Dates Important to Valton

Date Event
1856
Valton Surveyed by a surveyor from Valton, Ohio.
William Mann, The first settler.
1857
Town officers elected, one was superintendent of schools.
Samuel Mann built first store.
William Mann built first sawmill.
1858
Davis brothers & Benson built second store.
1866
Alonzo McCoon opened first post office.
1867
Dr. Thompson arrived.
1868
Dr. Thompson started first Grist Mill.
1870
Clemens store was built.
Railroad going through Wonewoc.
1873
Wesleyan Methodist Church started.
Jabez Brown taught school in Valton.
Friends Church organized.
1875
First Reapers introduced.
1877
Dr. Thompson sold his Mill.
1880
United Brethren Church built.
1884
First Instrumental Band organized.
1866
Friend started holding own services.
1885
Two story school built by Miller & Thornton.
1888
Many Friends move to California.
Dr. Philip Slack came to be the Friends minister.
1890
Lime burning on the hill closed down permanently.
1891
Friends Church built.
1892
Medicine Show (Wonzer licked his slave to prove it was harmless).
1898-99
Woodman Hall built.
1900
Telephone service installed in Louis Lee store.
1905
Wesleyans bought United Brethren Church.
Showing of Train Robbery motion pictures.
Rural mail route started October 2.
Many leaving for Zion city to live.
Louis Lee built over his store.
Martin Mortenson's Grist Mill burned (Once owned by Dr. Thompson).
1906
Telephone service installed in Mortimer Valley.
Noah Smith struck by lighting.
Adventists hold camp meeting.
1910
Wis. State Holiness Association hold camp meeting on Friend's Church grounds.
1913
First shares sold for Valton Coop Creamery.
1914
Big storm blows camp meeting tent down. No one hurt.
Rev. Hatfield holds meeting at Friends Church.
Moved Post Office to big store.
1919
J.H. Woertendyke lectured on prohibition in WM.. Church.
1915
Schools & Churches closed when Diphtheria struck.
Joe Henderson's house burned (Jan. 23).
Biggest snow storm in years (Feb. 1).
Friends parsonage was built.
Farmer's Club debate "Resolved that we should stop the was in Mexico".
Commencement in Pratt-Stearne Hall (15 graduates).
Post Office closes permanently.
Farmers picnic on James Mortimer farm north of Valton.
1915
Walt & Ethel Stearns sell interest in big store.
Ice froze on standing water (Aug. 30).
Wilson Mortimer sold his store to Alfred Gage of Tripp-Ville.
Lecture course, L. C. Randolph spoke on an American boy.
1916
Sunday school classes organized, Rev. Sidney Hotchkiss was teacher.
1916-17
Epidemic of Influenza.
1918
Wesleyans bought parsonage.
1922
Ice storm strips trees of limbs (Feb.22).
Booklet of regulations issued by Cemetery Association.
1923
Friends put basement under their Church.
1928
Two story school building torn down and brick structure built.
1934
Wesleyan Church addition built.
1936
The Coop. Creamery burned.

Note: During the years 1905-06, 1914-15 you'll notice that more things seemed to happen. The fact is that I was able to find them recorded in dairies by Hattie Smith. The list of events would be much longer if more such dairies had been available. If you know of any dairy among your treasures, I would appreciate the privilege of examining it for the purpose of making this history more complete.

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