part in all enterprises looking to the welfare of the city. He built a

store, elevator and a fine residence, which was burned in 1881. Mr.

Pratt represented his district in the sixteenth legislature. He was

married to Helen A. Bossout, at St. Paul, in 1858. They have one son,

Fred, and three daughters. Mr. Pratt moved to St. Paul in 1882, where

he died, March 25, 1884. Fred, his son, succeeds him in business in

Rush City. He is married to a daughter of Jonathan Chase, of East

Minneapolis.

VOLORO D. EDDY was born in Java, Wyoming county, New York, Sept. 7,

1840; received a common school education supplemented by two years'

attendance at Griffith Institute, Springfield, New York; gave up his

school to enlist in his country's service, as a member of the

"Ellsworth Avengers" (the Forty-fourth New York Volunteers). The

regiment was mustered into service at Albany, New York, Aug. 8, 1861.

He served in this regiment until June 5, 1864, when he was taken

prisoner at Old Church, Virginia. He endured the horrors of prison

life until Feb. 26, 1865, and was discharged from service May 20,

1865. In 1868 he came to Taylor's Falls and engaged in teaching, which

he has made his profession, having taught continuously since 1869. He

has been county superintendent of schools for twelve years, during

which time he has resided at Rush City. Mr. Eddy was married to

Frances Cowley, at Taylor's Falls, Sept. 30, 1868. Mrs. Eddy died

June, 1881. He was married to Anna R. Olmstead, July 25, 1883, at

Arcadia, New York.

FERDINAND SWEEDORFF CHRISTIANSON was born in Copenhagen, Denmark,

April 18, 1837; came to the United States in 1866, to Minnesota in

1868, and to Chisago county in 1870. He was married to Selma A.

Willard, at Red Wing, Minnesota, Dec. 12, 1869. He represented Chisago

county in the legislature of 1878. He was assistant secretary of state

from 1880 to 1882. In 1882 he established the Rush City Bank. In 1883

he was appointed member of the state board of equalization, and in

1885 was one of the committee for selecting a location for the Third

Hospital for the Insane.

SHAFER

Comprises all of the territory of township 34, range 19, excepting the

plat of Taylor's Falls, and fractional sections in the northeast

corner of the township. It was at first heavily timbered with

hardwood, interspersed with marshes and meadows. The soil is good.

Lawrence and Dry creeks drain the greater part of the township. It is

now well settled, and has many fine farms. A Swedish colony settled

here in 1853, consisting of Peter Wyckland, Andros Anderson, Eric

Byland, Tuver Walmarson, and others. The town organized first as

Taylor's Falls, but the name was changed to Shafer in 1873. John G.

Peterson, John Nelson and John Carlson were the first supervisors. The

first school was taught by Ella Wyckoff, in the Marshall district, in

1859. The first marriage was that of Peter Abear to Kittie Wickland.

The branch St. Paul & Duluth railroad passes through the southern part

of this township. The township contributed to this road $3,000 in

bonds. A railroad station in the southwest quarter of section 32 bears

the name of Shafer, derived, together with the name of the township,

from

JACOB SHAFER, who, as early as 1847, cut hay in sections 4 and 5. He

seems to have been in no sense worthy of the honor conferred upon him,

as he was but a transient inhabitant, and disappeared in 1849. No one

knows of his subsequent career. The honor ought to have been given to

some of the hardy Swedes, who were the first real pioneers, and the

first to make substantial improvements.

PETER WICKLAND came from Sweden in 1853, and settled in the northeast

quarter of section 26. He moved to Anoka in 1860, and was drowned in

Rum river in 1880. His son Peter is a prominent merchant in Anoka.

TUVER WALMARSON was born in Sweden in 1812. He was a member of the

Swedish colony of 1853, settled in the northwest quarter of section

26. Mr. and Mrs. Walmarson reared a fine family of children. Nelson

Tuver Walmarson, the eldest son, inherits the industry and frugality

of both parents. By hard work and close attention to business the

family has prospered abundantly.

ANDROS ANDERSON came also from Sweden in 1853 and settled in the east

half of the northeast quarter of section 34. Mr. Anderson moved to

Taylor's Falls in 1859 and died there in 1873. He left but one child,

the wife of Daniel Fredine, of Shafer. Mr. Anderson was a born

humorist and fond of practical jokes. On one occasion his ready wit

was exercised at the expense of a man to whom he had mortgaged his

farm. Deeming the house in which he lived his own, in the absence of

the mortgagee he removed it to Taylor's Falls. The mortgagee, E. W.

