![]() Babcock, George Thompson, James Lindsey, Reuben Butters, C. It is known that the pioneer band who here sought and secured homes among the very earliest were: J. It is now unknown just who was the first person to actually settle within what is now the limits of Kasota township, but the claim that Reuben Butters was first is disputed by some, contending that he did not locate here for a number of years after other settlers had made claim to lands and had homes well established. The next season everyone put in many potatoes, and they became a drug in the market-were quoted at ten cents per bushel.” Butters harvested nine hundred bushels of potatoes from five acres of land, realizing for the entire lot two dollars a bushel. The item reads: “One of the most remarkable crops of potatoes ever raised in Kasota was in the season of 1853, when R. In an old history of the Minnesota valley, there is an account of a wonderful crop of Irish potatoes. It was from this limekiln business that the village was first known as “Lime.” A limekiln was also one of the first paying industries of that locality. He also conducted a general store at that place a number of years. Peter burying grounds were platted at a much later date.Ī postoffice was established at Caroline in 1877, and Conrad Smith was appointed the postmaster. The first regular cemetery in the township was laid out in section 33, on the bluff overlooking the village of Kasota in 1854. The proprietor, William Shimmel, and others of this place, deserve credit for the energy exhibited in the prosecution of this valuable work.”-St. ![]() “The mill built at Lake Emily during the sixties is now in successful operation and grinding from one to two hundred bushels of grain per day. ![]() Cook and Millard are determined to make their flour equal to any made in Minnesota.” The motive power is furnished by a water wheel measuring twenty-four feet from the top to bottom, and a sufficient volume of water is obtained to drive all the machinery with perfect ease. It is provided with two runs of French buhrs and the best German bolting cloth. It is conveniently arranged and all its working machinery is of the best character. Peter Tribune, in September, 1868, gives an account of the Kasota milling interests: “The Kasota mill is now fully completed and is certainly one of the most complete water mills in this state. The township of Kasota paid in 1861 into the county treasury six hundred dollars in one day as taxes, one-fifth of which was paid in by one man-S. The first white child born in the township was Clara Babcock, daughter of J. The first marriage in the township was that of uniting Isaac Davis and Catherine Pettis in 1854. Pettis died and was buried at Lake Emily. The first death was evidently that of a stranger whose name is now unknown, who lost his life by the falling of an embankment while helping to excavate for the Babcock mill in the autumn of 1852. In 1882 the township had nine district schools. This school was held at a private residence and was attended by fifteen pupils. In the village of Kasota the first term of school was taught in the summer of 1858 by Elizabeth Hunt, who became the wife of Daniel B. These include one of the best systems of wagon roads and bridges in the county. Since that date great have been the improvements effected by the citizens of the township. Morrill justice of the peace, Daniel Birdsall. Kasota township was organized and its first election held on May 11, 1858, when there was sixty-eight votes polled. Kasota comprises irregular portions of congressional townships 109 and 110, ranges 26 and 27. Many of the townships of the county fell off during that decade. Exclusive of the village of Kasota, its population for three federal census periods was: In 1890 it was 1,038 in 1900 it was 1,020, and in 1910 placed at 863. ![]() It is situated on the east side of the Minnesota river, with Ottawa township at its north, Washington and Cleveland on the east, and Blue Earth county on the south. Kasota township is in the extreme southwestern part of LeSueur county. Gresham editor (1916) Transcribed by Jan Grant Source: History of Nicollet and LeSueur Counties Minnesota, Volume I, Illustrated Hon.
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