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By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 06, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 10-1-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek The first fire occurred April 9, 1889, when the roller mill, an elevator and several sheds, in addition to several thousand bushels of grain, were entirely destroyed by the “lurid leveler.” The destruction of the town was threatened, but by hand work…
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…
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