Agenda - Public Works Committee - 03/20/2018

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the development of Ramsey, according to the day in which they lived. John Wilson was a member of the first Farmer's Telephone Company. Henry Wilson served on the school board continuously from 1910 to 1948 with the exception of one term of three years. Both John and his son Henry acted as Path Masters for several years when they worked out their Poll Tax. Now we vote tax for road building, have seen hoes replaced with horse drawn machinery, and then tractor power machinery, electricity came to replace lamps and pumps, cowpaths and dirt roads became pave highways, horse and buggy days gave way to automobiles and airplanes. Daily mail, telephone, telegraph, radio, television; central heating replaced the air -tight stove; oil heat or gas take the place of coal or wood, and the outside toilet vanished. Names of families omitted in general write up: Dan Majors, John Herman, Abe Merrill, were veterans of the Civil War, and friends of the R. B. Porters and Sarden Wilson. Charles McLauflin lived where Santa Claus Town was. He had four sons: Charles Jr., Eugene, Leon, and Benjamin; two daughters, Lillian and Ida. All are deceased except for Ida, who lives in California. The Charles Richardson farm is now owned by John Benzian of Anoka. Charles Richardson and Richard Jude lived where Elmer Anderson's Road Equipment now stands. They had two children, Charles and Ethel. Next was District 16 schoolhouse, then Elias Work's place on the north side of the highway, then Wright Saunders, where Minnesota Trailer Court is now. Next on the north side was J. W. Harthorn's farm, then the railroad crossing, now the Jensen Pony Farm. Next, W. B. Wilson, now Wesley Hunter's house. Next was Pen Shumway, followed by Guderian's, later Herbert Wilson and family. Then O'Donnell's. Next, on the south side was F. J. Edgarton's house, now Roger Dickinson's house. Then follows John Wilson's farm, later Lou Henry Herbert. Wilson's is now owned by Elmer Nelson. Next, beyond where Chargale now stands is a set of buildings built by James Jedlicka, and next this side of the cemetery was the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Herman. In the early days, say, about 1885 on to about 1890, maybe 1895, milk was kept in pans in winter time in cooler cupboards; kept for that purpose, skimmed by hand with a skimmer into crocks, which held it until it ripened; stirred every day and churned twice a week. Some had the stamper in a tall stone jar with a wooden cover that had a hole in the center. Others had barrel churns. In summer, most folks had five gallon tin cans with a faucet in the bottom to let off milk and watch it so cream which was on top would be left in the can. This can would be let down in the well to keep it cool and let to stand 24 hours — no ice in those days — then butter, being churned again, was packed in three and five pound jars and set in pails or 56