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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter XIII.
-:.l873-I889.

Promises Fulfilled Worthington Becomes
Important Trading Point 1878 Opens Auspici-
ance Incorporation Provisions of the Charter
Liquor Selling Prohibited First Election Those
Who Voted Charter Adopted First Officers First
Acts otthe Council Worthington Becomes County
Seat Grasshopper Days In 1874 The Land Office
Election OF 1874 Voters that Year Census of
1875 Big Business Election of 1875 Building
Record for 1876 Election that Year Big Vote Of
1877 Immigration of 1878 The Town Lively
FIRST Brick Block Miller Hall Burns Election
Of 1878 and 1879 Census of 1880 A Comparison
Election OF 1880 Wrangling Over TEMPERANCE
Question Two Parties Born Exciting Election
OF 1881 Prosperous Times in 1882 A New Rail
ton Boom Times in 1883 Board of Trade New
Buildings Repeal Of Temperance Clause in
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter XIV.
Worthington's Enterprises.

Publicschools The First School Early Day
TEACHERS The Attendance Petition for Independ.
ent District Formed Fist School Board Fisrt
Building Bond Issued Robinson Gets Con-
tract Railroad Company Donates Land High
School Formed The New School House
Present Condition of Public Schools Alumni
Association Worthington Seminary Fire De-
partment Early Day Protection Cisterns Buck
ct Brigades Fire House Department Organized
G 1,i Members The Tournaments New
Fire Station Officers Militia Company Organ
ization It's History State Bank of Worthington
Ellhu Smith Starts First Bank Thomas Parsons
geo D. Dayton Becomes State Bank Later
History Worthington National Bank AS No.
bles County Bank Founded by Thompson and
Day Evans and Lynd Secure Control Reor-
ganized as National Bank Citizens National
Bank Founded by c. T. Upper Changes in
Management First National Bank Farmers and
Citizens Bank First County Fair Association
Organized "Bull and Pumpkin" Story Grounds
Leased Officers Worthington District Fair As
ISOLATION Its Operations Chautauqua Associ-
alton Organization Officers The Chautauquas
Commercial Club Its Fine Home Carnegie Lii
brary Bath House Association Bands Gun
Club
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter VII.
Era of Prosperity.-.I&8O.l&9

Reconstruction Dawn of Brighter Days
Activities Of Adrian Colony The 1880 Crop
Census OF 1880 Lismore Township Organized
The Name Signers of Petition The Long Win
ter An October Blizzard Railroads Blockaded
Snow Boats Out Of fuel Schools Close Burn
ing Grain First Train in Six Weeks Blockaded
Again April Ii, Thermometer Zero Roads Op-
ened First Freight Train in Eleven Weeks
Floods Stop Traffic Burlington Road Makes
Proposition Subsidy Voted Road Built Last
Spike Driven Round Lake Founded A Bumper
Crop The "Park Proposition Plan to Sell
Part OF Court House Block Strong Opposition
Scheme Defeated County Seat Contest Adrian
to the Front Exciting Days Legislature Peti-
toned But Fails to Respond Larkin Township
Organized Petitioners Selecting the Name
Fraud Charged Tornado Cora Graft Killed
Property Destroyed Burlington Extends And
Pounds Ellsworth Year of Jubilee DIVERSE
fed Farming Begun Exports of 1884 Real Es-
tate Values Soar Census of 1885 County Seat
Removal Talk Big Crops Another Railroad
Blizzard of 1888 Three Perish Hail Storm
Census of 1890 Plan to Divide the County
Rushmore Sees Conspiracy And Protests Plan
Defeated.
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Chapter II.
Early SettIement.'-IS 67-IS7I.

