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By Arthur P. Rose

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Company, Jackson, Minn.

Published 1910
Northern History

Jackson County (Minn.)

586 pages

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CHAPTER I	25
Jackson county, Minnesota river, Blue Earth riVers
EARLY SETTLEMENT	37
Jackson county, Webster City, Belmont township
Causes of MassacreFormation of Outlaw BandMurder of TahsalighceInkpaduta	47
Inkpaduta, Fort Dodge, Spirit lake
CHAPTER IV	57

CHAPTER V	69
Fort Dodge, Heron lake, Lakefield
RESETTLEMENT AND ORGANIZATION	81
Blue Earth county, county seat, Belmont township

CHAPTER VII	93
Ole Anderson, Norway, Wisconsin
CHAPTER VIII	101
Lakefield, Heron Lake township, Delafield township
THE BELMONT MASSACRE	496

bakenKnud Midstad and Wife MurderedMassacre of the Langeland Family	101
Langeland, Ole Olson, Spirit Lake
CHAPTER IX	111
Jared Palmer, Israel F, Houston county
CHAPTER X	127
Sioux City, Nobles county, Lars Anderson
CHAPTER XI	141
grasshopper, J. T. Smith, John Christie
THE GRASSHOPPER SCOURGE	151
Minneota, grasshopper, Heron Lake
PU tSPEUOUS TIMES	157
Heron Lake, Milwaukee road, waukee
CHAPTER XIII	171
Heron Lake Township, Jerry Sullivan, July 23
CHAPTER XIV	187
register of deeds, Cottonwood counties, Peter Baker
CHAPTER XV	199
Alba township, Weimer township, Middletown township
POLITICAL	451

JACKSON	213

CHAPTER XVII	225

CHAPTER XVIII	235

CHAPTER XIX	245

CHAPTEK	xx

HERON LAKE	130

LocationSite SelectedPlattedAdditionsFirst InhabitantsSmith CarrollFind	257

CHAPTER XXI	269

CHAPTER XXII	279

CHAPTER XXIII	289

Inkpadutas IndiansTheir Customs and BeliefsThe Delicious Pole CatMiss Gard	295

CHAPTER XXV	313

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Spirit Lake, Iowa - Page 533
He then took up his residence in Spirit Lake, Iowa, where he lived until he came to Jackson county in 1890. Since his arrival here he has been engaged ...

Des Moines - Page 38
and having a compass he ran a line north from the state line between the townships of Middletown and Petersburg and between Des Moines and Wisconsin, ...

Sioux City - Page 151
It was reported by wire that a vast army was on the way to the northwest from Iowa, that a number of them were passing over Sioux City and that they ...

Superior, Iowa - Page 451
Matteson was married at Superior, Iowa, in 1880 to Jennette Andersen, a native of Yellowstone. Lafayette county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Gilbert ...

Minneapolis - Page 575
Nordberg, of Minneapolis. Our subject was thrown on his own resources when eight or nine years of age. At the age of eighteen he began working at the ...

Estherville, Iowa - Page 469
States and located at Estherville, Iowa, where for several years he lived at the home of an uncle, attending school during the winter months and ...

Houston - Page 157
It will be remembered that so early as 1866 preparations had been made for extending the Southern Minnesota railroad from Houston to the west line of ...

Chicago - Page 277
Joseph Trca, of Chicago, is proprietor of the townsite. He is now preparing to have the ground platted. In the center of the town will be a public ...

Omaha - Page 257
Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad and is the terminus of the Black Hills branch of that line. As a railroad point Heron Lake surpasses every other ...

Newton, Iowa - Page 88
Charles Clark came from Newton, Iowa, and took a claim in Bel- mont township. Morris Lester came from Mankato in the spring and took a claim on the ...

Lakefield, Minnesota - Page 182
Dated at Lakefield, Minnesota, this 23rd day of January, 1906." The people of Jackson on February 1 gave legal notice of their intention to contest ...

Sibley, Iowa - Page 534
Illinois, for a time, worked as a farm hand near Sibley, Iowa, several years, and again took up his residence in Streator for a short time. ...

Webster City, Iowa - Page 43
These were mostly brought in from Webster City, Iowa, and from Mankato, Minnesota, where the mail for the settlers was also secured. ...

New York - Page 490
That year he came west, driving from his New York state home to Wisconsin. He lived in the Badger state throe years and then enlisted in the First ...

Owatonna, Minnesota - Page 88
company of promoters from Owatonna, Minnesota, founded the town of Belmont on the south half of the southeast quarter of section 34, Belmont township, ...

