Monticello City

Monticello City

Monticello is an irregular shaped township on the Mississippi river in the northeastern part of the county. It embraces township 121, range 25, fractional township 122, range 25, and the west fractional half of township 121, range 24. It is bounded on the north by the Mississippi river, on the east by Otsego township, on the south by Frankfort and Buffalo townships, and on the west by Maple Lake and Silver Creek townships.

The surface is nearly level and slightly rolling, not hilly or broken. About one-half of the town was originally prairie, the remainder brush land and timber. When the first settlers came there was more prairie land in this township than in any other in the county. The soil that was originally covered with brush and timber is a deep, dark loam with clay subsoil. The prairie land does not differ much except that it is more sandy, and in places sand and the hard gravelly subsoil is found on the surface.

The town is well watered by the Mississippi and its tributary creeks, and by the outlets of the lakes. Pelican lake is partly in this town and covers 1,200 acres. Other lakes are: Cedar lake, section 30; Gilchrist lake, section 33; Gordon lake, section 35; North lake, section 20; Long lake, section 16; Bertram lake, section 17; Bickers lake, section 6, and a number of smaller bodies of water,

The first actual settlers were Herbert W. McCrory and Frederick M. Cadwell, who came to Monticello in the fall of 1852. Mr. MeCrory took a claim adjoining the upper limits of the present village. Mr, Cadwell took a claim two miles above Monticello, opposite Rawlin's Island, There he and Mr. MeCrory raised their first crops in the summer of 1853. Then he moved down and took another claim adjoining Mr. MecCrory's, just above the present townsite. Mr. Cadwell afterward moved to Albion, but later returned, and is now (June, 1915) living in the village of Monticello. Mr. MeCroxy moved to Kansas. In April, 1853, Ashley C. Riggs took a claim in lower Monticello, on what afterward became the townsite of Moritzious.

William G. MeCrory came in 1854 and settled on the townsite of Monticello. Later he moved to Maple Lake and became interested in the townsite of Geneva, He was also postmaster at Maple Lake. But later he returned to Monticello and here ended his days. J.B. Rich came in July, 1854. Row Brasie and his family came from Wisconsin in August, 1854. $8. M. MeManus, William Creighton and 8. F. Creighton came the same year and laid out the townsite of which they were part owners. Among the farmers who came that. year was Augustus Mitchell, who on November 2, 1854, laid claim to the north half of the northwest quarter of section 28 and the north half of the northeast quarter of section 29.

G. W. Riggs arrived October 25, 1855. To the village in 1855 came Samuel Wilder, Thomas Anderson, Nathan Fletcher, George M. Bertram, J. C. Beekman, John 0. Haven, J. D. Taylor and many others.

Tn 1856 there eame A. Stuart, J. M. Voorhees, the Hanafords, the Desmonds, D, Worthing, Joseph Brown and many others, taking up a good share of the land in the township.

As Monticello was the county seat several roads were surveyed and laid out at an early date, In the winter of 1855-56, a territorial road was laid out through the Big Woods, from Monticello to Forest City. The county paid the expenses of the surveying, but the work and money were furnished by the people of Monticello. The road was thirty miles long, through heavy timber, and over many creeks. It had an important influence on the settlement of the towns of Maple Lake, Albion and French Lake.

At a meeting of the county commissioners held at Monticello, July 2, 1855, a petition was received for a county road from Waterville at the mouth of the Crow river to Monticello. The petition was granted and D. L. Ingersoll, Philip Boyden and the county surveyor, J. O. Haven, were appointed a committee to meet on July 16, 1855, and lay out and survey the road, Petition was also received at the same meeting for a county road from El Dorado City to Monticello. The petition was granted and Selah Markham, Frederick Emery and the county surveyor, J. 0. Haven, were appointed a committee to meet at the house of dames Chambers in Monticello, August 8, 1855, and lay out and survey the road. At a meeting of the same board held September 3, 1855, a petition was received for a county road from Cedar street in Monticello, south through the prairie, along the east shore of Voorhees and Bailey's lakes to the west shore of Big lake, now Pelican lake. The petition was granted and the road ordered surveyed. At the January meeting a petition was granted for a county road from Monticello by the west side of Lake Pulaski to Buffalo. The following year a petition was granted to extend the Pelican lake road to Rockford.

