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The first railroad train reached Madison January 12th, 18Si, and the town was incorporated under the provisions of the Territorial Code on the first of May following. Its present population is fully 600, and is rapidly receiving valuable accessions. The streets are one hundred feet in width, with sidewalks ten feet wide, and already much money has been expended in improvements in this direction.
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All branches of business are well represented. the buildings being of a superior class and everything wearing an appearance of thrift and permaneney.
A recent valuable addition to the enterprises of the town is the Lake County Flouring Mill. owned by Mr. B. D. Sprague, the construction of which was begun in May of the present year, and completed in October, at a total cost of about $20,000. They are roller mills and contain all the latest improvements. no trouble or expense having been spared to that end. They will grind about 500 bushels of wheat per day, and their work will not suffer by comparison with any other mills in Dakota. Mr. H. A. Snyder is the head miller.
Madison has two excellent newspapers. the Madison Sentinel and the Lake County Leader. The Sentinel was first started at old Madison in April, 1879, by Joe H. Zane and F. L. Fifield. W. F. Smith succeeded Fifield in March, 1880. In May of the same year Smith disposed of his interest to Zane, and in June W. H. & A. M. Jones became interested in its publication. W. H. Jones became sole editor and proprietor in December, 1880. The Leader was established in June, 1879, at Herman, six miles west of old Madison, by F. C. Stowe, who brought it to new Madison in No- vember, 1880. Its final sale to E. A. Fuller and J. M. Preston was consummated September 3d, of the present year. It is pub- lished by Fuller & Co., with J. M. Preston as the editor. Both the Sentinel and the Leader have contributed in no small degree to bring about the present prosperous condition of affairs at Madison.
The hotel and other accommodations are excellent, and the bus- iness men wide awake to appreciate and avail themselves of every- thing conducive to the advancement of the community.
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES.
There are five church organizations at Madison, all with encour- aging prospects. The Presbyterian Society was organized at Old Madison. in 1877. and has a handsome edifice. Rev. G. F. Leclere is the pastor. The Baptist Society is of recent organization, and has also an appropriate edifice. The Congregational Society was organized in August of the present year, and holds services in Davi- son's Hall. The Society will erect a suitable structure as soon as practicable. A Methodist Episcopal organization existed at Old Madison, the members of which expect shortly to organize their Society in the new town. There is also a large Catholic member-
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ship in Madison, an edifice for the accommodation of which will shortly be erected.
The educational facilities, present and prospective, are unusually excellent. The contract for the new school building, which is to cost $4,000. calls for its completion November 20th, 1881. Mean- time a temporary building has been occupied. A matter for con- siderable self-gratulation is the success attending the efforts of the citizens for the establishment of a Territorial Normal School at Madison. The Legislative Assembly having at its last session passed an act establishing five Normal Schools in the Territory, conditioned upon the deeding by each locality, where such an in- stitution was desired. of one hundred and sixty acres of land to the Territory for such purpose, within the period of six months, the citizens of Madison promptly bought and paid for by private sub- scription the requisite one hundred and sixty acres, at a cost of $1,750, and deeded it to the Territory as required by the act. The deed has been accepted by Secretary Hand as Acting Governor du- ring the absence of Governor Ordway, and the appropriations will no doubt come as a matter of course, thus securing to Madison an institution of great benefit to the entire community, as well of the highest credit to the people of the Territory. It will especially be borne in mind in this connection that Madison is the only town in the Territory which complied with the conditions of the above act.
The Lake County Agricultural Association, whose objects are all that the name implies, was organized in the fall of 1879, and held its third annual fair on the 29th and 30th of September, of the present year. Its grounds are about one-half mile east of town, contain sixty acres, and are unsurpassed in adaptability for the pur- pose for which they are used. There is an excellent half-mile cir- cular track, good buildings and conveniences, a large floral hall be- ing among the erections of the present year. Competition in all departments is unlimited, premiums liberal, and the annual meet- ings will bear favorable comparison with any of the Middle and Western States. The present officers of the Association are: President, G. P. Borland: Vice-President, P. H. Harth; Secretary, F. C. Stowe; Treasurer, David Mullen; Board of Directors, Jacob Bergstresser, John Fitzgerald, R. B. Mullen, J. M. Preston, Philip Zimmerman. Lake County claims the honor of being the first county to organize an Agricultural Association in Dakota.