Champaign - Page 503
At the age of seventeen he accompanied the family to Champaign county, of the same state, and there he made his home on his father's farm until 1877. ...

Jackson, Minn - Page 216
Jackson, Minn., December 1, 1866. I hereby certify that the within is a correct description of the townsite of Jackson, in Jackson county, ...

Spencer, Iowa - Page 90
Later It was removed to Spencer, Iowa, and later still to Emmet's Grovo. the court house was a store building, and just over the line in Belmont ...

Osage, Iowa - Page 575
Conner started learning the barber trade in Manchester and two years Later moved to Osage, Iowa, where he conducted a shop eight years. ...

Watertown, Wisconsin - Page 353
After spending one month in Watertown, Wisconsin, he and his father came to Jackson county and they have ever since been residents of LaCrosse ...

Dubuque - Page 471
The subject of this biography lived with his parents in Dubuque county until eight years of age, and then accompanied them to Buena Vista county. ...

Lake Park, Iowa - Page 406
He ia a stockholder and director of the Farmers Cooperative Creamery company of Lake Park, Iowa, and has stock in the Midland Telephone company of ...

St. Louis - Page 176
On the same day a contract was made with the Pauly Jail & Manufacturing company, of St. Louis, for the erection of the building, to be completed March ...

Republic, Washington - Page 353
He is president of the Karamin Lumber company of Republic, Washington. In addition to his interests in these companies Mr. Benson owns, in partnership ...

Mankato, Minnesota - Page 43
These were mostly brought in from Webster City, Iowa, and from Mankato, Minnesota, where the mail for the settlers was also secured. ...

Austin - Page 238
Lyon. having other work, rearranged to meet me later at Austin, which he did, and together we journeyed on in the course of the star of the empire, ...

Sioux Falls - Page 467
At the age of fifteen he entered Sioux Falls university and was a student there two years. The next two years were spent in collegiate work in Iowa ...

Madison, Maine - Page 353
His great grandfather, John Moore, was granted land near Madison, Maine, by the government, in recognition of services during the revolutionary war. ...

Fort Dodge, Iowa - Page 70
The point next nearest that seemed to offer a refuge was Fort Dodge, Iowa, nearly a hundred miles away. The snow was so deep and traveling so ...

Durant, Iowa - Page 546
He then took up his residence in Durant, Iowa, where he bought a small place and engaged in farming, threshing and corn shelling for the next six ...

Madison, Wisconsin - Page 490
He received his discharge in Brownsville, Texas, and from that point the regiment proceeded to Madison, Wisconsin, and disbanded. of Jackson, ...

Davenport, Iowa - Page 436
The family lived in Davenport, Iowa, one year and then located in Rock Island, Illinois. Herman attended school in the latter city and at the age of ...

Baltimore - Page 84
and In September of that year the firm took Into their employ as clerk and French interpreter Auguste Louis l.arpenteur. a native of Baltimore, ...

Green Bay - Page 84
Soon after his marriage ho moved to Green Bay. Wisconsin, and thence to Galena. Illinois, where he engaged in business, but was unsuccessful. ...

Pea Ridge, Arkansas - Page 335
He later enlisted and fought for the union cause during the war of the rebellion, meeting his death at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, in the line of duty. ...

Rockford - Page 462
At the age of twenty he took a position as shipping clerk in the SB Wilkins knitting factory at Rockford, but later he returned to his father's home ...

Sheldon, Iowa - Page 575
A short time later he moved to Sheldon, Iowa, and in that town and in Sanborn he lived three years. He lived in St. James one year, and on the first ...

Faribault, Minnesota - Page 389
Moses enlisted at Faribault, Minnesota, as a member of company H, of the First Minnesota cavalry, and served until his muster out at Fort Snelling in ...

Buffalo - Page 460
They then moved to the town of Buffalo, in Sangamon county, and there they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. John Lee brought up a family of twelve children, ...

Rock Island, Illinois - Page 436
When the subject of this review was fourteen years of age the family emigrated to America and located at Rock Island, Illinois, and one year later, ...

Fairmont, Minnesota - Page 538
In 1884 he came to America, worked on a farm near Milbank, South Dakota, until the next spiing, and then located at Fairmont, Minnesota. ...

Austin, Minnesota - Page 341
After reaching his majority he moved to Austin, Minnesota, where he engaged in the hardware business. He enlisted in the Fourth Minnesota regiment of ...

Janesville - Page 289
He made a hundred mile stage ride to the railroad at Janesville, went to Chicago, selected his material, and in due time the plant arrived. ...

Milwaukee - Page 275
In recent years the name of the station and postoffice was changed from Prairie Junction to Miloma, the first syllables of the names Milwaukee and ...

