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Terrebonne township, just east of the center of Section 2
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The prosperity and growth of the community of Terrebonne, like that of many other promising villages in the early part of the century, did not continue when it was by-passed by the railroad lines. The following article from the Red Lake County Courier dated December 19, 1901, describes the community at that time and gives an optimistic view of the future. "One of the most progressive and promising inland towns in northern Minnesota is the village of Terrebonne located on the Clearwater river, ten miles southeast of Red Lake Falls. Terrebonne is a French name, and when translated into everyday English, means 'good earth,' and is not a misnomer, for the best land in Red Lake County is tributary to this sprightly village. Some day a railroad will come through, and Terrebonne will become an important center of activity. Its principal industry is its flouring mill which is running continuously night and day, and is turning out a grade of flour Messrs. Kankel & Ziegler, its hustling proprietors, are unable to supply it as fast as called for. The mill is a custom mill and makes a specialty of exchanging the manufactured products for wheat. Its capacity is 75 barrels per day and its patrons testify that there is no better flour made than its product. Messrs. Dupont & Sons, who have resided in the township of Terrebonne for the past twenty years and have been until recently engaged in farming, have a nice store building 28 x 60 feet, sheeted with steel, heated with furnace and well filled with a fine stock of general merchandise, and are doing a very satisfactory business. Albert O. Hanson, an old time Crookstonite, is the village blacksmith and is kept busy at his anvil attending to the needs of his patrons. A flourishing camp of Woodmen is established there and its membership is increasing so rapidly that it bids fair to make it an unanimous proposition before they relax efforts at Besides the village proper, one half mile south of its location is another small group of buildings among which is a small store and stopping place kept by A. Wolf, and a few residences. The church, which is a very nice appearing building is located at this point, and also the school house. The school has two departments with an enrollment of 85 pupils under the charge of Prof. M. E. Todd, with Mrs. Arthur Laniel as teacher in the primary room. One mile west of the village is a cheese factory owned and operated during the season by H. Clement.' It is interesting to note that in the 1902 article, the village, as we know it today, was at that time not considered Terrebonne proper. The original Terrebonne, built near the Clearwater River, included the Lajeunesse Hotel, LaPointe Blacksmith Shop, Barrette's Harness Shop, Dupont's Store, the flour mill and a few residences. The Uphill Terrebonne was also growing. In 1902 Dr. W. O. Tessier, a physician, and O. Tessier, an attorney, built a store and hotel combination near the church, Wilfred Gervais had built a blacksmith shop, and the school District No. 79 was located here. Frank Jeffers was one of the earlier school masters. Professor M. E. Todd and Mrs. Arthur Laniel came a while later. By then the proper Terrebonne and the suburb Terrebonne with a few residences, had reached its peak of growth. The lovely church, Lizotte's Superette, and a few homes comprise the Terrebonne community of today. Because the early records of Terrebonne Township were not able to be found, dates of the township organization and early officers are not known. Serving on the present township board are Thomas Gagner as chairman; Leslie Foldoe and Myron Reck as supervisors; Richard J. Sauve as clerk and Donna |
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Lambert Township, Sections 10 and 15
Post Office, School, Church
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In 1910 there were sixteen buildings in the Lambert town site. Following is a list of the buildings and what happened to each:
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St. Francis Xavier Church, (p. 75)
Mission building built in 1884 on the NW corner of Section 15, Lambert Township. First church built around 1899, destroyed by a wind storm.
From the Red Lake Falls Gazette, 1902
About eighty percent of Lambert Township are French and the congregation of the large Catholic Church there is almost entirely composed of that nationality. In the village of Lambert besides the many residences are four stores, a hotel, blacksmith shop and post office. Louis Doucet is postmaster and they have a daily mail to and from Red Lake Falls.
