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Glidden
In 1868, a year or two after the railroad come through Carroll County a depot was built and station fixed at what is now Glidden. It was named in honor of the director of the railroad company. The next building was A. B. Wattles' store which has since been torn down. Martin L. Peters built a hotel, now vacant. William Stiles, S. H. Glidden, William Harris, W. E. Potter, M. W. Beach and L. G. Bangs also located here in 1868, and of these Mr. Potter is the only resident survivor. Glidden grew slowly for several years. In 1870 the population was 177. During the next decade the number of inhabitants increased to 584. It has since remained about stationery, the state census in 1885 giving it 522 people but in 1898 the population had reached 1,000. During the last five years a better class of building have been put up and the village has a much more substantial appearance.

The village of Glidden received the name of an incorporated town on October 2, 1873.
A hand engine and 800 feet of hose were purchased in 1878 for protection against fire. The apparatus is in charge of a volunteer company of sixteen members which meets monthly in a building just south of the bank bought by the town for the use of the fire department. The most serious fire in Glidden's history occurred on Christmas Day, 1883 when nine buildings were destroyed. The conflagration began in a drug store.

The schools of Glidden are the pride of the town, The college of which we publish a picture and give a description on another page is a fine institution. Besides this, there is a splendid school building and the corps of teachers is above the average.  
 

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