History of the counties of McKean, Elk, Cameron and Potter, Pennsylvania, with biographical selections; including their early settlement and development; a description of the historic and interesting localities; sketches of their cities, towns and villages biographies of representative citizens; outline history of Pennsylvania; statistics, Part 77

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320

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Native forest fruit was then abundant [as explained in the first chapter], game was plenty, the rivers were streams of crystal liquid. Women frequently performed a part of the farm service in that age, some, with sickle and rake in hand, doing the work of a harvest man. Others, with hoe and fork, did good work in the hay and corn field. One of them is remembered as placing her child in a sap-trough uear by, when but little over a week old, while she split more rails in a day than her husband. These cases are not adverted to as exemplary, but as facts incidental to pioneer life. Oxen were generally used both for farming and for lumbering. And in one instance Major Bennett, who made an improve- ment on the Potter reserve, at Benezette, on Bennett's Branch, yoked his milch eows to plough his garden and his fields. Bennett afterward removed to Crawford county, where some of his descendants still reside. The attractions for farmers were greater in that section than in this.

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CHAPTER III.

COURTS AND BAR.

FIRST COURTS, WHERE HELD-FIRST RECORD OF COURTS IN ELK COUNTY- BUSINESS TRANSACTED IN THE COURTS OF 1844-EARLY ADMISSIONS TO TIIE BAR -CRIMES - LICENSES - APPOINTMENTS - NAMES OF ATTORNEYS WHO PRACTICED HERE FROM 1868 TO 1879, AND SUBSEQUENTLY-NEW COURT- HOUSE AND JAIL-LAW LIBRARIES.

"THE first courts of this county were held in the old school-house at Cale- donia. The walls on three sides were standing until recently in a fair state of preservation. A recent measurement of the walls made by Erasmus Morey and Squire Dixon showed the building to have been 20x24 feet in size.

The first record of the courts of Elk county is dated December 19, 1843. James L. Gillis and Isaac Horton, associate judges, were present, and before them William J. B. Andrews qualified for the office of prothonotary; Uriah Rogers was appointed crier; Vine S. Brockway, Eusebius Kinkaid and Joseph Rogers, court constables; B. Rush Petrikin, George R. Barrett and Lewis W. Smith were present. and permitted to practice in the courts of Elk county. This completed the round of business, and court adjourned to February 19, 1844. Judge Alex McCalmont was present in February, and at this time N. W. Goodrich, D. B. Jenks, Jesse G. Clark and L. T. Parmelee were admitted to the county bar. Eusebius Kinkaid was appointed sheriff, and N. W. Good- rich, prosecutor, pending the issue of commissions to them or others. In March the court assembled, but adjourned till May 20, when a petition for a new township was presented and the original county seat commissioners asked to show cause why they should not report their proceedings to the constituted authorities of Elk county. All that part of Shippen township south of Jones, and north of Fox and Jay, was attached to Fox township for administrative purposes. On September 16 licenses were granted to the Boston Lumber Company and Dickinson & Co. to deal in foreign merchandise; and the first grand jury of the county was impaneled. The names of such jurors are given as follows: Rasselas W. Brown, John Gardner, Jacob Kriger, Selah Morey. William McComber, Henry Mason, David Meredith, James Malone, Robert McIntosh, William Shepard, George Smith, Henry Stutler, William Taylor, Joel Taylor, Abijah B. Weed, Eben. C. Winslow, Reuben C. Winslow, David Wheeler, all farmers; Jacob Coleman, merchant, Gibson; James Gallagher. hotel, Ridgway: Joshua Iddles, carpenter; John Collins and Samuel Stone back, laborers; Hezekiah Warner, merchant, Jay; Alanson Viall, hotel, Fox; Caleb Dill, blacksmith.

