Part 19 (1/2)

Perrin, single men, from New York State, and Mrs Lynch, from Illinois Previous to the settle ladies in the town The arrival of fifteen young ladies,the lonesome bachelors of the colony, and the services of Rev S T Catlin were soon called into requisition The first couple married was James A

Mapes and Eunice E Walden, in 1852 The next year W B Mapes and Catherine Scott were er brother, joined the colony In 1857 G W Mapes located a Mexican War land warrant on adjoining laud W B, J A and C W Mapes had also Mexican War land warrants

In 1860 J W Mapes sold his farm and returned to New York, enlisted in the One Hundred and First Pennsylvania Volunteers, and served through the Peninsular Can under McClellan, and afterward in North Carolina, where he was captured at Plymouth, April 23, 1864, and taken to Andersonville, where he died, June 30, 1864 W B Mapes sold his farm to Chas Davies and removed to Macon county, Mississippi, in 1866, at which place he died in 1877 Hisand five children still reside there C W Mapes sold his fare, and in 1879 reinia, where he still resides He has four children living

Jas A Mapes still resides on the old homestead Mr Mapes was honored with an election to the office of treasurer for St Croix county in 1883 and 1884

PLEASANT VALLEY

Pleasant Valley includes the west half of townshi+p 28, range 17 It is drained by the headwaters of the Kinnikinic The first settle the first settlers were Sheldon Gray, Asa Gray, S W Mattison, and Allen Webster The toas organized March 30, 1857, with Peleg Burdick as chairht in 1857, by Miss Mary Munson A post office was established in 1866 with Peter Hawkins as postricultural townshi+p, consisting chiefly of undulating prairie land It is included in townshi+p 30, range 18

Willow river flows diagonally through it fro persons settled within the present limits of the town prior to 1855: Eben Quinby, Lewis Oaks, James Taylor, Harvey Law, Norman Hooper, J J Smith, A S Kinnie, W R Anderson, Francis Kelly, Clinton Boardman, S L Beebe, the Beal brothers, E P Jacobs and E W Darnley

The town of Rich officers: Supervisors, Robert Philbrick, chairman; C A Boardman and Harvey Law; clerk, W M Densmore; assessor, W R Anderson; treasurer, G W Law The first post office was established at the house of Joel Bartlett, who served as postmaster This post office was known as the Richht on a mule's back from Maiden Rock, contained but one letter The first quarter's commission amounted to but one dollar and fifty-nine cents The post office case contained but four boxes, five by six inches in size This case is preserved at the _Republican_ office, as an interesting relic Sre as were the receipts, the postmaster was able to ereeable contrast we give the commission for the first quarter of 1886 as 67489

BOARDMAN VILLAGE

Is located on the east bank of Willow river and near the western boundary of Richs are a Methodist church and a large school house Boarde bespeaks enterprise and thrift

GRIDLEY VILLAGE

Was platted by Gridley & Day in 1857, and, together with Free, platted by Henry Russell, was incorporated in the village of

NEW RICHMOND

in 1878 The first officers of the new village were: President, F W

Bartlett; trustees, B C B Foster, Wellington Pierce, Thos Porter, Peter Schore, S M Bixby, Geo C Hough

NEW RICHMOND CITY

Was incorporated in 1884 It includes the northwest quarter of section 2 and the northeast quarter of section 3 of townshi+p 30, range 18, and the south half of section 36, townshi+p 31, range 18 This latter half section originally belonged to Star Prairie, but is now attached to New Richmond The first election was held April 8, 1884, at which the following officers were elected: President, Ward S Williams; aldermen, First ward, F W Bartlett, Geo A Gault, Th Gaskell; Second ward, A L Greaton, A H Stevens, J C Sabine; Third ward, John Halversen, D H Dodge, H F Fall; treasurer, L Taft; clerk, W

F McNally; assessor, D A Kennedy

The city is beautifully located on a level prairie The streets are frohty to one hundred feet wide and bordered with rounds attached to the residences are beautifully adorned with shrubbery and flowers and are without fences The commons and unoccupied spaces in the city are covered with a luxuriant growth of white and red clover, filling the air with its pleasant odor, and suggesting the title of ”Clover City” It has s and tasteful residences It is in thecountry, on the banks of a beautiful stream, Willow river, and two railroads, the North Wisconsin and Wisconsin Central, furnish abundant means of communication with the outer world

It has one steam saw mill with a capacity of 60,000 feet per day, and a water power flour mill with a capacity of one hundred barrels per day

The Bank of New Richanized in 1878, with a paid up capital of 35,000 In 1885 the bank did a business of about 8,000,000 The bank had a surplus in 1886 of 9,000 It has an extensive agency in flour, wheat and other agricultural products, also in lumber and real estate The officers are: President, F W Bartlett; vice president, Mathias Frisk; cashi+er, John W McCoy The annual business of the city ah school, established in 1884, with six depart cost 12,000 The Baptists, Catholics, Congregationalists, Episcopalians, and Methodists have church buildings

There are several fraternities here, including the Masonic, the Odd Fellows, Good Tehts of St John There are also a hook and ladder company and a library association There are two ce to the masonic order

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