Lake Elmo Village387E. C. Gray387Arthur Stephens388Oneka, Town of388Oneka Station389Shady Side Village389Daniel Hopkins, Jr.389Stillwater, Town of389Oak Park390David P. Lyman390Henry A. Jackman390Frederic J. Curtis391David Cover391John Parker391Woodbury, Town of391Jacob Folstrom392Alexander McHattie393John McHattie393The Middleton Family393Newington Gilbert394Ebenezer Ayers394CHAPTER XV.WASHINGTON COUNTY—CONTINUED.City of Stillwater.Stillwater in 1850396The Freshet of 1850397A Real Estate Movement397Incorporation of Stillwater398List of Marshals398Post Office, Mail Routes398Statistics399Hotels399City Banks400Board of Trade, Water Company402Fire Department402Gas Light, Telegraph, Telephone403Elevator, Express Companies, Bridge403Lumbering Interests, Flour Mills404Manufactories404Building Association405Churches, etc.406Public Buildings408Societies, etc.409Cemeteries410Agricultural Society410State Prison410Fires, Bonds, Indebtedness412Biographies.Isaac Staples413Samuel F. Hersey & Sons415Jacob Bean416Charles Bean416Rudolph Lehmicke417Hollis R. Murdock417George M. Seymour417Frank A. Seymour418Louis Hospes418David Tozer419David Bronson420John Maloy420Mrs. Susannah Tepass420William E. Thorne420Edmund J. Butts420A. B. Easton421Edwin A. Folsom421John B. H. Mitchell421Joseph Schupp422Clifford A. Bennett422Samuel Mathews422John and James Mathews423Peter Jourdain423James Rooney423James N. Castle423Abraham L. Gallespie423John C. Gardiner423V. C. Seward424Ralph Wheeler424Edward S. Brown424William Lowell424Albert Lowell425Nelson H. Van Voorhes425Andrew J. Van Voorhes425Henry C. Van Voorhes425C. A. Bromley426Charles J. Butler426Levi E. Thompson427George Davis427William M. McCluer427John N. Ahl427Samuel M. Register428J. A. Johnson428Gold T. Curtis429Harley D. Curtis429Francis R. Delano429Henry W. Cannon430Dwight M. Sabin430CHAPTER XVI.STEARNS, ANOKA AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES.Stearns County.Organization and History of432St. Cloud434Newspapers and Post Office435Village and City Organization435Land Office, Expenditures435The St. Cloud Dam, Improvements436Banks, Public Buildings436St. John's University437La Sauk, Town of438Peter Schaeler438John L. Wilson438Charles T. Stearns438Henry G. Fillmore438Nathaniel Getchell438James Keough438Loren W. Collins438Henry C. Waite439Gen. S. B. Lowry439A. and Joseph Edelbrock439John Rengel440Louis A. Evans440Ambrose Freeman440Nathan F. Barnes440Nehemiah P. Clark441Oscar E. Garrison441Charles A. Gilman441Other Citizens442Anoka County.Organization442First Settlers, Commissioners443Anoka, Town of443Anoka, City of443Incorporation444Fires, Public Buildings445Manufactures, Banks445Bethel, Town of446Blaine, Town of446Burns, Town of446Centreville, Town of446Centreville Village446Columbus, Town of447Fridley, Town of447John Banfil448Grow, Town of448Ham Lake, Town of448Linwood, Town of448L. S. Arnold449S. Ridge449J. G. Green449S. W. Haskell449M. M. Ryan449Hurley Family449Oak Grove, Town of449Ramsey, Town of449St. Francis, Town of450An Indian Riot450Jared Benson451James C. Frost451A. J. McKenney451John Henry Batzle452John R. Bean452A. McC. Fridley452William Staples452Capt. James Starkey453Sherburne County.Description453Organization453Towns of Sherburne County454Villages of Sherburne County455Orono, Elk River455East St. Cloud456Clear Lake456Becker456Big Lake456J. Q. A. Nickerson456Henry Bittner456Francis DeLille457Mrs. F. DeLille457Howard M. Atkins457B. F. Hildreth458Samuel