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The organization of the Lake County Cemetery Association was perfected April 23. 1881. Its officers are: President, P. H. Harth; Vice-President, J. G. Wadsworth; Secretary, J. M. Preston ; Treas- nrer, A. E. Clough; Directors, A. M. McCallister, G. P. Borland, Wm. Lee; Superintendent of Grounds. J. H. Law.
Madison Lodge No. 20,I. O. O. F .- Wasinstituted April 10, 1880, by D. D. G. M. Woodruff, of Dell Rapids, with the following charter members: William Lee, Charles Miller, P. Marquart, John Jacobs, William Luce, C. W. Howard, C. C. Rosnow, J. G. Wadsworth, J. R. Taylor, A. E. Clough. Its first officers were: P. Marquart, N. G .: C. Miller, V. G .: A. E. Clough, Secretary; W. H. Luce, Treas. The following are its present officers: A. E. Clough. N. G .; J. I. Taylor, V. G .; H. Gulstein, Secretary; P. Hansen, Treasurer; Representative to the Grand Lodge, Charles Miller. The membership is about fifty, and comprises one of the finest young lodges in the Territory, its number embracing a majority of the substantial business men of the town. The Lodge is financially, prosperous, has money in its treasury, and the membership is rap- idly increasing.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
President Board of Trustees -- A. E. Clongh.
Trustees-A. E. Clough, Wm. Lee, E. W. Dyer. Clerk-J. M. Preston.
Treasurer-E. W. Hart. Justice of the Peace-E. Sheridan.
Marshal -- D. T. Scott.
Board of Education -- Alexander McKay, A. E. Fuller, J. W. Davison; J. M. Preston, Clerk.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
Attorneys .- F. L. Soper, G. K. Tiffany, S. M. Smollen. J. M. Preston. W. F. Smith, C. B. Kennedy.
Agricultural Implements-Wadsworth & Harth. A. E. Howland & Son. J. I. Richardson.
Blacksmiths- John Huntimer, B. D. Holt. W. S. Revce. Peter Hansen.
Boarding House-Mrs. Mary Gilden.
Banks-Citizens Bank, J. A. Trow, Cashier: Lake County Bank. F. W. Thaxter, Cashier.
Boots and Shoes -- John McCormack.
Barbers -- E. Rice. F. M. Cooksin.
Contractors and Builders-Fuller Bros., John Buckley. Depot Agent -- W. J. Mallon. Druggists-Clough & Howe, A. A. Broodie.
Fuel -- R. R. Company, H. J. Patterson. Flour and Feed-H. J. Patterson.
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General Merchandise -- P. H. Harth, Daly and Fitzgerald. A. Mckay. J. W. Davison, C. S. Raymond. Clark & Cameron.
Hardware-E. W. Dyer, McCallister Bros.
Hotels-Madison Horse. J. D. Andrews; Commercial House. J. J. Craney.
Insurance .- C. B. Kennedy, F. W. Thaxter.
Jeweler .- O. G. Auley.
Licery,-Scott & Sheridan. J. Vandervort, A. W. Clark.
Lake County Flouring Mills .- B. D. Sprague.
Lumber .- John Paul, Henry Gulstein, Agent: C. L. Coleman, Wesley Hill. Agent; Drew Bros., by Frank Drew.
Merchant Tailor .- N. Grosch,
Meat Markets .- Renner & Schultz, Frank Snyder.
Millinery .- Mrs. A. E. Clough, Miss Jennie Jones.
