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atare'refit. Charles.The land on which St. C1utrle8 b situated was purchased of the United Staten Government by Mr. Joseph Kelley, one of the present proprietors of the town. In November, A. D. 1850. It w«« then a flourishing Indian village, inliabited by the Winnebago tribe. The nearest white settlement was at or near where Jaynsville is situated, in Bremer County, n distance of about 35 miles, that place being then known as the •* Lower Big Woods,” and this, as the “Upper Big Woods,” in conae-olJ quence of the two large bodies of timber that Ca” Up adjacent to these places. During the summer of 1853, Mr. Kelley laid out 55 acres into blocks, lots, streets and squares, andate t oficcen-penbutaU called it St. Charles, in lienor of his oldest sonneeian.toil whose name is Charles. There w as one log ltC8 cabin erected in the place in the early part of the year 1851. The saw mill of Mr. Kelley was commenced, but was not In running order until late In the fall of that year. In August of the sirae year Floyd County organised, and this the county seat was located at St. Charles. *ing Puiing that year the village had grown from ^ky one ,lre cabins, and remained nearly the same until late in the summer of 1855.In the spring of 1855, owing to the freshet, the saw mill was out of repair and was not put his into ('iteration until July. About the some icri- time, Mr. Jarvis Rattan put into operation , a steain saw-mlll. then a little east of the town but now in the heart of the village. The demand for lumber was great, and as many buildings as possible were erected from that time until the setting in of winter.In the mean time a company of capitalists, trop- feven number, and mostly from Rockford, Illinois, Knight of Mr. Kelley, and with him ascov-s ofRe-worn Charwest But 1 their clnst “pa! diiullt; tenci spot buffi then they A chiei our 1 es ol his 1 fare mar M ed v app: witl hetan“hiMice : theglOllchib-^ir** I AP!irtneL bought other lands adjoining, when ,ls additional surveysof town lots were made.rath- This company (the town proprietors! are Joseph Kelley. Duncan Ferguson, Miles II. mont “her, Mili»nill«ert, Win. Hulin. Luke Joslin, joc U. M. Brunt inglinm and Win. Spmgue. Tlie four former reside in Kt. Charles and the others at Bockmrd, 111..’boleI the The sale of town lots has been rapid beyondupo cou X wrf cd11 ha the tioi the ren uni “1 tin tin ofliin:wliIK**
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Saint Charles Republican Intelligencer
Saint Charles, Iowa, US
Thu, Jul 31, 1856
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