2004, ISBN: 9781551521565

Early days in Sibley County, MN, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 70-page spiral bound booklet reprinted from the rare 1882 book: History of t… Mehr…

Early days in Sibley County, MN, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this NEW 70-page spiral bound booklet reprinted from the rare 1882 book: History of the Minnesota Valley, by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. The booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. Sibley County encompasses the past and/or present communities of Alfsborg, Arlington, Bismark, Cornish, Dryden, Faxon, Grafton, Green Isle, Henderson, Jessenland, Kelso, Moltke, New Auburn, Severance, Sibley, Transit, Washington Lake. Among the many and diverse topics in the booklet are: Physical features; Charles Blair, John Blair, Ed Winkelman and other early settlers; German, Scotch, Irish and French Canadian communities; Various county office locations; Joseph R. Brown, pioneer town-builder of Minnesota; early county and municiple officials; firsts -- church service, postmaster, school and teacher, white child born, death, marriage, etc.; Masons, Sons of Herman, Knights of Pythias and other organizations; the Sibley County Independent; Muskrat meat and Indian corn; Embezzling officials; Grasshopper scourge; Stage Routes and Roads; the village of Henderson; Schools and Churches; Handkerchief used as Mailbag; Poehler Brothers general store and other businesses and industries; A trio each of Henderson doctors and lawyers; Colorful life of Dr. Seigneuret, participant in the 1848 French insurrection against King Louis Philippe and Brigade Surgeon under General H.H. Sibley in the Sioux Indian outbreak of 1862; a pig-stealing bear, and many other interesting bits of history and trivia.. An extensive list of Civil War soldiers from Sibley County is included. Here's a sample: Second Infantry, Company B. Private -- Andred Dretchko, must. June 26, '61, died of wd's rec'd at Mill Spring. Jan. 20, '62. Company C. Recruit -- C.L. Alden, must. Oct. 26, '61, w'd at Chickamauga, dis. for w'ds Oct. 27, '63. The booklet includes biographies persons with the following surnames: Ahlbrecht, Allanson, Altnow, Anderley, Anderson, Arnold, Atrops, Babcock, Bach, Bade, Bailey, Baily, Barle, Barry, Baumgarten, Beatty, Becker, Beebe, Bengstrom, Bening, Bennett, Bennitt, Berber, Biermann, Bierstadt, Bigelow, Bischof, Bisson, Blake, Blasing, Bloma, Bock, Boland, Bolink, Boren, Boylan, Bray, Bremer, Bretch, Briard, Brooks, Brown, Buck, Buckley, Budke, Burdick, Burger, Burgstabler, Cairncross, Cameraud, Carroll, Chapin, Collins, Connolly, Coon, Cormier, Cotter, Cowly, Curren, Cunningham, Dapper, Davis, Davitt, Dee, Delger, Didra, Dietz, Dodge, Doere, Doheney, Doheny, Dolin, Donaldson, Donovan, Downs, Dresser, Dretchko, Drever-Kracht, Drew, Duane, Dunwell, Egan, Eickshen, Emery, Enes, Engel, Englebert, Erickson, Esser, Fadden, Faddon, Feldman, Finnagen, Fisher, Fledmann, Flinn, Flynn, Forcier, Foss, Francis, Frank, Frantz, Franziscus, Freeman, Fuerstnow, Furch, Gabbert, Gadlow, Gallagher, Gardner, Gartner, Geib, Gerken, Gibbs, Goebel, Gondreau, Goodham, Graham, Graves, Gregory, Greig, Griffin, Grimes, Groetsch, Grohong, Gustofson, Hagbarg, Hahn, Hall, Hamilton, Haney, Harris, Hartigan, Hass, Haupt, Healy, Heberle, Hedrich, Hedtke, Hemberle, Henneberg, Herrmann, Higgins, Hilger, Hoecke, Hofmister, Hoefer, Hogan, Holmes, Holzgrove, Hoppenstedt, Hubbard, Hunziker, Jache, Johnson, Jorgenson, Kain, Kampp, Keenan, Keller, Kelly, Kerr, Kiene, Kill, Kimball, Kipp, Kirby, Kirch, Klinket, Koons, Korth, Krueger, Kruger, Kuehner, Kusche, Kusske, Laraway, Larson, Lawrence, Lawson, Lawton, Leonard, Lesher, Lindekugel, Litchfield, Lorence, Lund, Lundborg, Lynch, Lynde, Maeiss, Mahn, Mannsfeldt, Mansfield, Manthey, Otting, Mantner, Manuel, Marmorin, Matthei, Maurer, Maxson, McCloskey, McCormick, McGrann, McGuinnis, McKeon, McManus, McMehan, McNamara, McSweeney, McSweeny, Mee, Meffert, Meier, Mergens, Mintkiewitz, Mohan, Mohrenweiser, Moore, Morrell, Morshan, Muchow, Mueller, Mullen, Mulligan, Munro, Narr, Naven, Negel, Neukirch, Norman, Norten, O’Connell, O’Connors, O’Flynn, O’Keefe, O’Mara, O’Neill, Obenolte, Oberst, Oleson, Oxendale, Palmer, Papke, Paulman, Pfarr Pickit, Pigler, Pioske, Plieseis, Podratz, Poehler, Pomplan, Prahl, Prior, Propp, Quast, Rahing, Rahling, Ranney, Rathke, Rector, Rice, Richmuller, Riley, Rose, Rosenfeld, Ruschmeier, Sander, Schafer, Schauer, Schmid Schmidt, Schriber, Schnackenberg, Schumacher, Scully, Seigneuret, Senescall, Severin, Shadinger, Shaughnessy, Shaw, Sheridan, Shoberg, Sisler, Slough, Smith, Soeffken, Sonnenburg, Soper, Spellman, Spllacy, Stecher, Steinke, Stocking, Stoever, Streich, Swanson, Taylor, Theis, Theissen, Thoele, Thole, Tierney, Torgeson, Tutzloff, Von Reedon, Voss, Wass, Weber, Wegge, Wegner, Weike, Weimier, Welter, Wendelschaefer, Wentzlerff, Whelan, Wiegand, Wiest, Wigand, Wilcox, Wilkins, Willson, Wilson, Wisdorf, Witsoney, Witte, Woehler, Woelpern, Yonker, Young, Zigler. . Limited Edition Reprint. Spiral/Comb . New/No Jacket. 8.5" x 11". Private Press., Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, 2004, Fine Softcover, 240 pages, 6" x 9". Louis Taylor was Vancouver's longest serving mayor, and served during the city's transition from a small frontier town to a major port city., Arsenal Pulp Press, Vancouver, 2004<