Obstacles Overcome Frontier Line Reecdes
First Settlers Arrive-The Graham Lakes Coun-
try-Stephen and Joseph Muck-Planting Corn
Messrs Woolstencroft, Drury, Rice and Barnett
Arr1ve-Stake Claims-Build Shanties- Other Set
lers of 1867-Conditions Prevent Farmlng-Farm
ers Turn Trappers-Plentiful Small Game-Big
Game Elk-Deer-Township Lines Run
Mail Route Established-The First Postoffice-
Settlers of 1868-First Birth-Andy Dillman
Comes to Okabena-County Survey Completed
Indians Arrive-And Create Stir-A Scared Boy
Settlers on Indian Lake-Their Romantic Sur
roundings- Adventures in Billiards. Three Per-
ish-lndian Scare-Exciting Times-Company
Formed-The Island Fortified Cottonwood Coun-
ty Settlers Notifed-No Indlans-First Sunday
School-Census of 1S70-Arrivals of that Year
Talk Of County Observation-Disclosures Reached
Governor Austin Appoints Commissioners
First Meeting First Official Acts Wandering
County Seat-Organlzation Legalized- Court
House Talk-Sad Death OF Mrs. Palmer-Anoth-
Sunday School-Public Schools Creation
Graham Lakes Township-1ts Organization-The
n ame-lndlan Lake Settlers Petition-Their
Township Created And Named-Settlers of 1871
First Financial Statement.
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Chapter l:
Aboriginal s.--IS34.I866.

In Primeval State-An lmagery-Inhabited
by Wild Beasts-And Wilder Red MenzA Con-
trast-The Sioux-Tribal Divsions-The M day
wakantons- Lower Sissetons Claim Mobiles
County-Early Explorers-Nioollets Visits No.
bes County-His Map-The Coteaus Des Prairies
-"Okebene Lake'-Ocheydan Lake.-Ocheydan
Hillock or Mourning Ground ''Karanzi" River
Surveyors Run Minnesota-Iowa Boundary Line
Nearby NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Trappers-
j ude Phillips and Brother-Effect of the Panic of
1S57-Spirit Lake Massacre Hostiles Retreat to
Indian Lake-Southweste Minnesota Depopu-
lated-Incident of 1857-Boom Days-Paper Rail
roads-Original County Divisons-Nobles Part
of Dakota, Blue Earth and Brown-Creaton Of
Mobiles County-Col. W. Fl. NOTES.-THE Boun-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for Organization Gretchtown
Named County Seat-Organization Postponed
Boundary Lines Surveyed Settlers Return to
Southwestern Minnesota Census OF 1860-Names
of Mobiles County Inhabitants Their Conditions
The Sioux War-The County Observation-Disclosures
Esta blished on the Frontier-The Military Road
Its Course-Trappers Appear Evidence Of Ear
~ Occupation Disappear-Judge Woolstencroft's
Letter-F1rst Railroad Survey-The Land Grant
Clsoe of Era
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter III.
Under Colony Rule..-lS72.

A Remarkable Year--Birth of the Colony Idea
Miller, Rumiston and Company-V1sit Mobiles
County-Secure Control of Railroad Lands--EIab-
crate Plans-Thorough Advertising Campaign
Its Results-Hundreds Flock to Worthington-
Their Character Temperance Feature-Fate
Of the Colony Company-An Appreciation of
Prof. Humiston-Hard Winter-State Relief
First Jurors Railroad Begins Operations-Wor.
thington-Sioux Falls Mail and Stage Route-Post
office Established Dewald- Hebbard-We stside
Mail Route Operated by Daniel Shell-A Beau
tiful Country-Experience Of Colonists-Roseate
Prospects Land Values Worth1ngton Township
Organized Petitioners 49, 3igelow Township
-Fairview-Renamed LQrain-Dewald-
Early Settlers There Little Rock-Elk-C
ring the Name Seward-First Assessment-Rea
Estate-PerBonal Property-Live Stock-Town-
ships Compared-License Voted Down-Proposed
Change in OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Votes to Add Four
Townships Rejects Proposition to Give
Away Four-Vote by Precincts.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter V.
The Grasshopper Scourge..-lS74-l875.

