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The first school taught in the village was by Louisa Rittenhouse in the summer of 1864, in the second story of a warehouse. The "Northey House" was afterward bought by the district for $800 and used as a school building. Edward McDowell taught the first school in this building in the winter of 1864-65.
In 1864 the village of Woodman was laid off by Cyrus Woodman and Ralph Smith, on Sections 13 and 14. In the spring of that year Charles and Julius Lindig settled in the new village, the residence of the former being the first house erected there. In the same year a post-office was established at that place with S. S. Hills as post- master, the office being kept in the depot. Thomas Clapp succeeded
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to the office, and was followed by L. M. Culver, the station agent. Cyrus Ransom afterward became postmaster and kept the office in his shoe-shop. He was followed by Jamees A. Faris, who kept the of- fice in his store.
On February 11, 1878, a fire destroyed the depot, the post-office, J. L. Parker's store and goods, the dwelling and wagon-shop of M. B. Clark, the shoe-shop of J. W. Dexter, and the warehouse of A. Lowry & Co. Parker was insured for $2,600. The others were not insured. The fire was supposed to have been set by an incendiany.
The town of Woodman was organized it 1864. The first town meeting was held at the railroad depot. The town comprises Sections 1 to 6, inclusive, of Town 6 and all of Town 7 that lies south of the Wisconsin River and contains about twenty-seven square miles. It is mostly hill and ridge land, except the valleys of the Wisconsin and Green Rivers.
The population has been : in 1865, 517; in 1870, 599; in 1875, 562: 1880, 553; in 1885 ; 486; in 1890, 495 ; in 1895, 462.
The principal officers of the town have been as follows.
Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
1865 T. S. Sampson
W. Clapp
G. Prior
Orlin Garvin
1866
T. N. Hubbell
G. W. Anderson
Louis Ruka
Chauncey Bangs
1867
M. B. Clark
Henry A. Miles
George R. Garvin S. A. Quinoy
1868
J. F. Thompson
T. N. Hubbell
John L. Parker
Orlin Garvin
1869
T. N. Hubbell
L. M. Culver
do
1870
do
H. F. Walton
do
Chauncey Bangs James A. Faris
1871
George Brown
do
do
do
1872
do
do
do
J. W. Horsfall
1873
do
do
do
James A. Faris
1874
do
do
do
do
1875
do
F. E. Fitch
do
do
1876
do
H. F. Walton
do
do
1877
do
T S. Richards
do
do
1878
do
do
F. E. Fitch
do
1879
do
H. F. Walton
James Ellis
do
1880
James A. Faris
do
John Sanger do
do
1882
George Brown
do
John Quinn
do
1883
Patrick Glynn
do
Orlin Garvin
do
1884
do
do
John Quinn
do
1885
do
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Orlin Garvin
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John R. Murphy
1881
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Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
1886
do
do
John Sanger
do
1887
do
do
James Moody
do
1888
do
W. J. Hooper
do
do
1889
George Brown
do
do
do
do
1891
J. W. Anderson
Calvin Jones
do
do
1892
do
do
do
John Hanley
1893
do
do
Frank Harrower
Timothy Glynn
1894
R. S. Olmstead
J. R. Hettman
do
do
1895
do
do
William Felton
John Scanlan
1896
do
do
do
do
1897
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do
do
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1898
John J. Kelly
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do
do
1899
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Calvin Jones
August Iverson
Chris Martin
1900
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J. R. Hettman
John Harrison
L. J. Anderson
MARION.
This town was organized in 1854, including the present town of Boscobel. Previous to this date it had been included in Pennimore. The first settlers generally settled along Crooked Creek. Among them was William Blanchard, who in 1850 built the "Red Mill" on Section 11, about three miles from Boscobel. Like most of the mills of Grant County, the water supply gave out and steam was substi- tuted, and it is now only a feed mill. Another mill was built on Sec- tion 2, a mile or so down the Creek, in 1863, and is still run as a water-mill and flouring-mill.
C. A. Blanchard settled on Section 35 in 1848. George Tuffley located on Section 11 in 1855. Among the other settlers in the fifties were Sebastian Heller, George Henkel, Joseph Hinn, Charles Mueller, and Fred and Peter Boebel-the pioneers of the present large German population of the town. J. B. Ricks came in 1853.
