CHAPTER XVI.
STEARNS, ANOKA AND SHERBURNE COUNTIES.
STEARNS COUNTY.
Organization and History of 432
St. Cloud 434
Newspapers and Post Office 435
Village and City Organization 435
Land Office, Expenditures 435
The St. Cloud Dam, Improvements 436
Banks, Public Buildings 436
St. John's University 437
La Sauk, Town of 438
Peter Schaeler 438
John L. Wilson 438
Charles T. Stearns 438
Henry G. Fillmore 438
Nathaniel Getchell 438
James Keough 438
Loren W. Collins 438
Henry C. Waite 439
Gen. S. B. Lowry 439
A. and Joseph Edelbrock 439
John Rengel 440
Louis A. Evans 440
Ambrose Freeman 440
Nathan F. Barnes 440
Nehemiah P. Clark 441
Oscar E. Garrison 441
Charles A. Gilman 441
Other Citizens 442
ANOKA COUNTY.
Organization 442
First Settlers, Commissioners 443
Anoka, Town of 443
Anoka, City of 443
Incorporation 444
Fires, Public Buildings 445
Manufactures, Banks 445
Bethel, Town of 446
Blaine, Town of 446
Burns, Town of 446
Centreville, Town of 446
Centreville Village 446
Columbus, Town of 447
Fridley, Town of 447
John Banfil 448
Grow, Town of 448
Ham Lake, Town of 448
Linwood, Town of 448
L. S. Arnold 449
S. Ridge 449
J. G. Green 449
S. W. Haskell 449
M. M. Ryan 449
Hurley Family 449
Oak Grove, Town of 449
Ramsey, Town of 449
St. Francis, Town of 450
An Indian Riot 450
Jared Benson 451
James C. Frost 451
A. J. McKenney 451
John Henry Batzle 452
John R. Bean 452
A. McC. Fridley 452
William Staples 452
Capt. James Starkey 453
SHERBURNE COUNTY.
Description 453
Organization 453
Towns of Sherburne County 454
Villages of Sherburne County 455
Orono, Elk River 455
East St. Cloud 456
Clear Lake 456
Becker 456
Big Lake 456
J. Q. A. Nickerson 456
Henry Bittner 456
Francis DeLille 457
Mrs. F. DeLille 457
Howard M. Atkins 457
B. F. Hildreth 458
Samuel Hayden 458
Joseph Jerome 458
Joshua O. Cater 458
J. F. Bean 458
J. H. Felch 458
James Brady 458
Joshua Briggs 458
Robert Orrock 458
John G. Jamieson 458
A. B. Heath 458
Dr. B. R. Palmer 459
Judge Moses Sherburne 459
Charles F. George 459
Royal George 459
W. L. Babcock 459