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  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    August 11, 2020
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village continued from 8-6-20 edition of the Star Herald.   Hardwick          Hardwick became a municipal corporation in 1898. So early in its history as 1893, however, the first attempt to bring about this desired condition was made. On July 20, 1893, a petition was presented to the board of county commissioners, asking it to take…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    August 04, 2020
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village continued from 7-30-20 edition of the Star Herald.   Hardwick          At the close of the year 1892 we find that there were in the new town three general stores, one hotel, one lumber yard, one fuel yard, two grain warehouses, two blacksmith shops, one saloon and one livery stable. Within the year Hardwick had developed…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    July 28, 2020
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village continued from 7-23-20 edition of the Star Herald.   Hardwick          There was practically no change at the station during the next few years. Otter Otterson continued buying grain for E. A. Brown, and later John Otterson bought for the Iowa, Minnesota & Dakota Grain company, which succeeded Cudahy & Butler. In…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    July 21, 2020
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village continued from 7-16-20 edition of the Star Herald.   Hardwick          According to the last census figures, Hardwick ranks third in size among Rock county villages. It is a compactly built, neat appearing, prosperous little municipality located nine miles north of the county seat, at the junction of two lines of the Rock…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    June 02, 2020
    The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911.   Rock County Village of Hills continued from 5-28-20 edition of the Star Herald.          The farmers residing in the vicinity were given the privilege of christening the new town. They chose the name Oslo, but before the site was platted, late in October, it was learned that there was a town of the same name in Marshall county, Minnesota, and…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    May 12, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 05-07 edition) Rose Dell           The petition for the organization of Rose Dell township was presented by W. T. Vickerman and…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    April 28, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 04-23 edition) Mound           The grasshopper scourge of the early seventies had a depressing effect on the settlement of Rock…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    April 21, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 04-16 edition)   Albion (Springwater)           Late in March, 1874, the citizens of township 103, range 46, and of the…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    April 14, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 04-09 edition) Vienna          The first step in the disintegration of Gregory township took place early in 1874, when Vienna…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    April 07, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 04-02 edition) Gregory (now Mound)           The whole north half of the county, which from the earliest days had formed a part…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    March 31, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 03-26 edition) Martin The southwestern corner township had only one and one-half sections of railway lands within its borders…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    March 24, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 03-19 edition) Kanaranzi          From early in 1871 the residents of the southeast corner township had been under the local…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    March 03, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 02-27 edition)   Grant (Clinton)          Grant township, embracing the present precincts of Clinton and Kanaranzi, was created…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    February 25, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 02-20 edition) Luverne          The petition asking for the creation of Rock county’s first township was dated February 15,…
  • February 18, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from 02-13-2020 edition of Star Herald) The commissioners named by the governor met for the first time at one o’clock on the…
  • By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical Society
    February 11, 2020
    Rock County will celebrate its 150th Anniversary this year. The news will be the history of Rock County, townships, and communities. The following appeared in the Rose History of Rock County, printed in 1911.   County and Township Organization — 1870-1878 (continued from last week’s edition — 02-06 — of the Rock County Star Herald)            A few months after the passage of this act the…
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