The town consist, mainly of the bluffs of the Wisconsin River and Crooked Creek and the clayey ridges behind them and is better adapted to grazing than grain-raising. The population has been: In 1860, 508; in 1865, 551 ; in 1870; 675; in 1875, 726; in 1880, 639; in 1885, 619; in 1890, 573; in 1895, 533.
The principal town officers have been as follows :
Chairman.
1855 Joseph Walker
1856 Mason Fish do
do
N. Brainard
49
Clerk. C. D. Blanchard
Treasurer. Assessor.
Earl Fitch
Moors Rice
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1890
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Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
1857 C. K. Dean
Ben Shearer
John R. Muffley . C. W. Francisco
1858
John R. Muffley
J. M. Dickerson Asa W. Ray
Merritt Thompson do
N. B. Moody
C. A. Blanchard
H. Comstock Frank Lewis Levi Gulliford
1859 1860 do 1861 do 1862 Levi Gulliford
do
do
W'm. W. Blanchard John Gulliford
1863
Moors Rice
1864
Hiram Watrus
N. S. Palmer
do
C. A. Blanchard
1865
do
do
Oliver A. Rice
J. B. Mead
Leri Gulliford George Henkel
1866 1867
Moors Rice
N. S. Palmer
B. E. Rice
J. B. Ricks
1868
N. B. Moody
do
O. A. Rice
John Hagarty
1869
J. B. Ricks
do
Lansil Edgcomb
George Henkel
George Henkel John Hagarty E. B. Smith
1871
do
do
do
1872
George Tuffley
do
do
C. A. Blanchard
1873
do
do
do
do
1874 George Munns
do
do
do
1875
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George Tuffley
do
do
1876
D. R. Walker
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do
do
1877
George Munns
do
do
do
1878
Oliver Rice
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do
do
1879
Paul Welner
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do
do
1880
George Munns
Christopher Hinn
do
do
1881
do
do
do
do
1882
D. R. Walker
do
do
do
1883
George Munns
Clinton Dunn
do
do
1884
J. B. Murphy
George Tuffley, Jr.
do
do
1885
do
do
do
do
1886
do
do
John P. Miller
E. B. Smith
1887
do
do
do
do
1888
John P. Miller
Clinton Dunn
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John Thompson
1889
Paul Wellner
do
do
do
1890
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do
do
do
1891
J. B. Murphy
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do
do
1892
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do
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Peter Schwab
1893
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do
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Chas. Zimmerman
1894
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do
do
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1895
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do
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1896
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do
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George Tuffley, Jr.
1897 M. M. Rice
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John F. Bobel
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Moors Rice
1870 do
O. A. Rice
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John Hagarty
Moors Rice
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Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer. Assessor.
1898
John C. Miller
Clinton Dunn
John F. Bobel
George Tuffley, Jr.
1899
do
do
John Henkel
Jacob Wetter
1900 J. B. Murphy
do
do
do
LITTLE GRANT.
This town was organized in 1856. It contains thirty-six square miles, being Town 5, Range 4. The earliest settlers within its present limits were James Prideaux and James Edwards who settled in Sec- tion 31 in the southwestern corner of the town, in 1837. These old settlers remained on their farms the rest of their lives. One of the principal streams of the town, Blake's Fork of Grant, was long called Priddix Branch-that being the pronunciation the first settlers gave to the name of Mr. Prideaux, although it is now pronounced " Preedo," and the family is said to be of French origin, although James Prideaux came from Cornwall, England. John Welsh came in 1844, being one of the prominent citizens of the town until his death in 1860. R. A. Welsh came about the same time as his brother. Besides being exten- sive breeders of fine stock, they established a saw-mill and the Little Grant woolen mills, long the principal manufacturing enterprise of the town. In 1844 quite a colony came from England and settled in the town, some of them as operatives in the woolen mill. John and Ed- ward Garthwaite came in 1846 and opened farms. The latter after- ward moved to Lancaster and died there in 1889. Robert Newman opened a farm on Little Grant in 1848. He was a man of good edu- cation, a civil engineer by profession. He became prominent as a stock-breeder ; he went to California in 1852, and staid there six years, when he returned and lived upon his farm until his death in 1895.
Alfred Hale settled in the southeastern part of the town in 1851. A. N. Brackett came in 1855, and Arthur Lynass in 1856.
