part in virtue of the section.

It is agreed and understood by all the parties that indi- viduals shall be and reside upon said land by the 1st day of June, 1871, in person or agent to assist in building up

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said town; a failure to comply with this stipulation shall work as a forfeiture of all his rights under this contract.

The said Stone agrees that during this trip to Ne- braska he will keep a true account of all moneys expended by him, and the expenses of said Stone shall be equally borne by all parties to this contract.

It is further agreed that each party to this contract will, at the signing of the same. pay to said Stone the sum of thirty dollars, to be used by him in the securing the title to said land by pre-emption or homestead, subject to the laws of the United States in such case made and pro- vided.

Witness our hands and seal this 7th day of March, 1871. [SIGNED] DAVID STONE, DARIUS WILCOX. ROBERT MILLER, JAMES O. DOREMUS. JUSTINIAN RAY,

NATHANIEL H. 'I HOAPE, STILLMAN P. LEWIS.

Previous to this time S. P. Lewis, one of the party, had visited Hamilton County, and reported favorably of it, as will be seen by a glance at the terms of the original agreement. Mr. D. Stone was commissioned by the company to proceed to Hamilton County, and make claim to a site, for the prospective town.

He arrived at S. W. Spafford's place on Lin- coln Creek, and after an examination of the county returned to Iowa. Disunion, however, arose in the organization and the plans of the town company came to naught. Robert Miller and N. Thorpe came out for the purpose of locating the town site, and were followed June 10, by Messrs. David Stone, Darius Wilcox and S. P. Lewis. The party camped on Lincoln Creek, on the northeast corner of Section 4. Shortly after D. Stone platted a town site on the northeast quarter of Section 4, Town 10, Range 6, and on the night of June 19, 1871, the new town was named Aurora. After the collapse of the town company Mr. Wil- cox pre-empted the northeast quarter of Section 4; D. Stone homesteaded eighty acres on the west half of Section 34, Town 11, Range 6, and E. D. Preston took a "claim " on the southeast quarter, Section 4, and Robert Miller made claim on the northwest quarter of the same section.

The original town site was surveyed and platted by Darius Wilcox and Mary A. E. Stone, and en-

tered for record December 20, 1872. It comprised the south half of the northeast quarter, and the south half of the north half of the northeast quar- ter of Section 4. Township 10, Range 6 west, a tract of 120 acres. The south addition includes the north half of the southeast quarter of Section I, Town 10, Range 6 west, as pre-empted by Edgar D. Preston, August 15, 1872, and entered as a town site May 25, 1874, by Edgar D. Preston, Da rins Wilcox, F. M. Ellsworth, Rebecca E. Mc- Pherson and Mary A. E. Stone. The next addition made was the Ellsworth Addition, a tract of abont sixty acres, the southeast quarter of the northwest quarter, and the south half of the northwest quar- ter of Section 4, Town 10, Range 6 west. It was pre-empted by Robert Miller, in June, 1871, who transferred it to F. M. Ellsworth, and was entered for record as a town by Ellsworth and Darius Wil- cox, November 3, 1878. Enterprise Addition was homesteaded by W. A. Johnson in August, 1872, and comprises the northeast half of the southwest quarter, Section 4, Town 10, Range 6 west. It was entered as a town by Mr. Johnson, March 10, 1880.

In June, 1871, the town company erected the first house upon Section 4, a "dug out," on the site now occupied by Chapman's agricultural im. plement store-the southwest corner, Block 12, original town.

In August of the same year David Stone erect- ed the first frame building in the town, a store and residence, in which he opened the first stock of general merchandise brought to the new place. This was the old frame building recently occupied by Chapman as a livery stable, on the southeast corner of Block 11, and was torn down in March, 1890, to make room for a more pretentious structure. The building now occupied by A. L. Bishop for an agricultural implement store, on the northwest corner of Block 17, was the third in the infaut city, and was erected by Darius Wil- cox. It was occupied by him about a year, and was then turned into a store and occupied by Messrs. Bromstedte & Kleinschmidt, with a stock of general merchandise. Soon after Mr. Thorpe had an office built just south of the Wilcox build.

