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- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 30, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills, continued from 6-25-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hills became an incorporated municipality in 1904. It had a population to warrant taking the step ten years before, but the fear of many of the residents that incorporation would result in the licensing of saloons precluded taking any action at that time. In the…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 23, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of continued from 6-18-20 edition of the Star Herald. The next item we have to consider in the history of Hills was also an important one — no less than the removal of the entire business section of the town. The village was originally located three blocks west of the present location, on low ground. In 1893 F. C. Finke…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 16, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of continued from 6-11-20 edition of the Star Herald. The growth of Hills during 1892 was substantial and its permanency was assured. It distanced some of the neighboring villages and boasted a larger growth than its rivals.9 Among the new enterprises of the year were the town’s first hotel by T. O. Strandness, a bank…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 09, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills, continued from 6-4-20 edition of the Star Herald. In April the store building of Jacobson & Sexe was moved across the fields from Bruce, and early in May that firm opened a general store one block north of the Thompson store. The same month A. T. Sexe moved his lumber yard from Bruce and installed P…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyJune 02, 2020The 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 SocietyMay 26, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village of Hills Ranking second in size among Rock county villages is Hills, situated in the southern part of Martin township, two miles from the Iowa state line. It is located at the junction of the Great Northern and Illinois railroads, giving it transportation facilities excelled by no other town in the county excepting…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 19, 2020Rock 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 05-14 edition) Dover (Denver) One of the townships comprising the original Gregory township had seceded until with…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyMay 12, 2020Rock 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 SocietyMay 05, 2020Rock 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 04-30 edition) Riverside (Battle Plain) In the early summer of 1877 Major D. E. Runnals and others asked that the…
- By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 28, 2020Rock 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 SocietyApril 21, 2020Rock 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 SocietyApril 14, 2020Rock 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 SocietyApril 07, 2020Rock 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 SocietyMarch 31, 2020Rock 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 SocietyMarch 24, 2020Rock 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 SocietyMarch 17, 2020Rock 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 03-12 edition) Magnolia The fourth township to set up a government of its own was Magnolia, which was set off from the…
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