Re: Walker Garoutte, Adel, late 1880s
GAROUTTE
Posted By: Mary Boyd (email) In Response To: Walker Garoutte, Adel, late 1880s (Donna Phillips)
Date: 11/11/2002 at 02:06:13
From: Minburn Centennial History Book (1869-1969)
Pg. W1: Washington Township, compiled by Mrs. Arthur Wicks.
Early Settlements.
In the spring of 1848, John Sullivan and sons came to the timber along the top of the hill on the west side of the river, made a claim and built a log cabin. That winter was one of the worst on record, followed by spring rains and flooding. In the spring the Sullivans traded their cabin and claim for a gun worth $6.00 and left the country and no one seems to have heard from them again.Evidently Mr. Sullivan did not like this new country very well, but anyway he is recorded in history as being the "first" settler in Washington Township.
Others soon followed into Section 36 [this is in the far SE corner of the township], making claims and building cabins nearby, clearing the land and planting corn and gardens.
The early settlers, as soon as they had established their homes, set about to educate their children. Often it would be the father or mother teaching their own children and maybe gather in a few of the neighbor children at the same time. The GAROUTTE log cabin was one of these "first schools".
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