The report of the statute commissioners was made at this time, as given in the transactions of the commissioners; S. J. Goodrich, S. P. Johnson, I. Y. James, George W. Carskadden and William A. Williams were admitted to to the bar, and David Thayer was indicted for keeping a tippling house. In December C. B. Knapp and Robert Wallace were admitted, and John Roth rock and Robert Wise were licensed to deal in foreign goods, as well as the

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Boston and Dickinson companies. Commissioners Brockway, Winslow and Brooks were indicted for misdemeanor in office, on the oath of Edward Derby. A jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The grand jury declared that the Milesburg and Smethport turnpike was abandoned by the turnpike company. and suggested its repair by the county. Hiram Payne and John S. McCal- mont were permitted to practice here in September, 1845. Martha Worden was indicted for murder, but a jury found that she was not guilty as charged, and in December C. B. Curtis and L. B. Wetmore were admitted. Licenses for stores were issued to Gillis & Clover, Dickinson & Co., Cobb, Gallagher & Co., W. A. Simpson, George Weis and John Rothrock in February, 1846, and to C. Fisher, of Benzinger township. In May tavern licenses were granted to Caspar Burhagher and Anthony Fotchman, of Ben- zinger; N. Hyatt and Mary Viall. of Fox; Henry Thayer and Pierce J. Brooks, of Ridgway, on condition that neither drunkenness nor disorder should be tolerated. Lewis M. Burson, James Campbell, George W. Teigler and W. Hecker were admitted to the bar in September. 1846,

Patrick Malone and Gerhart Schoening, of Fox and Benzinger, respect- ively, were licensed to keep general stores. In February, 1847, Alfred Pear- sall was granted license to keep a temperance house in Jay, and Joseph Lubr a liquor house at St. Mary's in Benzinger township, and in May, Kasper Ditch wished to compete with Luhr, and was permitted to carry out his wish. Tru- man Weaver was indicted for forging county orders, George Rhines for keep- ing a disorderly house, and Isaac Nichols and Milton Johnson for cutting tim- ber. In 1848 the grand jury presented the fact that the county stove-pipes were going to waste for want of care. William P. Jenks was admitted to the bar, also B. D. Hamlin and Mr. Bishop. In 1849 William A. Stokes was per- mitted to practice here, and in September Joseph Buffington took his seat as president judge. In May, 1850, Aaron Harrington petitioned for license to keep a tavern at Centreville, and J. T. Wells at Highland, numerous petitions came from St. Mary's, at which place the German element was determined to have beer. The grand jury condemned the Thayer & Winslow mill-dam across Bennett's Branch in September, 1851. In February, 1852, Judge White pre- sided; illegitimacy was presented in a few forms about this time, and some cases of forgery, counterfeiting and perjury are recorded. Andrew G. Curtin. Dave Boal and John L. Cuttle were permitted to practice at this bar. In June, 1853, H. A. Pattison and Charles Horton were admitted in October previous, and Reuben Mickle in October following. In March, 1854, E. B. Eldred and John G. Freez were admitted, and in May James G. Gordon and T. J. McCul- lough. In October, 1855, E. S. Dandee was admitted: in January, 1856. Jo. seph B. McEnally, and in December, J. A. Boyle. The examining committee, in re Boyle, comprised B. F. Lucas, W. A. Wallace and Albert Willis. A. A. Mc Knight was admitted in 1858, Samuel Lynn and Edward Blanchard in 1859. and Warren Cowles in 1860. From this period until June, 1860, when George A. Rathbun was admitted, there is no record of additions to the bar of Elk county. The motion to appoint an examining committee on his petition was made by Justus C. Chapin, when Henry Souther, W. P. Jenks and R. Brown were appointed such committee. In October John G. Hall was admitted, and in January, 1864, Louis Grunder. In March, 1864, the first inquest on the body of an unknown person was held at Ridgway. It is supposed he worked on the railroad. In January, 1865, an inquest on the body of Peter MeQuirk was held. The back of his head was torn away. In January, 1867. P. W. Jenks, O. T. Noble and W. W. Brown were permitted to practice here, and in August, H. C. Parsons. C. Luhr was appointed court interpreter at this

