The Mankato free press., 1911-09-22
CALLS TO MIND DAYS
WHEN FA|RF|RST HELD

There will be a barking back to
the past when the fair is held at
Garden City next week.
On Wednesday and Thursday the
Blue Earth county fair will cele-
brate it's semi-centennial meeting
and golden jubilee. The fair asso-
citation was organized in 1861 when
many of the residents of the county
were in the south fighting in the
Civil war. Many of these first set
tiers are still living in the county
and the association has decided
that no more fitting time could be
chosen for a homecoming and old
settlers meeting than this fiftieth
anniversary of the organization of
the association so they have decided
to have Wednesday set aside as
"Old Settlers Day" and hope and
expect to have a large number OF
the early residents of the county
present to renew their old friend
ships and talk over old times.
lame Hcrc IN EdFiy Ody.
There are still number of people
i'm the county who came here during
the SOS and early SOS and to them
especially is the invitation urgent.
There will never again be such a
good opportunity to see so many
old friends at one time.
A list of the old settlers who
have been supporters of the county
fair, and the year in which many of
them came to the county is also
given: George w. Lamberton, 1854;
Charles Gilchrist, 1854; Edward
Thompson, 1854; John c. Thompson,
1854: Elder Case, 1856; E. p. Evans,
1856; Sam Folsom, 1856; Amos War
ner, 1856; Jesse Ripper, 1856; James
Glenn, 1856; John Dilley, the first
blacksmithS of Garden City, 1856;
Joseph Dilley, 1856; Charles Frazier,
1856; Lewis Porter, 1860; ner
Porter, 1860; D. C. Evans, 1860;
John Rayat, 1860; Joel Carr, 1860;
Tomas Garvin, 1860; Jack Gilman,
1855: Thomas Quayle, 1858; Andrew
Friend, 1858; John Gates, built first
grist mill, 1856; T. N. Boynton.
1857; H. c. Capwell, 1858; A. ].
Wiswell, Esq, 1858; Cyrus Foot,
1858; Marshall, 1858; William
Smith, 1858: l.. Clappers, 1859;
Alexander Frazier, 1856; Joshua
Burgess, 1858; William Washburn,
1854; Charles Burnell, 1856; A. M.
Kendall, 1856; John Skinner, 1855;
J. j. Nelson, 1856; l.. G. Hunt, 1856;
Riley Robinson, 1856; John Howard,
1856; H. C. Howard, 1856; Harvey
Greenwood, 1857; DR.. Welcome,
1867. Elder Welcome, 1856; Charles
Barney, 1857; Asa Barney, 1857;
Dan Barney, 1857; Rago Thompson,
1856; o. J. Westover, 1854; James
Thompson, 1855. John Daggett came
to Garden City in 1856 and was the
first school teacher; Charles Bar
ney was the second teacher there.
Dyer Bill and Henry Barton had the
first drug store i'm Garden City
about 1856. The first child born i'm
Garden City was a daughter of Mr..
and Mrs Van Slyke, she was born
i'm 1859 The first death was the
death of the child's mother, Mrs.
Van Slyke, i'm 1859. o. j. West
over raised the first corn crop in
the county i'm 1854.
Other early settlers who came i'm
the first years of the cOuDtys ac
tivity are John Graham, Dell WILDER
and his father and mother, Fred
and Mike Mountain, James Morrow.
Rhene Latin, Lon Cooper, Aleck
Latin, Charles Radcliffe, William
WoodhaIl, Ellis Tyler, Bert Tyler,
l.. S. Terry, Edward Washburn and
his father. Henry Humphrey, Sam
CooksOn and his father, II. c. low
ard, Pete Mertesdorf, Thomas Hayes,
+. S. Hemmingway, James Pepper,
Fillmore Mills, Lucius Mills, Frank
Howard, Len Miller. Rufus Thurs
ton, Frank Thurston, Sr., DR.. Irving
Thurston, Sherman Thurston, Colonel
G. w. Neff, James Bryson, James
Naylor, Del Wood. William Lewis,
Edward Jones, Frederick Bloom,
AuSuoI DioOhl, Nchcidi d. II. bonCi, {,
Philip Putrah, Charles Hector, E.
w. Presto, Forest Carpenter, Henry
Thompson, NJ. Thompson, M. Con-
roy, Waldo Hunt, H. c. Mcbride.
May Arrange Program.
1t is quite likely that these old
settlers will arrange short pro-
gram for their own special benefit,
and many stories of the days gone
by will be related. 1t is expected
that much unwritten history of the
fair will be related by those who
had much to do with the organiza-
tion for years. Their tales certain
ly will be interesting to hear.
From Fridays Daily.