The Short History of Grand Prairie Township

Nobles County, Minnesota

By George P. Heikes

Reproduced here with permission of the family of George P. Heikes

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CONTENTS

Foreword

 

IN THE BEGINNING

The Grand Prairie

 

COMING OF THE WHITE MAN

Nicollet/Fremont/Davis

The Land is Surveyed

How Settlers Claimed Land

Railroad Grants

Civil War Veterans

Norwegian Immigrants

More Settlers Reach Grand Prairie

Dodgeville Wisconsin Settlers

The Irish Colony

Scott County Germans

 

LIFE ON THE PRAIRIE

Home sites

Early Day Farming

Crops/Weather

The Cycle of Life

 

1875 Census

1880 Census

1905 Census

Some of the photos and diagrams from the original book were not included because they did not scan well
and therefore were not readable.