Hayden458Joseph Jerome458Joshua O. Cater458J. F. Bean458J. H. Felch458James Brady458Joshua Briggs458Robert Orrock458John G. Jamieson458A. B. Heath458Dr. B. R. Palmer459Judge Moses Sherburne459Charles F. George459Royal George459W. L. Babcock459CHAPTER XVII.BENTON, MORRISON AND CROW WING COUNTIES.Benton County.Description460First Settlers, Organization461Towns of Benton County461Villages461Sauk Rapids, Incorporation461Dam and Public Buildings462The Cyclone of 1886462Watab Village462Philip Beaupre462David Gilman463James Beatty463Ellis Kling463George W. Benedict464J. Q. A. Wood464William H. Wood464Mrs. Wm. H. Wood465A. DeLacy Wood465P. H. Wood465Rev. Sherman Hall465Jeremiah Russell466Edgar O. Hamlin467Morrison County.Description468History468Indian Feuds469Organization469Winnebago Indiana470Towns of Morrison County471Little Falls Village471Little Falls Water Power472Incorporation473Schools and Churches473Royalton Village473Incorporation, First Officers473Peter Roy473William Sturgis474James Fergus474Nathan Richardson475Moses La Fond475O. A. Churchill475John M. Kidder476Warren Kobe476Ola K. Black476Ira W. Bouch476Robert Russell476Peter A. Green476Rodolphus D. Kinney476John D. Logan476Crow Wing County.Description477First Settlers477Organization478Reorganization478Murderers Lynched478Brainerd478First Settlers479Northern Pacific Sanitarium480The Kindred Dam480L. P. White480Allen Morrison480Charles F. Kindred481CHAPTER XVIII.AITKIN, CARLTON, ST. LOUIS, LAKE AND COOK COUNTIES.Aitkin County.Description482Organization, Officers482Aitkin Village483William A. Aitkin483Alfred Aitkin483Nathaniel Tibbett484Carlton County.History and Organization484Towns of Carlton County485Thomson Village485Cloquet Village485Moose Lake Station485Barnum Station486Mahtowa Station486North Pacific Junction486Francis A. Watkins486St. Louis County.Description486Picturesque Scenery487Commissioners' Meetings487List of Commissioners488Duluth, Early History488Growth, Population489Mills, Warehouses, Shipments489Duluth Harbor490Fish Commission490Fond du Lac Village491Oneota Village492Clifton Village492Portland Village492Endion Village492Middleton Village492Montezuma Village492Buchanan Village492St. Louis Falls Village492Fremont Island493Tower493George R. Stuntz494George E. Stone494Charles H. Graves494Ozro P. Stearns494Lake County.Description495Two Harbors496Cook County.History and Organization496CHAPTER XIX.HENNEPIN COUNTY.Organization and History, Towns497Fort Snelling497Treaty of 1837499First Land Claims, 1838499Cheever's Tower500St. Anthony Village Platted500First Marriage in the Territory500First Courts, School, Post Office501Church Organizations501The Suspension Bridge Built502St. Anthony Incorporated 1855502Annexation to Minneapolis, 1872502St. Anthony Falls502La Salle's Description502Minneapolis, Early Settlers502Early Land Claims504Business Enterprises505Mills Erected505St. Anthony Water Power Company506Minneapolis Named, Land Office506Incorporation as a City, 1867506Annexation of St. Anthony506List of Mayors507Water vs. Steam507Terrific Explosion at the Flour Mills508Suburban Resorts508List of Public Buildings509Post Office Statistics510Lumber Manufactured511Bonded Debt, Taxes, Expenses511West Minneapolis511Biographies.Calvin A. Tuttle512Cyrus Aldrich512Dr. Alfred E. Ames514Dr. Albert A. Ames514Jesse Ames515Cadwallader C. Washburn515William D. Washburn517Joseph C. Whitney517Charles Hoag518Franklin Steele518Roswell P. Russell519