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Forest City, Meeker County, Minnesota

…of California, and buried near that beautiful lake adjoining Litchfield, which now bears, and will forever bear, his name. Thos. H. Skinner died at Milwaukee, August 20th 1863, and was buried at St. Albans, Maine ; aged 29 years. Up to the time of his death, he was President of the Forest City Town Company. John Whalen and John Flynn came through the big woods in the spring of 1856, near Kingston, fording the Crow River at that point with the water shoulder deep. The river was swollen and the banks full from heavy rains, and they found it a…

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Harvey, Swede Grove, and Forest Prairie, Minnesota

…named Forest Prairie for the same reason that the boy named his pony ” Snow Ball” because he was black as jet. It was called Forest Prairie because there was not a bit of prairie in the town. First settled in the spring of 1866, by Merrit B. Case, C. T. Groot, J. S. Reynolds, George Scrivner, George Smith, Mr. Polk and by Stevens and Roach, mostly with families. Next year the town was pretty well settled by the arrival of new-comers. This town was duly organized June 10th, 1867. Mr, Stoors was the first Post-master, in 1867. Meeker County…

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Litchfield, Meeker County, Minnesota

Litchfield, is named after another unfortunate stockholder of the Railroad company, who, it appears, resides in the -rural village of London, England. The Congressional township was originally called ” Ripley ” from the lake of that name in said town, and the lake was named from the fact that near its banks one Dr. Ripley was frozen to death in the winter of 1855-6, and his remains found and buried in the spring of 1856. Two or three years later the name was changed to “Ness” in honor of Ole Halverson Ness, Esq. This name was taken from the’ name…

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M-de-wa-kan-ton County

…Thomas H. Skinner, Fred Schultz and Dr. Ripley arrived at the site of Forest City about the same time via Glencoe. The following spring the county of Meeker was organized on paper County Commissioners. D. M. Hanson, Dr. Frederick, Noah Ripley and J. W. Huy; Register of Deeds, Milton G. Moore: Sheriff, Abijah Bemis. In March, 1856, Thomas H. Skinner and John W. Huy took possession of the town-site of Forest City, and subsequently had the same surveyed and platted. Source Smith, A. C., A random historical sketch of Meeker County, Minnesota: from its first settlement to July 4th, 1876,;Litchfield,…

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Meeker County Minnesota History

…those denizens of the forest known as the Sioux Indians. This is their old stamping ground. The Mississippi River was the dividing line between the Sioux and Chippewa, and for centuries they are said to have nursed a deadly feud. The former heroes of this territory, the Sioux, were and still are, perhaps among the most powerful of the Indian tribes in the northwest. These, like all other tribes are gradually losing their prestige and compelled to leave their reservations granted at some prior period, in apparent good faith. Their fate is inevitable. The only practical law of what we…

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Methodist Episcopal Church in Meeker County

…reports of interest made. Under date of 1864-5 the Methodist Episcopal record contains the following entry: “Conference year 1864-5 Rev. M. S. Harriman Walked the Clearwater circuit when it was large enough to kill a horse.” No records for 1865 except that the Clearwater circuit was divided and the Forest City circuit re-established. In 1866 Rev. Jesse Smith and J. W. Stuntz supplied the circuit. 1867, Mr. Stuntz continued at Forest City. 1868, Rev. Mr. Fasig occupied the ground. 1869, Rev. Thadeus J. Woodworth was appointed to the Forest City circuit, then composed of Forest City, Kingston, Silver Creek and…

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Volunteers from Meeker County in the Civil War

…4th Sergeant I A. F. Heath 1st Corp B. B. Ralston 5th Corp O. B. Todd Private W. Waggoner Private C. McGraw Private Michael McGraw Private H. Kroger Private F. G. Gould Private A. Hamilton Private G. C. Whitcomb clamed to be Captain by virtue of Col. Sibley’s commission and his receipt for the guns and refused to give them up under any other circumstance. The following were thereupon elected officers. The 44 Springfield Muskets were distributed to the men as far as they went remainder unarmed, except with a few Belgian guns that had been received from some quarter,…

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