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From the Red Lake Falls Gazette, 1902 The Lambert Cheese Factory is situated in a small settlement called Bucktown, two and on half miles southeast of Lambert post office. the factory was built by a stock company organized in 1888. They operated the factory about three months, then sold it to Mr. Marchand. He made cheese there two seasons. Ovide Moreau then purchased it and controlled it about three months, selling it in august 1895, to Ralph Rogers who still owns int (in 1902 |
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Equality Township
In 1904 when the reservation land opened for settlement north of the Clearwater River , a bridge was built across the river and Otto Dahl erected a store near the bridge on the A. A. Rolandson farm located on the north side of the river. Dahl operated the store for six years and also a post office which was called Roland. He sold the store to the Bondy Brothers in 1912 and they continued in business until 1919 when they sold the sore to A. A. Rolandson and he and his son, Knote, operated the store together for six years. Then Knoute bought the store from his father and in 1939 he sold it to Leonard Singer in 1944. singer sold the store to Harvey Woods who operated it until 1946 when he in turn sold it to his son, Earl. Earl had the business until 1954 when the store was closed.
Located across from the Roland Store, the Clearwater Creamery was started in 1906 or 1907 by a group of farmers who needed a place where they could take their cream. Among the early butter makers were Carl Rendahl, Gilbert Hoveland, Robert Anderson, and Walter Welte. Raymond Gordon was the last butter maker there and he continued until 1933 when the farmers voted to close the creamery because it was too small.
On this site many years later a dance hall was built by Harvey Woods and named the Silver Star. This hall closed several years later and the building was moved from the site. A boat landing is there at the present time. (pp. 55-56)
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Garnes Township, NE corner of Section 15, and SE corner of Section 10.
Post Office, Shops, school district 11 SW corner of Section 11 school was built around 1903 now the Garnes town hall, cheese factory, Salem Evangelical church was built in 1902 3 mile east of Garnes. the church burned to the ground in 1936 and soon rebuilt.
In the fall of 1896 E. K Gjernes built a store in the SE corner of his homestead in Section 10. About 1899 Hughes and Manders built across the road from the Gjernes store. this store was later operated by L. K. Moen.
Sometime during 1897, the Garnes post office was established and E. K. Gjernes operated the store and post office until the store burned in 1903, after which Ole g. Lee served as postmaster until it was moved to the L. K. Moen store. The mail came from Lambert with Ljot Sigurson as mail carrier. With the coming of the Soo Railroad, mail service then came from Plummer.
E. K. Gjernes bought the L. K. Moen store in the early 1900s which he operated until 1911 when he moved to Oklee.
About the year 1900, A. Manders built the Cheese Factory, which became a source of income for the settlers as most of them now had cows. Nels and Henry Nelson built a blacksmith shop in 1896. When the village of Plummer came into being, Nels opened a shop in that village and Henry continued in Garnes until 1910.
John Mostrom operated a feed mill for a few years. A Woodmen of the World Lodge was organized, with the second floor of the L. K. Moen store as headquarters. This hall was used as a meeting place and also for entertainment purposes.
When Oklee was established, garnes faded out of the picture as a trading center. Thom Johnson bought the Cheese Factory building and moved it to his farm in Section 1 where he operated a store for awhile.
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Wylie Township, NE corner of section 25
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p. 147 At the turn of the century the community of Wylie was a hustling village and the center of all business and social activities of the township. It was located on the main line of the railroad from Crookston to Thief River Falls at a time when the latter was just another inland settlement. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Eckstein established a store in 1890, and when fire destroyed it in 1902, it was replaced with a two-story structure stocked with dry goods, groceries, and variety items. the upstairs of the store was used for a community hall where dances were held often. Besides the Eckstein general merchandise store, There were two more grocery establishments, one operated by Mr. Smidesang and the other by the Rosmos brothers. Smidsang had been in business St. hilaire. In seeking a better location he considered both theif River Falls and Wylie, but it appeared to him that Wylie had better possibilities and that is where he located. XXXX p. 148 |
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p. 92 column 2
Louisville Township, Section 5
elevator, Hance Store, locker plant, church, school nearby
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Louisville Township, SE part of section 28
p. 91-92
store and post office, ferry boat, mill?, creamery building became the town hall, Catholic church until about 1920
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Equality Township
(p. 56 - from the Red Lake Falls Gazette, December 18, 1902) The first store and post office in Equality Township on Section 19 by E. E. Havik and named "Grit" which name was very appropriate, as it required considerable of that commodity to undertake to haul goods over the then almost impassable roads twenty miles, but Ed had the necessary article in large chunks as it was very seldom he was out of the necessities at least.
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Equality Township
"Lillo" on Section 10 of Equality township was the second post office in the township; and Magnus Johnson Lillo, its postmaster, also had a small store.
Red Lake Falls Township Section 39
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