Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-04
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II is fun? ten times larger than at the
start with good %jlrQspecto 81 an increase
in The fuiurefully as great. Crow Lake
& the finest body Of water in this sec
ton OF Dakota; it covers abput 700
acres with banks from eightto ten feet
on nearly every side: fish are MINER
Gus; ducks. geese. swan and pelicans
abound during the spring and fall. The
land on either side Of the lake is roll
iag-1here are a few hills and many
l. ,ely valleys. When. in a few years,
trees and orchards dot thehill sides and
he corn and grain waves in the val
ieys no lovelior spot can te f1nnd in
all southern Dakota. That it was once
the fayorite resort o- iyhe Indian is evil
dent on every hal.d--the old camping
grounds, the indian graves on the most
slightly hills, all go to show that Crow
Lake and vicinity was afavorite spot
with the red men as it now is the white.
sTETsoN.-1O7-66.
This township is one Of the best in
the county: the principal part Of the
township is well watered by Smith
creek and its branches a tributary Of
Grow Creek. The land is rolling prai-
RE, well adapted for the raising Of
grain as well as for raising stock. The,
first settler in the township was Mr.. f..
CrittenJen who came in the fall OF 50.
At that time ii was supposed that 10.
--GG was somewhere near the north
poie or the end of the world. In May.
1883 iicssrs. S5etscn, On whose honor
the post-offlce established in this town
ship last summer was namcd} Todd.
Linn, sullivan, 'i'eujl), Sowerwine, CAT
,n. shimp, Tessey Bros. Brewer, BY
ana. raEanagll, Gaily and Corwin set
tied in this township-slnce followed
by others unit! every desirable quarter
hes a filing. on. The buildings Of Mes
ars. Barber. Todd. Sullivan and shrimp
aln al.aple evidence that they intend to
make this their home.
In settling a new country there is
much to be done besides cu~ltiTating
the ground: houses must be built-sta-
bles GXel up-wells dug AND many 9th
or jops done that takctime even if they
10 noi make much Of a showing; we
mention this that eastern readers may
know that considerable work has been
done and money expended inthistown-
ship. who. we say that with I'll the
building tIlat has been done cfer 1900
acres are now under ultivation in this
one township and twice rs much more
will be broken next year. The farm
lrs as a rule are We'll provided with
stocl and in afew years will havemore
comfortable homes than the majority
Of persons living east of the Missippi.
IN TIE NORTHWEST.
The first settler in 1OS-G6 was O. O.
England who came in the summer Of
81. ne has an extensive sheep ranch
and has doae his full share in the de-
velopnent Of the county. Among the
others in this township who are enti-
tied to the appellation of first settlers"
are Mr.. Armstrong, James Grieve, G.
w. and ". NJ. Titus. G. G. Smith andC
Brown who made settlement in 1883.
Farther west are j. W. Murphy, Mr..
Hammock. j. Hanson, ]. N. Rich, MI.
Mills. J. Collier and Messrs. Sickles
LawtQn. Marshall, Evans and d. Nit
ehell, Ill sturdy pioneers who will each
contribute their share to the building
up Of the county.
GOWN lots.
9h,e first sexual settler in 1915 was
Moses Barrett who settled in the north
east corner CT the township in 1873. In
the spring Of 1892 J.. +. Ford settled in
the southern part OF the township, w.
|. liatelual on Ii. G.. w. Mcdonald on
ID; later in the season =. T.. Define
settled on $. In the spring Of '83 the
settlers came in SO fast that before the
close Of The year nearly every claim in
the township was filed on. Among
those who haye made improvements of
he more substantial kind are J. n.
trass, Robert and John Wesley, Cum
mings Bros, A. McG,innis and others
whose names we cannot now recall.
In the tall Of '83 a post office was es-
tablished on see. 9 called Templeton
With J. n. Cross as postmaster.
II SOUTHERN PORTION.
One Of the first settlers in the south
part Of the county was L. G. Wilson,
Tho located III the Iiresteel in the fail
OF 81, and Was appointed deputy asses
sor OF Aurora county for '822, and was
elected assessor on the republican tick
1t 1T the election in the ssmeyeer, The
settlers during the spring of 50 were
DR.. Nesmith. Y. X. Ford, J. A. Ford.
John Phillips and Clas. Walters: later
VIM. %lagenhart, j. b. Fulsom, n,
Rhodes, Vim. Towner and +. Voge
built on their claims in the Fan.
In Town lOG-65.--S. S, Moore and
julius Swan We're the pioneers and set
tied IN the valley on sections % and &c
m 4 \ ny 49,.