Download or read book History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties Minnesota written by John A. Brown and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 650 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties Minnesota Their People Industries and Institutions written by John A. Brown and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... BERT MILLIGAN. Bert Milligan was born in Mower county, Minnesota, September 22, 1872, a son of John C. and Martha (Lambert) Milligan, both natives of New York state. John C. Milligan came with his parents to Minnesota when a mere lad and located in Mower county. As a young man he was engaged in lumbering along the St. Croix river, later he was employed as a carpenter in the building of the state prison at Stillwater, Minnesota In 1878 he went to Dovary township, Murray county, and located a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres of government land. To this place the family moved, in 1880, and began the work of improving the land. The father lived upon this homestead until his death. The mother is still living. He was a member of the Baptist church, and affiliated with the Republican party. Bert Milligan was educated in the public school of Westbrook township, Cottonwood county, that school being much nearer to his home than any school in Murray county. He then engaged in teaching, and taught in the first school in the village of Westbrook. He taught one winter there and then took up the business of well drilling, and in the summer season he operated a threshing machine. He followed this line of business for about fifteen years. In 1901 he was employed as stationary engineer for the Westbrook Milling Company, continuing in that employ for about six years. Then for three years he was electrician and chief engineer for the Marshall Milling Company, at Marshall, Minnesota. In July, 1911, he returned to Westbrook to take a position as manager of Farmers' elevator and has since continued in this employment. This plant is one of the best equipped and one of the most successful elevators in the state, the success being due largely to Mr....

Download or read book History of Cottonwood and Watonwan Counties Minnesota Their People Industries and Institutions written by John A. Brown and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... John O'Connor entered the northwest quarter of section 26, at the land office at Marshall, President Benjamin Harrison signing the final papers on February 21, 1893. Ed H. Crumlett, the Tracy land office, entered the southeast quarter of section 4, and his papers were finally signed by Presdient Chester A. Arthur, October 10, 1882. ORGANIZATION. Delton township was organied by the county commissioners from congressional township 107, range 35 west, on September 17, 1872. The first township meeting was held at the house of J. J. Edwards, September 27, 1872. The judges of such election were appointed as follow: J. J. Edwards, Lyman Parsons, George W. Bailey, and the clerk was P. W. Oakley. GREAT BEND TOWNSHIP. Great Bend township, which derives its name from the big bend in the Des Moines river within its borders, is situated centrally east and west, on the southern line of Cottonwood county, with Jackson county at the south, Springfield township on the west, Dale township at the north and Lakeside township at the east. It is comprised of congressional township 105, range 36 west. Windom, the county seat of Cottonwood county, is located within this township, of which later account is given. This township had some of the very earliest settlers in the county, owing to the fact that the river courses through this part of the county. Streams and lakes are always sought out by the pioneer, and this settlement was no exception to the rule. The population of this township in 1895 was 320, exclusive of the city of Windom, which then had a population of 1,523. In 1900 the township's population was 435, and the United States census returns in 1910 gave it 444, with the city of Windom as having 1,749. ORGANIZATION. This township was formed by the...

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