Early history of the Village of Holloway, Swift 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: Judy VanVleet Submitted: October 2004 ========================================================================= I can't tell if the following were two different articles or if one is just a continuation of the other. No dates on this either. These were definitely articles cut from a newspaper but this same article appears word for word in the "Swift County Minnesota" book published in 1979. Early history of the Village of Holloway Holloway was platted in 1887. It was originally named Norton, but was renamed by the Great Northern Railroad officials in honor of a neighboring pioneer farmer. The first store established was managed by T. B. Boyle. On Feb. 14, 1903, 3440 acres were included in the corporation of the village. First elected officials were: B. A. Bergendahl, president; L. M DePue, clerk; Thomas B. Bole, treasurer; Wm. Sachs, assessor; Wm. Duncan, constable; J. M. Ellingson, justice, and the supervisors were Holloway, Reenig and Wilson. In the 1900 census the population was 2, in 1910 it was 215. One of the most disastrous fires in the history of the county occurred in Holloway in January 1907, wiping out a whole business block, a bank, three stores, one post office, and a saloon. The losses reached $57,000. A newspaper, the Holloway Herald, was established in 1912. Known editors were, in 1916, Lucius M. Catlin, editor; Thomas B. Boyle, managing editor; and later editor was Amos P. Wells. It was removed to Appleton in 1923 where it became The Independent. Early history of Village of Holloway Robert Zinda married Christine Petrowski in the little country Catholic church in Edison. This wedding celebration lasted three days. After the marriage they moved to a farm five miles southeast of Holloway. After a few years they decided to quit farming. He sold the farm and moved to Holloway in 1908. They purchased the saloon, butcher shop, and rented a restaurant in back of the bank. Zinda ran the saloon and his son-in-law, Mike Maza, was bartender. He had John Mulligan, "Happy Jack" manage the butcher shop. Robert Zinda's young son, Harry, helped "Happy Jack" at the butcher shop after school and on Saturdays and during summer vacation. The baloney made by "Happy Jack" was delicious, as was all the other cuts of meat from his own butchering. Anton and Clara Zinda ran the restaurant business. Robert also had an ice house and sold ice. While living in Holloway, the Robert Zindas had 12 children. In 1914, he sold his saloon to Eric Olson and his butcher shop to Ben Fredrick, both of Holloway. He purchased a saloon from John Sperks at Ivanhoe. After the sale, Robert Zinda loaded up one of the Great Northern Railway Company box cars with all their personal belongings and household goods, including one horse, "Old Nell," which was a wedding present given them by Christine's folks, two dogs (a house dog and a bird dog), two wild red fox, six gallons of "Cabin Creek" whiskey. Young Harry had to ride in the box car. This was the railroad company's rules and regulations. Robert Zinda and family drove to Ivanhoe in a new 1914 four-door Overland car. Robert Sr. ran the saloon in Ivanhoe for two years. When the county voted dry he converted it to a billiard and soft drink parlor. Robert Zinda passed away in March 1937 and his wife, Christine, passed away July 12, 1955.