The town has been the theater of few bloody tragedies. June 24, 1890, Peter Henkel killed Dr. Charles Ayers, an old man who lived alone and compounded medicines. He was working on the road and attempted to remove a post in front of Avers's house, when the old man came out and called him several foul names. Henkel struck him on the head with a spade, killing him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.
. Henry Kinsel committed suicide in October 12, 1895, by shooting himself in the head with a musket. His wife had brought a divorce
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suit, which was pending, and this trouble was probably the cause of the act.
The town, being traversed by several large streams with deep val- leys, largely consists of clay ridges, not first-class farming land, and dairying is one of the principal interests of the town. The population of the town since it organization has been: in 1860, 592; in 1865, 652; in 1870, 813; in 1875, 708; in 1880, 718; in 1885, 688; in 1890, 658; in 1895, 629.
Following are the names of the principal officers of the town from its organization to the present time :
Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
1856
James Prideaux
1857
do
Jesse Brooks
A. N. Brackett,
John Milner
1858
Alfred Bark
do
S. S. Breed
Thomas Bowen
1859
James Prideaux
1860
do
Thos. Pendleton
R. A. Welsh
Richard Briscoe
1861
Daniel T. Brown
do
Jacob Long
J. B. Church
1862
David Ballantine
do
do
do
1863
John H. Griffis
do
do
John Garthwaite
1864 1865
Alfred Bark
do
Wm. J. Pendleton A. N. Brackett
1866
John Griffis
do
do
J. B. Church
1867
do
Alfred Bark
do
do
1868
do
W. E. Garthwaite Daniel Bidwell
do
1869
Thos. Pendleton
Amos E. Morse
C. P. Taylor
do
1870
John H. Griffis
do
do
do
1871
do
do
do
Edwin Oates
1872
do
do
do
do
1873
do
do
Thos. Pendleton
do
1874
Delos Abrams
do
Andrew Foster
do
1875
do
do
do Thomas H. Willey
do
1877
John Henkel
do
Charles H. Cooley
do
1878
Alfred Bark
do
Henry Cooley
Joseph Pendleton
1879
do
do
C. J. Milner
do
1880
do
Martin Mogan
James Milner
Delos Abrams
1881
Andrew Cairns
do
do
A. E. Morse
1882
do
do
do
Edwin Oates
1883
do
do
Henry Henkel
Thos. Pendleton
1884
do
do
do
do
1885
do
do
do
Herman Lynass
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Thos. Pendleton
Jas. Woodhouse
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Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer.
Assessor.
1886
Andrew Cairns
George Bark
Henry Henkel
Herman Lynass
1887
John H. Griffis
do
do
do
1888
do
do
do
do
1889
do
do
James Garthwaite John Schmidt
1890
Henry Henkel
E. H. Griffis
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do
1891
do
do
Edwin Oates
do
1892
do
do
Jas. W. Garthwaite Isaac Garthwaite
1893
Andrew Cairns
do
do
do
1894
do
do
do
do
1895
George W. Garthwaite
do
do
do
1896
do
do
do
1897
William Leighton
do
A. J. Hamer
W. J. McCormick
1898
do
Everett A. Cairns
do
do
1899
do
do
do
John Jeide
1900
do
E. H. Gritfis
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CHAPTER XXIII.
WATTERSTOWN, HICKORY GROVE, AND CASTLE ROCK.
Watterstown-Blue River-Hickory Grove-Castle Rock.
WATTERSTOWN.
This town was organized in 1856, being at first included in the town of Fennimore. As the old settlers have generally died or been replaced by foreigners, but little can be said of its early settlement. Among the old settlers were Joseph Guernsey, Henry Morgan, L. B. Arnold, John Barris, John Bloyer, Randall Murley, John Ramsour, Arnold Petty, Jacob Scott, and a Mr. Blue from whom Blue River was named. The town includes all of Town 8, Range 1, except a few sec- tions cut off from the north end by the Wisconsin River. It consists of bottom lands of the Wisconsin and the hills bordering that river and its small tributaries. It is settled largely by Bohemians and other foreigners. The principal town officers have been as follows:
Chairman. Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1857 Arnold A. Petty
1858
do
1859 Henry Morgan
1860 do James W. Gray John M. Clark Jacob Scott
1861 John Clark Nathan Pound Philip J. Reser M. Hungerford
1862 do James W. Gray Henry Morgan Jacob Scott
1863 Jacob Scott do
do do
1864 do
do
do do
1865 do
do John M. Clark L. B. Arnold
1866 Geo. E. Pickerel Aug. Matthews Henry Morgan S. Bartholomew 1867 do do do Henry Morgan
1868 Jacob Scott J. W. Gray
do
do
1869 Geo. E. Pickerel Robert M. Tyler
do Chas. F. Clark
1870 Jacob Scott
Aug. Matthews Andrew Harris D. C. Perrigo
1871 J. E. Jones
do
do John H. Burris
1872 Jacob Scott
J. W. Gray
do
do
1873 do
do
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Chairman.
Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1874 Wm. Northey
Robert M. Tyler Andrew Harris John H. Burris
1875 do do
do do
1876 C. H. Williams Wm. Flynn, Jr. Joel Lee
do
1877
do
R. M. Tyler
do do
1878 Jacob Scott
C. F. Taylor
do
do
1879
do
do
do
do
1880
do
do
A. F. Henderson do
1.881
do
do
do G. Hess
1882 A. F. Henderson Jacob Scott
do
do
1883
do
do
do J. L. Ramsour
1884 Chas O. Guernsey
do
Th. Broadbent J. H. Burris
1885 Wm. A. Wall
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C. C. Brewer
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1886
do
do
do
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1887
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do
do
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1888
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1889
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Warren Dillon
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1890 Jacob Scott
do
do
1891 Wm. A. Wall
C. F. Taylor
J. H. Burris
John B. Johnson
1892
do
Peter Flynn
John Johnson
Henry Ramsour do
1894
do
do
do
Henry Bloyer
1895
do
do
do
John Johnson
1896 J. T. Lance
do
do
Rufus Lord
1897
do
do
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Daniel Trumm
1898
do
do
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Herman Pier
1899 Wm. A. Wall
do
do
do
1900 Jacob Scott
C. H. Burris
do
do
1893
do
do
W. H. Lee
do Henry Ramsour Wm. Flynn
The population of the town has been: In 1860, 423; 1865, 454; in 1870, 580; in 1875, 604; in 1880, 595; in 1885, 511; in 1890, 488; in 1895, 493.
But few incidents of sufficient importance to be recorded have oc- curred in the town. On April 27 1878, an affray occurred between two mulattoes, James Brooks and Albert Hamlet, in which the latter was killed. They were working a farm together and had an alterca- tion and fought it out, Brooks with a shot-gun and Hamlet with a pitch-fork. On the trial the jury failed to agree and Brooks was dis- charged.
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BLUE RIVER STATION.
When the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad was built a siding was made six and a half miles west of Muscoda. Some time after- ward it was made a flag station and called Blue River Station. In 1865 a depot was built there. In 1862 Joseph Elliott put up a build- ing there which he used as a residence and store. This and the section- house were then the only buildings in the place. In 1863 D. C. Perrigo bought the land immediately about the station and laid it out into village lots. He also built a residence and put in a store. A post- office was established here this year with Mr. Perrigo as postmaster. Augustus Matthews caine in the same year, and built a house. A few years later Mr. Perrigo sold his store to Charles S. Taylor, who was appointed postmaster. A. B. Miller put in a store about the time Taylor came. Taylor soon left and Mr. Perrigo was again appointed postmaster and held the office until 1869, when he was succeeded as station agent by William Northey, who was appointed postmaster. In 1879 Northey was succeeded by David A. Taylor as station agent and postmaster. The place now has two stores, and only five or six dwellings.
The first school ever taught in the place was taught by Mrs. Ed. Carroll in a little building near the track just east of the station. The present school-house was built in 1866, the first teacher being Miss Eleanor Bailey.
A lodge of Sons of Temperance was established here February 2, 1873, with about twenty charter members, William Mc.Mullen was Patriarch and Andrew Harris Division Deputy. The charter was sur- rendered in 1878.
A lodge of Good Templars was established in the spring of 1878, but it had a short existence. Another lodge, Blue River Lodge, No. 388 was instituted March 18, 1888.
The Methodist church is the only one in the place.
HICKORY GROVE.