Large Acreage sown-Fine Growing Wealth
er-Ravages of Young Hoppers-First INVASION
Commissioners Appropriate Money for Relief
County Paper Sold-Fl''r ord Pork Apportioned
Distributing Agents .:>o>;.- Invasion-Fields
Swept Bare-Discouraging sly4t-Grasshopper
Stories Third Invaslon-Ihe Harvest-Average
Yields-Auditor Bears Estlmate-Losses-A Pro-
phesy-Rigid Economy-Hay for Fuel-Potatoes
for Food-Preparing for Notwithstanding Aid
j. e. Clark Raises $18O0-Soliciting for Private
Account Mass Meeting Adopts Resolutions
Stating Conditions Three Hundred Destitute
Families Appeal to Governor mo More Bonds''
Formal Appeal for Help Clothing Worn to Rags
Bed Clothes of Prairie Hay No Improvidence
Must Have Help State Aid Received Tax Pay
ing Time Extended Statement by Treasurer
Why Not Desert Countye Tax Levy Reduced
Assessment Schools in 1874 New Mail Route
Postoffices Matter Of Taxes State Furnishes
Seed Wheat Its Distribution Anxious Days
t4rasshoppers on the Wing Again Attack the
Crops Hersey, Graham Lakes and Seward Suffer
Most Degenerate Breed Census Of 1875 AS
sessed Valuation First District Court Cases
Tried Jurors
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter Nv.
Ca!amitous Days---l873.

Days OF Adversity-Prof Humistons Chair
des-Severe Winter-The Terrible Blizzard of
John Weston Perish-Weston's Ghost-School
Children Imprisoned-Joe Poots' Experience
Other Adventures District Court Established
Jurors-First Grasshopper Invasion-Relief Work
- Wilson Township Organized - Petitioners
Name Changed to Akin-To Summit Lake-Heb-.
bard Township Created - Petitioners - Name
Changed to New Haven-Later to Olney-Grand
Prairie Organized Petitioners - Selection of
Misunderstanding Life of County Seat-Located
at Worthington- stephen Miller Fathers the Bill
The Act-Provision for Permanent Location
Hersey Becomes a Candidate-Second Bill Pro-
vides for Vote on Question County Offices Moved
to Worthington- Buildings Rented-Railroad Do
mates Court House Square Contest Between Wor-
thington and Hersey-Former Wins Easily-Vote
by Iownships-Tax Levy-School Conditions
Social Conditions. = s*-T. "-.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter XII.
PolitlcaI---I888-IQO&.

Vote Increases Passing of Independents
Election of 1888 Alliance Party Complicates
Matters in 1890 Democrats and Republicans
Break Even Birth. of Peoples Party Its Part
in Politics Australian Ballot EMPLOYED in 1892
Harrison Carries County Result Locally Fusion
in 1894 Republicans win Fusionists Take Three
Officers in 1896 Mckinley Gets Majority Death
of Peoples Party John Lind Carries the County
in 1900 Republican County Ticket Elected Re-
cord Breaking Vote Of 1900 Mckinley Again
Carries County Three Offices for Democrats Pri-
mary Election Law Revolutionlzes County Poll
tics Primary of 1902 Nearly Clean Sweep for
the Republicans Interesting Primary of 1904
Roosevelt's Record Breaking Majority Republic
cans Win in County Primary Of 1907 Demo
Gratis Garry County for Governor and Congress-
man Summary.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter VIII.
Current Events...l8Q3.lQO8.

Panic Of 1898 Plans for New Court House
And Jail Work Begun Opposition Temporary
1njuhction Commissioners Win IN Supreme
Court 476 Residents demonstrate Contract Let
Corner Stone Laid Building Accepted Coun-
ty Seat Removal Again an Issue Census OF 1895
Prosperous Period Land Values Increase Span
ish- American War Mobiles County Furnishes
Company Mustered In Typhoid Fever Epi-
demic Three Deaths Camp Ramsey, Smelling,
Meade Mckenzie Mustered Out Roster Of
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Chapter X.
Political. -I875-l887.

