The first settlers of this township were E.J. Hagerman, D.W. Fletcher, I. Gamet and G.H. Burcham, all of whom settled about the year 1857. I have not yet seen a more promising country for the enterprising farmer than the Missouri Valley. Raglan Township Raglan Township partakes of the Missouri and Soldier River bottoms, and then extends up to the bluffs. The settlement of this township commenced in the year 1852, by A. Lockling and A. Pate, D.M. Follett, John Danielson, J. Ingleson, Chester Hamilton and Jacob Minton. Chester Hamilton was the first Sheriff of Harrison county and Jacob Minton the second.
Raglan is a good township and is prospering in agriculture and schools.
Taylor Township Taylor Township originally formed a part of Magnolia Township, but was added to Calhoun during Judge Brainard's administration, and in 1860 was set off as a full township. In the year 1853, Robert Hall made the first settlement, in the north-eastern part of this township. The following year, J.C. Wills, S.J. Oaks, and Mr. Lockling, put up buildings and commenced improvements. St. John Township Harrison County was organized in the year 1853, and from that period up to 1857, the sough part of the county constituted a precinct for voting purposes, and held elections at Harris Grove. In the summer of 1857 the township of St. John was organized.