”ROCK.

Rock township, named after the river which flows through it, was also created June 2. The first town meeting was held June 14 at the residence of W. M. Ware on section 22. The organization was legalized by the county board June 28, 1879. Government lands in Rock township were granted as follows:

Nelson Moore (28), Hiram O. Lillie (20), Edmund Haden (10), Mickael Gembal (14), Samuel Wyley (10), Goodlo T. Brooks (28), George Miller (4), Milton W. Ware (22), Victor Christensen (8), William Ware (22), William Ludke (10), Harriett A. Boomhower (20), Richard S. Wilkins (4), Stephen Grieves (6), Charles Ludke (8), William Foster (14), John Meier (34), Elmer Hatch (30), Wesley E. Stewart (4), Chester S. Cutting (26), Alexander Thompson (26), Amos B. Conant (22), James R. Morton (8-26), Edwin Hatch (28), Ezra E. Prall (28), James I. Garrett (18), Emma I. Clews (20), Fritz Reikow (8), Frank Judevine (30), Eben C. Thomas (34), Harold B. Ellithorp (28), Charles Walter (20), Lorenzo D. Butts (22), Ira A. Marlette (14), Albert Quackenbush (24), Lewis E. Ziegler (6), Gottlob Mokler (30).”

Reference Data:

An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, by Arthur P. Rose, 1911, page 275