This town was organized in 1856, having previously been a part of the town of Fennimore. As it had no mines and was not first -class farming land, and remote from the highways of commerce, it was very little settled at the time this county was being settled by immi- grants who were natives of the Eastern and Southern States. In later years, when the native Americans were emigrating from the county
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instead of into it to settle. the hillsides and ridges were taken up mostly by the frugal and hard-working Bohemians and Norwegians, who could make a living where Americans could not. The prominent citi- zens of the town are pretty well shown in the following list of town officers.
Hickory Grove is Town 7, Range 2, and contains thirty-six square miles. Its population has been: In 1860, 590; in 1865, 599; in 1870, 907; in 1875, 843; in 1880, 778 in 1885, 785; in 1890, 798; in 1895, 640. The principal townofficers have been as follows :
Chairman. Clerk.
Treasurer. Assessor.
1857 Joseph Walker Myron Culver J E. Fitch
H. A. McLaughlin
1858 Mason Fish
1859
do
1860 do
1861 Geo. R. French James E. Fitch
H. A. McLaughlin
1862 Mason Fish
Henry H. Smith N. Brainard. W. W. Reed
1863
do
Myron Culver
do
E. F. Fish
1864 do
do
do
Mason Fish
1865
do
do
do
do
1866 James Murphy
do
Endri Johnson Henry Maxim
1867
do
do
do John C. Kreul
1868
do
do
do J. N. Walker
1869 G. S. Hammond
do
Z. F. Morbeck Adam Kreul do do
1870 James Murphy
do
Geo. Gunderson do
1872
do
Levi Scoville
do
M. Hammond
1873
do
Myron Culver
do
do
1874 G. S. Hammond
do
do
John Larimer
1875 Henry Maxim B. F. Davidson
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Jas. Henderson
1876 Adam Kreul
Myron Culver
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Norman Gibbs
1877
do
do
do
do
1878
do
do
do
do
1879
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Chris Toleffson
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1880
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do
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John Larimer
1881
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do
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Norman Gibbs
1882
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do
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1883
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1884
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Geo. Gunderson
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1885
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Chairman.
Clerk.
Treasurer. Assessor.
1886 Adam Kreul
Myron Culver Geo. Gunderson Norman Gibbs
1887
do
do do do
1888
do
do
C. B. Hopkins E. Oleson
1889
do
do do
do
1890
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George Jackson
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Hugh Mathews do
1891
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Myron Culver do
George Jackson Edward Oleson
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1893
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do
do
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1894
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do
do
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1895
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1896
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H. E. Austin
Chris Miller
1897
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Wm. Frankenhoff J. L. Iverson
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1898
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George Jackson H. E. Austin
do
1899 Rob't Henderson Cornelius Walker
do
do
1900
do
do
do
Olaf Iverson
CASTLE ROCK.
This town was organized in 1856. It is Town 7, Range 1, and contains thirty-six square miles. The surface is much broken by the deep valleys of the Blue River and its tributaries, with their rocky bluffs and clay ridges-consequently, it is not very good farming land, and for that reason, and as it contained no valuable mineral deposits, it was not settled until the native Americans had begun to emigrate from the county to the farther West, and the town was settled mostly by Bohemians.
The town was originally called Blue River. Its present name and that of its only village was taken from a peculiarly-shaped rock near the village.
The village of Castle Rock is situated on the Fennimore Branch of Blue River in Sections 30 and 31. The nucleus of the settlement was the mill built by D. R. Sylvester about 1854. The village plat was surveyed in October, 1856, by William N. Reed, of Lancaster. D. R. Sylvester was the proprietor.
The population of the town has been : in 1860, 444; in 1865, 527; in 1870, 660; in 1875, 826; in 1880, 770; in 1885, 712; in 1890, 681; in 1895, 704.
The land of the town is equalized by the County Board at $2.50 per acre. Stock-raising and dairying are the principal industries.
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CASTLE ROCK.