Holman, told him that he had stolen the house and must replace it.

Anderson told Holman to take the house and replace it himself, but if

he took his (Anderson's) family along with it he would have him sent

to the penitentiary. Mr. Holman did not see his way clear and the

house was not disturbed.

ERIC BYLAND, another of the Swedish colony, settled in the west half

of the southeast quarter of section 23. In 1860 he sold out and moved

further west. The farm he left is now owned by John Nelson and is one

of the finest farms in Chisago county.

JACOB PETERSON was born in 1847 and came with his parents to Chisago

county in 1854. They located on a beautiful spot in Franconia, on the

shore of a small lake, where they made a farm and where Jacob passed

his boyhood and youth. In 1881 he commenced business at Shafer station

as a merchant and dealer in wood. He was the first postmaster at

Shafer. He was married in 1881 to Mary Heline.

AMBROSE C. SEAVEY was born in Machias, Maine, in 1824; was married to

Elizabeth Ayers, in Crawford, Maine, in 1846, and came to St. Croix

Falls in 1848. In 1852 he removed to Taylor's Falls, and opened the

first blacksmith shop. He was absent two years in Colorado, and when

he returned settled on a farm in the town of Shafer. He has a family

of four sons and six daughters.

SUNRISE.

The town of Sunrise includes the two eastern tiers of sections of

township 36, range 21, one whole and eight fractional sections of

township 36, range 20, and all of township 35, range 20, except the

two eastern tiers of sections. It is well watered by the St. Croix and

Sunrise rivers and their tributaries. The latter river rises in

Washington county, having for its principal source Forest lake, and

flows through the town in a northerly direction into the St. Croix. It

has three considerable tributaries from the west known as North,

Middle and South branches. St. Croix river has, as tributary, Goose

creek, which flows through the northern part of the town. The soil

varies from a rich sandy loam to a sandy soil. The town contains many

fine farms. The old government road from Point Douglas to Superior

passes through the town.

Sunrise was incorporated as a town Oct. 26, 1858; Isaac A. Parmenter,

David Lovejoy and A. C. Mattison, supervisors. A post office was

established in 1856; George S. Frost, postmaster. The first marriage

was that of Robert Nessell and Kate Torbert, by J. D. Wilcox, Esq. The

first child born was Joshua Taylor Gallaspie. The first death was of

an unknown man who died from the kick of a horse. Wm. Holmes, the

first settler, located on Sunrise prairie in 1853, and raised crops on

fifteen acres that year. John A. Brown and Patten W. Davis cultivated

thirty-five acres the same year on Sunrise prairie. Messrs. Brown,

Davis and Ingalls made a wagon road from Sunrise to St. Paul in 1853.

John A. Brown, in the same year, built a hotel and opened a store. The

hotel was built of logs, the store was a frame, the first erected in

Sunrise. In 1855 he built a saw mill. His hotel was burned in 1856.

These buildings were the nucleus of Sunrise village.

SUNRISE VILLAGE

Was platted July, 1857, in the north half of the northeast quarter of

section 8, and the west half of the southwest quarter and the

northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 4, and the

southeast quarter of the southwest quarter of section 9, all of

township 3, range 20. The proprietors were John A. Brown, J. S.

Caldwell and C. L. Willis; surveyor, W. F. Duffy. It contains a first

class roller flour mill, a saw mill, both owned by Caspar Spivac, two

stores, a school house and several shops and dwellings. In 1857 a

colony from Western New York settled in and around Sunrise village.

The Wilcoxes, Wilkes, Collins, Gwynne, Smith, and others were of this

colony. The village has suffered greatly from fires. The buildings

lost at various times were one flouring mill, valued at $10,000, four

hotels and several private dwellings. The flouring mill was the

property of Mrs. J. G. Mold. Two lives were lost at the burning of the

mill.

In the fall of 1862, immediately after the Sioux outbreak, and while

considerable apprehension was felt as to the attitude of the Chippewas

toward the white settlers, a company of volunteers under Capt.

Anderson was stationed at Sunrise. This company built temporary

quarters of logs, and were very comfortably fixed during the winter.

They had presumably a very good time, but repelled no savage foes.