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term, and in November, C. O. Bowman, S. E. Woodruff, W. H. Armstrong and C. W. Huntington were enrolled as members of the bar. In 1868 John B. Newton and C. H. Gross were admitted members of the bar, also Elijah H. Clark, V. O. Smith and A. V. Parsons. In April of this year, President Judge H. W. Williams took his seat on the bench. The trial of Mrs. J. S. Scott for poisoning her husband on June 7, 1873, took place in January, 1874. J. K. P. Hall represented the State. The woman was found not guilty. The

murder of old William Falon by William Bromley took place in Horton town- ship, July 19, 1873. In May, 1879, M. Ohearn, of St. Mary's, was sentenced to a fine of $100, and eight years solitary confinement in prison for manslaughter. In September, 18SO, the trial of Harry English for the murder of Frank War- nith, of Caledonia, on April 17, took place before Judge Wetmore. Messrs. Wurzell, G. A. Jinks, J. G. Hall and C. H. MeCauley prosecuted, and P. R. Cotter, A. B. Richmond, Eugene Mullin and W. W. Ames defended. The jury acquitted the prisoner. In May, 1886, William C. Bush, who was charged with the murder of Philip P. Bush, near Wilcox, was captured: on September 24 he was sentenced to death by Judge Mayer, but this sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life.

The attorneys who practiced here from August, 1868, to May, 1879, excln- sive of the above mentioned are named in the following list: 1868, M. W. Acheson, Frank Barrett, Luman Stevens; 1869. Samuel A. Purviance, Wil- son C. Kness, Charles Albright; 1871, F. O. Bailey, W. W. Ames; 1872, J. C. Johnson, E. S. Goulden. John H. Orvis, C. H. MeCauley; 1873, W. P. Mercelliott, Robert P. Allen; 1874, W. M. Lindsey. D. S. Herron, Charles Dinsmore, B. W. Green; 1875, J. Ross Thompson. C. S. Cary, B. S. Bent- ley, F. D. Leet, A. L. Gordon; 1876, C. W. Stone, Henry W. Watson, Charles Bartles, Jr., R. M. Chamberlain, W. S. Hamblen, Charles Geddes; 1878. George R. Dixon, J. M. Schram, M. S. Kline, W. M. Rightmyer; 1879. C. H. Noyes, George W. Wurzell, L. J. Blakely.

In 1880 P. R. Cotter, Eugene Mullin, Schnurr and Metzgar were per- mitted to practice here, and also A. B. Richmond, Rufus Lucore and George P. Griffith. Harry English was indicted in May for murder, with A. J. and Phoebe Rummer, but the latter were discharged. English was charged with the murder of Frank Warnith, on April 17, 1880, at Caledonia, as shown in the evidence before the coroner's jury. In September, English was charged with the murder of Philip Vollmer, but found not guilty, and was tried for forg. ery. He was sentenced to pay $500 and costs for the latter crime. An in- quisition held on the body of John Johnson, killed July 15. at Centreville, was approved. The village of Ridgway was incorporated. In January, 1881, the name of M. S. Kline appears on the roll of attorneys; in May, resolutions on the death of Matthew L. Ross, the old court crier, were adopted. In September an inquisition was held on the bodies of Engineer Wm. Kepperly and Fireman Charles M. Parks, killed in the wreck at Silver creek bridge near St. Mary's, September S. In January, 1882, George W. Clinton was appointed surveyor, rice J. L. Brown who was appointed in December, 1881, on account of failure to elect a surveyor. Charles B. Earley was admitted to the bar in May, and Isaiah H. Brown and H. H. Hall in September. In January, 1883, Ernest J. Wimmer was enrolled as a member of the bar. At this time a number of in- quests on men killed on railroads were held, the records filling several pages, the premature explosion of a blast on the Rochester & Pittsburgh line killing several workmen. George A. Allen, S. W. Pettit and J. P. McNarney were en- rolled as attorneys in May. In July, 1883, a number of fatal railroad accidents find reference on the court records. In November, 1884, George W. Boyer was appointed deputy treasurer of the county. In May, 1885, J. Bayard

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Henry and F. P. Pritchard were permitted to practice here; A. E. Whitney was admitted, and in November. A. L. Cole, of Clearfield, Messrs. Chapman. MeClure and Wallace, of Mckean, were permitted to sign the roll. In 1886 S. M. Brainerd, of Erie, W. W. Ames and N. M. Orr, of Mckean, and Tru- man Ames, of Clearfield, enrolled their names. W. W. Barbour was admit- ted here in September, and N. T. Arnold and F. H. Ely were formerly en- rolled. P. J. Vonada is the latest addition to the bar of this county.