Newspapers .- Lake County Leader, Fuller & Co. Proprietors, J. M. Preston, Editor; Madisen Sentinel, W. H. Jones, E litor and Proprietor.
Notions .- A. Fritz.
Physicians .- A. E. Clough. S. M. Jenks.
Postmaster .- P. H. Harth, J. M. Preston. Assistant.
Painter .- W. A. Cola.
Restaurant .- L. Ricker.
Real Estate and Loan .- Citizen's Bank, Lake County Bank, C. B. Kennedy, W F. Smith. F. L. Soper. Scott & Sheridan.
Stone Masons .- S. Q. Brown. James Barrett.
Saloons .- Batchelder & Smith. A. B. Houts, T. Lannon, A. Freliger.
MOODY COUNTY.
The Legislative Assembly formed the boundaries of Moody County in 1873. The following summer the first County Com- missioners were appointed. and the County was organized. The officers appointed were as follows: Commissioners-David Fari- bault, Harry Stoughton, Edward Pierce. Register of Deeds-M. D. L. Pettigrew. Treasurer and Judge of Probate-A. G. Hop- kins. Sheriff-Thomas Davis. Officers were subsequently elected as follows: Commissioners -. M. P. Hopkins. Morris Bebb, David Faribault. Register of Deeds-M. D. L. Pettigrew. Sheriff-E. 1. Heald. Treasurer-Marshall Morse.
FLANDREAU.
Elsewhere in its proper place will be found an account of the location of Flandrean in 1857 by the Dakota Land Company, of St. Paul, Miun., together with the names of the principal stock- holders and incorporators of the Company, as also an account of the expedition, beginning with flying colors at St. Paul. in May of
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that year. It will be observed that the town of Flandrean was named in honor of Judge Charles E. Flandrau, of St. Paul. there being latterly, however, a slight alteration in the orthography of the name by the insertion of an additional "e."
The predatory character of the noble red man, together with his native hostility to the innovations of the pale face. rendered abor- tive the speculative efforts of the Dakota Land Company, and brought their plans to a summary standstill in June. 1858. at which time the Indians rose in their might and drove the settlers from the valley of the Upper Sioux. Thus is chronicled the rise, decline and sudden fall of the old Flandreau, and years elapsed previous to the rise of the present new and prosperous Flandrean in its stead. About the only indications of former white inhabit- ancy are to be found digged in the side of the hill in the timber above the mill, on which spot a white man's cabin in all proba- bility once stood.
The country in and about Flandreau was no doubt a favorite camping ground for the Indians, who came from localities far and near to the Great Pipestone Quarry, one mile north of Pipestone, in Pipestone County, Minn., and about fifteen miles east of Flandreau. This celebrated region abounds in Indian folk-lore and traditions, more or less romantic and worthy of credence. It was here that the Pipe of Peace was obtained, and here to this day the Wards of the Government get the material from which their pipes and other articles are carved in many rude and fantastic designs. The Legend of the Great Pipestone Quarry has thus been beautifully immor- talized by the poet Longfellow:
THE PEACE-PIPE.
From the Mountains of the Prairie, On the Great Red Pipestone Quarry, Gitche Manito, the mighty, He the Master of Life, descending,
On the red erags of the quarry
Stood erect, and called the nations.
Called the tribes of men together.
From his footprints flowed a river, O'er the precipice plunging downward,
(leamed like Ishkoodah, the comet. And the Spirit, stooping earthward, With his finger on the Meadow
Traced a winding pathway for it,
Saying to it, "Run in this way!"
From the red stone of the quarry
With his hand he broke a fragment
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Moulded it into a pipe-head, Shaped and fashioned it with figures; From the margin of the river Took a long reed for a pipe-stem, With its dark green leaves npon it; Filled the pipe with bark of willow, With the bark of the red willow; Breathed upon the neighboring forest, Male its great boaghs chafe tog ther, Till in flame they burst and kinaled; Ant erect upon the mountains (fitche Manito, the mighty, Smoked the Calumet, the Peace-Pipe, As a signal to the nations.
