. Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties; made up of personal reminiscences of an early life in Menard County, which we gathered in a Salem life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg life from 1840 to 1850; including personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartright. 865. The Rev. Simmons was the first preacher. The postoffice was es- 288 History of Mason County tablished in i860. The village was incorporated in accord-ance with an act of the legislature in 1869. Samuel Yates,Philip Brown and Robert G. Rider were elected as board organized by electing Samuel Yates, p
. Pioneers of Menard and Mason Counties; made up of personal reminiscences of an early life in Menard County, which we gathered in a Salem life from 1830 to 1840, and a Petersburg life from 1840 to 1850; including personal reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln and Peter Cartright. 865. The Rev. Simmons was the first preacher. The postoffice was es- 288 History of Mason County tablished in i860. The village was incorporated in accord-ance with an act of the legislature in 1869. Samuel Yates,Philip Brown and Robert G. Rider were elected as board organized by electing Samuel Yates, president;F. S. Allen, clerk; Philip Brown, police magistrate, andJames Norman, constable. The income was very lightfrom license of any kind and the improvements were paidby taxation or by contribution. The population of Topekais small and, while it does not grow, it manages to hold itsown. The early settlers in the northern part of Quiver townshipwere the Himmels, of which there were several Himmel moved from Petersburg away back in theforties and there was George Himmel, who lived south ofHavana, and Adam and John Himmel. These men had largefamilies. There was also Henry Bishop and a score ofothers, but it would take 1,000 pages to do them all CHAPTER XXIX. m FOREST CITY TOWNSHIP HIS t( twnship is bounded on the north by Manitotownship, on the south by Pennsylvania andSherman, on the west by Quiver is the smallest of the thirteen soil and general characteristic- of the soil do not differfo>m the adjoining townships. Timber land is found inthe north part of the township. Quiver Creek is a smallstream flowing through from east to west and this, withartificial drainage, makes it a good agricultural was firsl called Mason Plain, but the name was changedto Forest City in [873, the reason being that mistakes oc-curred through confusing it with Mason City. There was no settlement in that township before Cro
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