In 1879, two grand juries having condemned the old wooden court-house erected in 1845, the commissioners, then consisting of W. H. Osterhout, Mi- chael Weidert and George Reuscher, took steps to erect a new building for the courts and county officers. After examining court-houses in several counties. they concluded that the general plan of the one then lately erected in Warren county would best suit the needs of Elk, and adopted plans and drawings made by J. H. Marston, of Warren, and Mr. Marston was employed to supervise the work. The old building was sold as it stood to Hugh McGeehin and by him re- inoved to his lot on Main street, west of Mill, and turned into a tavern, now known as the " Bogert House." Mr. Marston drove the work as rapidly as possible, and on July 16, 1879, the corner stone was laid with appropriate cer- emonies. The January court for 1881 was held in the new building, which was then fully completed. It is 110x55 feet, having a clock tower in which is a Howard clock, costing some $700. . The old stone jail, built about 1846, having been formally condemned, the commissioners in 1884 commenced the erection of a new one which should be more in accordance with modern ideas and give greater security for the retention of prisoners. It is located in the rear of the court-house, and the dwelling for the sheriff projects to the east, so that it is plainly visible from Main street. The cage system has been adopted for the cells, twenty two in number, built of hardened chrome steel bars. It has all sanitary appliances, rooms for hospitals, bath-rooms, and the male and fe- male wards separated by a brick wall. It was constructed under the supervis- ion of M. Van Etten, who had been a foreman under Marston on the court- house. The cost of the court-house in round numbers was $65,000, that for the jail estimated at $40,000, was in fact about $37,000. The erection of these substantial buildings at a cost of over $100,000 has set the question of the location of the county seat at rest for a long time to come. The exterior walls, eighteen inches thick, are of brick of Elk county burning, except the face on front and sides, which are of Buffalo pressed brick, the corners being laid up of cut sandstone. All the partition walls on the ground floor are of brick, twelve inches thick, and supported by two feet thick foundation walls of stone. There are four fire proof vaults 101x20 feet, with floor and ceilings of brick and cement arched on iron girders; and the whole building is plentifully supplied with all modern conveniences, and heated throughout by steam. Natural gas is used for fuel and light. Another feature of the county offices is the Schoening system of records and blanks, designed by the popular pro- thonotary,. Schoening. This system is as yet confined to small sections of the country; but when its excellence is generally understood, it will take the place of all old-time methods.

The Rathbun law library, in George A. Rathbun's office in the court-house. is modern in arrangement and quality of works. Mr. Rathbun contributed a very excellent sketch of Ridgway to the press a few years ago, written and compiled during his leisure hours among his valuable collection of law books and general historical works. Charles B. Earley's law library is another feat- ure of the county seat. For over twelve years the work of gathering this val- uable collection of books has been carried on. This library finds a place in the large building erected, in 1889, for himself and brother, Dr. F. G. Earley.

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CHAPTER IN.

TRANSACTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS.

INTRODUCTORY-ESTABLISHMENT OF ELK COUNTY-ITS BOUNDARIES-THE COM- MISSIONERS OF 1843 AND THEIR TRANSACTIONS-LOCATION OF THIE COUNTY . SEAT-COUNTY CONTRACTS, ETC .- DOINGS OF THE COMMISSIONERS FROM DATES OF APPOINTMENT-COUNTY OFFICIALS-COURT-HOUSE-FIRST COURT -NEW JAIL, ETC.

P RIOR to 1813 Clearfield county had but one township-Chincleclamoose. In 1807 or 1808 one Amos Davis settled north of Earley, near where the steam saw-mill of 1876 was erected. In the spring of 1810 John Kyler came to explore, and located his land selection at Kyler's Corners, and in 1812 brought his family hither. In 1813 Clearfield was divided into the townships of Lawrence and Pike, in honor of two heroes of the war of 1812, and the old name disappeared.

