Birch Cooley Township Time Line, Renville Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormatted by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Pierce Submitted: June 1999 ========================================================================= 1865/1866 - Pioneers began to settle late 1865 and early 1866 1867 (April 2) - Township was organized 1867 (fall) - First election was held 1873/1874 - The first Catholic Church in Renville County was erected in Birch Cooley Township, St. Patrick's Catholic Church. 1879 (about) - Railroad was projected 1891 (April 5) - The Minnesota Valley Agricultural and Livestock Association was organized. 1922 - The Birch Cooley Cemetery Association was formed 1942 (December 13) - St. Patrick's Catholic Church burned to the ground.