CONTENTS xiii CHAPTER XIV. TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES. page Featherstone — Florence — Frontenac — Goodhue Township and Village — Advantages and Growth — Holden — Kenyon Township and Village — Modern Progress — Leon — Minneola 169 CHAPTEB XV. TOWNSHIPS AND VILLAGES. Pine Island Township and Village — Progres^iv" and Prosperous — Roscoe — Stanton — V a s a — Wacoota — Wanamingo — Wanamingo Village — Warsaw — Dennisou Village — Welch 206 CHAPTER XVI. ZUMBROTA. Zumbrota Village — Its Situation and Advantages — Modern Zumbrota — Water, Sewer and Public Halls — Fire Department — Industries — Banks — Hotels- — Mills and Klevators — Creamery — Fraternities — Village His- tory and Officers — T. P. Kellett 's Speech — Military Company — Village Schools — Public Library — Zumbrota Township — Township Officers Since Early Days — Soldiers from This Township 234 CHAPTER XVII. COUNTY SCHOOLS. First School Taught — First District Organized — Anecdotes of the Early Days — Statistics — Summer Schools — Library Association — High Schools — Church Schools — City Superintendents — County Superin- tendents — Sunday School Work — Hamline University — Red Wing Seminary- — Villa Marie — Lutheran Ladies' Seminary — Orphans' Home — State Training School — Business Colleges — By Prof. Julius Boraas. 271 CHAPTER XVIII. POSTAL HISTORY. Red Wing — First Post Master — Stage Coach Days — Growth and Progress- Other County Officers — Discontinued County Officers — New Federal Building— Statistics 298 CHAPTER XIX. THE PHYSICIAN. His Proud Achievements — His Solemn Oath — His Ethics — The True Physi- cian — His Reward — His Delicate Relation to the Human Family — His Inventions and Discoveries Free Gifts — The Pioneer Doctor — His Character — His Services — His Limitations — The March of Medicine — Biographies — A Roll of Honor — The Goodhue County Medical Society — The Twentieth Century — Preventive Medicine — The Physician as an Educator— By George C. Wellner, M. D 315 CHAPTER XX. SONS OF THE VIKINGS. Discovery of America — Modern Norwegian Immigration — Mathias Peder- sen Ringdahl — Early Settlers — Anecdotes — Officeholders — Newspapers — Norwegians as Pioneers — Their Present Status 333
