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For centuries back this was the
undisputed hunting grounds of the
Dakotah Indians. These lakes and
shallow streams were their Kan
dee-o-hee-o,or places-to-whieh -the
buflfalo-fish-eome. The country to
the south with its immense oceans
of billowing grasses was the-ptaee
that-makes-buffaloes. The wooded
hills to the north were the natural
home of the black bear, the elk and
the deer. Centuries ago the Ihank
tonwans camped on the shores of
these lakes they heaped up the
mounds which we find their
moldering bones, they made here
those arrow and spearheads, the
perfect specimens we occasionally
find in our gardens and fields where
ages ago the* had been effectively
used in the chase or mortal combat,
or the large number of imperfect
ones we find on their old camping
grounds, where, in the language of
the poet, "sat the ancient arrow
maker, making arrowheads el* jas
per, arrowheads of chalcedony."
Such a place has been found on ti
ger's point within the limits of our
present city. As the bison retired
before the introduction of firearms,
the buffalo hunters retired with
them to the endless plains. The
deer and elk hunting Issatti Sioux
moved down and took possession,
pressed closely by their hereditary
enemies, the crafty Chippewas.
Our locality became the heritage
of the M'dwakantonwan.. and it
was with representative* of this
band that the first white settlers of
this county came in con
tact and with whom they fought
out that irrepressible conflict that
must necessarily exist between
civilization and swagery. Yonder
groves A ere the first fuel-furnish
ing camping places encountered on
a journey of one sleep this direc
tion from the Yellow Medicine
agency, an.I during the the year*
of the first settlement of Willmar
large numbers (numbering into the
thousands at times) of the upper
SIOUK tribes who had come down
to await the tardy arrival of the
agents of the Great Father at Wash
ington, would come up to Foot lake
and camp for weeks at a time—
mendicants for the pittance due
them for an empire—beggars where
once they were the unchallenged
princes of the earth.
The M'dewakantonwans ceded
this country the United States a
Traverse-de-SiouA in l:vl. By lsn8
the government surveyors had pene
trated this far. followed closely in
the heels by the preliminary rail
road lines and townsite promoters.
In 1857, fifty years ago, this coun
try was thrown open to settlement.
There was a rush for the first choice
locations—a big rush for those
days. Half of all claims taken
the first settlement were taken in
1S57. Had not the hard times and
the civil war come on every desir
able acre of this fine country would
have been taken by settlers fully
ten years before this eventually did
come to pass under the homestead
law. But I am to speak of the first
settlement of Willmar, and I pre
sume that includes all the territory
within the boundaries so unroman
tieaily designated as Congressional
Township 119, Range 35. Three
pre-emption filings were made in
this township, in which the squatter
made oath at the Minneapolis land
office that he settled on his claim
in 1857. First came Solomon R.
Foot, the indomitable Daniel Boone
of the county, who located in sec
tions one and two June UK 1H57,breezes
fifty years ago on Monday a week
ago. Then came Berger Tolerson,
who was the first settler to locate
within the present limits of the
City of Willmar. He filed on the
lots of sections 9 and 10 which now
constitute the Thorpe & Lien and
Hanson's additions in Fisrt ward
and forty acres of what now consti
tutes the original townsite and first
addition. His statement at the
land office gives Aug. 20, 1857, as
the date when he located on the
claim. A curious coincidences—that
it was upon the 20th of August, five
years later, when his claim to the
land was terminated, not by final
payment and proof which would have
given him and his heirs (if he pos
sessed any) title to the same, but
by sealing his occupancy with his
heart's blood, for he fell under the
tomahawk as the first Indian victim
of this settlement. The third set
tler of 1857 was H. C. Hotlister, who
came in with the Foot family in the
fall and made claim for Robbins'
Island and adjacent tracts, Decem
ber 1. Happily many of the early
experiences of Solomon Foot were
chronicled by himself at the ur
gent request of members of the Old
Settlers' Association of Kandiyohi
Comity, before this splendid old pi
oneer and Indian fighter passed
away He wrote as well as he
fought, and his writings have been
published and are available to the
public*
But in the case of Tolerson, his
history and most of his experiences
are and may always remain un
known. Even bis name is uncer
tain. Hardly two settlers agree on
is Oscar Erickson refers to
=v him as Berge Bergeson, Solomon
Foot refers to him as B. Torrison
0r in recording his election as con
stable in the first organization of
INthe township or district of White
field in 1861. I Foot's later writ
ings he names the man Torkelson
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Andrew Nelson thought the correct
name might have been Berger Thor
son, but says that in the first settle
ment he was simply referred to as
"Baggie." At the land office his
name was recorded as Bergerst Tol
erson, and this is the name we
have used. He was a baehelor of
about forty-five to fifty years of
age. He had no relatives among
the first settlers in the settlement,
and his close friends, the Olof Ol
sons Hagen, were all killed by the
Indians. It is thought by the sur
viving Norwegian settlers to the
north that he came from the same
place in Norway as the Olsons,
namely Bire, and it is quite certain
that he made his first acquaintance
with American frontier life at
Trempealeau. Wis., from which
point the Olsons later came, probab
ly on representations made by thi-,
first lonely inhabitant of the city of
Willmar. With this clue, it is"not
impossible that something further
may be learned about him by any
one who will patiently investigate
the matter. The character of our
first inhabitant (speaking of the
city) may be judged to some extent
by his doings. He must have pos
sessed a bold and restless spirit to
maka his way out here all alone.