KOST VILLAGE

Is located in the west half of section 32, township 35, range 20. It

has a first class roller flouring mill, owned by Ferdinand A. Kost,

erected in 1883 at a cost of $13,000, and a saw mill, also owned by F.

A. Kost, erected the same year. It has two stores, a number of shops

and dwellings and a post office, established in 1884, of which F. A.

Kost is postmaster.

CHIPPEWA

Was platted March, 1856, by Benj. Dinsmore, surveyor, in the northwest

quarter of section 2, and the west half of the northeast quarter of

section 2, township 36, range 21. The proprietors were James Starkey,

Charles S. Patteys, Michael E. Ames, Isaac Van Etten, and Moses

Sherburne. It makes a fair farm.

DRONTHEIM

Was platted in 1856, in the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter

and the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 1,

township 36, range 20; C. C. P. Myer, proprietor. It is still a brush

and swamp plat.

NASHUA

Was platted July, 1857, H. H. Newbury, surveyor, on lots 6 and 7 of

section 33, and lot 5 in section 34, township 34, range 20.

Proprietors, N. F. Taylor, W. H. C. Folsom, L. K. Stannard and N. C.

D. Taylor. It has made two fair farms.

WASHINGTON

Was platted August, 1856, W. F. Duffy, surveyor, in the south half of

section 35, township 35, range 21. Proprietors, James Y. Caldwell and

L. C. Kinney. On this site the Starkey Indian battle was fought.

JOHN A. BROWN.--Mr. Brown, a native of Pennsylvania, came to Sunrise

in 1853, and was for awhile quite prominent, building a store, hotel

and other buildings. In 1855 he was married to Emeline Hartwell. He

prospered in business, but owing to some domestic difficulties, in

1857 left suddenly for parts unknown. His property was sacrificed to

meet obligations, and his wife left helpless. Mrs. Brown died in

Minneapolis in 1880.

PATTEN W. DAVIS was a native of Virginia. He came to Stillwater in

1848, and soon after removed to Osceola Mills, where he lived two

years. In 1853 he removed to Sunrise, and was associated in business

for two years with John A. Brown. He has held the positions of

postmaster, town clerk, treasurer, county commissioner, supervisor,

and assessor. In 1876 he married a Virginia lady, and returned to his

native state.

JAMES F. HARVEY was born in 1820, in Penobscot county, Maine. He came

West in 1847 and settled at Marine Mills. In 1854 he removed to

Sunrise and located in the northeast quarter of section 14, township

36, range 21, at what was known as Goose Creek crossing. His first

wife, whom he had married in Maine, died shortly after their arrival

at Sunrise, leaving one daughter, Maria, wife of Leonard Clark, of

Stillwater. Mr. Harvey was married in 1856 to widow Patience Knight,

the mother of Mrs. Floyd S. Bates, Albert S. and Frank E., of Taylor's

Falls, and Ella Medora Harvey, wife of J. A. Shores, of Minneapolis.

Mr. Harvey died at his home in 1864. Mrs. Harvey died at Taylor's

Falls in 1871.

FLOYD S. BATES, originally from Maine, has been since 1854 a prominent

lumberman on the St. Croix, living first at Sunrise, and in later

years at Taylor's Falls. He owns an extensive farm in Cass county,

Dakota. Of his three brothers, E. Hines resides in Taylor's Falls, and

J. Herrick and Charles in Dakota Territory.

ISAAC H. WARNER was born in New York in 1830, was married in 1852 and

came to Sunrise in 1854, where he followed farming and selling goods.

He has served as postmaster, justice of the peace and held other

positions. He has three children. His eldest, a daughter, wife of

Samuel McClure, a lumberman of Sunrise, died February, 1885. Mr.

Warner removed to Dakota in 1883.

CHARLES F. LOWE was born in 1815 in Concord, New Hampshire, received a

collegiate education and came to Sunrise in 1855. He interested

himself in real estate but devoted about one-half of his time to

travel, of which he was passionately fond. He made one trip around the

globe, writing back interesting letters descriptive of what he had

seen. He made his last annual tour in 1873, and, while sailing in a

small boat in some of the waters of Florida, the boat was struck by a

squall, capsized and Mr. Lowe was drowned. Mr. Lowe was a member of

the Minnesota constitutional convention.

