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 206 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY .several general stores, a creamery and a roller mill, the latter in- stitution being built in 1895 by Bidwell & Doty, and now owned and operated by Loomis P. Irish. In the spring of 1909 the electors of the village voted munici- pal bonds in the sum of $3,000 to be used toward the construction of a new city hall, and the building was finished in October of the same year at a cost of about $12,000. It is a fireproof structure 40x60 feet in size and contains a large hall, fire station, jail, coun- cil rooms, etc., and is withal a fine structure and admirably situated to the needs of the village. The fire department consists of about forty officers and men under Chief J. A. Kaiserlik, divi- ded into three companies, and thoroughly equipped with fire fighting apparatus. — Ralph W. Holmes. PINE ISLAND TOWNSHIP. Pine Island is in the southeast corner of Goodhue county, com- prises township 109. range 15, and is hounded on the north by Zumbrota, on the east by Wabasha county, on the south by Olm- sted county and on the west by Roseoe. The valley of the Zum- bro, in the southern part, is a mile wide. In the early days the northern and southwestern portions were heavily limbered, and much of this timber has been allowed to remain standing. The geologic formations of this township differ materially from the rest of the county, but like its neighboring Goodhue county town- ships, its soil is rich, and its farmers consequently prosperous. The superior advantages of wood and running water, combined with rich rolling prairie land, naturally attracted a large number of settlers in the early days, and even previous to this, the place had been a favorite resort of the Indians. The men who enlisted in the Civil War from Pine Island were: Edward Ash, Jr., William 0. Ackerman, Silver Austin, John Bump, Benjamin H. Briggs, Norval Bishop, Ole P. Burg, Calvin B. Clark, S. P. Corning, William B. Chandler, Capt. Otis S. Clark, Edw^ard V. Dickey, Ed Dowling, Jasper W. Dickey. William B. Dickey, Henry Detmaring, Sylvester Fox, Peter E. Fladlang, Marseilles Glazier, John Goodman, Philip S. Hamlin, Charles C. Hardy, John T. Hardy, William S. Hackins, William H. Halstead, James L. Hurley, N. N. Hardy, William B. Kitchell, C. A. Kirk- man, Joshua C. Kitchell, A. K. Kirkman, William Krapp, G. B. D. Leighton, Eichard McGee, D. Metselder, S. W. Miller, N. D. Mar- ble, S. M. Mommans. William H. McGee, E. W. Maynard, Capt. Orlando Morehouse, E. AY. Maxwell, J. C. Miller, Lieut. Edward O'Brien, Milo Parker, John P. Peterson, Simeon W. Eowe, D. C. Eessegriere, C. A. Sumner, John Shanbolt, Fletcher A. Sheldon., Lieut. II. M. Stanton, Joel E. Sampson, Geo. AY. Smith, Frank