The claim he chose was a veritable
outpost, farthest to the southwest
of all the settlements and near
where the large Indian camps were
made. Were anything further
needed to prove his courage, Swan
Swanson might be quoted when he
tells of having, with several others,
to bodily restrain Tolerson from go
ing after the Indians alone with his
rifie shortly before the outbreak
when a band had insolently killed
same cattle belonging to the set
tlers.
We have a right to credit him
with some foresight as to the prob
ability of his claim becoming a part
of a future townsite. It was known
that the railroad would likely pass
south of Foot lake to avoid the
hills, and the survey line was so
traced on the early plats. His
selection of part of what became
later the original townsite and
which was quite marshy and unfit
for ai-gicufture at that time, would
indicate that he was wise in assum
ing that a town would be built on
the southern bend of the road. He
had the whole country to pick from.
This hardy descendant of the Norse
Vikings had no doubt acquired some
knowledge of the American fron
tierman's life in Wisconsin. He
grew restless at the reports of the
explorers of the park regions of.
Minnesota Territory. Up the river
he came on the fire-canoe pushed
on past the laughing waters, thru
the shady lodges of the sugar maple
bush and out to where the smiling
prairies beckoned to civilization to
press onward towards the setting
sun. Imagine the appearance of
this country when Berger Tolerson
first saw it in the height of sum
mer fifty years ago. The prairie
stood decked in its finest array of
wild flowers, and the old settlers
tell us of a later generation who
have become accustomed to see the
prairie as a cultivated field, that
we have no idea of the gorgeous
splendors of the Minnesota prairies
in their virgin state. The orange
lilies, the white and yellow daisies,
the phlox, the wild roses, the gold
enrod, and hundreds of other varie
ties colored up the landscape in all
the tints of the rainbow. The rank
grasses billowed under the summer
like a rolling sea. Wild
ducks reared their young in every
pond, geese, chickens and other
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small game teemed every where.
Stately cedar trees fringed many of
the lakes, and nests of the great
American eagle were not un
known.
Our first inhabitant located his
shanty on the hill where the Will
mar Seminary now stands. It is a
beautiful spot, as ail of you will
admit if you accompany the party
that will go up to mark the spot
this afternoon. It was a very rough
affair and how he managed to live
there thru the winter was a puzzle
to Andrew Nelson and Swan Swan
son, who came in the fall of 1»58
and located claims where Judge
Qvale's farm is located in section
12. Swan Swanson had a wife and
child and with his brother-in-law,
Andrew Nelson, spent the first win
ter with Tolerson. They labored
hard to make the cabin comfortable
and built a turf stable for their
stock. During the winter and
spring they hauled logs to their
own claims and built a comfortable
home, including a log stable that
would shelter 40 head of cattle.
