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Origin of the Indian Massacre

…effected and by the. next day over thirty had joined. and a portion were mounted, all comers were thereafter politely required to do military duty. The following is a copy of the article of corn pact, viz. “We the undersigned do solemnly swear to bear true allegiance to the United States and the State of Minnesota and the officers which may be elected or appointed over us, to the. best of our ability in accordance with Captains Commission issued to G. C. Whitcomb, by Col. H. H. Sibley bearing date August 20th, 1862, Mustered in, August 24th, 1862. Meeker County…

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Irregulars

…found any other name for us than “irregular.” On Monday morning, August 25th, a detail of 27 men was made for the purpose of visiting Monongalia county–now part of Kan-di-yo-hi-in pursuit of Indians, returning on the 27th, having penetrated some thirty-five or forty miles west, and having seen no Indians but buried seven mutilated bodies in all and passed the ruins of three dwellings and quite a number of mutilated carcasses of dead cattle. The following is a copy of Quarter Master’s commission issued to James M. Harvey, Esq. Forest City, Aug. 28th, 1862 I hereby appoint Jas. M. Harvey…

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1916 Map of Meeker County MN

Towns of Meeker County

complex mass which meets the eye, the other tones down our enthusiasm without destroying the vigor.” Greenleaf Greenleaf was named after Hon. Wm. H Greenleaf, who first commenced improvements by the erection of a mill dam on the site of the village of that name, and the subsequent erection of a flour and saw mill. The first settlers of this Congressional Township were three brothers Wm., Herman and Charles Kruger, in the spring of 1857, originally attached to the town of Ness-organized as town of Greenleaf, August 27, I859, including 118-29, 30 and 31, except sections 1 to 6 inclusive….

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Hinckley, Pine County, Minnesota,  Forest Fire Deaths, 1894

…origin of the fire was caused by charcoal dust and carbon being absorbed by the atmosphere, and then becoming so heated by the long continued drought, so as to produce spontaneous combustion. The basis however, of this theory is simply that persons claimed to have witnessed that the air seemed to be on fire, and that the flames made’ great leaps, often breaking out from 1,500 to 2,000 feet ahead of the foremost blaze, without any apparent cause. The survivors of the calamity, however, state that the wind was terrific and the smoke was so black and dense that it…

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Additional Towns of Meeker County

Swan Lake, was named after a lake of that name in this township-originally part of Kingston. The first settlers were men by the name of Ayres and Richardson in 1856, from Mexico, N. Y. They were surveyors. They left in 1862 and the Indians soon burned their cabin. After the Indian war, Isaac N. and A. W. Russel, were the first settlers in 1864 or 5, and were followed soon after by a colony from Kentucky. The village of Dassel is embraced in this town, and was platted and settled in the spring or summer of 1869, on the completion…

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Christian, Swedish and Catholic Churches

…erection of the church : Patrick Casey, John Dougherty, Sen. Daniel Dougherty and M. J. Flynn. The society originally embraced about fifty families. Rev. Father John Byrnes officiated in this church from 1867 to 1870-Rev. Father Arthur Hurley, from 1870 to 1873-Rev. Father Cahill from 1873 to 1875 and Rev. Father McDermott since. Three hundred families now worship at this church. Present Trustees-Rev Father McDermott Prest. Patrick Casey, Treas. M. J. Flynn Sec. This house is not now half large enough, to accommodate the congregation. This completes the record of the different churches of this county to 1876. Meeker County…

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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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A random historical sketch of Meeker County, Minnesota title page

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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