The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-12-15
The Old Settlers Meet

John w. Bradshaw, Superior
Secrctary-J. g. Howard, Duluth: Treas
! urer-L. /. Slayton, Superior; Execu
p tive Committee-E. c. Howard, L. G
: Merritt, Duluth, and Frank HAYES o
Superior.
At one O'Clock landlord TAYLOR threw
open the doors and all filed into the
dlning room and partook of feast fit
Tor king, but none too good for the
the old pioneers of this north country-
IN fact nothing is to good for them.
The new members admitted at this
session were:-Wm. McQuade, c. f.
Howard, I. NJ. Spalding, BENJAMIN
Decker, W. r. Peyton, Geo. r. Wieland
John Drew, w. c. Sargent, James Sar-
gent: Frank Smith, f. S. Upham. Luz
Their Mendenhall and E. McCue of Du-
luth; r. c. Hanna and II. w. Newton
OF Superior; c. n. Pettys of Seattle,
Wash; II. 5. Ely of Jacksonville. Fla.
OF the old originals present the regis
ter shows the following, figures indicat
ing the date OF their arrival here:
Superior-James Bardon, 81; H. F..
LaftItte, 80; Vincent Roy, '39; William
Cranwell, '56; \. q. Descent, 81; NJ. s,
Bright, W. II. Webb and wife. 81: J.
W. Bradshaw, '63; Frank Hayes and
wife, 81; W. II. Pattison and wife, so;
! August Zachau, SO; Col. Hiram HAYES.
81; Mrs Hiram Hayes, SO; Judge s. Il.
Clough, so; Miss Bertha Clough 80: ].
W. Hacker, 81; Miss Lydia +. Hacker.
"a I. l.. Catlin, '83; L. T. Slavton, 81;
Martin Pattison and wife, 70; A. c.
Brown, 81; f.. Z. Barton, SO; John A.
Bardon, 'G3.
Duluth-John Dunphy, '56; Geo. W.
Danielson, '53; w. c. Howenstein, '53;
H. P. Weiland, SO; DR.. V. Smith, 81;
Frank Il. Smith, 81; George A. Vie
land, "a; Pere Palmer, "a; Louis ].
Merritt and wife, '56; John s. Rakows-
ky, 50; Jacob Unten, '65; E. s. Upham,
'66; John g. Howard and wife, 81; Ed
! mund Ingalls,, 81; J. J. Hubbard, Sc;
Horace Saxton, so; c. f. Johnson, 20;
Luther Mendenhall, 'GS: f. C. Howard,
go; Ernest Wieland, 81; w }. Merritt,
'G3; {. c. Salter, II II. NJ. Peyton, IS;
X. c. Mitchell, 80.
st. Paul-Beniamin w. Brunson, IS.
| White Blrch-Charles Lord Sr.. 81;
j. I. Wegner, 80.
Towcr-George E. Wheeler, 80; ".
! II. McQuade, 20.
West Duiuth-John Chambers, $50.
Oneota-Freeman Keen, 81; Alfred
Merritt, '56.
jacksonville, Fla.-IIenry s. Ely, 81
Seattle, Wash.-Charles \. Petlys, son
Of an old settler.
Two Iarbors George Schultz, 81.
| Chicago-James Stinson
Alter dinner several short speeches
were made or some incident OF the early
| lie recalled. Among the interesting
! papers read was one prepared by J. ID.
! Burter and read by the secretary, Mr.
Burter not being present. 1t was on
the early navigation on Lake Superiar,
and alluded to the Algonquin, the 80 ton
| schooner which was dragged over the
500 portage on rollers in 1910, and that
afterwa rds found rest in the bosom of
Superior bay. People have generally
(! supposed that the Algonquin was the
| first decked vessel on the lake, but Mr..
Burtcr has been looking that matter up
and finds that there had been one here
in 1883, one in 1898 and another in 1915.
In l7S5 a schooner had arrived at the
500 for passing up the rapids, while
another had been built above that as
cent in III, and yet another 40 years
! earlier-in 1871. Mr.. Butler did not
continue his research further, but gave
brief sketch Of La Ronde, who built
the first sloop in 1881, English traders
built several boats in 100.
The next vessel of note was the Beav-
er, built by the North West Fur com
pany in 1873. The John Jacob Aston
was built in 1879 All the other earlier
vessels are also noted.
Col. Hiram Hayes read paper COM
memorating the five old settlers who
died during the year,. F. Bishof ST.,
James ID. Ray, Cassius G. Merritt, Den
mis- Dean and Mrs. II. W. Shaw.
Messrs Ingalls,, Clough, Mendenhall,
Saltcr and others responded to calls for
speeches. Mr.. Wheeler, of Duluth,
said:
when you called for Wheeler, l
thought you meant Col. Hayes, who is
the original wheeler" of the head of
the lake He wheeled the first barrow.
full of dirt when work began on the Nor
~ ID, l., 7, e.,
built through TO the coast.
you have heard of people wearing
sackcloth. Well, in the early days here
the men frequently wore clothes made
of sackcloth, and in suit of that ma
| terial the dudes of the old times pre-
scented a fine appearance.
| For food we had fish and taxes. |
/ have heard our president-elect alfred
/ Merritt object often because we could
not get anything to eat but fish.
Mr. Wheeler was followed bv Messrs.
Stinson, of Chicago, Brunson, of st.
! Paul and Capt Hubbard, of Duluth.
! Several songs were rendered by Messrs.
George, Pope, Newton, Strickland and
Wall.
James Bardon exhibited the first
written agreement concerning the
transfer of land in superior City in 1884.
1t was sent to him by c. Hood, of Kan
sas, one of the parties to the instru-
ment. Mr.. Brunson recognized the doe
ument as in his handwriting.
Another interesting relic was the reg
lister of the old Superior or Nicolett
house. which burned two years ago.
Among those who registered in the year
1870, was Judge Clough.
The next meeting will be held in
( Duluth.