This homestead was burned by the
Indians, as is graphically related
in the published story of Swan
Swanson. After the arrival of the
Olsons in ls59. Tolerson spent much
of his time with them on what is
now the O. R. Sletten place. Dur
ing the last two years before the
outbreak he was very seldom at
home. He came home shortly be
for the outbreak and the murder
ous savages came upon him unex
pectedly on the evening of Aug. 20,
LSH2. and he was found lying dead
across the threshold of his eabin by
("apt. Whitcomb's burial party and
was buried near by. In ls74, when
F. Clark built his residence upon
the hill, the remains of a man were
found by the workmen who exca
vated the cellar. The bones were
placed in a box and interred in
some unknown place. That is
briefly all that is known about the
firsr settler of the city. He fell a
martyr to advancing civilization
Peace to his ashes!
If time permitted, a great deal
might be said about the other mem
bers of the first settlement in the
township, before the Indian out
break Three children were born
—one in Foot's family, a girl that
was named Minnesota, who unfort
unately died in 1S83, and two in
Swanson's family, a boy who was
named Theodore and who is now at
the head of the Registry depart
ment in the St. Paul post office,
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land a girl, Emma, who is married
and lives at Stanton, Iowa. Swan
Swanson and family and Andrew
Nelson were recorded as members
of the New Sweden parish of Mon
ongalia county, of which the Rev.
Andrew Jackson was pastor. The
records of "this pioneer pastor, in
which he accounts for no less than
210 persons who resided in the
county before the Indian outbreak,
giving their nativity, date of birth,
etc., may be classed as among the
most valuable historical records of
the county.
It is perhaps needless to add that
the name of Willmar was not
known here in the settlement just
accounted for. The west half of
the original Kandiyohi county, the
only settlers of which were those in
this township, was organized as the
district of Whitefield, being named
for the townsite that was laid out
at the west end of Lake Waconda.
Miss Sabra Swenson of New Lon
don was one of the graduates from
the classical course at the state uni
versity last week. Her father.
Harold Swenson, attended the com
mencement exercises. They were
at Willmar last Saturday en route
for home. Miss Swenson will teach
in the New London schools next
year.
O. F. Johnson, the Pennock and
Mamre merchant, drove to our city
last Saturday evening.
This week's installment of illust
rated rebuses refers to families of
early settlers in the townships
named. For the best solution of
these puzzles received by Saturday,
June 29. we will send a prize con
sisting of a volume of "Arabian
Nights Entertainments,."
Solutions were received from the
following:
Edith Almen, St. Peter.
Elmer Anderson, Atwater, R. 3.
William Johnson, Willmar.
Grace Sperry, Willmar.
Stense Lindgren, Irving.
Charles Anderson, Pennock, R. 1
Walter K. De La Hunt, Willmar
Victor Swenson, R. 2, Spicer.
Arthur Erickson, R. 3, Willmar
Ella Swenson, 803 First St. Will
mar
Elmer Johnson, R. 1, Pennock.
Minnie Fridlund, Willmar.
Illustrated History of Kandiyohi County
Your work of compilation, its excel
lent arrangement, the very accurate
printing, and the well chosen and abun
dant illustrations, make this far the best
and most complete county history yet
published in Minnesota."
—Hon. WARREN UPHAM,
Secretary and Librarian of State His
torical Society, Capitol, St. Paul.
Every Kandiyohi county home should possess
a copy. Easy terms to suit any purchaser.
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4o full-page Colored Maps 1,050 finest Pictures
ODERSTROM-JOHNSON
Wedding of a ig Kandiyohi
Couple Solemnized in Pres
ence of Many Guests.
At the home of Frank Cederstrom
in Kandiyohi occurred the wedding
of his oldest daughter, HeTen Vic
toria, to Elmer Johnson, last
Wednesday afternoon. The marri
age took place in the Tripolis
church at three o'clock.
The church was decorated in
flowers and greens. A large num
ber of relatives and friends gath
ered here to witness the service,
which was both beautiful and im
pressive. Rev. S. A. Lindholm offi
ciated. Miss Alfrida Lindholm
played the wedding march. At the
appointed time the bridal party ar
rived at the church and was led by
the bridesmaids and groomsmen,
Martha Berg, Emma Gustafson,
Emma Johnson, Harold, Arthur and
Charlie Cederstrom. Then came
the maid of honor, Emma Ceder
strom, sister of the bride, and the
little flower girl, Ruth Klint, and
little Evaline Nelson, who carried
the ring in a rose. Preceded by
these attendants came the bride
leaning on the arm of her father.
