The Duluth rip-saw. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1917-19??, 1917-09-29

McIntire and wife were camping near
the river until they could build cabins
farther up the river, where they were
to spend the winter sinking test-pits in
search Of copper ore.
At Sucker river, Vose Palmer and
four men were building cabins. At
French river, Joe Laundry, his son and
a man named Joe Blais, with their
families, had taken possession and
erected good scabins. They remained
Dthere all winter.
From French river to Minnesota
Point no one was living at that time.
The only people on Minnesota Point
were George R. Stuntz, who had trad
ing post on the bay side of the Point,
at the lower end, near where the old
lighthouse now stands. r. H. Barrett
and Charles Lord were his clerks. Har-
vey Fargo had cottage some distance
up the Point from the post, where he
lived for number of years.
During the winter Of 1s54-55, Stuntz
closed his trading post. R. H. Barrett
built cottage short distance up the
Point from the post where he lived until
the completion of the lighthouse in
1857, when he took charge as keeper.
Charles Lord joined the staff of DR..
Marcellus as interpreter and assistant
surgeon.
Ordered to Beaver Bay.
About the first Of November, Antoine
Ambul, Henry Schultz and were sent
to Beaver Bay to build and hold pos
session for Jessie Ramsay of st. Paul
and w. H. Newton and Thomas Clark
of Superior, who were to be the
proprietors. We built two cabins to
hold the water power and one to hold
the TOWNSHIP. We remained there until
the latter part Of February, when the
ice formed enough to permit us to take
our packs and walk to Superior.
During the winter and spring of "a
and '55, Orrin Rice and his brother
in-law, Zach Brown, built the first
house on the Duluth side of the bay,
the location being short distance north
of the present N. P. R. bridge on Rice s
Point.
In May, 1856, William Nettleton and
Ham johnson built their cabins near
! what now is Second st. and Second
avenue E., Duluth. Frank Lemieux
built his cabin a short distance East
of st. Croix avenue. Capt. Tommy Nc
500 Line depot now stands. His
partner took the Point Of Rocks. Joe
Posey and Baptiste Rush took claims
on Rice's Point. Their cabins stood
near the present site of the boiler
works.
In June, 1855, John I. Post built his
cabin near where the old courthouse
stood at Sixth avenue East and Second
St., giving the name Of Portland to
his location. Benjamin Sweet took a
claim just north of Portland while
Waterman Green located near Chester
creek and Superior street.
Sam McQuade, his brother Robert, w.
w. Kingsbury and Robert johnson took
claims near Endion. They built nice,
large house on the lake shore and named
their headquarters Endion.
Thomas Sexton, Peter Larkins and a
man named Grady took claims at Agate
bay, now Two Harbors. Asa Parks,
Charles Ringsbury, Charles Kimball and
Others located at Pigeon river. Antoine
Ambuhl, Nick Arm and I located at
Beaver Bay.
First County Election.
The first election in st. Louis county
was held in September, 1855, at Orrin
Rice's house on Rice's Point. I went
over to the polls with R. B. Carlton,
Kingsbury and the others living at En-
dion. The only candidate voted for was
w. w. Kingsbury, as delegate to con-
gress.
About the first of October, Orrin Rice
and John Hanley took the contract to
construct the old Military road from
Superior to the state line. About the
same time, the old Lake Superior and
Mississippi was to be surveyed from
Stevens Point. Thomas Clark was
chief engineer of the line from Superior
to the st. Croix river and Colonel Pat
ton was the chief engineer from
Stevens Point to the st. Croix. There
was q big demand for men to work on
the survey and on the road. Two men
and I were called from Beaver Bay
W SO Ou tuc survey. Mcdu anu "dIu
left Encampment and Thomas Sexton,
Pete Larkin, Grady and two other men
left Agate Bay to work on the road.
| All the miners at Knife River were
taken to the South Range, south of
Superior, to open up what was called
the Fond du Lac copper mine. Vose
Palmer and five men left Sucker river
to join the survey. Those living at
Endion were mechanics and found plen-
ty Of work at Superior.
The railroad line was located and
surveyed to the St. Croix river. The
site selected for the railroad bridge
was short distance south of the
state line, where connection was made
with the line from Stevens Point. We
returned to Superior late in November,
Interstate City Is Plated.
In January, 1856, Andrew Foster
Pete Van Blarcom, Nick Arm and ]
were sent back to the st. Croix river
to survey and plat what was to be
known as Interstate City. The state
line, running north and south, was to
be the central avenue of the city. Vim.
cent Roy was to select an Indian name
that would express the meaning Of a
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