Part 53 (1/2)

COLUMBUS,

Townshi+p 32, range 22, was settled in 1855 by James Starkey, Isaac Conway, John Kleiner and Henry Batzle Mr Conway became a dealer in real estate, and reured prominently in the early history of the Territory and State, but e of Colu a hotel and other ie of which now re fractional townshi+p 30, range 24, was organized as Manoanization, with A M

Fridley as chairanized and attached to Anoka county, retaining Manoed to Fridley by legislative enactment John Sullivan, G W Thurber and Thomas Casey were the first supervisors The town contains about thirteen sections of land in the eastern part of townshi+p 30, range 24, pleasantly located on the east bank of the Mississippi It is traversed by Rice creek

JOHN BANFIL settled here in 1848 and was the first poste of Manomin, of which he was proprietor He represented the Twenty-fourth district as senator in the first state legislature He removed to Bayfield, Wisconsin, and died there in 1886 It has been i establish mill was built in 1871 In 1887 100,000 was expended in ed hands It has one church building (Episcopal), erected in 1858

GROW

Includes townshi+p 32, range 24 It is watered by Rue Branch settled here in 1853, and about the same period, J C Frost, Joseph McKinney, Andrew J Sanized in 1857 as Round Lake, but changed to Grow in 1860, in honor of Senator Grow of Pennsylvania The first supervisors were Silas O Lum, W W Hank and Wm Staples The town records were burned in 1856 In 1873 the Catholics erected a church building

HAM LAKE,

Foranized in 1871 It includes townshi+p 32, range 23 It was settled chiefly by Swedes and Norwegians, of whom Matts Gilbertson, of Noras first to locate here There werethe first comers, but the first permanent settler of any nationality was Josiah Hart, from Vermont, who came in 1857 He died in 1876 John Scully came in 1858

The first supervisors were John Rowe, A B Lingard and C Olsen The Swedes and Norwegians have each a house of worshi+p

LINWOOD

This town, consisting of townshi+p 33, and twelve sections of townshi+p 34, range 22, lies in the northeastern part of the county It is atered and traversed by a chain of lakes The first settlement was by Joseph Sanson, a Gerlishman, came in 1857 Linas set off froanized September, 1871 The first town officers were J G Green, F McGregor and Michael Hurley There is a post office in the village of Linwood A Methodist church was built in 1873, and a saw and feed mill, by Shanton & Haskell, in 1875

L S ARNOLD, a native of Montreal, Canada, born in 1820, came to Minnesota in 1847 He seems to havesoain returned in 1866

SAMUEL RIDGE came to Linwood in 1860

J G GREEN, born in 1819, located here in 1863, and since 1867 has served as poste He has served several years as county commissioner The Green brothers are descendants of the Plyriinally caan, Maine He died in 1885

MICHAEL M RYAN was born in Ireland in 1845 He came to America in 1858 and settled in Linith his father's fa the Civil War, and died in the service

THE HURLEY FAMILY come to Linwood some time in the '50s The sons are prominent business men at North Branch, Pine City and Hinckley The father moved to North Branch in 1887

OAK GROVE

Includes townshi+p 33, range 24 It abounds in small lakes and the Rum river drains the western portion The first settlers were David Rogers, Moses Seeley and James Nutter, in 1855 Dennis Mahoney, of Ireland, born in 1813, came to Oak Grove in 1856, held the office of supervisor fourteen years, and that of justice of the peace continuously to the present The toas organized in 1857, with the following supervisors: A W Norris, Dennis E Mahoney and Peter Brennan Rose, daughter of William Smith, was the first child born

RAMSEY,

Naovernor, occupies fractional townshi+p 32, range 25, in the western part of the county, on the Mississippi river It was organized in 1857 as Watertohich naed to Dover, and then to Ra house was opened in section 19, by T A Holmes and Thomas Beatty The first perland colony in 1850, ast ere P Shumway and sons (John and Peter), Nathan and Benjamin Shumway, and Cornelius Pitman In 1852 the town plat of Itasca was surveyed in sections 19 and 30 William Vincent, Thomas Miller and J C Bowers came to Ramsey in 1852 Mr

Boas postmaster for twenty-five years at Itasca, and died Oct

4, 1879 The first supervisors were Jared Benson, Isaac Varney and Cornelius Pitman

ST FRANCIS