Passing of Pioneer Days Prohib1uonists En-
ter Politics Election of 1875 Big Vote of 1875
Hayes Carries County Republicans Split in 1877
Peculiar Cnditions that Year Result IN Giving
Democrats Few Offices Only One Ticket in 1878
Exciting Contest of 1879 Republicans Bolt and
Fuse With Democrats Republican Ticket Defeat
ed Spectacular Contest for Sheriff, Auditor and
Treasurer Tie for Sheriff Dramatic Scene When
Lots are Draw Court Decides Two Contests
Garfield Gets Majority in 1880 Republican Coun-
ty Ticket Elected Democrats and "Anti Ring''
Republicans Combine in 1881 Crushing Defeat of
Republican Ticket Little Interest IN 1882 Fusion
Forces Name Part of Ticket in 1888 And Elect It
Blaine Carries County in 1884 New Element En-
ters Politics Antagonism Between East and West
Ends Big Vote OF 1886 Republicans Elect Ma
iority of Ticket.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter XVI.
Worthington's Churches and LODGES.

City OF Churches Ten Organizations Colo
Religious Service Church Organized Born in
Saloon Building Union Plan Fails Three
Churches Founded Union Congregational
Charter Members House of Worship Erected
Destroyed by Fire The New Church Pastors
Sunday School Superintendent Methodist
Church Rev. Crever Trustees Many Places of
Worship Early Struggles First Church Edifce
The New One Later History Pastors Presby-
terrain Church Organization Charter Members
Elders Trustees First Church Building Pas
tors The New Edifce Sunday School Superin-
tendents Swedish Luthern Church Organiza-
ton First Members Incorporation Church
6ulldlng PASTORS Parsonages Episcopal Church
Ray: Gum nm Organization Church Building
Steps Building Erected Incorporated Evange-
lical Association Organization Members Trus-
tees Church and Manse Pastors Baptist Church
Initial Steps Organization Members Council
Pastors Swedish Mission Church Members
Church and Parsonage Pastors ChristianChurch
Organizations Lodges Grand Army Post Mus
tered In FirstOf GERS Later Officers Largest in
Minnesota Dlsbanded Reorganized Charter
Members Relief Corps First in Minnesota
Charter Members First Officers The Masons
Blue Lodge Organized Certificate Charter Mem
bers First Officers Chapter Organized Charter
Members Its Prosperous Condition Eastern Star
First Members First Officers Workmen Char
ter Members Officers Incorporated Degree of
Honor First Officers Knights of Pythias Char
tor mem D0rS Othc0rS ODD Fellows Charter
Granted Oragn1zers
Chapter
The Press.
Over Thirty Newspapers Established Ten
Now in Existence Part Played by the Colony
Journal Founding the Western Advance
Name Changed to Worthington Advance Estl-
mate of A.P. Miller Changes in Ownership The
Daily Advance Claim Shanty indicator Liter
airy Triumph Romantic History Of the Worthing-
ton Journal Adrian Advertiser Adr1anGuardian
Its Veteran Editor Worthington Record Mime
sofa Home Ellsworth News Worthington Globe
Its Many Editors Adrian Citizen Mobiles
County Democrat Outlives It's Rivals State
Line Sentinel Mobiles County Indepen-
dent Minnesota Allahanda Rushmore
Gazette Kinbrae Herald Worthington Herald
Rushmore Times Minnesota Signal Round
Lake Wave Rushmore Magnet Round Lake
Graphic Dundee Advocate Rushmore Enter
prise Brewster Beacon Brewster Tribune Will
mot Initiator Wilmont Tribune Ellsworth
Herald Kinbrae Chinook Lismore Leader.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter vi.
The Grasshopper Scourse Continued 1876.
1879.