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ing, which was afterward removed. In 1872 the school-house (the building now used as a Catholic Church) was built, also the Aurora House, the part now used as a sample-room-and the sod blacksmith shop of John Schultz, which stood back from the street about where Peterson's store now stands, and two or three other small buildings. In 1873 fifteen or eighteen buildings were erected, and from this time on the growth of the village continued, each year adding more than the preced- ing.

The removal of the county seat in 1876 gave the town quite an impetus, which was much ex- ceeded by that given it by the advent of the Bur- lington & Missouri River Railroad, in 1879.

It was incorporated as a village on July 3, 1877, John Helms, D. Bates, W. H. Streeter, John Raben and Harry W. Kemper being appointed trus- tees. The first meeting of the board was held July 5, 1877, and John H. Helms was elected president, and W. L. Whittemore appointed clerk. For two years more the town struggled along, enduring all the inconveniences of lack of railroad and tele- graph communication, until the fall of 1879, when it had attained a population of scarcely 400.

With the advent of the Republican Valley Railroad, a branch of the Burlington & Missouri River in Nebraska, which ran its first regular train into the town October 14, 1879, a great for- ward stride was made, and a period of activity ensued which rapidly carried the town into rank with her neighbors in surrounding counties which had had the advantage of railroad facilities at an earlier date.

From this time on the growth of the city has been steady and continuous, and while there has never been what is commonly called a boom-the advantages of which, to a city, are of a very doubt- ful character - substantial improvements have constantly been going on, made and paid for, by the permanent residents, as the needs of the grow- ing city have demanded them.

Scarcely nineteen years ago saw the erection of the first dwelling where now stands a city of over 2,000 inhabitants, adorned by elegant residences, beautiful lawns and large and imposing business

blocks. The city is regularly laid out, with hand- some wide streets and avenues, whose excellent grading and miles of smooth sidewalks are not ex- celled by those of any city of twice its size in the State. The court-house square, which occupies a central location, is planted with thrifty trees and carpeted by a smooth lawn, in the center of which stands the court-house. The streets surrounding the square are occupied by business houses, many of which would be an ornament to any city.

The first brick building erected in the town was the Hamilton County Bank building. in 1879, fol- lowed in 1881 by A. G. Peterson's building and that of the First National Bank. The Temple Block, Republican building and the Aurora Bank- ing Company's building, all erected within the past year, are among the finest structures in the city. A fine brick jail was built by the county in 1888, at a cost of over $7,000, the first story being fitted with two steel cells and arranged with re- ception rooms and offices, the second floor being designed for a residence for the sheriff of the county. An excellent system of water-works was put in by the city in the same year, including stand-pipes, steam-pumps, together with a sub- stantial brick building, serving as pumping-station and hose house, a fire department being organized in the same year, consisting of hose company and hook and ladder company. Under the provisions of Chapter 14 of the compiled statutes Aurora be- came a city of the second class in 1886.

The following is a roster of the officials from its incorporation as a village in 1877: 1877-Hon. John H. Helms, Gen. Delevan Bates, W. H. Streeter, John Raben, Henry W. Kemper, W. L. Whittemore, clerk of the board; 1878-Hon. John H. Helms, W. S. Strain, D. Wilcox, John Raben, George Wildish, W. L. Whittemore, clerk; 1879- Hon. J. H. Helms, W. H. Waters, George Wildish, John Raben, Henry Moyer, W. L. Whittemore, clerk; 1880-Hon. J. H. Helms, John Raben, Thomas C. Klumb, H. G. Rogers, Henry Moyer, W. I. Farley, clerk; 1881-W. H. Alden, J. B. Myres, P. M. Green, C. H. Kimball, W. I. Farley, Henry Sargent, William P. Hellings, clerk; 1882- Chairman, John W. Thiery; clerk, William P.

