Flora 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
=========================================================================

1859 (fall) - Early settlers began to come into the area. 

1861 - The Evangelical Church was established and is now known as the 
       Middle Creek United Methodist Church. It is located in Section 35. 

1862 (August 18) - The Schwandt family were killed by the Indians. 

1867 (April 2) - Township was organized. Officers elected: Chairman, Henry 
                 Dreyer; Supervisors, John Schafer and Henry Timms; Clerk 
                 and Justice of the Peace, Francis Shoemaker; and 
                 Constable, Louis Thiele. 

1869 - Vicksburg post office was established and discontinued in 1905. 

1871 - Vicksburg was first assessed and located in Section 19. It was 
       one of the earliest villages in the township. 

1872 - The German Lutheran Church was organized, located in Section 27. 
       It is now known as St. Matthew Lutheran Church.

1872 - Hertzhorn post office was established. 

1874 - The Christian (Disciples of Christ) Church was organized, Section 
       19. The church no longer exists. 

1875 - The German Methodist Church was organized, Section 22. The church 
       no longer exists. 

1889 - Florita post office was established and closed in 1905. 

1905 - The Vicksburg and Florita post offices were discontinued. 

1910 (February) - The Union Home Mission Club was started. The purpose 
                  of the club was to give aid to less fortunate than 
                  themselves. 

1915 (August 18) - The Schwandt Memorial was erected on section 33, in 
                   memory of the Schwandt family who were killed by the 
                   Indians August 18, 1862. 

1935 - The Flora Shooting Stars 4-H Club was started.