Among the first births in the town may be mentioned the following: Glazier twins, born in June, 1855; Fred T. Anderson, born August 3, 1855; Gertrude Mitchell, daughter of Augustus and Emmeline Mitchell, born October 13, 1885. KF. M. Cadwell and Esther E, MeCrory were married in June, 1855; J, C. Beekman and Dorinda Fletcher in July 1855; and A. G, Dessent and Miranda Chandler, in September, 1855. Herbert Hanaford died April 24, 1855. Hosea B. Hanaford was killed by the falling of a tree, February 18, 1856.

April 6, 1858, the county commissioners created Monticello township with its present boundaries. The first town meeting was held May 11, 1858, and the following officers elected ; Supervisors, J. N, Barber (chairman), William Irvine, George W, Hamilton; town clerk, A. F. Barber; assessor, H. W. Fuller; eallector, W. 8. Brookins; treasurer, W. 8. Brookins; justice of the peace, Samuel Bennett; constable, C. W. Clary; overseer of the poor, William Murch.

The experiences of the pioneers were similar to those of the early settlers in other parts of the county, except that those who located on the prairie did not have to clear the land as did those who took up their home in the Big Woods. When the great grasshopper plague arrived August 20, 1856, they suffered somewhat more than the other people in the county by reason that they had a great acreage of crops planted. In the spring of 1857, about half the crop was destroyed. It was about the middle of July, 1857, when the insects left this region headed toward the southwest, In 1858 and 1859 the people of Monticello were somewhat better prepared to meet the financial depression than some of the people in other parts of the county, for while they had no money, they had larger farms under cultivation and had raised larger crops.

The call for troops to defend the Union in the Civil war found in Monticello a ready response, in fact it has been said that in no town in the United States was there so large an enlistment in proportion to the population, Probably every regiment in the state had soldiers from this township, and there was never a possibility of a draft. Company E, Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was made up at Monticello, and was composed to a large extent of Monticello men.

Following is a list of some of those who enrolled from this town: Co. D, First Minn. Vol. Inf. - N. B. Spaulding (eaptain), Adelbert Bryant, H. H. Blake, James Bryant, G. W. Bartlett, Charles E. Baker, John Brown, Henry Birmingham, J. W. Chaffee, Enoch H. Chandler, A. W. Darling, Stephen Donnelly, Cyrus E. Eddy, Emmi B. Ferguson, John O. French, Levi Ferguson, A. A. Greinfenger, E. M. Hatch, John A. Haven, William N. Green, Amos ©. Jordan, Jervus W. Kendall. (Co. FB, Second Minn. Vol. Inf. - William Desmond, William Everett, N. H. Welderlee. Co, A, Third Minn. Vol. Inf - D. W. C. Grant. Co. H, Third Minn. Vol. Inf - G. M Bertram, C Stokes. Co. {, Third Minn. Vol. Inf - G. W. Brookins. Co. F, Fourth Minn. Vol, Inf. - J. Bursly, B. Bursly. Co. G, Fourth Minn. Vol. Inf - Peter Columbus. Co. G, Sixth Minn. Vol. Inf. - Alenzo Coleman, John D. Rackliff, O. G. Gordman, John Klock, George Sabbath, First Minn. Battery - T. N. Jones. Hatch's Battalion - John Hamelin, James Harrington, Henry Hersher, Theodore Mechtel, A. L. Flannigan, C. Franklin, James J. Jellison, J. A. Regan. Co, C, Minnesota Mounted Rangers - J. N. Stacy (sergeant). Second Minnesota Battery - W. A. Spaulding. These forty-eight, with the thirty-two in Company E, Eighth Minn. Vol. Inf. who are mentioned elsewhere, make in all eighty soldiers from one small pioneer town, located practically in the wilderness.

Company E, Eighth Minn. Vol. Inf., was organized on August 12, 1862, and started for Ft. Snelling to be mustered into the service of the United States. August 17, 1862, the Sioux Indian uprising was inaugurated by a murder at Acton, Meeker county. Refugees from Meeker county fled to Monticello, followed by the people of all the towns through which they passed. A great stream of frightened half-crazed humanity poured into the village with the news that the woods were full of Indians, burning and murdering, and that Monticello, too, would soon be a victim of the terrible wrath with which the Aborigines were avenging their wrongs. Many of the fugitives continued their flight to St, Paul, but the braver ones decided to make their stand there. A strong guard was placed about the village, and after a few days' work the schoolhouse in the centre of the village was protected by a stockade.

