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By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyDecember 08, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 12-03-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Kenneth Located on the line between sections 1 and 2, Vienna township, on the Worthington-Hardwick branch of the Rock Island railroad, seven miles southeast from Hardwick, is Kenneth, the youngest of Rock county’s towns. Although it was the last to come into…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyDecember 01, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 11-25-20 edition of the Star Herald.) School A completely equipped, nine grade school is maintained in Magnolia. It is conducted in a two-story building, erected in 1893 at a cost of several thousand dollars. Before that year the site was occupied by a small district school house, in which a…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 23, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 11-19-20 edition of the Star Herald.) The proposition was carried by a majority of four votes, there being twenty cast in favor of the project [to create a municipality] and sixteen against. The election to select the first officers under the new government was set for October 2. Following is the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 17, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 11-12-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Within two weeks after the plat was recorded, Gov. Yale had sold ten lots in the new town, more were sold a little later, and the promoters predicted a lively boom during the season of 1892. And they were not altogether disappointed in their hope. One of the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 10, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 11-05-20 edition of the Star Herald.) During the summer of 1884 an event occurred which resulted in the death of one proposed town and the birth of another. The victim in this case was Drake. That point had proven to be an undesirable location for any expansion on the part of the railroad company…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyNovember 03, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 10-29-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Magnolia Magnolia, an incorporated village of eastern Rock county, is a station on the Worthington-Mitchell branch of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, seven miles east of Luverne. The line separating sections 11 and 14, Magnolia…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 27, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 10-22-20 edition of the Star Herald.) The Lodges Three secret societies maintain active organizations in Beaver Creek. They are the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Degree of Honor and Brotherhood of American Yeomen. For fifteen years Beaver Creek was the home of one of the leading posts…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 20, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 10-15-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Churches (continued) The first permanent house of worship was the school house erected in the Grout neighborhood during the spring of 1875. Services were later held in a newer school building closer to Beaver Creek village. The present church edifice was…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyOctober 13, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village (continued from 10-8-20 edition of the Star Herald.) Beaver Creek — School When Beaver Creek was founded late in the year 1877, it was in the territory of school district No. 15, the school house of which was located one-half mile west of town. In 1878 the old building was sold to another district and a one-room…
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 SocietySeptember 29, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 9-24-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek The banner year in Beaver Creek’s whole history was 1885. A correspondent writing in October said: “Business lots on First avenue are in demand. An addition to the town plat is talked of in order to supply the increasing want. Buildings are going up…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 22, 2020It was while these conditions prevailed that Beaver Creek became an incorporated village. In the summer of 1884 the residents petitioned Judge Severance of the district court for an order declaring the village incorporated. The court heard the petition August 27 and on September 19 issued the necessary order. Colonel Harrison White, J. M. Park and Abram Osmun were named a committee to call the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 15, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 9-10-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek For a few months the youthful village was the terminus of the railroad and it at once came into prominence as one of the most lively communities in this part of the state. Being the end of the railroad, it became the distributing point for the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 08, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 9-3-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek Hardly had the location of the site been announced in September when preparations were made by several persons to engage in business in the prospective town. Colonel Harrison White, who was destined to play such an important part in the history of the…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 01, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 8-27-20 edition of the Star Herald. Beaver Creek On the banks of the “roaring” Beaver creek, eight and one-half miles southwest of the capital city of Rock county, is the little village of Beaver Creek, a village which has played an important part in the history of Rock county. Excepting Luverne,…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 25, 2020The following appeared in The Rose History in 1911. Rock County Village continued from 8-20-20 edition of the Star Herald. Hardwick The Lodges Four lodges have active organizations in Hardwick, the Modern Woodmen of America, Royal Neighbors of America, Odd Fellows and Rebekahs. The oldest of these is Hardwick Camp No. 3851, M. W. A. It was instituted May 11, 1896, by M. H.…
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