And the smoke rose slowly, slowly, Through the tranquil air of morning, First a single line of darkness, Then a denser, blner vapor, Then a snow-white cloud unfolding. Like the tree-tops of the forest,
Ever rising, rising, rising, Till it touched the top of heaven,
Till it broke against the heaven, And rolled outward all around it.
From the Vale of Tawasentha,
From the Valley of Wyoming, From the groves of Tuscalcosa, From the far-off Rocky Mountains, From the northern lakes and rivers, All the tribes beheld the signal, Saw the distant smoke ascending, The Puckwana of the Peace-Pipe.
And the prophets of the nations Said, "Behold it, the Puckwana! By this signal from afar off, Bending like a wand of willow, Waving like a hand that beckons, Gitche Manito, the mighty, Calls the warriors to his council!"
Down the rivers, o'er the prairies, Came the warriors of the nations, Came the Delawares and Mohawks, Came the Choctaws and Comanches, Came the Shoshones and Blackfeet, Came the Pawnees and Omahas, Came the Mandans and Dacotahs, Came the Hurons and Ojibways, All the warriors drawn together By the signal of the Peace-Pipe, To the Mountains of the Prairie, To the Great Red Pipestone Quarry.
And they stood there on the meadow, With their weapons and their war-gear, Painted like the leaves of autumn, Painted like the sky of morning, Wildly glaring at each other;
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In their faces stern defiance. In their hearts the feuds of ages, The hereditary hatred, The ancestral thirst of vengeance.
Gitche Manito, the mighty, The creator of the nations, Looked upon them with compassion,
With paternal love and pity: Looked upon their wrath and wrangling
But as quarrels among children,
But as feuds and fights of children !
Over them he stretched his right hand, To subdue their stubborn natures,
To allay their thirst and fever,
By the shadow of his right hand: Spake to them with voice majestic
As the sound of far-off waters,
Falling into deep aby-ses, Warning. chiding, spake in this wise :-
"O my children, my poor children, Listen to the words of wisdom, Listen to the words of warning From the lips of the Great Spirit, From the Master of Life, who made you!
"I have given you lands to hunt in, I have given you streams to fish in, I have given you bar and bison, I have given you roe and reindeer, I have given you brant and beaver,
Filled the marshes full of wild-fowl, Filled the river full of fishes;
Why then are you not contented ? Why then will you hunt each other?
"I am weary of your quarrels, Weary of your wars and bloodshed, Weary of your prayers for vengeance, Of your wranglings and dissensions ; All your strength is in your union. All your danger in discord: Therefore be at peace henceforward. And as brothers live together.
"I will send a Prophet to you. A dehve.er of the nations. Who shall gnide you and shall teach you. Who shall toil and suffer with you. If you listen to his counsels, You will multiply and prosper; If his warnings pass unheeded. you will fade away and perish!
"Bathe now in the stream before you Wash the war-paint from your faros. Wash the blo al-stains from your fingers, Bury your war-clubs and your weapons, Break the real stone from this quarry.
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Mould and make it into Peace-Pipes,
Take the reeds that grow beside yon, Deck them with your brightest feathers,
Smoke the calumet together. And as brothers live henceforward!"
Then upon the ground the warriors
Threw their cloaks and shirt ; of deer-skin,
Threw their weapons and their war-gear,
Leaped into the rushing river.
Washed the war-paint from their faces; Clear above them flowed th : water,
Claar and limpid from the footprints
Of the Master of Life descen ling; Dark below them flowed the river, Soiled and stained with stseaks of crimson,
As if blood were mingled with it!
From the river came the warriors, Clean and washed from all their war-paint;
On the banks their clubs they buried,
Buried all their war-like weapons.
Gitche Manito, the mighty,
The Great Spirit, the creator, Smiled upon his helpless children !