The act establishing Elk county was approved April 18, 1843. Parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and Mckean counties were detached, and the boundaries of this new division of Pennsylvania set forth as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of Jefferson county, thence east nine miles to the northeast corner of Lot 2328, thence south to Clearfield county, thence east along that line to the east line of Gibson township and south so far that a line westward to the mouth of Mead's run shall pass within not less than fifteen miles of the town of Clearfield; thence westwardly to Little Toby creek; thence along a line to the mouth of Mead's run, and northwesterly to where the west line of Ridgway township crosses the Clarion river; thence in the same direction to a point where a due north line will strike the southwest corner of Mckean county, and along such line to that corner, thence along the south line of Mckean to the northeast corner of Jefferson county. Timothy Ives, Jr., of Potter, James W. Guthrie, of Clarion, and Zachariah H. Eddy, of Warren county, were named commissioners to mark the boundary lines and acquire lands by donation or purchase, lay out lots and convey them and conduct this business until the com- missioners to be elected in October qualify. The act does not charge them with locating the seat of justice, and as a result the elected commissioners resorted to extraordinary proceedings in an effort to interpret the act in a spirit of jus- tice.

ELK COUNTY, ss., September Term, 1844.

Messrs. Brockway, Brooks and Winslow, Esqrs., in Report of Timothy Ives, Jr., of Potter county ; James W. Guthrie, of Clarion county, aud Z. H. Eddy, of Warren county. Com- missiouers appointed by au act of Assembly to locate the seat of justice of Elk county. pursuance of the duties required of the uudersigned commissioners under an act erecting a new county out of parts of Jefferson, Clearfield and MeKean counties, passed April 18, 1843, we herewith enclose and hand over to you, our successors in office, all matters in relation thereto (viz.): Deed of land for situation of public buildings, title to water privilege and propositions of donors (viz.): John J. Ridgway, Esq., Hon. James L. Gillis, Messrs. L. Wilmarth and George Dickinson, which we accepted for the purposes therein specified; Also, an article of agreement and contract with E. Derby to build court-house and offices; an article of agreement for surveying the county,

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and all other papers in our possession iu relation to said county as commissioners, all of which is respectfully submitted.

Ordered to be given over to the commis- J. W. GUTHRIE, ) Commissioners under

sioners of Elk county. September 17.

the Act of April 18, 1844, By the court.

Z. HENRY EDDY, 1843.

CHARLES HORTON. Dep'y Proth'y.

Among the propositions made to the county seat commissioners was one of 100 acres at Boot Jack, or the forks of the road to Brandy Camp, four miles east from Ridgway. by Matthew McQuoin, who also offered to donate a year's work toward erection of county buildings. Reuben Winslow proposed to erect public buildings at the mouth of Trout run should the county seat be located there, while John J. Ridgway and the residents of the old village agreed to donate land and water privileges, and erect buildings.

Under date July 1, 1844, John J. Ridgway and his wife, Elizabeth, sold (through their legal agent, Jonathan Colegrove) town lot No. 116 (10,400 square feet) to Z. Henry Eddy, for the use of Elk county, the consideration being $20.

In 1848-49 A. I. Wilcox, in the house, and Timothy Ives, in the senate, introduced a bill to remove the county seat to St. Mary's. Will A. Stokes, a Philadelphia lawyer, who purchased land near St. Mary's, urged the legis- lators to support this bill, which would have been carried had it not been for the determined and well-organized protest of the friends of the old seat of justice.

In October, 1843, John Brooks, Chauncey Brockway and Reuben Winslow. the newly elected commissioners, organized by appointing B. Rush Petrikin. clerk, and David Wheeler, treasurer. The county-seat commissioners were noti- fied of this organization, and asked to make return of their dealings with the new county. Wilcox and Harrison, the boundary surveyors, were granted $375 on October 17, payable when a complete map of the county would be presented by them. Jonathan Colegrove, agent of J. J. Ridgway, was notified of the new organization; a letter was addressed to the statute commissioners, again ask- ing for their report, and the board adjourned to meet at John S. Brockway's house, in Jay township, on November 6. At that meeting the courts were or- dered to be held at Hezekiah Warner's house, at Caledonia. In May, 1844, Leonard Morey was appointed commissioner's clerk. In June the following circular was addressed to the people on the matter of locating the county seat, and John Blanchard was selected attorney to advise the board:

PUBLIC NOTICE.

