Cedar Township |
| From: Reflections 1855-1980 It was named for the river which flows through it. The first settlement made in the township was in 1859 when some unknown party built a cabin in section 20, about two miles east of Sac City, broke a few acres of sod and then abandoned the place as no good. Three years later the cabin had been carried away by other settlers and the land grown up to weeds. The next settlers were J.O. Tuffs and C. Everett Lee who in 1866 built a log cabin on the Cedar on what was the Mary Young farm in section 16. A bleak winter caused them also to abandon the place and the township again was without an inhabitant. In the fall of 1868 Oscar Whitney, an early stage driver, moved onto what was the W.T. Ralph farm, two and one half miles southeast of Sac City and became the first permanent white settler of the township. Soon after this came the Blanks, Stadlmans, Arndts, Herrolds and Youngs. Cedar bears the distinction of being the scene of the last battle between the Sioux and the Sac and Fox Indians. In early days the town of New Munich was laid out on its western border but was soon abandoned. |