Then & Now: A History of Rice County, Faribault & Communities

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How it all began There were nine Gold Star Veterans from Rice County in the Vietnam War; 13 in the Korean Conflict; 116 in World War II and 45 in World War I. The list of Goid Star Veterans who died in the service of their country includes: VIETNAM WAR Edward Francis Braunger, Faribault; Sgt. David Gerald Bultman, Faribault; PFC Gary L. Burke, Faribault; Capt. Michael D. Burmeister, Northfield; Pvt. Thomas Dell Eastman, Kenyon; Major Robert F. Grundman, Faribault; PFC William Hering, Northfield; Kevin Patrick Shields, Faribault; SP 4 ~raid F. Tracy, Dennison. KOREAN CONFLICT Roy Harold Bailey, Faribault; Cp. Donald Richard Bremer, Faribault; · PFC Robert Barry, Faribault; PFC Francis W. Coleman, Faribault; Fireman 2nd Class John Charles Doyle, Faribault; Pvt. Edwin C. Erickson, Northfield; Cpl. David W. Kaul, Faribault; Pvt. Paul Lidstrand, Faribault; Sgt. Lawrence D. Johnson, Faribault; Pvt. Harvey B. Mosher, Faribault; PFC 1-c Harvey L. Pedersen, Faribault; Sgt. Donald Ponto, Faribault; Cp. Robert E. Weber, Faribault. WORLD WAR II PFC Edward Allen, Faribault; Lt. J .G. Elliott Anderson, Northfield; Lt. Arthur Bestul, Dennison; Pvt. Palmer Bollenbach, Owatonna; Pvt. Oliver Boucher, Faribault; S1-c Evan Brekken, Dennison; MM1-c Albert Bremer, San Diego, Calif; F1-c Theo. Ceplecha, Lonsdale; Sgt. Dean Christensen, Northfield; Sgt. Marlow Christenson, Faribault; Pvt. Carson Cole, Faribault; S-Sgt. Raymond Corbesia, Faribault; Sgt. John Cross, Faribault; Pvt. Rudolph David, Kilkenny; Sgt. Harold Davidson, Oelwein, Iowa; Lt. Carl J. Degen, Los Angeles, Calif.; Pvt. Charles De Mott; S 1-c Robert De Wolf, Northfield; Cpl. Walter Drevlow, Faribault; Lt. Stanley Edwardson, Northfield; Pvt. Herbert Ellerbusch, Faribault. Pvt. Daniel K. Flom, Kenyon; Pvt. Edward Fuller, Faribault; T-5 Philip Gannon, Northfield; Pvt. Leonard Golden, Faribault; Pvt. Melvin Gordon, Faribault; Pfc. Elmer Graves, Faribault; Lt. Robert Graves, Minneapolis; Pfc. Elmer Grohman, Faribault; Pvt. Warren Grunert, Northfield; Lt. Donald Habein, Morristown. Lt. Lyle Hanson, Northfield; Pvt. Berchard, Hanson, Mankato; SK1-c Paul Haefemeyer, Faribault; Thomas Russel Haugen, Dennison; Pvt. Bennett C. Hellam, Minneapolis; T2-c Robert J. Hellam, Minneapolis; Staff Sgt. Charles Patrick Henry; Pfc. William Hille, Webster; Pfc Hubert Hostetter, Faribault; S-Sgt. Alfred Howland, Faribault. Pvt. Buddy Louis Hering, Faribault; Cpl. Frank Hruza, Faribault; Capt. James K. Hunter, Northfield; Pvt. Howard Jandro, Faribault; Seaman Martin Jensen, Northfield; T-Sgt. Roy Johnson, Northfield; T-Cpl. Noel E. Jones, Dundas; Lt. George E. Kaul, Faribault; S-Sgt. Leonard Kern, Faribault; S-Sgt. Raphael King, Faribault. MM Carl Krauseman, Faribault; Pvt. Henry Krause, Minneapolis; PFC Arthur Kreitz, Northfield; AM James H. Krenske, Faribault; T-4 Vernard Kuhlman, Faribault; PFC Warren Lambert, Faribault; Pvt. Herman Lerdel; Lt. James Lippert, Northfield; S-Sgt. Laverne Lowe, Northfield; Pvt. Olaf Q. Lium. Lt. Frank Manz, Northfield; PHM 1-c Clarence Mathis, Faribault; Franklin Juel Madison, Faribault; Cpl. Matthew McGuiness, Faribault; T -Sgt. Ralph Miller, Faribault; Cpl. Francis Miller, Owatonna; S1-c James Morris, Dundas; PFC Gordon Nelson, Faribault; PFC Stanley Nelson, Faribault; PFC Robert O'Brien, Faribault. T-Sgt. Russell Olson, Faribault; PFC Jack Ostrom, Faribault; Pvt. Clarence Overby, Little Chicago; Pvt. Arthur Pagel, Kenyon; T -5 Arthur Paquette, Faribault; PFC. Robert Peterson, Faribault; Lt. Albert Peterson, Northfield; Cpl. Paul Pickering, Minneapolis; Lt. Noel Pineur, Robbinsdale; A-c Charles Popelka, Faribault. Lt. Clyde Rasmussen, Minneapolis; Harlan E. Rasmussen, Faribault; Capt. Luther Ranum, Faribault; A-c Arnold Reed, Morristown; WAVE Shirley Riach, Faribault; Sgt. Rodney Root, Faribault; PFC Mark Rosenqvist, Nerstrand; PFC. Leland R. Rowberg, Northfield; Cpl. Thomas Savage, Dennison; Lt. Herman Sahli, Lonsdale. A-S Jerome Schuck, Faribault; Matt Schmanske, Medford; PFC. Bernard Shea, Faribault; WT1-c L. W. Siemer, Faribault; Sgt. Charles Snell, Faribault; PFC. Edward Sobrak, Faribault; Pvt. Arthur Steinberg, Faribault; Lt. LeRoy Sullivan, Faribault; Pvt. Gerald Titman, Faribault; Lt. James Tripp, Northfield; Lt. Eugene Truax, Faribault. Pvt. Earl Truman, Faribault; Lt. Edward Tuma, Lonsdale; Lt. Erwin Tyler, Northfield; PFC George Van Ryn, Faribault; Lt. Robert Viall, Northfield; Lt. Forrest Von Ruden, Faribault; PFC. Clarence Wanous, Medford; Ensign Vernon Wegner, Faribault; Lt. Roger J. Weum, Kenyon; PFC John P. Weed. Homer Howard Wilson, Faribault; Sgt. John Wolf, Faribault; Pvt. Floyd Workman, Faribault; Pvt. Douglas Workman, Faribault; PFC Dean C. Wood. WORLD WAR I Walter J. Albers, Northfield; William Ashley, Dundas; Thomas Ausems, Faribault; Peter J. Braun, Faribault; Guy Edson Bruce, Elysian; Wilber Bultman, Kenyon; Samuel Cowden, Dundas; Roy Collins, Faribault; Charles Cross, Faribault; Frank Czaplewski, Winona. Herman Dammeier, Faribault; Andrew DeMars, Faribault; Arthur Drewitz, Faribault; Leo Ferstler, Northfield; Theo Fornier, Northfield; Albert Fossum, Lonsdale; Frank Gibney, Faribault; William Griffin, Lonsdale; Herman Haefemeyer, Faribault; Arthur, Hanson, Faribault. Harry Hatfield, Faribault; Wilfred Jeno, Lonsdale; Roy Keller, Faribault; Harold Kenny, Faribault; Fred Larson, Faribault; Norman Larson, Faribault; Louis Moreau, Faribault; Frank Novak, New Prague; Edward Orcutt, Faribault; Edward Olson, Faribault. 35