And in silence all the warriors
Broke the red stone of the quarry,
Smoothed and formed it into Peace-Pipes,
Broke the long reeds by the river,
Decked them with their brightest feathers,
And departed each one homeward, While the Master of Life descending
Through the opening of cloud-curtains, Through the doorways of the heaven, Vanished from before their faces, In the smoke that rolled around him, The Puckwana of the Peace-Pipe!
For years after the abandonment of Flandreau in 1858, the In- dians hunted and fished undisturbed by the white man, save by an occasional trapper, who. for the most part, adopted their modes of life and lived with them on friendly terms. Yet the inevitable could not long be postponed, and the harbinger of advancing civilization be- gan once more to appear, this time predicating permanent redemp- tion of the soil from savage uses, and foreshadowing the teeming industries and the church spires of the future. About the year 1869 the more civilized Indians of the Santee and Sisseton agen- cies, encouraged by the missionaries who labored among them, be- gan to select claims in Moody County, and to make for themselves homes along the river. Thus we have the apparent anomaly of the Indians themselves giving the first impetus to the tide of civilization, which was soon supplemented by the establishment. in
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1869, of a trading post at Flandreau by C. K. Howard, the well known merchant of Sioux Falls.
In 1871 the Indian Presbyterian Society erected the church edi- fice which was afterward sold to the United States Government, and which has ever since been used as a school building in which the young aboriginal ideas are taught " how to shoot." The In- dians hauled the lumber for the building from Windom, Minn. The present teacher of this Indian school is the Rev. John Eastman, an intelligent half-breed Indian, who is also a Presbyterian clergy- man. Candor compels the admission that, although from thirty to forty Indian pupils are enrolled. comparatively few attend, the solution of the Indian problem through the avenue of education being no nearer reached at Flandrean than at other points where the experiment has been tried. Still much good is doubtless being accomplished in this way, and the money of the Government is well spent in this direction.
In April, 1872, F. W. Pettigrew come to the present townsite of Flandreau. M. D. L. Pettigrew came in June of the same year. F. W. Pettigrew took up what is now the townsite as a homestead and built a homestead house thereon in July, 1872. Mr. Pettigrew platted the town in 1873, and from that time dates the growth of this pleasant and prosperous little city. In the homestead house which he built in 1872, Mr. F. W. Pettigrew now has his real estate office, the building having been enlarged since the winter of 1872-3, when Mr. Pettigrew, E. I. Heald and Almond Campbell kept " bachelors' hall " therein, and entertained the traveling public, with now and then an itenerant preacher of the gospel. In this building was kept the first postoffice at Flandreau, which was es- tablishel in 1872 under the name of West Bend P. O .. Mr. F. W. Pettigrew being Postmaster.
The postoffice of West Bend was discontinued in the fall of 1873. and the postoffice of Flandreau was established. Marshall Morse was the first Postmaster of Flandreau P. O. Mr. Morse came to Flandreau in the latter year, and established a general store, and in 1874 William Jones, who had for several years before led the life of a hunter and trapper in and around the site of the future town, also began business in Flandreau, starting a store therein in connection with Mr. Howard, of Sioux Falls. Dr. Seals also established a store in 1873. The postoffice was kept by Mr. Morse in the building now occupied by T. Freeman, merchant tailor.
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The growth of the community suffered a severe check by reason of the grasshopper invasion of 1874, which continued with more or less disastrous consequences for three years.
1n 1875 M. D. L. Pettigrew built a small portion of the present Flandreau House. The growth of the town was very slow, how- ever, from 1874 to 1878, in which latter year a new impetus was given to the settlement, which from that date has grown with a rapidity exceeding the most sanguine expectations. New business establishments of all kinds have sprung up as if by magic, church organizations have been effected, and both religious and educational facilities enlarged to a degree absolutely astonishing to those unac- customed to the ceaseless activity of western ways. The close of 1878, found Flandreau a busy, bustling town, and since that time there has been a steady influx of new-comers.
