Mortimer Webster House

It is drained by Lake St. Croix, which washes its entire eastern shore from north to south; its average width is about three-quarters of a mile, with a curve in it opposite South Stillwater. From this curve extends a bay into the land, run¬ ning north-westerly about half a mile. The narrow neck or point of land extending between the bay and main lake, is known as Kittson's^ Point. It is covered with a thin growth of oak. On section three are some fine springs, from which flows a small creek, which, extending in a south-eastern direction, and called Perro creek, ^ enters the lake on section 11. The water of this creek is conducted through a race for some distance, supplying the power which runs the Baytown flour-mill. In the western part of the_ town, located on sections 7 and 8 is a fine lake, % covering about fifty acres, called McDonald's lake, in honor of R. McDonald, one of the oldest settlers in that part of town..

Passage source: History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881.

Annual town meeting called at school-house No. 14, Marchllth, 1873, Charles 13. Fisk, in the chair. Voted a tax of three mills for current ex¬ penses; elected A. Secrest, J. Whalen and E. Mackey, supervisors; David Cover, clerk. The question of license was again voted on, with one for and twenty-seven against. Annual town meeting called at the school-house in South Still¬ water, March 9th, 1875. Voted to authorize the treasurer to transfer the bounty money in hand, to the road fund; voted a tax of one mill for cur¬ rent expenses; voted two mills for road purposes: elected J. Whalen, A. Secrest and Joseph Perro, supervisors; David Cover, clerk. Annual town meeting was called at the school house, in South Stillwater, Murch 14th, 1876, O. R. Buckman in the chair. Voted a tax of one mill for current expenses, and one and a quarter mills for road purposes; elected J. Whalen, A. Forbes and Joseph Perro, supervisors. Annual town meet¬ ing was called at the old school-house, in South Stillwater, March 13th, 1877, A. W. Smith in the chair. Voted a tax of one and a half mills for current expenses, and two mills for roads; elected J. Whalen, Frederick Albrecht and William Pea¬ body, supervisors. Annual town meeting was called at the old school-house, in South Still¬ water, March 12th, 1878, A. Secrest in the chair. Voted a tax of two mills for roads and one and a half for current expenses; elected A. Secrest, J. Whalen and F. Albrecht, supervisors; 104 votes against license and forty-two for it. Annual town meeting was called at the old school-house, in South Stillwater, March 11th, 1879, Edward Mackey in the chair. Voted a tax of two mills for roads and one and a half for current expenses; elected A. Secrest, F. Albrecht and J. Whalen, supervisors. A vote of sixty-six against license and thirty-two for it. Annual town meeting was called at the old school-house, in South Still¬ water, March 9th, 1880, T. B. Ilopkins in the chair. Voted a tax of two and a quarter mills for roads and one and a quarter for current ex¬ penses; sixty-four votes against license and thirty

Passage source: History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881.

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