History of Winona, Olmstead, and Dodge Counties

Date: [unknown] [unknown]
Location: Winona County, Minnesota, Dodge County, Minnesota, and Olmsted County, Minnesota

History of Winona, Olmsted, and Dodge Counties

Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc.

Gathered with Matter Furnished with Interviews with Old Settlers, County, Township and Other Records, and Extracts from Files of Papers, Pamphlets, and Such Other Sources as Have Been Available

• By H.H. Hill and Company, Publishers

Chicago, Illinois, 1884

Available Online at These Locations

https://archive.org/details/mn-dodge-olmsted-winona-1882-hill-and-co/page/n7/mode/2up

Contents

Preface

Index

History of Winona County

Chapter I - Aboriginal History

Chapter II - Explorations

Chapter III - Among the Indians

Chapter IV - Troubles with the Indians

Chapter V - Personal Recollections

Chapter VI - Winona City in Embryo

Chapter VII - Interesting Incidents and Customs

Chapter VIII - Prehistoric

Chapter IX - Geographical

Chapter X - Railroads

Chapter XI - Navigation

Chapter XII - Courts and Officers of the Courts

Chapter XIII - Banking in Winona County

Chapter XIV - General History of Winona County - Its Early Settlement, Pioneers, Etc.

Chapter XV - Treaties with the Indians

Chapter XVI - The Fur Traders

Chapter XVII - Early Land Titles

Chapter XVIII - The Pioneers

Chapter XIX - First Improvements

Chapter XX - Western Farm and Village Association

Chapter XXI - The Association Crystallized

Chapter XXII - Emigrants Coming

Chapter XXIII - Other Settlements

Chapter XXIV - First Settlements at Winona City

Chapter XXV - Incidents of the Early Times

Chapter XXVI - The Association at Rolling Stone

Chapter XXVII - Crystallization

Chapter XXVIII - Respectability

Chapter XXIX - Looking Around

Chapter XXX - Reflections

Chapter XXXI - Personal Paragraphs

Chapter XXXII - Postoffices

Chapter XXXIII - Incidents

Chapter XXXIV - A Bloody Conflict

Chapter XXXV - A Celebration

Chapter XXXVI - Chatfield Settled and Winona County Organized

Chapter XXXVII - The District Schools of Winona County

Chapter XXXVIII - Historical Sketch of the State Normal School of Minnesota, at Winona

Chapter XXXIV - Birds of Winona County

Chapter XL - Winona Public Schools

Chapter XLI - History of Winona City

History of Olmsted County

Introduction

Chapter I - Description and Early Settlement

Chapter II - Organization

Chapter III - The Indians - The Press

Chapter IV - The Great Rebellion

Chapter V - More About the War

Chapter VI - Murder of Warren Youmans and Others

Chapter VII - Education

Chapter VIII - In the City of Rochester

Chapter IX - Geology of Olmsted County

Chapter X - The Cyclone

History of Dodge County

Introduction

Chapter I - Natural Features

Chapter II - Traditional and Pre-Historic

Chapter III - The Coming of the Pioneer

Chapter IV - Organization

Chapter V - Dodge County Sabbath School Association

Chapter VI - Old Settlers' Association

Chapter VII - Reminiscences - Personal and and Otherwise

Chapter VIII - Reminiscences Continued

Chapter IX - First Fourth of July - Indians - Animals - Birds and Reptiles - Prairie Fires - Thieving Aborigines

Chapter X - Bench and Bar

Chapter XI - Mantorville Township: Settlement-Description. Village Site. Township Organization

Chapter XII - Kasson

Chapter XIII - Concord

Chapter XIV - Claremont Township

Chapter XV - Wasioja Township

Chapter XVI - Vernon Township

Chapter XVII - Hayfield Township

Chapter XVIII - Canisteo Township

Chapter XIX - Ashland Township

Chapter XX - Westfield Township

Chapter XXI - Ripley Township

Chapter XXII - Ellington Township

Chapter XXIII - Biographical - Pioneers

Chapter XXIV - Early Settlers

Chapter XXV - Other Important Personages

Chapter XXVI - The War of the Rebellion

Chapter XXVII - The Schools of Dodge County

Chapter XXVIII - Milton Township

Chapter XXIX - Journalistic Reminiscences

Chapter XXX - County Officers - Agricultural, Etc.

Chapter XXXI - Meteorological

Errata

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