The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-05-27
FIFTY YEARS AT RED ROCK
BAILEY FAMILY CELEBRATES IT'S
sEMI-CENTENNLAE THERE.

Yesterday afternoon at Red Rock, eight
miles south Of st. Paul. the members and
descendants of the Bailey family gath
cred to celebrate the iiftieth anniversary
OF the arrival at Red Rock from Corn
wall. Can, of Mr.. and Mrs John Bailey
ana their family of seven children. after
ward Increased to eleven. About sixty
persons were present, many of them
coming from distance to join in doing
hohor to the brave and hardy man and
woman who bore the brunt of the rough
circumstances surrounding the life of a
ldoi eer. MIR. and Mrs. Bailey are now
dead, but of their eight sols and daugh-
ters now living, five We're present yester.
DAY. These were: John Vincent Bailey
Red Rock; Levi Bailey Langdon; Mrs
William Moore, Red Rock; Mrs. Eleanor
Sproat. Sioux City, To-: Mrs. Charles
NieHhauser. st. Paul
Fer the programme following the picnic
dinner, j. V. Bailey Sr, presided a.
POSTMASTER. Capt. Edwin Bell of ST
Paul, who was closely associated with
The family in it's pioneer days, was the
first speaker, telling of the close ana
lasting friendships formed in early DAYS
Capt. Bell related experiences with In,
diars and other stirring incidents in
which he was associated with members
Of the Bailey family. Capt Bell first
settled at Red Rock and this family were
his first friends.
Franklin c. Ford told how fifty years
ago Yesterday he, as a child, had seen
the unusual event of the arrival of a new
family; sitting in the end of a birch
canoe as he watched them. with their
household effects, disembark from the
steamboat Or. Franklin" Then followed
the narration of incidents of 1850 and
the territorial years following, incidents
which could not in these days transpre.
Mrs. Levi Bailey read an original poem,
in which she set forth in bright verse
the annals of the family through its
fifty years of residence in the North
Star state. She told of the varied pur-
suits into which this constantly widening
circle of humanity had entered thereby
emphasizing the importance of the early
settling here of the pioneer couple.
James Crandali drew a strong contra st
between the Minnesota of forty-fve years
ago and the Minnesota of today.
Rev William Moore made an interest
ing address bearing upon international
changes and progress during the last
half century.
Levi Bailey gave a graphic picture of
the difficulties presented by the every
day life of a half century ago, how,
owing to the roadless condition of the
country and the heavy SHOWS of winter,
it frequently required a half day to go
a distance of less than five miles with
a yoke of oxen. He told of the necessities
of the early SOS being such at times as
to require the grinding of wheat in a
coffee mill in order to obtain meal for
bread.
OF Mr. and Mrs. John Baileys pesterity
there are twenty-five grandchildren, and
nineteen great grandchildren. Besides
these other branches of the family were
represented as numerously.
n he
parents fifty years ago all are living ex-
cept Robert Bailey. who died in the civil
war
Mrs Chloe Judkins is in the East and
Mrs Hester Nixon not able u be pres
ent.
Mrs Lille Nienhauser, of St. Paul,
represented the Minnesota born.