Railroad Rumors Southern Minnesota to Elk
tend Settlers Enthusiastic $40, 900 Subsidy
Voted Vote by Precincts Project Fails Sioux
Falls Wants Railroad President Drake Favors
Worthington for Terminus So Does Sioux Falls
Mobiles Ask to Aid Company Incorporated Sur
vey Made Construction Lively Times First
Train Founding OF Adrian Miller Station
Grasshoppers Again Myriads Appear Crops
Disappear Partial Wheat Crop Damaging Set
back Relief Measures ''The Indians Are Com
ing Refugees Flock to Worthington Camp on
Public Square Great Excitement No Indians
Origin of the Scare Scouting Party Its Mem
bers Lieut.. Plots Report Settlement in West
End Westside Township Organized Petitioners
First Town Meeting Court House Erected
Thurber and Chandler, Builders Hopper Scarce
in 1877 Small Acreage Weed Grown Fields
Seed Grain Appropriation Adrian Catholic Col
ony Bishop Ireland Visits Adrian Country De-
cides to Locate Colony Contract With Railroad
Company Father Knauf Arrives Coming of
First Colenists Lands Sold Rush in Spring of
1877 Land, Land, Land Gasshoppers Partial
Crop Failure Organization of Willmont Town
ship Derivation Of Name Southern Minnesota
Extends Heron Lake Pipestone Branch Rail
road War Kinbrae and Dundee Founded Last
OF the Grasshoppers Organization Of Alton
Township squabble Over Name Plethora of
Petitions Name Changed to Bloom Leota Or
gained Petitioners Named for Indian Maiden
Seney's Operations Rushmore Founded Activ-
ity in West End Railroad Land Bought In
provements by Adrian Colony Good Times
Coming.
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Charter Under Local Option License Carries in
1883 And Again Next Year Population in 1885
License Carries Improvements in 1886 Exports
and Imports Elections OF 1886 and 1887 ssDry''
in 1888 Likewise in 1889.
Chapter XIV.
Worthington---lS90-l9
Steady Growth Census of 1890 License
Again IN Vogue Water Works Plant Installed
Election of 1891 Prosperous Days Building Rec
ord License Wins in 1892 The Panic Its Effect
Election of 1898 Two Fires Officers Elected in
1894 Big Gain in Population Electric Lighting
System Temperance Wave in 1895 Elections Of
1897, 1898 and 1899 A Prosperous Decade Cen
sus Of 1900 A Comparison Election of 1900
Big Vote of 1901 The Citizens Movement Three
LIARS ngars u Duliness Inc Flood Worthington
"Dry at the Time Goes "Wet' in 1904 Census
OF 1905 and 1906 ''Dry'' in 1907
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Of Mobiles co

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company d Losses Burlington Road Extends
Wllmont and Reading Founded Lismore Started
Census OF 1890 Disastrous Year 1903 Destructive
hall Storm Big Losses Stories OF the Storm
The Floods Okla Bona Overflows Streets Travel
ed IN Boats Kanaranzi Rampage Sweeps
Everything Before it Fury Of the Little Rock
Freight Wreck Record Of Precipitation ALI
Records Broken Crop Failure Dull Times Cen
sus OF 1905 By Precincts Native and Minnesota
Born Foreign Born Countries of Birth Good
Crops of 1906 and 1902 Prosperous Times in19os
Chapter TX.
PoliticaI.-lS70-I874
Governor Austin Appoints First County Com
missioners The Missing Records Other Officers
Named First County Convention The Bolt Vio-
lence Narrowly Averted at First Election The
Result Auditor Harris Refuses to Canvass the
Vote Early Day Members ofthe Legislature Diff
fculty Getting Offers to Serve Election of 1871
One Democrat in the County List of Votes
Changed Conditions in 1882 Voters of that Year
Polling Places Election Officers County Over
whelmingly Republican Legislative History
Opposition to Republican Party in 1878 Republi-
can Ticket Wins Politics Dull in 1874 Demo-
Gratis Put up Ticket It Meets Defeat.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Chapter XII.
Worthington---I87l-l872.

Location Elevation Population A Bower
OF Beauty First White Men Visit the Site In
frequent Visits by Trappers Andy Dillman's Sod
shanty g. j. Hotfmans Dug-Out First Build
ing of Wood Railroad Construction Original
Townsite Abandoned The Town Plated Add
lions National Colony Assumes Control Prof
Humiston and Dr. Miller Visit the Site The
Town Named Incidents Connected with the
Selection of theName The Historic Worthington
Family Regrets that 'Okabe was not Select
ed Hoax Start of the First Building Cere-
monies when the First Nail is Driven Business
Houses Opened in 1871 The Worthington Hotel
Postofice Established Postmasters Winter Of
1871 and 1872 Rush in the Spring Impressions
Upon Early Day Visitors The Town in August,
1917 Building improvements that Year Miller
Hall Worthington Township Organized The
Temperance Feature Petitions License Refused