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AITKIN VILLAGE

Aitkin was anization of the county It is pleasantly situated on the west branch of Ripple creek, near the east branch of the Mississippi It is now a prosperous and thriving village with heavy ood school house, and pleasant hoe_, is published here Warren Potter, Richard Mills, Williae Jenkins are early citizens In 1873 Capt Houghton built a steaahton replaced it with a new boat called the City of Aitkin, which still plies the Mississippi river between the points naaeneral trade

WM A AITKEN--The date and place of Mr Aitkin's nativity are not positively known He came to the Chippewa country when a boy of fifteen, as servant to a trader named John Drew, and in time became a successful and well known trader He died at Sandy Lake in 1851 His life, in common with that of the early traders, was adventurous He witnessedtheh raised a the Indians, and continually on the frontier, he was noted for his urbanity and geniality, and is well spoken of by the early explorers

ALFRED AITKIN, son of the foregoing, was killed by a Chippewa Indian at Cass lake in 1836 He had stolen the wife of the Indian, and refusing to return her to the enraged husband, was shot by him The murderer was arrested, taken to Prairie du Chien for trial, tried before Judge Drum's court and acquitted

NATHANIEL TIBBETTS was born in New Sharon, Maine, March 21, 1824

While a mere boy he moved to Piscataquis county, and in 1845 came to Plover, Wisconsin, and two years later to Stillwater, Minnesota He engaged in lu until 1850, when he moved to St Anthony, and soon afterward made a claim at the mouth of Elk river, then in Benton county, where he rehth Minnesota, of which company he was coiiment at the close of the hen he returned to his ho In 1870 he was engaged in the preliminary survey of the Northern Pacific railroad, and located the sae he was the pioneer, building the first house and barn, keeping the first hotel and serving as the first postmaster

He served four years as county coister of deeds and sheriff Ten years after his location at Aitkin he removed to Morrison county, where he now resides His health is soue of army life

CARLTON COUNTY

Carlton county lies between St Louis county on the north, Pine on the south, Douglas county, Wisconsin, on the east and Aitkin on the west, and contains twenty-four townshi+ps It is abundantly watered by the St Louis river and its many tributaries on the northeast, by the tributaries of the Nemadji and Kettle rivers on the south It is well timbered with pine and hardwoods The St Louis river affords one of the finest water powers in the Northwest The rapids of this stream extend from the falls at Cloquet to Fond du Lac, a distance of twelveof a trappean or slaty formation, not easily worn by the water, and capable of furnishi+ng good foundations for dams and mills The first settlers were A K

Lovejoy, Cephas Bradley, Joseph Meyers, sexton Lyons, and some others

Mr Lovejoy died at Tho a wife They had been the parents of twenty-four children, twelve pairs of twins The county was named in honor of R B Carlton, as a representative in the first state legislature Mr Carlton died at Fond du Lac, Sept 10, 1863

The county was organized in 1858, and the county seat located at Twin Lakes, but changed by act of legislature to Thomson It is subdivided into five towns, Knife Falls, Mahtowa, Moose Lake, Thoe running froe crops out at Little Falls, Morrison county

THOMSON

The village of Thomson, the county seat of Carlton county, is located on the St Louis river The Northern Pacific railroad crosses at this point A M Miller erected a steam saw mill here in 1873 The mill has a capacity of 100,000 feet per day, and has been a profitable enterprise A K Lovejoy operates a saw mill six miles northwest, which has a capacity of 35,000 feet The village of Thoraded school with two departments

CLOQUET,

Located on the St Louis river, was surveyed and platted in 1871 In 1878 Charles D Harwood erected a steam saw mill at this point with a capacity of 50,000 feet This was the beginning of a thriving e In 1883 the Knife Falls Lu its capacity to 180,000 feet per day In 1884 the property was transferred to Renwick, Crossett & Co James Paine, McNair and others built a water power saw mill in 1880, with a capacity of 100,000 feet per day The C N Nelson Company, in 1880, built two steam saw mills with a capacity of 350,000 feet per day A post office was established in 1879; C D Harwood, poste was platted and incorporated in 1882; William P Allen was the first president of the council It has tspapers, the _Pine Knot Journal_, established by Ed Gottry and J H Page in 1884, and the _Industrial Vidette_, established in 1887 It contains three church organizations with good buildings, the Catholic, Methodist and Presbyterian

MOOSE LAKE STATION,

On the St Paul & Duluth railroad, is surrounded by a good fare It has a post office, about sixty dwellings and a saw mill

BARNUM STATION,

On the line of the same road, contains a post office, a saw mill with a capacity of about 50,000 feet daily, a few fine residences, with fine far

MAHTOWA STATION,

On the sas An extensive stock farm is located here

NORTH PACIFIC JUNCTION

Is situated on the St Louis river, at the junction of the St Paul & Duluth and Northern Pacific railroads There are about one hundred buildings here including a large sawa capacity of 10,000,000 feet per annum; one school house, one church, and hotels, stores, shops and dwellings The village was organized in 1881; Cephas Bradley, president