Wood Lake, Minnesota - Page 365
Charles Swan), of Wood Lake, Minnesota; Mark R., of the Minnesota soldiers' home at Minnehaha, he having been disabled at Porto Rico during the ...

St. John, WA - Page 267
St. John, WA Bieter became president and WF Drews was made assistant cashier. The State Bank of Heron Lake was reorganized in July, 1906, ...

Cedar Rapids - Page 374
He spent the next winter in Iowa, working on the Burlington & Cedar Rapids railroad, and the following spring returned to his claim. ...

Lyons, New York - Page 478
She was born in Lyons, New York, and is the daughter of Charles and Mary Brooks. Four children have been born to this union, of which the eldest, ...

Chandler - Page 120
An early settler by the name of Chandler suggested the name. Titles to land in Minneota were issued to the following early settlers in the years ...

West Union, Iowa - Page 456
Cedarberg went to West Union, Iowa, where for one summer he was employed as night miller in a flour mill. He next went to Minneapolis and took the ...

Brownsville, Texas - Page 490
He received his discharge in Brownsville, Texas, and from that point the regiment proceeded to Madison, Wisconsin, and disbanded. of Jackson, ...

Rock Valley, Iowa - Page 461
Callison went to Rock Valley, Iowa, where he bought grain four years; then he moved to Hartland, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the grain and hardware ...

Osceola, Iowa - Page 279
It is bounded on the north by Cottomvood county, on the east by Martin county, on the south by the counties of Dickinson, Emmet and Osceola, Iowa, ...

Primghar, Iowa - Page 503
That year he moved to Primghar, Iowa, where he learned the carpenter's trade and where lie resided, working at his trade, until the year 1894. ...

Lyle, Minnesota - Page 575
He then disposed of his business and in 1889 moved to Lyle, Minnesota, where for six years he conducted a saloon. ...

Mirabile, Missouri - Page 386
In 1874 the Frost family moved from the old homestead in Jaekson to Mirabile, Missouri. After engaging in farming there four years, they returned to ...

St. Paul, Minnesota - Page 149
St. Paul, Minnesota. CK DAVIS, Governor. The board of county commissioners took charge of the relief funds in 1874. A distribution of cash was made in ...

Jasper, Minnesota - Page 532
With the exception of three years spent as an engineer in a flouring mill at Jasper, Minnesota. Augustus has made liis home on that farm ever since ...

Streator, Illinois - Page 534
was in Chicago a few months, worked in the coal mines of Streator, Illinois, for a time, worked as a farm hand near Sibley, Iowa, several years, ...

Walcott, Iowa - Page 410
the family bought a forty acre tract of laud situated one-half mile north of the present site of Walcott, Iowa, paying therefor one dollar per acre. ...

Houston, Minnesota - Page 430
Both parents were born in Christiania, Norway, and came to the I'nited States when young, having been married at Houston, Minnesota. ...

Rock Rapids, Iowa - Page 464
He left home at that age and for seven years was employed in a flouring mill at Rock Rapids, Iowa. Returning to Jackson county at the end of that time ...

Mason City, Iowa - Page 501
When the hard times incident to the grasshopper invasion came our subject and his mother moved to Mason City, Iowa, where they resided several years. ...

Waseca, Minnesota - Page 344
Returning to America, he located at Waseca, Minnesota, where he built a store and engaged in business with his brother. ...

De Soto, Iowa - Page 459
Libra was married April 4, 1885, in De Soto, Iowa, to Mary Zebedee. As a result of this union three children were born; Edward A. and Mary E., ...

Racine, Wisconsin - Page 488
and he made the trip to his new home by way of the Erie canal and the great lakes to Racine, Wisconsin, and from thence to Dane county overland. ...

Freeport, Illinois - Page 438
They lived in Chicago a short time and then moved to Freeport, Illinois, where our subject was born and where Mrs. ...

Traer, Iowa - Page 455
Two years after the birth of our subject the family moved to Traer, Iowa, and at that place HB Gillespie was raised. ...

Spokane, Washington - Page 471
to the United States in 1883 and who now resides at Spokane, Washington. of fourteen years came to America with his parents and located in Wisconsin. ...

Dodgeville, Wisconsin - Page 375
Ole was eleven years of age when he accompanied his parents to the new world and located in Dodgeville, Wisconsin. ...

Waupaca, Wisconsin - Page 524
He worked at his trade there one year and then located in Waupaca, Wisconsin, where he resided two years and where he engaged to erect a mill. ...

Storm Lake, Iowa - Page 547
Bond began his business career as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of 'Storm Lake, Iowa. Three years later he took a position as corresponding ...