They were met at the altar by the
groom, who was escorted by his
brother, Charles Johnson, as best
man. Here the bride was given
People's Department
ILLUSTRATED REBUSES KANDIYOHI COUNTY HISTORY
X.—Early Family Names.
Answers to last week's installment,
names of physical geography of the
county, will be received until next
Saturday evening, and the winner
gets a copy of "Darius the Great."
There will be still another instal
ment of the Kandiyohi county his
tory puzzles next week, before the
jseries closes.
Solutions will appear in our issue of July 3.
Answers to Puzzles of June 5.
No. 43—Joshua Gates.
No. 44—Jane Clark.
No. 45—Charles Moore.
No. 48—Annie Bright.
No. 47—Mathilda Knott.
No. 48—Alma Witley.
The prize, "The Adventures of
Billy Trill," was awarded to Wil
liam Johnson, 401 First street, Will
mar, for the best solutions received
of the above puzzles. References
for the answers may be given as
follows: Joshua Gates—Pioneer
schoolmaster of county. Pages 231
and 40. Jane Clark—Pioneer school
ma'am of county. Paees 143 and
1 49.
Charles Moore—Early teacher in
Roseville. Page 358.
Annie Bright—(later Mrs. A. C.
DeTar.) First teacher in Gennes
see. Pages 184 and 188.
Mathilda Knott (later Mrs. Oli
ver Larson)—Early teacher at New
London. Pages 330 and 325.
Alma Willey—First teacher at
Willmar. Page 406.
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away by her father, and Rev. Lind
holm, who awaited the wedding
party inside the chancel, spoke the
words that made them man
andKandiyohi
wife. Mrs. Lindholm sang a solo
after the ceremony and Rev. Lind
holm read scripture passages and
gave a short but impressive talk,
which was followed by prayer and
a song by the audience.
The bride was attired in cream
silk down trimmed in spangle
net and lace. She wore a bridal
veil and carried bride's roses and
myrtle. The bridesmaids wore
white and carried red roses and
myrtle. The groom and his attend
ans wore the conventional black
suits.
The home was beautifully deco
rated for the reception. In the
parlor was suspended a large wed
ding bell and the room was fes
tooned in green and white. White
roses and potted geraniums were
the flower decorations. In the din
ing room the festoons were in pink
and pale blue, and lilacs and apple
blossoms completed the decorations.
Upon their arrival from church the
guests were received and ushered
into the parlor, where the happj,
couple received the congratulations
and best wishes of more than two
hundred relatives and friends. A
large tent decorated in green was
used as dining hall for the occasion
and here a sumptuous wedding din
ner was served. Light refresh
ments were also served thruout the
afternoon and evening. The time
was spent in a social way. The
guests left many handsome gifts
for the voting couple, as a memento
of the happv occasion.
The guests from other points
were—Axel Nelson and family,
John Nelson and family, Chas.
Johnson and Nannie Clint, of Min
neapolis Alice Klint, St. Paul,
Emma Peterson, Milaca, Alfred
Cederstrom, Winthrop Mr. and
Mrs. A1 ick Cederstn »m, Water-town,
Mrs. J. A. Sandquist and Arthur
Cederstrom, Clearwater Leonard
Johnson and Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Kmgstrom, Atwatei, Anna Carlson,
Osakis., Mrs. Minnie Magnuson, St
Cloud Arthur Englund, Larimore.
N. D. Sophia Carlson, Hilda Holm
berg and Minnie Lundquist. Will
mar. Minnie Klint, Pennock.
The bride is a loyal Kandivohi
girl, hav ing been born and growTn
co womanhood in this farm home.
For some time she was engaged in
teaching school, but after the death
of her mother, nearly four years
ago, she took charge of the house
hold duties in the home and has
tilled the place of mother as well
as sister to the younger sister and
brothers. The groom is also a na
tive Kandivohi boy, as he was born
and raised in this localitv He is
respected and liked bv all, and may
well he congratulated upon having
won the affections of so estimable
a young woman.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnson left for a
short wedding tour to Clearwater
and Minneapolis, where they will
visit with relatives. They will be
at home after July first on the
Cederstrom farm, the groom hav
ing leased the same. The many
friends of Mr. and Mrs. Johnson
are pleased to learn that they will
remain residents of Kandiyohi.
The Tribune joins in wishing them
happiness and prosperity.