Nearly all the inhabitants of Buffalo and Chatham, the south part of Marysville, French Lake, Albion and Maple Lake, and some from Silver Créek and Frankfort, came to Monticello during the early days of the seare. The village was full, and every citizen did his utmost to find accommodations for those who had come seeking shelter. Every dwelling house was packed to its utmost capacity. Stables, barns, sheds, schoolhouse, halls and churches were used for living places for nearly a month. New rumors of the presence of Indians were heard every day, but none of the Red Skins appeared. The braver settlers began to return to their homes. In about six weeks, quiet was restored and normal conditions resumed. After the Dustin massacre, another flight took place and the scenes of the former year were re-enacted, The hegira of both years was a severe tax upon the resources, generosity and liberality of the citizens of Monticello.

In September, 1854, the '' Massachusetts colony,'' so ealled, consisting of Joseph Brown, Perkins, and Ira Hoar and his sons, A. W. and William Hoar, and others, examined the Monticello prairie and selected claims on the south side. Most of them became actual settlers that fall or the following spring.

Joseph Brown brought the first load of lumber into the town. This was in October, 1854, his purpose being to erect a house on his claim in section 26. The old settlers tell an amusing story in connection with this incident. After marking his claim, Mr. Brown went to St. Anthony, where he purchased a yoke of oxen, a wagon, and a load of lumber, With these he started on the return trip, and with no more than the usual difficulties of transportation in those days, reached a point opposite Monticello. There was no ferry boat, and as the water was quite low he attempted to ford the river at the head of the island just above the village. When they were about half way across the river, one of the oxen became unyoked. Mr, Brown got into the water and unyoked the other ox, and the two animals swam ashore. In the meantime the wagon had drifted into deep water and overturned. Being a good swimmer, Mr. Brown succeeded in piloting the wagon to a sand bar and in landing the floating lumber at various places between the island and Battle rapids, two miles below. In the morning he had to hunt up the stray oxen, get the wagon ashore, and carry the seattered lumber up the bank to it, one plank at a time.

Louis Stone broke about twelve acres in section 19, in July, 1855. The team that he used was also used in August for breaking ten acres for A. C. Riggs in section 12. There was considerable breaking done that year, most of it rather late in the season.

There was little profit to be made from farming in those early days. Transportation facilities were lacking, the things the farmer had to sell brought but little money, while the things he had to buy were at a premium. The pioneers who came with little means, expecting only to raise enough to support their families, managed to subsist and wait for better times to come, providing they were able to pay the government price of $1.25 an acre when their land was put in the market. It was the large farmers whose hopes received the most serious setbacks in the early days. They brought money and provided themselves with machinery and implements, expecting to farm on a large seale. But the cost of hauling wheat to market was often more than forty cents a bushel, at which it was sold, and pork was worth but two cents a pound dressed and delivered. In fact it is related that while pork was bringing but two cents a pound the salt to preserve it with was selling at three cents a pound. Awaiting better prices, these extensive prairie farmers mortgaged their farms, and in time lost them, then departing from the eounty discouraged and broken in spirit, while the humble farmer living in a little clearing in the Big Woods was raising enough for home use and preparing his land for the prosperity which was to dawn later, with the coming of the railroads.

Manhattan was surveyed and platted as a townsite in 1856. It was located on the Mississippi about two miles below Moritzious. Several buildings were put up and there was considerable speculation in the lots in 1856 and in 1857, but the project came to an end about 1858.

Wright City was laid out in 1857. Its location was in section 17, on the shores of Bertram's lake, the land being owned by G. M. Bertram and others. This town was a competitor for county seat honors in 1859, but died soon afterward.

Monticello Village

Monticello is one of the best known towns in the state. At one time, the residents entertained hopes that it was to be one of the big cities of the state. But extensive litigation retarded its progress in pioneer times, the removal of the county seat took away its early importance, and the early hopes of the proprietors were not realized. In recent years, however, the village has shown wonderful progress, and probably no town of its size in the northwest is so desirable a place of residence, or has so many advantages.