WELLS FARR came from New York State to Sunrise prairie in 1854, where

he has since lived in a comfortable home, a successful farmer. He has

a family of four sons and two daughters. His oldest daughter is the

wife of Ephraim C. Ingalls. His second daughter is the wife of Frank

Dawson, of Lent. Mr. Farr died in March, 1888.

JOHN G. MOLD came to Sunrise in 1854, where he engaged in milling,

hotel keeping and mercantile business. He was the proprietor of the

Sunrise City mills, since burned. He died in 1873, aged fifty years,

leaving a widow, two sons and two daughters.

GEORGE L. BLOOD, during his early life, was a seafaring man, spending

many years upon the ocean, and visiting during this time many foreign

ports, keeping a daily record of his journeyings. Mr. Blood had

learned the trade of house joiner, but coming to Sunrise in 1854,

attempted farming, at which he was not successful. In 1864 he removed

to Taylor's Falls, where he died in 1869. His life was an exemplary

one, and his death that of a Christian. His family returned to their

old home in Connecticut. His two sons reside in St. Paul.

JOEL G. RYDER came from New York to the St. Croix and settled in the

town of Sunrise, near the village, about the year 1855. He was

energetic and able, and was called to fill many town and county

offices. He was a representative in the fifteenth state legislature.

In 1860 he was married to Lizzie Perkins.

JOHN DEAN was born in 18--; was married to Mary Draper in 1860; came

to Minnesota in 18--; served some time as river pilot, and settled on

his farm near Sunrise City in 1860. Mr. Dean represented his district

in the house of the twenty-first and twenty-second legislatures.

TAYLOR'S FALLS.

The village of Taylor's Falls was platted in 1851, a survey of lots

having been made at that time by Theodore S. Parker, of Stillwater.

Additions were made from time to time as the increasing population

demanded. A year before the survey a frame building was erected on

what was subsequently the northwest corner of River and First streets.

In 1851 and 1852 some streets were opened, but with considerable

difficulty, on account of the trap rock, which to be removed required

blasting. Bowlders that could not be removed were buried. The work of

cutting a street to the upper steamboat landing was specially

difficult. There were no roads to the village, and the only means of

travel was by steamboat, bateaux, or birch bark canoes, until the

government road was opened sometime in 1856. A post office was

established in March, 1851, and a weekly mail was ordered from

Stillwater. Prior to this time a semi-monthly mail had been carried

between the points named. Of the office established in 1851, N. C. D.

Taylor was first postmaster. The office was in W. H. C. Folsom's

store, Folsom acting as deputy postmaster. The successors of Mr.

Taylor have been, Porter E. Walker, Edward P. Wyman, Thomas Holmes,

Oscar Roos, George W. Seymour, and N. M. Humphrey; not a long list for

thirty-five years. The location of the office was changed with each

successive incumbent. The mail carrier in 1851 was the Hon. Warren

Bristol, since then four times a representative and senator from

Goodhue county in the state legislature, and United States judge in

Arizona. The mail service has passed through all the gradations from a

semi-monthly to a semi-daily mail. The mail has been carried in canoes

or bateaux, on foot, on horseback, on steamboat and rail car. It is

now carried by rail. Of the Baker & Taylor mill an account has been

given elsewhere. The next mill, a grist mill, was built by N. C. D.

Taylor, W. H. C. Folsom and the Day brothers, in 1852. It was several

years later remodeled and changed into a carding mill, and is now the

property of Jonas Gray. Kingman Brothers built a saw mill in 1857,

with a capacity of 12,000 feet per day. Several parties succeeded to

the ownership and control of the mill, but, after doing good service

for many years, it was abandoned. Clark Brothers built a lumber and

stave mill in 1868. After ten years this mill was removed.

The first merchant was Daniel Mears, who sold goods as early as 1848.

W. H. C. Folsom opened a store in 1850; Taylor & Fox in 1852. The

Chisago House was built by Thomson & Smith in 1852, on the corner of

Bench and First streets. In 1870 the name was changed to Dalles House.

It has changed landlords many times, the last being Henry Kattenberg.

The Cascade House was built in 1853, on the corner of Walnut and Bench

streets, by Richard Arnold. It is no longer used. The Falls House was

built in 1870, on Bench street near Walnut, by Erastus Guard, and

converted into a hotel in 1880, with Henry Kattenberg as proprietor,

by whom it was conducted as a temperance house. It is now in charge of

Eugene Fitzgerald.