MISS HMEBOE WINS
Victorious in Grand Gold Medal
Contest Last Friday Evening.
The Grand Gold Medal Contest
at the Opera House last Friday
evening proved a very interesting
and enjoyable event. There were
but four contestants, Albert Poter
being unavoidably absent. The
medal was awarded to Miss Gertrude
Hilleboe. All the contestants did
very well and the decision was a
close one. All the participants had
previously won both a silver and
a gold medal, and while the grand
gold medal was necessarily awarded
to one, they all deserved one. The
judges were Rev. James Himrod,
Russell Spicer and V. E. Lawson.
Those who participated in the con
test were, Evaline Home of Harri
son, Ruby Odney and Chauncey
Frye of Kerhoven and Gertrude Hil
leboe of Willmar. The medal was
presented by Rev. H. C. Buell.
The musical selections were all
enjoyed very much. A recitation
by little Frances Ahlborn of Kerk
hoven won an ovation and she re
sponded with an encore.
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CARD OF THANKS.
I hereby wish to express my
thanks to the many kind friends
who assisted me at the time of the
death of my beloved husband.
Your sympathy and help will be
remembered with heartfelt grati
tude.
Mrs. Christine Anderstrom.
SMALL PIGS FOR SALE—Little
pigs, about six weeks old, for sale.
Call at my place at Ringo Lake, or
address me at Spicer Route 1.
172p Edward Carlson.
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TELEPHONE MFEITNG
Telephone Company
Meets in Animal Session.—
Officers Are Elected.
The annual meeting of the Kandi
yohi Telephone Company was held
at the courthouse at Willmar Satur
day. This is the most important of
the independent telephone compa
nies of the county, as it practically
covers nine townships in this county
and a large section of Renville coun
ty, besides owning lines into ad
joining territory. The report read
shows that the company has two hun
dred and three stockholders and two
hundred and ten renters and is
good financial condition. The rent
ers pay at the rate of $12 a year for
the use of the phones. There were
about a hundred stockholders in at
tendance at the meeting. It was
called to order by President Lund
berg at two o'clock. F. C. Peter
son was elected secretary of the
meeting. The president gave a
synopsis of the general condition of
the company. The secretary of the
company, Henry Eddy, was not
present, but his report was read.
The treasurer's report and the au
diting committee's statement were
read and approved. The following
directors were elected by ballot
P. Haley, H. B. Eddy, F. C. Pe
terson, J. 0 Lundberg, A. M. He-this
din, F. G. Handy, H. V. Poore, J.
S. Anderson, A. 0 Nelson, K. F.
Backlund, John Elmquist and Au
gust Broman. The matter of the
management of the Crescent Beach
line of the company was left to the
directors with instructions to see
that the promiscuous talkers over
the line to Willmar were made to
pay more for the privilege than has
previously been required. An
as-solicited
sessment of $6.uo on each share of
-tock was voted, the same to be paid
by Nov. 1 next, the proceeds to be
applied to the obligations of the
companv. The newl elected di
rectors held a meeting directlv af
ter the annual meeting, at which
the following were elected officers
for the coming year: J. 0 Lund
berg, president J. Haley, vice
president. C. Peterson, secretary
F. Handv, treasurer.
The Metropolitan barber shop.
Bank of Willmar building, B.
Oto*. proprietor, is the shop to get
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Glass, Room Moulding and Painters'
Supplies ia tn»- L.IJ i..ur :~adc is
A. Jacobson.
Martin Forsberg
MANIF\CTLRER OF
Window and Porch
Screens
Window and Door a
Lace Curtains
at
Turning and S« roll Work and all
kinds of repairing don«-* ^atts
faction guaranteed
South Fifth Street. Willmar. Pho.e 2«2
GUT PRICES
Having decided to discontinue this line of £r«xls, w^ offer
our stock at cut prices. While our stock is not heavy it is
well assorted, and you will certainly find amons them the
style you wish. A number of the best lines of these broods
are represented in correst styles in white and As we
do not have the room to properly display these goods we will
close them out. Th cut in prices is so deep that a very
unusual opportunity is presented to get these desirable la-«
curtains at a bargain. Former prices were from $ 1 7 0 to
$ 8 5 0 per pair. This sate to closeout at $ 1 2 5 t» $ 7 0 0
per pair. Call early and make your selection
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