Herman Ottem, Faribault; Cyril O'Connell, Faribault; L. C. Prentiss, Faribault; Frank St. Anthony, Faribault; Harvey Schreiber, Faribault; George Schuenke, Faribault; Daniel Schuette, Morristown; George Sheeran, Faribault. Louis Sherwin, Nerstrand; Henry Treka, Montgomery; John Trenda, Webster; Edmund Varley, Faribault; Theo Willing, Faribault; Herbert Zabel, Northfield; Edward Zeamann, Faribault. 36
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~en &-'§Vow Military School, becom
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{§en G? c:,Now Exceptional teacher
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Original Faribault Woolen l~ill (ar
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~en G?c!Jlow streets. The gas main
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~en ~§Vow endless belt type elevat
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~en ~c?/ow the catalog's circulatio
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Old Security Bank Building, Central
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~en~~ow Gallagher, both graduates o
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~en ~8'/ow buildings were purchased
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~en ~c?/ow inventor at heart, decid
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Faribault, 1890, Godfr ey Fleckenst
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~en ~c!:Now Leader Store history In
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~en 8?8'/ow Gopher Shooter Supply a
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~en ~§Vow Cave Cheese there were a
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~en 8?8-/ow the present building oc
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~en G?t;Now Turkey plant The New Ri
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~en &-'§Vow Modern TV Cannon Produ
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cr§en ~8/ow Faribo Manufacturing E
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~en &?§Vow business, operating two
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'{5en ~§Vow set their annual premi
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~en ~§Vow records, for $3,500. The
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~en ~8'/ow the Physical Education i
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(5en G?§Vow also played in churche
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{§en ~8'/ow well as chapter activi
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~en &?cfNow Richard H. Berge, Rober
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'"alen ~§Vow t Faribault American
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{lien &? §Vow February of 1906. In
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~en &-'8'/ow Eastern Star Chapter L
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Auxiliary, but puts particular emph
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~en G?cfNow Dr. Brusletten gained f
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{§en ~§Vow he had served in Minne
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l/len ~8'/ow Dr. Donald J. Studer D
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Crowd at entrance to Rice County Di
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~en &? c:Jiow Jandro, realtor. Firs
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Dick Wildung, a teammate, said "Bru
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~en &?c?/ow make Alexander Faribaul
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~en~~ow Houston; John Tufts, Shield
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~en &f.> c3Vow Senior citizens salu
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Official Bicentennial Flag in Court
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'li1en ~ c?/ow District, county cou
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~en &?8/ow Captors of the Y aunger
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~en ~8'/ow for the Northfield Arts
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~en ~8/ow Products Company built th
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Echo 2, satellite balloons, pioneer
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{§en &?§Vow The home of the origi
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~en ~c!:Now Osterhout's H eadling F
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~en &?8-fow Morristown School and p
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Morristown and Faribault Orchestra
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Emma Shank, Morristoum's highly ver
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~en ~c!JVow Inside of Paul Borchard
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tilen ~8'-Jow Don Weatherhead and H
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~en ~§Vow W. B. Schmidtke, Morrist
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~en ~§Vow Morristown Creamery (ear
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Old Morris town United Brethren and
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~en G?c!JVow Morristown Residence V
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~en ~8/ow Timm' s Garage, Morristou
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~en ~cf}low timbers with red cedar
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~en ~t/Vow the mill. A late-comer,
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~en ~§Vow Old Lonsdale Public Scho
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~en ~8/ow Lonsdale school room and
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sent here to continue. There was no