ISBN: 9781551521565

"LD" is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of ele… Mehr…

"LD" is the colourful biography of Louis Taylor, the longest-serving mayor in Vancouver's history; he was first elected mayor in 1910, and served off and on until 1934, for a total of eleven years. Taylor's story is also the story of Vancouver in the early decades of the 20th century, a young city experiencing a turbulent adolescence. Louis Taylor, or LD as he was known, arrived in Vancouver from Chicago in 1896 at the age of 39. He got involved in the newspaper business, first as an executive with "The Daily Province, " then as proprietor of "The World, " during which time he built the World Tower, which remains one of Vancouver's landmark buildings (now better known as the Sun Tower). He launched his political career in 1902 when he ran successfully for licence commissioner; it was the first of 26 civic elections in which he ran, including 20 for mayor. In his early political life he was considered "the workers' friend" and was opposed by the city's business elite, who portrayed him as corrupt. He also had a reputation for being soft on crime, and was implicated in a 1928 police investigation that lost him an election. But his achievements included the establishment of the airport, a town planning commission, and the water board. His private life, however, was another story, a virtual soap opera that mirrored the ups and downs of his political career; his wife was addicted to opium, and he found himself mired in bigamy and divorce scandals. As Vancouver grew from small frontier town to a major international port city, LD saw the city through the Depression, and in a sense Vancouver grew up under his tutelage. "LD: Mayor Louis Taylor and The Rise of Vancouver" vividly documents the life of a man who dominated the city for years, and the integral role he played in shaping the Vancouver of today. Winner of the City of Vancouver Book Prize Media > Book<