Moline - Page 435
They lived a short time in Davenport, Iowa, and then took up their residence in Moline. Illinois, where they both died. William is the oldest of a ...

Clear Lake, Iowa - Page 465
McMartin located at Clear Lake, Iowa, where for "five years he was agent for the Nelson Tenney Lumber company. In 1893 he located at Jackson and since ...

Decorah, Iowa - Page 446
Herman came to the United States with his parents in 1879 and for two years lived with them in Decorah, Iowa, during which timu he completed his ...

Brooklyn - Page 573
was a truck gardener by trade and emigrated to the United States from France in the forties, having ever since that time made his home in Brooklyn. ...

Marshalltown, Iowa - Page 336
The Grand Army Post at Marshalltown, Iowa, was named in his honor. county, having located here when the country was a part of Brown county. ...

St. Charles, Minnesota - Page 343
Roe journeyed with three other families as far as St. Charles, Minnesota, when the party divided, all going in different directions. ...

Minonk, Illinois - Page 500
Uden moved to Minonk, Illinois, and for three years was engaged in the mercantile business. He sold out in 1892 and located upon his farm in Ewington ...

Cleveland, Ohio - Page 481
He first located at Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for a time. During his residence there he was frequently called upon to make shoes ...

Elgin, Illinois - Page 456
He attended a country school that was located near his home and finished his education at a seminary at Elgin, Illinois. ...

Burlington, Iowa - Page 370
His next position was with the CB & Q. railroad, holding a clerkship for a time in the offices at Burlington, Iowa, and later being transferred to the ...

Red Wing, Minnesota - Page 408
They came to the United States in the sixties and were married at Red Wing, Minnesota. In the eariy seventies they came to Jackson county and ...

Moorhead - Page 29
to- wit: Beginning at the junction of the Buffalo river with the Red River of the North [about twelve miles north of Moorhead, in Clay county] ...

Sherburn, Minnesota - Page 371
The next summer he went to Sherburn, Minnesota, and took a position as clerk in a general merchandise store. In 1894 he went back to Estherville, ...

Park Rapids, Minnesota - Page 497
In 1903 he began the practice of his profession at Park Rapids, Minnesota, and in the spring of 1904 located at Lnkefield, where he has since resided. ...

Murfreesboro - Page 366
Being escorted to the rear by two comrades, he was left on the battlefield all night and the next day was taken in an ambulance to Murfreesboro, ...

Meriden, Connecticut - Page 542
graduate of the Jackson high school, and for seven years before her marriage was principal of one of the schools in the city of Meriden, Connecticut. ...

Trebon - Page 277
laid out the town of Arlington on the southwest quarter of section 27, Kimball township, in 1885, but this did not advance so far as did Trebon. ...

Manchester - Page 575
Conner started learning the barber trade in Manchester and two years Later moved to Osage, Iowa, where he conducted a shop eight years. ...

Bombay - Page 386
Leaving his ship at Bagdad, on the river Euphrates, he proceeded to Bombay, thence up the Red sea to Suez, and across the desert to Alexandria. ...

Glasgow - Page 386
In 1856 he went to the city of Glasgow and served a five years' apprenticeship to the trade of engineer. The next five years were passed on the sea, ...

Augusta - Page 417
Then orders were received for the discharge of the regiment, and after a trip to Atlanta and Augusta and back to Savannah, he was mustered out in the ...

Paris - Page 386
Fiddes went down the Mediterranean to Marseilles, thence to Paris and London and his home in Campsie, Scotland. Earl}' in the year 1809 Mr. ...

Marseilles - Page 386
Fiddes went down the Mediterranean to Marseilles, thence to Paris and London and his home in Campsie, Scotland. Earl}' in the year 1809 Mr. ...

London - Page 386
Fiddes went down the Mediterranean to Marseilles, thence to Paris and London and his home in Campsie, Scotland. Earl}' in the year 1809 Mr. ...

Greenwich - Page 279
center of the county is in latitude 43 degrees, 47 minutes and 30 seconds north and in longitude 95 degrees and 7 minutes west of Greenwich. ...

Hanover - Page 239
Hamilton, a professor of Hanover college, Indiana. In 1879 Rev. Savage was succeeded by Rev. JK Alexander, who was pastor four years. In 1883 Rev. ...

Georgetown - Page 497
He lived on the site of the original settlement on Spofford's Hill, in what is now Georgetown. Massachusetts, where he died April 27, 1696. ...

Lyon - Page 551
We find our subject next in Lyon county, Iowa, where for two years he farmed rented land. Moving to Nobles county, Minnesota, from that place, ...