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CONTENTS xv CHAPTEB XXVIII. MILITARY HISTORY. page First War Meeting — Colonel Colvil] 'First Man to Enlist — Mustering in of First Companies- — First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Volunteer Infantry — First, Second, Braekett's and Independent Cavalry — Heavy Artillery — Light Artillery — Colonel Hubbard's Bravery — Colonel Coivill's Charge — Spanish-American War — History of Local Company — Complete Roster of Soldiers and Offi- cers from Goodhue County in the Philippines 507 CHAPTER XXIX. REW WING AS A HAMLET. Origin of the Village — First Settlement — Rev. Hancock's Arrival — The Early Settlers — Claim Hunters — Incidents of Village Life — Great Events of Those Days — Burning the Indian Tepees — First Farming — - First Stores — First Churches — Pioneer Politics — Principal Events from 1852 to 1859 — Business Directory Published in 1869 — Poem by Julia B. Nelson 529 CHAPTER XXX. THROUGH FIFTY-TWO YEARS. Principal Events in the Government of Red Wing Since Its Incorpora- tion — List of Mayors, Aldermen and Other Officers — Railroads, Tele- graph, Street Car and Other Franchises — Sewerage System — Water Works — Fire Department — Public Buildings — Bonds and Improve- ments — Memorials — Red Wing Township — Veterans 550 CHAPTER XXXI. "THE DESIRABLE CITY." Its Many Advantages — Desirability as a Home City — The Carnegie- Lawther Library — T. B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium — Red Wing Civic League — Fire Department — Water Works — Ferries — Wagon Bridge — Associations and Clubs — Banks and Banking- — Business and Professional — Red Wing Fraternities 579 CHAPTER XXXII. RED WING INDUSTRIES. Busy Manufacturing Plants That Furnish the Foundation for Red Wing's Prosperity — Pottery and Sewer Pipe Making — Malting Houses — Shoes and Shoe Pacs — Hats — Furniture — Iron Works — Advertising Novelties — Lighting Facilities — Milling Concerns — Lime Burning — Linseed Products — Sand — Telephones — Job Printing — Utilizing the Forests — Brick Making — Other Concerns — Edited by Jens K. Grondahl 616 CHAPTER XXXIII. MODERN RED WING. 4 Its Advantages, Opportunities and Wealth — Some of- the Things Which Have Made It Famous — History of the Various Newspapers Which Have Been Published Here — Associations and Societies — Miscel- laneous 645 CHAPTER XXXIV . LIVES OF LEADING MEN. Principal Events in the Careers of Pioneers Who Have Now Passed Aivmv — Biographies of Men Who Are Still Active in Business. Pro- fessional and Commercial Interests — Gathered with Care from Various Sources, Carefully Compiled and Submitted for Approval 666