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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  GEORGE T. BULICK. One of the pioneers of Nobles county, one of the county's

largest land owners and most successful farmers is Geo. T. Bulick, who resides

at Reading. During his residence in the county, extending over a period of time

from 1873 to the present, Mr. Bulick has passed through all the degrees of

poverty and prosperity. During the disastrous grasshopper days he was the

poorest of the poor and has known what it means to go hungry. For two weeks he

and his wife lived on water and flour gravy. During these darkest days in the

county's history his only income was what little he could make from the trapping

of muskrats. Without sufficient means to pay his way out of the country, he was

compelled to remain, and today he is glad of it. He is the owner of 1,600 acres

of land in Summit Lake township.



  Mr. Bulick's life history is one of interest. He was born in Oaktown, Center

county, Pa., Sept. 2, 1848. His father was Joseph Bulick, a blacksmith, who was

born in New Jersey, and who died in Pennsylvania in 1875, aged 75 years. The

family came originally from Wales, but for several generations had lived in

America. Our subject's mother was Maria (Pugh) Bulick, who was born in England,

came to America when a child, wedded Joseph Bulick Sept. 17, 1839, and died in

1894 at the age of 80 years.



  Only limited advantages were accorded George T. Bulick for obtaining an

education. At the age of fifteen he left home, to make his own way in the world,

and the next year enlisted in the United States service to fight for the

preservation of the union. After making seven attempts to enter the service he

was finally successful, and on Sept. 29, 1864, he was enrolled as a member of

company L, of the 99th Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, which became a part of

the Second army corps. He was at once sent to the front, and participated in

some of the most severe fighting of the war. At the battle of Petersburg, in

November, he was so severely wounded that he was given up to die by the

surgeons. He had just been relieved from picket duty and was entering the door

of a bomb-proof when a mortar shell struck and penetrated the bomb-proof, in

which were a number of his comrades. The missile of death came through the

bomb-proof and exploded, breaking four logs and letting in about five feet of

earth from the top. This damage let the logs and earth down upon the inmates of

the enclosure. Two of the men were instantly killed and two others were

seriously wounded. The exploding bomb broke Mr. Bulick's right leg and two of

his ribs; the bone in his upper arm was split, and a slug from the bomb entered

his chest, through the collar bone, and was removed from the lung by the

surgeons. The cap of his shoulder was also injured. For two weeks he was

unconscious, and for five months he was in a hospital. After this accident he

was transferred to company A, of the 199th regiment of Pennsylvania volunteers,

24th corps. He was mustered out at Richmond and received his discharge at

Philadelphia July 8, 1865. Because of his injuries Mr. Bulick has drawn a

pension ever since his discharge. He now draws $17 per month.



  After his discharge from the army Mr. Bulick returned to his home in

Pennsylvania and for one year worked in a saw mill. He then devoted himself to

huckstering, which was his employment for six years. Our subject decided to go

west and seek his fortune in some new country. With a companion he started out

early in the year 1873 and visited Nebraska. They did not like the country, and,

as Mr. Bulick's companion had some advertising matter which set forth in glowing

terms the advantages of Nobles county, they decided to come to the land of

promise. They arrived in the month of April, 1873, and Nobles county has been

the home of our subject ever since.



  He immediately filed a homestead claim to the southwest quarter of section 22,

Summit Lake township. That summer he went to Rochester, Minn., where he worked

on the streets and at farm work. It was during his stay in Rochester that he was

united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Kinch, a native of Huntington county, Pa.,

and a daughter of John and Eliza (Leathers) Kinch. This union has resulted in

the birth of ten children, of whom the following are living: Anna E. (Mrs.

Robert Black), Dewald; Emma J. (Mrs. John Green), Summit Lake; Ida M. (Mrs.

James Baird), Summit Lake; Frank G. (married Gertie Johnson), Reading; Effie M.

(Mrs. Raymond Conner), Superior, Wis.; William J., Reading.



  Early in 1874 Mr. and Mrs. Bulick, came to their claim in Summit Lake. Without

means to erect a suitable residence, Mr. Bulick built a dug-out, which was done

by simply digging a hole in the ground and covering the opening with boards. In

this he lived only a short time, and then built a more pretentious home—a frame

building 12x16 feet, covered with sods. In May, 1875, he took as a tree claim

the southeast quarter of section 28, Summit Lake township, and later made his

home on that, planting trees and erecting a good house. There he resided until.

1901, when he erected a fine house in the village of Reading, and has since made

his home there, managing his many farms from that place. Mr. Bulick owns all of

section 27, the south half of 28, 260 acres in 23, 162 acres on the northeast

quarter of 2, Summit Lake township, and two houses and lots in Reading. He

engages largely in stock raising, and has large herds of cattle and sheep.

Nearly all of his land is tiled.



  Politically Mr. Bulick is a republican. In township and school matters he has

held office during nearly all the time he has resided in the county. In the

early days he served several terms on the township board, and was township

treasurer for many years. He also held the office of school treasurer for a long

time. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Reading. Fraternally he is an

Odd Fellow and a Woodman.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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