The village is situated on a high prairie overlooking the Mississippi. The drainage is excellent, and the health of the inhabitants is of the best. The principal business street, lined with sightly brick structures, is known for its width and beauty. In the cold months it is kept in the best of condition for wintry travel, and in the summer a municipal sprinkler keeps down the dust, and maintains the street in that hardness and smoothness which is the delight of all travelers.

Hlectricity lights the streets, the business houses and the homes, a water-works system supplies the people with the best of water, sanitation is amply provided by a good sewer system, and opportunity for outdoor recreation is furnished by two splendid parks, one on the river front, and one back of the high school. The high schol is an admirable institution, stately in appearance, and equipped with agricultural, domestic science, manual training and normal departments, while in the winter-time several

The Commercial Club has a wide reputation. Not only does it look after the business and civic interests of the village and vicinity, but it also maintains elub rooms which are the equal of many a club home in the large cities.

Several beautiful mansions have been built in the vicinity. One is that of R. R. Rand. Another is the Thomas Lowry place, now owned by the Hurd Farm Company. This farm consists of 1,200 acres, and here is bred fine stock which has taken first prizes in Mirnesota, North and South Dakota and lowa. The T. G. Mealey place is owned by the daughters, Mrs. A. M. Wheelwright and Mrs. D. M. Elwood. For five years the state conducted an experiment farm on the Haniford place just outside of the village. The experiment demonstrated that quack grass ean be entirely eliminated by intelligent care, and it also showed to the people of the vicinity the advantages of rotation in crops.

Buildings are constantly being erected throughout the village, the Catholic and German Lutheran churches being among the newer buildings that are especially attractive. The residence section is attraetive and healthful, and on the whole, Monticello is a most desirable place of residence.

Monticello is on the west bank of the Mississippi river, and on the line of the Great Northern Railway, thirty-seven miles from Minneapolis. It has Catholic, Congregational, Adventist, Methodist, German and Swedish Lutheran churches, a public library, two banks, two hotels, two creameries, a eanning factory, a feed mill, a grain elevator, an opera house, municipal gas plant, private electric plant, waterworks, two weekly newspapers, express, telegraph and a bus to Big Lake. A brief business direetory follows: Henry Brasie, postmaster; Bainbridge & Stramer, barbers; Bert M. Barker, drugs; Otis G. Bates, publisher Monticello Times; Borthwick & Timmerman, farm implements; Charles Bradford, insurance agent; Henry Cain, automobiles; Carl Carlson, tailor; Central Lumber Co., Herbert H. McCrory, agent; Citizens' State Bank (G. R. Wedgewood, president; Charles Bradford, cashier); Co-operative Realty Co., Willis A. Knights, manager; Cornell & Co. (George A, Cornell, Amil C, Wolfe), creamery; Cornell's Hall, George A. Cornell, proprietor: Mrs. W. A. Cressey, proprietor Minnesota House; John Farris, blacksmith; Clarence A. French, publisher of the Monticello News; Fred Gee, furniture, building material and undertaker ; Gehrenbeck & Roman, hardware; Grand Opera House; Helmer Hanson, shoes; Arthur L. Hill, physician; F. C. Hitter, general store; Hotel Seymour; James H. Houston, grocery; Hunnewell & Barlow, saloon; Hurderoft Farm, Peter Rae, manager, stock-

The story of the platting of Monticello and of Moritzious, popularly known as lower Monticello, is a most interesting one, typical to some extent of many another frontier town in the Northwest. Ashly C. Riggs as a United States soldier has assisted in moving the Winnebago Indians from Iowa to the Long Prairie reservation in 1849, and in passing Monticello prairie has been struck with its advantages as a future townsite. His term of service having expired, he came here in September, 1854, and after looking over the land decided upon the present site of lower Monticello in section 12. It would he necessary, he saw, to establish a ferry, and in order to do this he must secure land on the east side of the river for a landing. The land on the east side of the river had already been surveyed and was in the market, He accordingly hastened to the land office at Sauk Rapids on September 10, prepared to purchase a fractional section of twentyseven acres which he had found marked on the map, He was told, however, that another fractional section of forty acres had been attached to the piece he wanted, and that if he wished to purchase one piece he must acquire the whole sixty-seven acres.

