The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1915-02-04
WILL BE AN inter-
ESTING Volume
STEARNS COUNTY HISTORY,
SOON TO BE ISSUED, WILL
BE VALUABLE.
PIONEER DAYS ARE RECALLED
SAUK CENTRE WILL BE CON-
PLETELY COVERED BY AN
AUTHORITY.

w. B. Mitchell of St. Cloud is the
editor in chief of complete history
of Stearns county from its pioneer
days up to the present time. Every
effort will be made to make the work
accurate, and we'll known local au-
thorities in the various institutions OF
the county have been assigned the
duty of covering" their particular
section. Sank Centre will be thor
oughly cared for. The following
statement from the forthcoming
pages of the book regarding a pio-
neer will be of particular interest at
this time:
"Directly after the close of the In
dian outbreak, there located in Sank
Centre a gentleman whose lot hence
forth was so enwrapped in the affec-
lions and interests of the people OF
the entire region, that he left behind
him a monument more durable than
bronze or marbel. Although, now,
for thirty-three years his labors on
earth have ceased, and many of the
old settlers to whose needs he so
faithfully ministered have gone into
silence with him, such was the repu-
tation he established that their child
rem still mention his name with Pc
culiar fondness and reverence. This
man was Benjamin R. Palmer, the
first regularly qualified physician in
Sank Centre. DR.. Palmer was Gull
tured and possessed a fine medical
education, a portion of which he had
received in Paris. He was native
of Pennsylvania. A victim of pull
monary hemorrhages and forced to
leave his home climate, he came to
Minnesota and its invigorating atmos-
phere. Nor did he seek what in his
day would correspond to the idle iso-
lation of the modern sanitorium, in
capable as it is of being separated
from a morbid tendency to self in
spection which itself is un-health. He
went directly to the frontier, and
plunged into the arduous duties, hard
ships, and even perils that character
ize the labor of one of his profession
in pioneer civilization. And he pro-
longed his life twenty years by de-
voting it exclusively to the service of
others.
Stationed at the old stockade as
military surgeon during the trouble
with the Indians, at its cessation he
erected a home in the village, and
continuously until his death in 1882
devoted himself to the demands of
the extended and thinly-settled region
which was tributary to Sank Centre.
In his life there was tragedy, there
was pathos, there was sacrifice, which
in other stations of society would
have called forth the loftiest tribute
of the panegyrist. Many Of the
homely incidents connected with his
career have made an indelible i'm
preston upon the minds of the people
of this locality. His horse, Wilder,
and his dog, Don, faithful attendants
upon his long weary trips over poor
and dangerous roads, retain almost
human place in the memory of the
pioneer families. .
He was a man inherently resource
full, and, with the most meagre Of
means at his disposal, met with en-
ergencies often thrust upon him, with
an ingenuity that was indeed wonder
full. Of type of character modest
and un-assuming, he faced the diff
culties of his situation with a courage
that was not less than heroic"
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