The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-22
JUDGE J G. ] ;. ]. AI.'1Nl.AIER
CALLED ] By DEATH.
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l6O acres below; where the old court
mouse stands; this he pre-empted as
soon as the land was in the market.
re lad !, o. out AtWater's addition to the
has since been sold IA CITY lots. He
purchased other property and has been
one OF the largest real estate owners in
; = 1e city; While attending to his pro-
I 81 s. q and other business affairs
i,J.u ~ AtWater devoted much time to
sl l pursuits and was frequent
contributor TO the press and magazines
on q the = country. In 1892 he edited
l'1Ihe History Of Minneapolis. He
among his professional brethren, and
BY his native. ability and scholarly at
talnments commanded prominent
place IN the community. Mr.. Atwater
was an active member of Gethsemane
sEp1lscopal church, and a contributor to
all worthy charities, distributing his
means .ludiciously. He was elected
warden emerituso of Gethsemane
church in 1888. He was Mason, hav-
ing Joined that order in 1851.
Mr.. and Mrs, Atwater were the. par,
ents Of four children, only one of
whom. John B. .Atwater, is now living.
He is one Of the successful lawyers Of
Minneapolis. az N. 51,,.~
i AS an Editor.
i Judge Atwater was one Of the men,
bers OF that fast disappearing band who
lad 50 wisely and well the foundations
OF the prosperity Of Minneapolis. Isaac
aAItwater, assone of. the early settlers in
st. Anthony, was intimately connected
with the first thingsl' in the history
OF this city, as an editor, a lawyer and
as citizen. He was editor of the first
paper, the. St., Anthony Express, and
later proprietor. The population Of the
town was 25O at that time, and his able
pen and that of Sheldon Hollister made
1 pape Ex Resf see9Rd in influence to no
was then a whig@ and Supported the Fill
more administration. On the dissolu-
ton Of the whig party in 1859 he be-.
came a democrat. The question Of the
future head Of navigation was live
issue IN those days. In. the discussion
OF the matter of navigation Of the Mis-
slsslppl between the two cities, Judge
sentative, became: quite RADICAL. The
new paper declared that when it was
once settled that st. Anthony Falls was
the real head of navigation St. Paul
would retrOgrade to modest villages
It was Judge Atwater who first urged
that large mill Of the first class be
built for grinding grain. The paper
was confident that there would be suffi-
clent grain grown that year to run the
mill the year around.
:..~~. Last Of Original Bar. J
Judge -Atwater was the last member
of the Minneapolis bar who was in
practice in 1851, He made the first
motion NJ to admit any one to the bar in
st; Anthony; D: s..!Jones was the APP
the first mortgage sale in the city.
Mr.. Atwater was selected as the
wing candidate in the fall. of 1851 to
run against the opposition candidate
for district representative in the terri
torial council, William L. Larned. Mr..
Larned was elected by small major
ity.
The university was Incorporated Feb.
10, 1851. Isaac Atwater was elected
mem Der. Of the first board of regents
BY the Legislature. ii joint convention.
On the day that the Express made it's
organized as follows: Franklin Steele,
Atwater, secretary; ". K, Marshall.
librarian. AS secretary of the board
He was the orator at the: first local
beautiful site which the institution now
occupies in this city. He was the first
apprentice initiated in Cataract lodge,
No. q, OF st. Anthony, A. F. &. A. M.
He was the orator Of at the first local
celebration Of national independence.
the seventy-ffth. He was lecturer
in an early course of the Library asso-
citation. He was one Of the incorpora-
tors OF the first Mississippi Bridge COM
pany,sSand subscriptions were opened
for the stock in his office in July, 1853.
= he was a member of the first board
Of directors of the Minneapolis & st.
Louis road and. was its solicitor and
secretary. He was one, Of the early
Judge Atwater was also a member Of
the board of directors of, schools, west
division, in 1868. H. G. Harrison, w.
D. Washburn and Allen Harmon were
the other members. He SERVED at diff
ferent. times as a member of the board,
Of which body he was president and di-
rector until April l.. 1878, when it
ceased by act of legislature. Thus he
was very prominent in laying the early
foundations Of our present school sys-
tenn. . .-= - g. 49,.
Colonel Stevens Eulogy. /.
One of the best comments on the life
of: Isaac Atwater was written in 1890
by the pioneer, Colonel j. H. Stevens,
WHO preceded Judge ACWaCer into the
beyond. He wrote in his personal recol.
slections Of Minnesota, and it's people:
z!HIsaac Atwater is one of the most
prominent men in the state. For many
years he occupied a seat on the supreme
bench of Minnesota. A graduate Of
old Yale, he is a classic writer and
ready speaker. AS a lawyer he ranks
among the foremost. AS member and
secretary Of the old board Of regents
of the University of Minnesota he la
bored long: and earnestly in the interest
Of that great seat of learning. Judge
Atwater: has occupied many high posi-
tions with credit to: himself and salts
faction to the community. At the birth
Of the Getty he fortunately consented to
serve az one of. its aldermen His wise
course in the council tended to shape
the course of those, aldermen who fol-
lowed him in the adoption Of whole.
some ordinances; for. the city govern
ment. He was one of the founders
Of our fine system of grade schools.
His good works are all around us, and
he tis still vigorous and useful. g." ID
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