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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTS 313 Hader. — This office, in Wananiingo, was among those estab- lished early in the sixties. It served the public for about forty years. Hay Creek. — This office, which was located in Featherstone on the line of Hay Creek, was established in the sixties and served the community in which it was located about forty years. Holden. — This office, in Holden township, was established in 1863. . It had a career of nearly forty years, rural delivery sup- planting it. Nansen. — This office, also in Holden, had a short eareer. When established it served a considerable territory, but rural delivery coming in cut off its patronage and it was discontinued. Poplar Grove. — This was one of the early offices located in Pine Island township on the line of one of the old stage routes. It had a short career. Sogn. — This office, on the east line of Warsaw, gave service for about fifteen years during the eighties and nineties. Spring Creek. — This office, in Cherry Grove township, was established in 1861. It served its community about forty years. Sunapee. — This was an office in Roscoe township, established in 1858. Later the name was changed to Roscoe and under that name it gave service to a considerable territory for nearly forty years. Thoten. — This office, which was located in Belvidere, was a small one. For more than twenty years, from the sixties to the eighties, it furnished service to a limited area. Wacouta. — This office, which was established in 1855, was one of the first in the county. For a time it developed into consider- able proportions, a few years after it had been established paying $300.00 a year. Red Wing forging ahead, however, the town gradually fell away and with that the post-office business de- creased to a very small item. The office continued to exist until 1905, however, when it was discontinued in consequence of rural delivery. Wangs.— This office was located in W T arsaw. Its career was not long and its cleritage never considerable. Wastedo. — This office was located in Leon township. It had a career of more than thirty years and at one time served a large territory. White Rock.— This office was located in Vasa. Like Wastedo it served the community in which it was established for more than thirty years, rural delivery being responsible for its discontinu- ance. Christian A. Rasmussen was one of the moving spirits in that revival of activity in Red Wing which has made this city famous throughout the United States. He was born in the city of Copen-