The first vote recorded in Olmsted County was taken on October 13, 1857. The ballots were tallied and the totals were recorded by J. N. McLane, Clerk of the County Commissioners, on November 2, 1857. Voters cast ballots to determine if the proposed constitution would be accepted and for the offices of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Congressmen, Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, State Auditor, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Judge of the 3rd Judicial District, Attorney, Representatives, Senators, Clerk of District Court and Judge of Probate.
This volume tells the story of Base Hospital 26, which was formed at the University of Minneota and organized by Dr. Sam Robinson, chest surgeion on the Mayo Clinic staff. The dates of operation for the Base Hospital 26 were Dec. 15, 1917, to May 3, 1919. It was mobilized and trained in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and arrived in Fort McPherson, Georgia, on Dec. 31, 1917. Major Arthur A. Law of Minneapolis was the director. The unit trained with other units in Georgia and by March 1918 the personnel had increased to a number sufficient for a 1,000-bed hospital. Base Hospital 26 staff were the first to arrive at the Hospital Center in Allerey, France, where they began to set up hospital services to aid the soldiers in World War I. The Rochester men enlisted in that city and were sworn in by Dr. Robinson, recruiting officer and organizer.
Under the Act of April 16, 1917, the State of Minnesota created a commission to ensure public safety of all Minnesotans, their property and the nation in the event of war. This pamphlet documents the creation and execution of this law, and lists the members of the committees created and their purposes.
James George was born in 1819 in New York state. In 1942, he married Rhoda Pierce. He lived for a time in Ohio where he was elected to Register of Deeds for Butler County (Ohio). James George served in the military during the Mexican War. He moved to Minnesota in 1854 and settled in Oronoco township (Olmsted County) on land acquired with a government warrant issued for payment of his services during the Mexican War. In 1858 he moved to Dodge County and help found the village of Wasioja. He later became interested in recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He served in the Second Minnesota Volunteers and raised many of the recruits for Company C of that unit. At the close of the Civil War, he returned to Oronoco. In 1870, he opened a law office in Rochester and practiced law for many years before he died in 1882.
Posed in a group photograph are the employees of the Rochester Post Office. Employees are (front row, left to right): Lyman Tondro (Postmaster); Miss Lettie Williams (General Delivery Clerk); Mrs. Florence Tondro Goodrich (Clerk); Ralph Baker (Stamp seller); John Bemis, (Money order and newspaper stand). The first carriers are (back row, left to right): William H. Rowley, Arthur Williams, James Jacks and Henry Wrought (sub carrier).
The employees of the Rochester Post Office are posed in a group photograph. Employees are (front row, left to right): Matheson, James L.; Sweeney, Miss Mary; Williams, D. L.; Howard Mulholland and Harry J. Rowley (boy). The employees in the back row are (left to right): Jacks, James M.; Haggerty, Reed; Williams, Tal, Jr.; Lyons, Frank; Wrought, Henry; Graham, Art and William H. Rowley.
Rochester City Hall is situated on the corner of the intersection of First Avenue Southwest and Third Street Southwest. City Hall was built in 1884 and was razed in 1931 to make room for a new city hall. To the right is the Electric Light Plant, built in 1894 and burned in 1915.
A Plat Book of the villages, cities and townships of the county, Map of the State, United States and World, Farmers Directory, Reference Business Directory and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the System of US Land Surveys, Digest of the System of Civil Governments and more.