Then, too, the land office took only gold, and the speculators had used up so much of the precious metal that Mr, Riges was unable to get the paper he carried converted into the requisite

Moritzions Weisburger was at that time in Sauk Rapids, looking for investments and adventures. Weisburger came of a distinguished Hungarian family, but his political views were too liberal for those in authority, and he became a refugee, arriving in America with his distinguished friend, Louis Kossuth. He wandered from place to place, seeking ever those ideal conditions of the brotherhood of man of which he and his compatriots had so fondly dreamed.

At Sauk Rapids he heard Mr, Riggs' inquiries, and immediately upon that gentleman's departure bought the sixty-seven acres. When Mr. Riggs came back the two had a conference, and decided to look over the land. The result was that Mr. Weisburger deeded to Mr. Riggs one-balf of the sixty-seven acres on the east side of the river, and paid Mr. Riggs $200 in cash for a half interest in the proposed townsite on the west side of the river. Samuel M. McManus, from Ohio, with several others, came up from St. Anthony to plat a village to be named Moritzious. About 100 acres were included in the townsite, running from the head of the island in section 11 at right angles with the river back into the prairie 140 rods, About forty acres of the original survey are now in the townsite of Monticello, the United States survey having cut down Moritzious to land in section 12, The town plat was filed in the land office at Sauk Rapids, in October, 1854.

After finishing the survey of the townsite of Moritzious, Samuel M. McManus went to St. Paul, but in a few days returned with two friends from Ohio, Thomas S. and William Creighton. Just above the townsite of Moritzious and embracing the present site of Monticello was the claim of William Proctor, MeManus and the Creighton Brothers purchased this claim, and after obtaining other lands also, platted about 300 acres and named it Monticello, The town plat was filed in the land office at Sauk Rapids in November, 1854. This new town at once took the lead, stores were started, a postoffice opened, mills commenced, and various lines of industry established. The following spring Monticello was named as the county seat of Wright county. Ashley C. Riggs had spent a considerable period in St. Paul, ostensibly in the interests of Moritzious as the county seat, but it has been said that he did no work in behalf of the project and that he was already planning to eliminate Weisburger before booming Moritzious as a future metropolis.

About this time began the long legal war between the original town proprietors of Monticello and Moritzious. In all there were some sixty cases. After the cases had been in court for several years, and several decisions rendered, a compromise was brought

A large steam sawmill was built in 1856 just below the lower ferry in Moritzions. 'The proprietors were Elisha Steel, H. H. Helm, J. D. Taylor, Ashley C. and G. W. Riggs. It was equipped with a sixty horsepower engine, and with the best appliances known at that time, including a sash saw, a circle saw, shingle and lath machines, edgers and turning lathes. The sawmill did a good business, and in August, 1858, a flouring mill was completed and ready for operation. The whole establishment was burnea about September 1, 1858,

In Monticello in the summer of 1855, a steam sawmill was built by Z. M, Brown, and T. S. and William Creighton, on the bank of the Mississippi. It was equipped with a sixty horsepower engine, a circular saw, edger, shingle and lath mill, and for many years supplied the surrounding country with lumber, T. G. Mealey purchased a third interest in December, 1855. Charles King purchased the Creighton Brothers' interest in March, 1857, and in 1860 sold to Z. M. Brown. In 1862, . ~ Freeman bought a share, and Brown and Freeman operated the mill until 1870, when Fred Hitter became the owner,

A grain elevator was built in Monticello in 1872 and was opened with C. W. Clary and Henry Bliss as proprietors. Mr. Clary sold out to the Mitchell brothers in 1874, and they changed the elevator to a small grist mill. Charles and Aaron Hoag, of Hassan, purchased an interest in the mill in 1876. In 1877, - Nowack became the owner, and several law suits followed. The property was burned in 1878.

In 1874, William Tubbs and Staples built a grist mill in Monticello on Mill creek, about half a mile above the village. King Staples owned an interest in the mill in 1876. Tn 1878, John Tennison became the proprietor and soon afterward the mill was burned. In 1880, Janney & Son purchased the mill site, and built a three and a half story flouring mill, in which they did a large and sueeessful business.