Flandreau was incorporated under special act of the Legislature in 1879; its population in 1880 was 550; present population, esti- mated, from 600 to 700. The townsite is located on the northeast quarter of section 28, town 107, range 48.
The Moody County Enterprise was started in 1878, by Funk & Smith. A. B. Funk being the editor. Its first publication was on June 27th of that year. April 1st, 1879, Mr. Funk left Flandreau, going to Spirit Lake, where he purchased the Spirit Lake Beacon, which paper he is still publishing. On the retirement of Mr. Funk, the Enterprise was purchased by Williamson & Middleton, and afterwards H. M. Williamson, the present editor, became sole proprietor. The Enterprise, as conducted by Mr. Williamson, is a highly creditable paper and deservedly ranks among the influential publications of Dakota. The first train of the Southern Minne- sota Railroad arrived at Flandreau January 1st, 1880, and already the effects anticipated from this much desired addition to business and traveling facilities are being largely realized.
The Flandrean Flouring Mills, owned by Bates & Lindsay Bros., and of which Henry J. Jacobshagen is the manager, is one of the leading industries of the place, and turns out flour of a highly satis- factory grade, being mainly engaged in custom work. Work on the mills was first begun by A. H. Wheeler in 1878. Other industries are well represented in our biographical department.
CHURCHES, SCHOOLS AND SOCIETIES.
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Flandreau was organized in 1879 by Rev. Mr. Suffring, of Minn. The present pastor is Rev.
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L. W. Miller. There is a membership of about fifty, and the so- ciety has a commodious church edifice.
The Second Presbyterian Church of Flandreau was organized June 30th, 1880, by Rev. A. K. Baird, of Iowa. Rev. R. H. Hooke is the present pastor. The membership is about thirty. An ap- propriate edifice was erected during the present year at a cost of abont $1,800.
The Indian Presbyterian and the Indian Episcopal congregations each have suitable buildings. David Weston is the catechist of the Episcopal, Rev. John Eastman the pastor of the Presbyterian congregation.
The English Episcopals, the Baptists and the Catholics are each arranging for more perfect organizations, and will no doubt ere long be in possession of appropriate places of worship.
The first school in Flandreau was taught in the summer of 1874 by Miss Hattie Pettigrew. The school building is at present ade- quate for the accommodation of the pupils, and meets the require- ments of so valuable an institution. Miss Mary Taylor is the Prin- cipal.
Flandreau Lodge, No. 15, I. O. O. F ... was instituted October 5th, 1878. Applicants for charter: F. W, Pettigrew, William Jones, E. I. Heald, H. C. Gardner, O. I. Huseboe. Present officers: Geo. Murnby, N. G .; F. M. Lighthizer. V. G .: Claus Junge. R. S .: Wm. Jones, Treasurer. The Lodge has a membership of about thirty, and is in a flourishing condition.
Flandreau Lodge No. 11, A. F. & A. M .--- instituted in the fall of 1878, under dispensation. Charter members: A. B. Funk, C. H. Gardner, W. A. Clark, M. Simpson, H. C. Gardner, R. L. Brown, C. M. Lake. Present officers: R, L. Brown, W. M .; W. A. Clark, S. W .; M. Simpson, J. W .: W. F: Gates, Secretary; J. A. Seaman, Treasurer: T. V. Nash, S. D .; L. Thompson, J. D. Membership about thirty ; in prosperous condition.
Flandreau Lodge No. 11, I. O. G. T. instituted in the spring of 1881. Present officers: Dr. Frank Fluno, W. C .; Mrs. S. J. Clark. W. V. C .: John Hamilton, R. S .:- Van Scotter. F. S .; Miss Mary Taylor, Treasurer. This lodge has a membership of about forty. and is in excellent working order.
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
President Board of Trustees -- E. Huntington.
Board of Trustees -- E. Huntington, W. A. Clark, M. M. Jones. T. E. Miner, Marshall Morse.
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