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Hellings; treasurer, D. Bates; trustees, John W. Thiery, N. C. Rogers, Jacob Wolbach, F. P. Gavan and F. H. Stevens: 1883-Chairman, Joha W. Thiery; clerk, William P. Hellings; treasurer, D. Bates; trustees, John W. Thiery, F. P. Gavan. Jacob Wolbach, F. H. Stevens and A. D. Travis ;* 1884-Chairman, H. G. Cass; clerk, D. W. Fisher: treasurer, John Tweedy; f trustees, H. G. Cass, Robert Waddle, George Wildish, A. P. Wells and F. C. Mather; 1885-Chairman, George Wildish; clerk, Walter C. Chambers; treasurer, D. Bates; trustees, George Wildish, H. G. Cass, Robert Waddle, F. C. Mather, M. French; 1886 [Village changed to city by operation of statute, and city divided into three wards] Mayor. W. F. Peck; clerk, Samuel Spanogle; treasurer. D. Bates; en gineer, D. B. Parks; police judge, W. K. Ream; } city attorney, A. J. Rittenhouse; § chief of police, W. Z. Pollard; street commissioner, J. M. Day; councilmen-First Ward, J. N. Cassell, Fritz Hoefer; Second Ward, J. B. Rogers, 1 J. H. Moore; Third Ward, M. T. Wildish, 2 A. G. Peter- son; 1887-Mayor, W. I. Farley; clerk, William P. Hellings; treasurer, D. Bates; police judge, D. A. Scovill; engineer, D. B. Parks: attorney, J. H. Smith; chief of police, I. O. Whitesides; street commissioner, D. B. Parks; councilmen-First Ward, J. N. Cassell, S. B. Chapman; Second Ward, William Kramer, Samuel Spanogle; 3 Third Ward, J. W. Elarton, William H. Alden; 1888- Mayor, Delevan Bates; clerk, L. W. Shuman; + treasurer, Fritz Hoefer; police judge, Phil Likes; 5 engineer, D. B. Parks; attorney, D. M. Waite; 6 chief of police, D. R. Noble; street commissioner, James A. Day; councilmen-First Ward, S. B. Chapman, J. N. Cassell; Second Ward, H. M.

*Itesigued .Inly 10, 1883, and succeeded same date by James s. Baker.

+Refused to qualify, and Delevan Bates appointed. June 5, 1884. $Resigned April 7, 1887, and D. A. Scovill appointed same date."

§Resigned October 1, 1886, and H. M. Kellogg appointed. Resigned January 6, 1886, and James A. Day appointed. Resigned April 7, 1x87, and William Kramer appointed. 2 Removed from ward, and L. W. Hastings appointed January 6.

Kellogg, E. Jones; Third Ward, J. W. Elarton, W. H. Alden; * 1889-Mayor, A. N. Thomas; I clerk, William P. Hellings; treasurer, J. D. Fer- guson, Jr. ; police judge, D. A. Scovill; engineer, D. B. Parks; attorney, W. J. Stevenson; chief of police, J. G. Baeschlin; councilmen - First Ward, J. N. Cassell, J. H. Smith; + Second Ward. H. M. Kellogg, Delevan Bates: Third Ward, H. B. Witte, * T. E. Williams. §

The post office was moved to Aurora from Spuf ford's Grove in 1872 and David Stone became post. master. He was succeeded by A. Kitzmiller, who removed the office in 1874 to the west side of the square, to the site now occupied by Temple Block, where he was succeeded July, 1874, by N. P. Spafford, who filled the position of postmaster until 1878. In that year Mr. John Tweedy was appointed to the position, which he has occupied to the present time. He removed the office that year to its present location, into a building erected by Gen. Bates. The office at the time Mr. Tweedy was appointed paid about $600. It is now a sal- aried office and pays $1,600 per annum. The business of the office for 1889 amounted to $4,766.44.

The city is well supplied with railroad facilities, four branches of the Burlington & Missouri system converging at this point; the main line east and west, extending from Nebraska City, Neb., to New- castle, W. T., a distance of 574 miles. The Cen tral City branch affords direct communication with the North Platte country, and the Hastings branch with the Republican Valley and the West. During 1889 there were shipped from this point 451 cars of corn, flax 125, oats 175, cattle 123, hogs 177, butter 15, eggs 1, brick 15, total 1.087 cars.

The education of the youth of the city has al- ways been deemed of paramount importance, and has received the earnest consideration and support of the citizens, and as early as 1872 a good, sub- stautial frame school house was erected. The city

al'ouncilman Spanogle removed from ward July, 1887, and J. T. Cox appointed to fill vacancy, but not confirmed by council.

