(A program presented in Shelby on the above date, probably on the occasion of the Centennial of the first settlement in the county, producer unknown)
SCENES:
INTRODUCTION
PIONEERS
BUILDING THE TOWN
CHURCHES
BURNING THE TOWN
COMMUNICATION - UTILITIES
TRANSPORTATION - HEALTH
PATRIOTIC
SATURDAY NIGHT
SCHOOLS
CLOSING & FINALE
The inside pages of the program are devoted to the
SETTLERS
of Polk County.
1860 - POLK COUNTY SURVEYED
1867 - First Settler Albert Seavers
1868 - James Clark, Rev. Query, William Hanshew, John Mickey
1869 - Hubert Thelen bought railroad land $7.00 an acre.
1870 - John Fox, T.W.Blake, Samson Stalnaker, J.N.Seberger, John
Kropatch
Tom McGimpsey,
Perry
Davis, H.B.Linton. 90 ADULTS, 47 CHILDREN
in the
county.
1871 - Wm. Fosbender, August Thelen, Peter Wieser, the Merricks,
John Jaax,
Wm & George Bull, Rufus Burritt, H.W.Chase, Wm Jarmin,
J.W.Rasp,
Guy
Beebe , M.C.Stull
1872 - Brigham (Frank, Will & Fred), J.W.Crozier, Peter Seberger,
H.H.Hewitt,
Christian Delaet
1873 - W.E.Kinney, Charles Krumbach, Wm. McBeth, Silas Hoffer, John
Inness
1874 - R.W.Ingalls, Charles Drovwal, Conrad Thelen, Burt Huddleston,
John
Wieseman,
Stephen Bull, Grasshoppers ate the crops.
1875 - Erasmus Krumbach, George Brighan, John Bernt, Joseph R. Kinnan
1876 - Louis Bernt, Louis Hecker, John Rathbun,
POPULATION OF POLK COUNTY -
3356
1877 - John McBeth, Bert Benda, William Richmond, Frank Janicek
1878 - Tom McKeag, F.M.Leibee, Edmund Gabel, Henrich Schmid
1879 - A.M.Abbott, Julius Cerny, Chris Dullum, Wm and George Bennett,
Wm
Viergutz,
Joseph Scholz, Fred Kuenzli
ARCADE
established
1880 - Henry C. Miller, Dr. J.A.Inks, Wm Fyfe, M. Branigan, Albert Ryan,
Emil
Hasselbalch,
Geoge Harmon
1881 - COURTHOUSE at OSCEOLA BURNED
1882 - Harley Houdersheldt
1883 - Jean Duren, F.J.Oades, Frank Olcott, Michael Kampovitz
POPULATION OF SHELBY
(formerly Arcade) 200
1884 - James McMeekin, J.C.Hotchkiss, Joseph Alt, D.R.Leard
Ferdinand
Augustine
1885 - J.C.McGrew, Peter Holcomb
1886 - Rolly Miller, S.J.Funkhouser
1888 - Aaron Dornan, Jacob Luft
1890 - Charles Casselberry, W.S. & J.E. Funkhouser
1893 - John Lees, Joseph Urban, J.C.Logan
1804 - C. Reisdorf, H.M.Sterup
1898 - Herman Alt
1900 - Basil Wyman
1901 - John Messing
1902 - RURAL MAIL DELIVERY INITIATED
1906 - Dr. J. A. Potter
1910 - POPULATION of COUNTY - 10,521
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