Fifty Years In The Northwest
James Monroe Bailey 215
Adolph Werkman 215
Joseph Manese 215
Hilton Doe 215
Lute A. Taylor 215
John Huitt 216
John M. Rice 216
An Indian Battle 216
River Falls 217
First Happenings 217
Water Powers 217
Schools at River Falls 218
River Falls Academy 218
Churches 219
Associations 219
Bank, Railroad 220
Fires 220
River Falls City, Organization 220
Falls of Kinnikinic 220
The Cave Cabin 221
The Fourth State Normal School 221
Joel Foster 224
Jesse B. Thayer 224
A. D. Andrews 224
Joseph A. Short 225
Prof. Allen H. Weld 225
Allen P. Weld 225
George W. Nichols 225
W. D. Parker 226
William Powell 226
Lyman Powell 226
Nathaniel N. Powell 226
Oliver S. Powell 226
Nils P. Haugen 227
H. L. Wadsworth 227
Rock Elm 227
Salem 227
Spring Lake 228
Trenton 228
Trimbelle 229
M. B. Williams 229
Union 229
CHAPTER VIII.
BURNETT, WASHBURN, SAWYER AND BARRON COUNTIES.
BURNETT COUNTY.
Location and Description 230
Organization 231
Pine Barrens 231
Murders 232
Old Geezhic 233
The First Mission 234
The Chippewas of Wood Lake 236
Grantsburg 237
Canute Anderson 237
The Hickerson Family 238
The Anderson Family 238
Robert A. Doty 238
The Cranberry Marshes 239
WASHBURN COUNTY.
Description, Town Organization 240
First Events 240
Shell Lake, Summit Lake 241
First Board of County Officers 241
Shell Lake Lumber Company 241
Sawyer Creek 242
Spooner Station 242
Veazie Village 242
SAWYER COUNTY.
Organization, Description 242
County Indebtedness 243
Town of Hayward 243
Village of Hayward 243
First Events, Schools, Churches, etc. 244
Bank, Lumber Company 244
Malcomb Dobie 245
Milton V. Stratton 245
BARRON COUNTY.
Description, Organization 245
Turtle Lake, Town and Village 245
Barron, Perley Village 246
Cumberland Village 246
Sprague 246
Comstock and Barronett Villages 247
Charles Simeon Taylor 247
CHAPTER IX.
ASHLAND, BAYFIELD AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
ASHLAND COUNTY.
History, Location, Description 248
Isles of the Apostles 248
Claude Allouez at Madeline Island 249
Early History of La Pointe 249
Remarkable Epitaph 249
La Pointe County Election 249
John W. Bell 250
Ashland 250
History, First Events 250
Asaph Whittlesey 251
J. P. T. Haskell 251
G. S. Vaughn 251
Dr. Edwin Ellis 252
Martin Beaser 252
Hon. Sam S. Fifield 252
BAYFIELD COUNTY.
Location and History 253
Bayfield Village 253
Washburn, Drummond, etc. 254
DOUGLAS COUNTY.
Description and History 254
First Election 254
Superior City 255
History 255
Early Speculation 256
Period of Depression 257
West Superior 258
The Bardon Brothers 258
William H. Newton 258
Judge Solon H. Clough 258
Vincent Roy 259
D. George Morrison 259
August Zachau 259
CHAPTER X.
PINE COUNTY.
History 260
Description 260
First Events 261
Finances, Railroads 261
Losses by Fire 262
Pokegama Lake and Mission 262
Thomas Conner's Trading Post 262
Presbyterian Mission 263
Mushk-de-winini 263
Battle of Pokegama 264
Cannibalism 265
A Noble Chief 267
Frank Confessions 267
A Cowardly Deed 268
An Unjust Accusation 268
Indian Magnanimity 269
Rev. Frederic Ayer 269
Rev. William T. Boutwell 272
Discovery of Itasca 274
Mrs. Hester C. Boutwell 276
Chengwatana 276
First Settlers 276
Chengwatana Village Platted 277
Chengwatana Town Organized 277
Louis Ayd 277
Duane Porter 277
S. A. Hutchinson 277
Hinckley, Town of 278
Hinckley, Village of 278
James Morrison 278
Sandstone Village and Quarries 279
Wm. H. Grant, Sr. 279
Kettle River, Town of 279
John C. Hanley 280
Mission Creek 280
Pine City, Town of 280
Pine City, Village of 281
Richard G. Robinson 281
Hiram Brackett 281
Randall K. Burrows 281
John S. Ferson 282
Samuel Millet 282
Rock Creek 282
Enoch Horton 282
Royalton 282
Windermere 283
Neshodana, Fortuna, St. John's 283
A Rock Creek Murder 283
Burning of a Jail 283
A Disfigured Family 284
Indian Faith Cure 284
Indian Graves 284
Indian Stoicism 285