J. C, Beckman established the first store in Monticello in the spring of 1855. In 1856, J. F. Bradley built a large store building near the ferry, at Moritzious, and Mr. Beckman removed his goods to that place. C. W. Clarey also had a store at Moritzious in 1856. George Wright also opened a large hardware store the same year at Moritzious, James and Thomas Chambers opened a store at Monticello in the spring of 1856. T. G. Mealey was also a pioneer merchant. He came here in November, 1855, became part owner in a sawmill, and in partnership with Z. M. Brown opened a general store, which, with various partners, he continued for many years. Martin Fox, J. G, Smith and H. F. Lillibridge were also pioneer general storekeepers. Among the general merchants do-

Sammel E. Adams came to Monticello in December, 1853, and in 1856 commenced business in a grocery store. In 1566, he opened a drug store, and in 1870 employed Daniel Gray as manager, A. F. Barker opened a drug store in 1869. In the early eighties Kreis & Adams were the leading hardware merehants; Lf. W. Brookins and Juhn Luthy were harness makers; Jolin Swain had a furniture store and lumber yard, and E, Wetzel was the watchmaker and jeweler,

William Chandler erected a hotel in Monticello in 1836 and named it the Chandler house. In 1857, T. G. Mealey and Brown & Creighton purchased the hotel and ereeted a $3,000 addition, It was then named the Jefferson house, and Samuel Bennett, C. A. Payson, L. C. Perkins and W. V. B. Morse were among its landlords. The last named purchased the house and it burned in October, 1867. In 1870, Henry Brasie purchased the hotel site and erected a new hotel, naming it the Monticello House. Following him came Baldwin. Then the hotel was sold to C. C. Jackson, remodeled, and the name changed to the Merchants Hotel. He sold to 8. C. Strout, who kept it for many years.

A ferry was established across the Mississippi in the spring of 1855 at Moritzious by A. C. Riggs. In 1856, J. F. Gallow established a ferry at Monticello. Both of these were operated for several decades,

One of the old institutions of Moritzious was the large hotel near the ferry named the Monticello House, built in 1856 by Samuel Cross, and kept by him until 1861. The building was then sold to C, B, Jordon, taken down, moved to Greenleaf in Meeker county, and used as a United States land office. Mr, Cross removed to Minneapolis, and in 1866 fell down stairs at the old Woodman's Hall and broke his neek, The Central House was erected in Monticello in 1873 by Isaac Bailey. George N. Riggs was the landlord for several years. Later the proprietor kept it himself.

The town of Monticello was incorporated in 1856. Monticelle Lower Town was incorporated in 1857. Moritzious was ineorporated in 1858, The present village of Monticello was incorporated by special act of the legislature, March 9, 1875, and John R. Longfellow, Charles W. Clarey and Daniel Dearborn were appointed inspectors of election. The limits as described in the act were as follows: ''South half of northwest quarter, northeast quarter of southwest quarter, northwest quarter of northwest quarter, lots 2 and 3 in section 11, and lot 1 in section 2, town 121, range 25, west.''

The temperance element has been strong in Monticello sinee the earliest days. In 1858, Hull Iotchkiss started a saloon and liquor store. He had no license and was warned by the temperance people that his place would not be conntenaneed. llotehkiss himself was a quiet, orderly man, but was not always able to control his customers. After he had been opened for a short time the temperance people resolved to resort to violent measures. Disguised as Indians they invaded the place one midnight and destroyed some $800 worth of intoxicants and other supplies and wrecked the place generally. Being unable to identify any of the members of the disguised mob, Hotchkiss had no recourse for his financial loss and he soon left town.

S. R. Wakefield was born in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 18, 1822, and was graduated at Willoughby Medical College in 1846. During the Civil war he served as assistant surgeon in the Seyenty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and came to Minnesota in 1866, settling at Monticello.

Simon P, Starritt was born in Hopewell, N. B., October 9, 1847, and died in Anoka, Minn., January 3, 1883. He came to Monticello with his parents in 1856, served in Hatch's Battalion,

1862-65, was graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1875 and from the Hahnemann Medical College in 1878, and settled in Anoka in 1880.

Elam 8. Gibbs graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Wooster, Ohio (Charity Hospital Medical College, Cleveland), in 1869, and filed his license with the Wright county clerk of court, December 31, 1883.

A. A. Noyes graduated from the University of lowa Medical College, Keokuk, in 1850, and filed his license from the Minnesota State Board with the Wright county clerk of court, November 24, 1883.