CHAPTER XVII.

BENTON, MORRISON AND CROW WING COUNTIES.

BENTON COUNTY.

Description 460

First Settlers, Organization 461

Towns of Benton County 461

Villages 461

Sauk Rapids, Incorporation 461

Dam and Public Buildings 462

The Cyclone of 1886 462

Watab Village 462

Philip Beaupre 462

David Gilman 463

James Beatty 463

Ellis Kling 463

George W. Benedict 464

J. Q. A. Wood 464

William H. Wood 464

Mrs. Wm. H. Wood 465

A. DeLacy Wood 465

P. H. Wood 465

Rev. Sherman Hall 465

Jeremiah Russell 466

Edgar O. Hamlin 467

MORRISON COUNTY.

Description 468

History 468

Indian Feuds 469

Organization 469

Winnebago Indiana 470

Towns of Morrison County 471

Little Falls Village 471

Little Falls Water Power 472

Incorporation 473

Schools and Churches 473

Royalton Village 473

Incorporation, First Officers 473

Peter Roy 473

William Sturgis 474

James Fergus 474

Nathan Richardson 475

Moses La Fond 475

O. A. Churchill 475

John M. Kidder 476

Warren Kobe 476

Ola K. Black 476

Ira W. Bouch 476

Robert Russell 476

Peter A. Green 476

Rodolphus D. Kinney 476

John D. Logan 476

CROW WING COUNTY.

Description 477

First Settlers 477

Organization 478

Reorganization 478

Murderers Lynched 478

Brainerd 478

First Settlers 479

Northern Pacific Sanitarium 480

The Kindred Dam 480

L. P. White 480

Allen Morrison 480

Charles F. Kindred 481