The first physician was Lucius B. Smith. Susan Thomson taught the

first school. The first marriage was that of Charles D. Turney and

Cecilia Ring, Ansel Smith, justice of the peace, tying the knot. Wm.

Colby was the first white child born in the village. The first death

was that of a three-year-old daughter of Ansel Smith, in 1852. Rev. W.

T. Boutwell preached the first sermon, in 1851. In 1852 three young

Episcopal ministers, Revs. Breck, Myrick and Wilcoxson, alternated in

holding services, but did not organize a society. Rev. Julius S.

Webber, Baptist, preached occasionally in 1852 and 1853; Rev. W.

Miner, Congregationalist, in 1856 and 1857 became the first resident

minister. In April, 1859, Rev. Silas Bolles, a Methodist, organized a

society, the first in the village. In June, 1859, Rev. A. M. Torbet

organized a Baptist society and served as pastor four years. The

society built a church in 1861 at a cost of $3,000.

In 1860 the Swedish Evangelical Lutherans built a church on the corner

of Mulberry and Government streets, at a cost of $1,500. Rev. C. A.

Cedarstam was pastor in 1871-72-73, Rev. ---- Tornell the three

succeeding years, and three other pastors have served since. In 1866

Rev. John G. Hall organized a Presbyterian society, and built a church

in 1868, on the corner of River and Chisago streets, at a cost of

$1,500. Mr. Hall served as pastor four years. The Roman Catholics

erected a church on the corner of Walnut and Centre streets in 1873,

at a cost of $1,000. They have as yet no settled priest or parish

school.

The St. Croix Bridge Company was organized in 1854. The incorporators

were W. H. C. Folsom, Patrick Fox, Joshua L. Taylor, W. S. Hungerford,

Wm. Kent, Nelson McCarty, John Dobney, W. F. Colby, Orange Walker,

Fred W. Lammers, and N. C. D. Taylor. The bridge was built in 1856; W.

S. Sewall, St. Paul, was the engineer. The capital stock amounted to

$4,925, and was divided into 197 shares at $25 each. The bridge was

rebuilt in 1870, on the same plan, and in 1884 was replaced by an iron

bridge, at a cost of $6,253. The bridge has a span of 150 feet and is

a light and graceful structure. It was the first bridge that spanned

the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers.

The Chisago County Bank was organized in 1858, under the state banking

law; capital stock, $25,000; Levi W. Folsom, president; S. C. Gould,

cashier. It was closed in 1859.

The Taylor's Falls Copper Mining Company was organized Dec. 15, 1874;

W. H. C. Folsom, president; George W. Seymour, secretary; L. W.

Folsom, treasurer; D. A. Caneday, mining agent. The operations of this

company extended to sinking a shaft to a depth of one hundred and

thirty feet.

The Kahbakong Cemetery Association was organized in 1853. The first

board of officers were W. H. C. Folsom, president; Joshua L. Taylor,

secretary. The cemetery is located a mile and a half from the village

and contains fifteen acres of ground beautifully located.

Zion Lodge, No. 55, A. F. &. A. M., was organized March 3, 1866.

Sherman Post, No. 6, G. A. R., was organized in July, 1882, Caspar

Hauser, commander. Taylor's Falls Library Association was organized

Oct. 8, 1871, E. D. Whiting, president; J. A. McGowan, secretary.

Within two years the library numbered 1,000 volumes and since that

time the number has been increased to 1,500.

In 1858 the village of Taylor's Falls was regularly incorporated with

the following board of officers: Trustees, Patrick Fox, president; W.

H. C. Folsom, E. D. Whiting, L. W. Folsom; recorder, H. H. Newbury;

treasurer, Wm. Comer.

AN INDIAN DANCE.

The last Indian dance in Taylor's Falls was given by a party of

Chippewas in 1856. They had come down the St. Croix in birch canoes

with furs and cranberries to exchange with Samuels in St. Croix

village for "scootawabo," or whisky. They remained about a week,

drinking and carousing in their peculiar style. One Sabbath, and when,

for a wonder, they were quite sober, they visited Taylor's Falls and

gave a series of grotesque and laughable dances in the street,

opposite Folsom's store, after which they called for presents as

tokens of friendship and appreciation, kindly and gravely shook hands

and recrossed the river.

"Thus departed Hiawatha."