The principal officers have been as follows :
Chairman. Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
1857 D. R. Sylvester M. Halstead
Matt Shafer E. D. Divall
1858
do
1859
do
1860 M. Shafer J. Marsden
Charles Dieter Michael Nolan
1861 Frank Norris J. Bates
do
do
1862 George Cutts
W. M. Sylvester do
Robert Johns
1863 Frank Norris
do
do Michael Nolan
1864
do
do
1865
do
do
do do Joseph Guernsey Robert Johns do
1866 John Johnson J. C. Williams J. C. Williams
1867 R. J. Reed W. M. Sylvester Charles Dieter Michael Nolan
1868 Michael Nolan
do
do
A. D. Reed
1869
do
do
do
George Cutts
1870
do
do
do
Robert Johns do
1872
do
J. W. Viktora Michael Norris
do
1873
do
do
do
do
1874
do
do
do
do
1875
do
do
Rich'd Costley Michael Nolan
1876 C. G. VanBuren H. H. Doubrava
do
Charles Wanek
877
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do
do
do
'78 Henry Gore
J. W. Viktora
Thomas Cody
do
79 Michael Nolan
do
do
do
60 Henry Gore
do
Frank Kreutz Frank Nowak
1881 F. W. Bowden Albert Dvorak John Viktora do
1882 Henry Gore
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Frank Wanek
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1884 F. W. Bowden
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Charles Wanek
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1886 Henry Gore
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Joseph Shemake Gus Effinger
1887 F. W. Bowden
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Isaac Biba
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Fred A. Shafer
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1891 Nicholas Orth
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
Chairman.
Clerk. Treasurer. Assessor.
Fred A. Shafer Joseph Shemake Albert Zemleska
1894 Nicholas Orth 1895 J. W. Viktora 1896 Nicholas Orth
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1897 J. W. Viktora John Hudek
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APPENDIX.
APPENDIX. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR 1900.
Samuel Birch, Beetown; H. M. Roberts, Bloomington; Hugh Matthews, Boscobel; F. W. Klinkhammer, Cassville; Henry Gore, Castle Rock; A. V. Wells, Clifton; George W. McPherson, Ellenboro; John Schneider, Fennimore; Lewis Kraut, Glen Haven; S. A. Van- atta, Harrison; C. W. Patterson, Hazel Green; Robert Henderson, Hickory Grove; Jos. J. Vosberg, Jamestown; Wm. E. Webb, Lancas- ter; J. J. Wenzel, Liberty; Warren Johnson, Lima; Wm Leighton, Little Grant; John B. Murphy, Marion; Wm. Spraggon, Millville; John Harrower, Mt. Hope; David Farris, Mt. Ida; Jos. Sikhart, Mus- coda; Wm. Montag, Paris; P. McNamara, Patch Grove; John M. Gardner, Platteville; E. C. Thomas, Potosi; James Jeffrey, Smelser ; F. M. Yager, Waterloo; Jacob Scott, Watterstown ; J. P. Chandler, Wing- ville; John Kelly, Woodman; Edwin Glenn, Wyalusing; C. W. Stone, Bloomington village; F. C. Muffley, Boscobel city; Otto F. Geiger, Cassville village; S. E. Smalley, Cuba City village; C. P. Hinn, Fenni- more village; James Edwards, Hazel Green village; Ed. M. Lowry, Lancaster city; Henry Muender, Montfort village; Jacob Bremmer, Muscoda village; A. L. Brown, Platteville city; E. A. Berge, Potosi village.
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HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY.
#ARISTOPIA .* A Romance History of the New World.
BY CASTELLO N. HOLFORD.
The Arena said of this book: "The author has succeeded in mak- ing the wildest flights of the imagination seem like solid matter-of-fact reality-a quality which gives their charm to the immortal romances of Robinson Crusoe and Don Quixote."
The scope and spirit of the book may by inferred from the follow- ing sentences in its Introduction :
"Books giving us a history of the future-a future bright with the millennial morn of the optimist, or dark with the goblin-haunted night of the pessimist-books in French with a future French and fantastic, or books in English, with a future Anglo-Saxon and matter-of-fact- are much in vogue. But of books giving a history of the past as it might have been if the current of events had been turned at some crit- ical point by some man with sufficient virtue and mental power, com- bined with the power which some fortunate material circumstance might have given him, I know not one * * * Let us then take what pleasure we may in figuring a man of great wisdom, foresight, and genius, with an unselfish devotion to the welfare of humanity, placed with immense power at the parting of the ways in the course of human events, seizing the opportunity to turn the march of bewildered and struggling humanity into the path leading up and away from the dangerous marshes over which dance the deluding ignes fatui of ancient errors, and under which lie the black quagmires of antique evils."
The book will be sent, postage paid, on receipt of price by C. N. HOLFORD, Arlington, Va., or W. H. HOLFORD, Bloomington, Wis. Price, paper cover, 25 cents; cloth, 75 cents.
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