4Resigned May 3, 1xss, and William P. Hellings appointed. 5 Refused to qualify, and D. A. Scovill appointed April 28, 1888. eRefused to qualify. and R. W. Graybill appointed May 21, 1888.

*Resigned March 7, 1889, to take effect al end of municipal year. +Resigned December 13, 1889, and J. A. Whitmore appointed.

$Resigned February 6, 1x90. lo take effect at end of municipal year.

sRemoved from ward, and Robert Miller appointed June 27. 15x9.

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is now supplied with two brick and one frame school buildings, divided into thirteen rooms. A corps of eleven teachers is employed at an an- nual expense for salaries of $5,200. The schools are divided into the first and second primary, first and second intermediate, first and second grammar, and the high school departments. The various departments are well equipped with apparatus, and good patent desks.

The number of children of school age in 1889 in the district was 652, about 500 being the aver- age attendance. The high standing in scholar. ship attained by the pupils in the different depart- ments speaks volumes of the efficiency of the teachers.

Mr. R. W. Graybill, a member of the present board of education was the first to "wield the birch," in the early days of Aurora. away back in 1872, and E. B. Barton, Miss Jennie Scott, Miss Kate Giltner (afterward Mrs. Scott) and Gen. D. Bates, successively occupied the position, from that time to 1879.

In that year the school was divided into de- . partments and Capt. J. N. Cassell became prin- cipal, succeeded in 1880 by Prof. Reese, who held down the principal's chair until 1881, when Miss Lizzie Craig took charge. Miss Craig resigning the same year, Harvey Cole completed the term. In 1882 W. L. Stark filled the chair, and filled it well. He was followed by Prof. Seaford in 1883, and he by W. R. Hart in 1884, who retained the position until 1887, when he resigned, and Mrs. Scott finished the term. Since that time Prof. H. R. Corbett has served as principal, and that he may long continue to do so is the universal wish of parents and pupils. The following is the pres- ent efficient corps of teachers: H. R. Corbett, principal; Miss Lou Armel, assistant principal high school; Mrs. Gable, principal south school; Miss Minnie Fenton, second grammar; Miss Jen- nie Waddle, first grammar; Miss May Maxwell, second intermediate; Miss Ida Goodrich, first in- termediate; Miss May Corbett, second primary; Miss May Leonard, first primary; south school, Miss Ollie Pinnell, intermediate; Miss Janie La- mont, primary.

In 1888 the school district of Aurora was re- organized under the statute relating to city schools, and the following board of education was elected: T. A. McKay, for term ending 1891; D. A. Scovill, 1891; H. Cole, 1890; W. L. Stark, 1890; A. N. Thomas, 1889; William Glover, 1889.

In 1889 A. N. Thomas and R. W. Graybill were elected for three years. The offices of the board are A. N. Thomas, president; Harvey Cole, vice-president, and D. A. Scovill, secretary.

Among the banking and manufacturing inter- ests of the city is The Hamilton County Bank, established in 1877, by George Wildish. In 1886 W. H. Streeter bought out Mr. Wildish, since which time the business has been conducted by him, with W. C. Chambers as cashier.

The First National Bank, organized in April, 1883. This bank was the successor of the bank of Aurora, started in August, 1879, by Grimes & Dinsmore. In 1882 the firm of Mckay, Munger & Wentz, became the owners, and operated the institution until succeeded by the First National Bank in 1883, T. A. Mckay becoming president, and W. C. Wentz, cashier. In 1886 Mr. Mc- Kay sold his interest to J. H. Bell, who became president, J. F. Houseman assuming the duties of cashier, which positions they still occupy.

The Farmers' and Merchants' Bank was organ- ized in April, 1883, by W. H. Streeter, E. J. Hainer and W. I. Farley. In 1886 Mr. Streeter withdrew, in order to take charge of the Hamilton County Bank, and the business was continued by E. J. Hainer and W. I. Farley, until 1888, when Mr. Farley's interest was purchased by E. J. Hainer (who is president) and T. E. Williams (cashier), the present proprietors.

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Author: Goodspeed Brothers Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co. Number of Pages: 820

Author: Goodspeed Brothers
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, The Goodspeed publishing co.
Number of Pages: 820