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Early days in Nicollet
County, Minnesota, which encompasses the present and/or past communities
of Traverse, Traverse des Sioux, St. Peter,
Rock Bend, Belgrade (formerly South Bend), Lake Prairie, Oshawa,
Eureka, Swan City, Courtiano, Red Stone, Lafayette, Ridgely (Fort
Ridgely), Brighton, Granby, New Sweden, Bernadotte are recalled
through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this spiral
bound booklet reprinted from a rare 1882 book: History of the Minnesota
Valley, by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. The booklet is printed one-sided
on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl
sheet has been added to protect the front cover.
Among
the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: Physical
description of land; First officers of the county; Schools, Churches,
and Newspapers; Controversy over County seat location; The St. Peter
Company's attempt to make St. Peter the Territorial Capital; first
birth, marriage, death; railroads and ferry boats; a Hotel and an
Insane Asylum; Gustavus Adolphus College, founded by the Swedish
Lutheran Church; Other churches and schools; Banks and Businesses;
First settlers; Two Missionary Drownings; Excerpts from Rev. Riggs
Diary; Treaty with Dakotas in 1851; Battle at Fort Ridgely in 1853;
Death of Capt. William Dodd, a fearless pioneer; Why wooden jails
don't work; Public Buildings; Detailed account of the Civil War
Record of Nicollet County, and other interesting bits of history
and trivia.
An
extensive list of Civil War soldiers is included.
Here's a sample:
Sixth Infantry. Company
E. Private -- Louis Thiele, must. Oct. 5, '62, trans. to V.R.C.
March 15, '65, dis Sep. 7, '65. Company G. Private -- E.E. Jones,
must. Oct. 1, '62, dis. for disab'y Oct. 6, '64. Company I, mustered
October 4, '62. Sergeant -- W.G. Gresham, pro. 2d lieut. June 5,
'65, dis with regt.
The
booklet includes brief biographies on: Aadsen, Abraham, Adams,
Anderson, Angle, Anthony, Arndt, Asher, Baberish, Bagge, Baker,
Bartlett, Bauer, Bauman, Baumgarth, Bean, Becker, Benham, Benson,
Bergstrom, Blake, Blessing, Block, Bode, Boethin, Bohnen, Boor,
Bornemann, Boys, Brady, Brandt, Braun, Brown, Bruer, Burch, Burk,
Burrill, Bushard, Carrier, Carter, Challstrom, Chilgren, Clark,
Coffin, Collins, Compart, Cox, Cronen, Currier, Curtiss, Cutter,
Dahl, Daniels, Dannheim, Davis, Delany, Dick, Diepolder, Dillion,
Donahower, Door, Doty, Downs, Dryer, Dunn, Dunning, Durbahn, Eckberg,
Ekber, Engesser, Erickson, Essler, Esvig, Evenson, Farrer, Felt,
Fiene, Filler, Foot, Frank, Frederickson, Freitag, Frey, Galles,
Gault, Georgius, Gerboth, Giefer, Gill, Girvin, Goodell, Grams,
Gresham, Grussendorf, Hack, Hackerott, Hall, Hanscome, Hanson, Hegstrum,
Hemes, Hendley, Hendrickson, Hermanson, Heymann, Hill, Hinderman,
Hobert, Hodgson, Hodson, Hokanson, Holmquis, Holter, Horner, Hovland,
Howard, Hughes, Ives, Jacobson, James, Jenson, Johnson, Jonason,
Jones, Kastens, Keene, Kennedy, Klein, Kneeland, Koelfgen, Kohn,
Kroplin, La Framboise, Ladd, Lange, Larsen, Lilljengren, Lind, Lindill,
Linstrom, Lippmann, Lohmann, Lord, Lorenz, Ludcke, Magner, Malmborg,
Malmo, Mans, Martindale, McAfee, McDermid, McFadden, McLeod, McMaster,
McQuat, Meier, Melzer, Miesen, Miller, Moll, Montgomery, Moore,
Morton, Murnan, Nelson, Nereson, Newton, North, Norwood, Nutter,
Oberg, Olson, Ort, Ostrom, Pederson, Pehearson, Pehrson, Perry,
Peterson, Pettijohn, Picker, Poehler, Poncin, Putman, Quinn, Quist,
Rabe, Randall, Revier, Ritz, Roberts, Rogers, Ronnseville, Rood,
Rosenquist, Rounseville, Sackett, Sakariasen, Schaffer, Schimmel,
Schlender, Schlumpberger, Schrader, Schroeder, Schulze, Searles,
Severance, Shonbeck, Simmons, Smedberg, Smith, Snyder, Sondag, Spiess,
Sporing, Stark, Stege, Steizer, Stempel, Stolt, Stone, Struckmann,
Stutz, Swanson, Swenson, Tammany, Tewksbury, Thingestad, Thorson,
Tori, Torrey, Treadwell, Volk, Vrooman, Wager, Wahlstrom, Walin,
Wall, Watts, Webster, Whitcomb, White, Williams, Wilson, Zieske,
Zimmermann, Zins.
MANY OTHER NAMES ARE MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE BOOKLET.
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