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16 Bicentennial Edition
Thursday, July 1, 1976 ....
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The following information
has been gathered and com-
piled by lome Grevlous.
Markville had its beginning
soon after 1900 when the
lumber companies got inter-
ested in logging this area. One
of the first settlers was Mark
Andrews, who was a timber
cruiser for the Tozer Lumber
In 1912 the Soo Line Railroad
was built through here to
Duluth. That furnished employ-
ment for many men in con-
structing it, and also brought in
the first Soo Line agent,
George' Wage, and his family,
capacity for many years.
In its early days the town
grew very rapidly. By 1914
there were two stores, post
office, school, two saw mills,
hotel, a hoop-making industry,
not to mention two "Blind
Presbyterian Ladies Aid organization meeting in 1915. Left to
Mark Andrews, Mrs. John Bruce, Mrs. George Grevious, Mrs. Moses=
Mrs. Die Pederson, Mrs. Earl Davis, Mrs. Joe Merleen, Mrs. George
Mrs. Robert Rutherford.
Company of Stiilwater. He and ~md the first section foreman, Pigs", which were places where
his family kept a "Stopping Moses Walsh and his family, liquor flowed freely. The bank ........
Place" on the St. Croix River a Mark Andrews surveyed the opened in 1915, then the
mile and a half south of where view of Markville taken from the schoolhouse in 1923. It shows the Presbyterian church with a steeple which ~,
Markvi!le is
now, calling it
"Pansy '. A ferry was built to
take passengers across the
river and it was run for many
years by John Blackburn. It
was run on cables and fixed in
such a way that the river
current helped propel it as soon
as it was pushed away from
shore with a long pole. The
ferry was replaced by a bridge
about 1920, and a few years
later the bridge was destroyed
by the ice break-up in the
spring and was never replaced.
townsite that year and the
town was named for him. He
moved into town and built a
large livery barn. Later "An-
drews Street" was also named
for him.
Other very early settlers
were Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stein-
bring, who built a small store
about four miles northwest of
Markville. They moved into
town as soon as the town was
laid out and kept a general
store here for many years. Mrs.
Steinbring was the first post-
master, and served in that
Consolidated Lumber Company
and two potato warehouses, was later changed to a square tower when a basement was dug and the church moved onto it, about 1932.
Quantities of potatoes wereJohn Brunet, who was the t
shipped out, most of them first bank cashier, owned the --
raised by the early settlers of first car in the area, a Model T
Blaine and Swiss Townships in Ford which was shipped in by
nearby Wisconsin. A stockyard rail because there were no
was built and there was quite a roads that even a Model T could
businessin horses and cattle. A travel. As trails became roads
hardware store and a res- and the citizens began ~etting
taurant followed, and there was cars, Babcock Brothers ~arage
a big business in cutting and was built in 1922. They also
shipping pulpwood. A news- installed an electric light plant,
paper, "The Markville Messen- powered by a gasoline engine,
get", and a cooperative cream- and we had !ights from dusk
cry were added by 1925. until eleven o clock each night.
Later the Northwestern Wis-
consin Electric Company of
Grantsburg took over the
electric service for the com-
munity and power was fur-
nished by, a dam on Yellow
River near Danbury.
The schoolhouse, built in
1912, was soon overcrowded
and the new brick building was
built in 1918. The old school ~vas
remodeled into a Catholic
church. Later a new church was
built and the old building was
remodeled again to make a
residence for the priest. It was
destroyed by fire about 1928.
The church building was moved :!.~
to Cozy Corner, Wis., in 1969.
In 1915 a Presbyterian Sem- Chief Songkatay who lived in the Indian village north of Markville. He was
inary student by the name of said to be 100 years old when this picture was taken.
Continued on page 17
Main street of Markville about 1920 looking east from the railroad. On the left, R.D. Rutherford store,
restaurant and bank. On the right the Steinbring store, post office, Chipman store, hardware store.
Presbyterian Sunday school about 1921.
Sunshine club about 1918. This group bought the bell for the Presl
church by collecting a mile of pennies. Left to right, back
Andrews, Ferda Whitecotton, Lois Hayden, leader, Evelyn nerq
Jacobs. Front row; Margel Andrews, Margaret Ballantine, Ionle G
Saw mills in Markville about 1918.
St. Croix Hotel built by Mr. and MrS. George Grevlous in 1914, destroyed by fire in 1916. Building at right was
built by Henry Steinbring end at different times was a grocery store, a restaurant, a movie hall, a barber shop and
a private dwelling.
Boys' Club about 1916 led by Rev. A. E. McLean. Left to right, standing;
Roman Rutherford, Jim Welsh, Russet Ketch, DOUglas Corner, Bill Davis.
Seated; George Corner, Russell DaviS, John Walsh, Allen Grevious, Rudy
Kelch.
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Presbyterian church in 1917.
One of the first buildings in Markville built by William Nelson in 1913 and
used as a hotel, a private dwelling and a community house.
Danes from Askov visited Danes at Luck, Wis., stopping at Markville
enroute, 1925 or 1926. The Askov band played in Main street.
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Soo Line station, potato warehouse at left, which was managed by Vern Carlson.
A large stock is kept on hand of Sash and
doors, dimension and sheeting, laths and
shingles, siding and flooring, building paper
and roofing, cement, plaster and lime. Call on
us for service.
YOURS FOR A SQUARE DEAL
MARKVILLE, MINN.
MELVIN BLOOM, Manager
First school in Merkvtlle, built in 1912. Indian village !~/~ miles north of Markville, 1915.