The citizens of Elk county and the public generally are hereby respectfully notified that the Commissioners of said county have no knowledge of auy seat of justice being fixed for the county of Elk.

And whereas, it is reported that lots are soon to be exposed for sale in the town of Ridgway, purporting to be the place where the seat of justice of Elk county has been fixed:

We, the Commissioners of said county, inform the public generally, that we do not know that there is any seat of justice fixed for said county at Ridgway. or any other place, consequently we do not recognize the town of Ridgway as the seat of justice, and feeling desirous that the people, before they purchase lots in the town of Ridgway, under the impression that they are purchasing lots in the town where the seat of justice, of Elk county has been fixed, should beapprised of the above facts, we therefore solicit attention to this notice.

25 Juue, 1844. Attest

JOHN BROOKS, REUBEN WINSLOW, S Com.

LEONARD MOREY, Clerk.

It was also "resolved that the clerk give notice to the Hon. the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas and the several courts, in and for the county of Elk, and also notify the

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other officers of said county, that the board continne to designate the school-house near the house of Hezekiah Warner in Jay Township, whereat to open and hold the several courts for Elk county."

On June 26 the meeting adjourned to reassemble at Brockway's, on Sep- tember 16, but by some arrangement the commissioners met at David Thayer's house, Ridgway. After that day's business was transacted, they considered the house too small, and held their meetings in Erasmus Morey's home at Ridg- way. On the 19th proposals for donations of moneys or lands for the loca- tion of the county seat were called for. C. Brockway dissenting; but replies were so unsatisfactory, that the time had to be extended and re-extended until December 16, when Ridgway appears to have been selected. On the 19th Ed- ward Durby received a draft for $11.20 on J. J. Ridgway, to apply on his con- tract for building court-house. In March, 1845, a meeting was held at Brock- way's house in Jay township, but on May 19 the commissioners met in their office at Ridgway, and appointed B. P. Little clerk. In September B. T. Hastings was given the contract for county printing, and on the 18th of that month, Edward Durby was given a draft on J. J. Ridgway for $1,000 and one for $300 to apply on his contract for building the court-house. In Decem- ber, a draft on J. J. Ridgway for $260 and one for $120 were given to Durby to complete payment for his work-the drafts applying on Mr. Ridgway's donation for public buildings. At this time, also, an arrangement with Jon- athan Colegrove (Ridgway's agent) resulted in drawing moneys to be cred- ited to the landlord's tax account. In September, 1846, J. Y. James was employed to print assessment blanks. Patrick Malone, who established a store in Fox township in July, paid a tax of $8.75. Barnhard & Schoening, of Ben- zinger, who opened in June of this year, paid $9.62. Jesse Kyler qualified as commissioner in November. vice John Brooks. B. F. Corey, of Smethport, contracted to do the county printing, and David Tracy who commenced trading at Ridgway, December 21, was granted a license; while Joseph S. Hyde, who opened a store at Ridgway, September 1, 1846, was not licensed until January 9, 1847. Thomas Dent took the place of Commissioner Wilcox in November, and joined in a note to James Halliday and Davidson, the jail builders-$100 for six months. On January 20. 1848, the jail building was completed, $6.25 being the bill of extras. Ignatius Garner qualified, vice Brockway, in October of this year. A. H. Corey, of Smethport, was given the printing contract: Ralph Johnson took Commissioner Kyler's place in November, 1849; E. R. Brody, of Brookville, was appointed public printer in December; B. P. Lit- tle, treasurer in January, 1850, and C. F. Luce, clerk. In June, Sylvester Squiers contracted to lay water pipes from the spring to court-house, and P. T. Brooks to remove stumps from public square. J. R. Morey was appointed clerk in 1850, and in November, Star Dennison took Commissioner Dent's place. Edward C. Schultz took Garner's place on the board in 1851. In 1852 the railroad grants were made as stated in the pages devoted to railroads.

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Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 1320

Author: Leeson, M. A. (Michael A.) comp. cn; J.H. Beers & Co., pub
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 1320