Chapter 7 PIERCE COUNTY.

Descriptive 196

History, First Events 197

County Seat Changed to Ellsworth 198

Railroads 199

Miscellaneous Statistics 199

Village Plats 199

Organization of Towns 200

Clifton 200

George W. McMurphy 201

Osborne Strahl 201

Charles B. Cox 201

Ephraim Harnsberger 201

Diamond Bluff 202

Capt. John Paine 202

John Day 202

Sarah A. Vance 203

Allen R. Wilson 203

E. S. Coulter 203

James Bamber 203

Jacob Mead 203

Charles Walbridge 203

Charles F. Hoyt 203

Enoch Quinby 203

The First Settler 203

El Paso 204

Ellsworth 205

Ellsworth Village 205

Anthony Huddleston 206

Perry D. Pierce 206

Hans B. Warner 207

Gilman 207

Hartland 208

Isabelle 208

Maiden Rock 209

Christopher L. Taylor 209

Martell 209

Oak Grove 210

Lewis M. Harnsberger 210

Prescott City 210

History 211

[Pg xxviii]Platted in 1857 212

First Official Board 212

Statistics, First Events 212

Churches 212

Fair Grounds 213

Cemetery 213

Destructive Fires 213

Philander Prescott 214

George Schaser 214

William S. Lockwood 215

James Monroe Bailey 215

Adolph Werkman 215

Joseph Manese 215

Hilton Doe 215

Lute A. Taylor 215

John Huitt 216

John M. Rice 216

An Indian Battle 216

River Falls 217

First Happenings 217

Water Powers 217

Schools at River Falls 218

River Falls Academy 218

Churches 219

Associations 219

Bank, Railroad 220

Fires 220

River Falls City, Organization 220

Falls of Kinnikinic 220

The Cave Cabin 221

The Fourth State Normal School 221

Joel Foster 224

Jesse B. Thayer 224

A. D. Andrews 224

Joseph A. Short 225

Prof. Allen H. Weld 225

Allen P. Weld 225

George W. Nichols 225

W. D. Parker 226

William Powell 226

Lyman Powell 226

Nathaniel N. Powell 226

Oliver S. Powell 226

Nils P. Haugen 227

H. L. Wadsworth 227

Rock Elm 227

Salem 227

Spring Lake 228

Trenton 228

Trimbelle 229

M. B. Williams 229

Union 229