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~en ~8'/ow March, 1899, when the co
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lffen &? §Vow Louis Roth, behind c
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lllen ~§Vow View of interior of pi
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~en ~§Vow Northfield Township, Ric
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{Jlen ~c?/ow the location. The cons
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~en ~§Vow from the Herda Brick Yar
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~en ~8/ow killed in an automobile a
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~en ~§Vow settlers from the early
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{§en ~§Vow decided to sell the Ca
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{~len ~8Vow Lake. He later moved to
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First car bought by Ralph Harkins,
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~en ~c?-/ow Walcott rural school cl
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~en &-'§Vow birth in the new towns
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Chapter Vm More gli~npses of county
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More glimpses Bert J. Murphy, son o
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More glimpses went to Mankato Teach
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More glimpses newcomers. Charles Mc
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More glimpses 14 years and also for
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More glimpses St. Paul Cathedral Pa
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More glimpses settlement of the tow
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The Jacob J. Bosshart Homestead (Wh
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More glimpses Plwto of the original
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More glimpses .r · God for future
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More glimpses Robert Meyer Sr.; Sec
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Women from 10 dubs from LeSueur to
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Old Immaculate Conception School Ha
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Faribault Girl Scout Troop in early
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State Braille School Girl Scout Tro
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A group at Cromer's Falls in earlie
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Alfred L. Ochs, AlbertOchs, French
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Happy Hustlers 4-H Club on tour at
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Buckham Memorial Library 1931 Vacat
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Log house post office in Wheatland'
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ti"en 8? 8'/ow maker) walked to Far
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~en ~cfNow First Sprain Store in We
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tlien ~ tftow St. John's rural chur
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'G1en ~§Vow Sjulstad, and many oth
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~en ~§Vow which was winding like a
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{lien ~§Vow the Little Prairie Chu
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~en~§Vow Phillip Miller, John Dren
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~en ~§Vow Matilda Elizabeth Miller
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{!ffen ~§Vow Department of Neurolo
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'@len ~§Vow the top of the bunker
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'Glen ~§Vow Store operated by Ed a
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~en ~§Vow hazardous. It was an ext
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~en~8/ow of land in connection with
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~en ~8'/ow boat was picked up from
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Wrapping it up to Faribault and tau
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~en ~8-/ow BOOSALIS, GUS N. Gus N.
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~en ~8'/ow CLARINE, CARL Carl Clari
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~en ~8'/ow 1 Faribault. He served i
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~en ~cfNow - Central Park and the l
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{/len ~c?/ow served with the United
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~en 1¥'§'/ow and four 2-year term
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from the University of Minnesota Sc
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l¥en ~rfNow father, became owner o
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from Hamline University. In 1929 he
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~en ~c?/ow invented. HepassedawayNo
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~en ~c?Jow came here in 1854. He wa
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Index Bowe, Daniel 10 Brand, Archie
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Index Endres, George L. 326 Endres,
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Index Jefferson Highway Trail 185 J
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Index Murphy, Leo 31 Murphy, Tom 11
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Index Selective Service - Frist Con
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