. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. that thetown was named at the time of the arrivalof the first train to the station. This event waswitnessed by a large assemblage of home-steaders, who gathered from the nearbyclaims to get a sight of the iron horse. Thepatlifinder was a work train, piloted by aman named Wood. On bringing his engine toa stop at the new station the engineer steppedfrom his cab to the platform and on noticinga pile of timber nearby announced, from thissuggestion and by way of honor to himself,that he would cliristpn the new town Wood-stoc
. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. that thetown was named at the time of the arrivalof the first train to the station. This event waswitnessed by a large assemblage of home-steaders, who gathered from the nearbyclaims to get a sight of the iron horse. Thepatlifinder was a work train, piloted by aman named Wood. On bringing his engine toa stop at the new station the engineer steppedfrom his cab to the platform and on noticinga pile of timber nearby announced, from thissuggestion and by way of honor to himself,that he would cliristpn the new town Wood-stock. The proposal met with a ready accep-tance by the group of witnesses, as there hadt)een considerable opposition to the name Hick-eoxs Prairie. Perhaps the engineer had ad-vance information as to the naming of the townby the railroad officials and took that meansof announcing it and. incidentally, of securing alittle honor to himself. Mr, Bowen was in charge only until thefall of 1880. He was succeeded by George , the present register of deeds of SCENKS AT WUOUSTOCK HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY. 379 sniitli. Tliose constituted the improve-inents duiing tlie vear 1880. Tlie memorable blizzardy winter fol-lowed, duriiijj which there were no and during wjiich the stocksoF tlie business men were depleted. Thefollowing Slimmer came a continuation ofthe gmutli. H. B. Ellithorpe erected abuilding next to the Fitzgerald store andopened a meat market. Later in the yearthe firm of Ellithorpe & Ware purchasedthe Albert Cutting stock of building now occupied -by the post-office was erected during the summer of18S1 by W. A. Pat ton, wlio conducted aboarding house, and jjefore the grain buy-ing season commenced the Hulibard &Palmer comiiany built a second ware-house. The year 1882 was a notable one inthe history of Wcindstock. for it was thenthat the village was selected as headquar-tlrs by two firms which inaugurated move-ments that me
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