. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . hisl)resent farm ])roperty in Greenleaf town-shij). In 1873 he purchased the James interest in the Litchfield flouringmills, retaining the interest about threeyears, remodeling the mill and giving it areputation second to none in this part ofthe State. After his retirement from themilling business, he began devoting all histime, energy and talents to the stock anddairy business and the improvement of hisbeautiful farm home. The farm consists ofabout 1,000 acres, but a goodly portion istenanted, Mr. Ilersheys attention bein
. Album of history and biography of Meeker County, Minnesota . hisl)resent farm ])roperty in Greenleaf town-shij). In 1873 he purchased the James interest in the Litchfield flouringmills, retaining the interest about threeyears, remodeling the mill and giving it areputation second to none in this part ofthe State. After his retirement from themilling business, he began devoting all histime, energy and talents to the stock anddairy business and the improvement of hisbeautiful farm home. The farm consists ofabout 1,000 acres, but a goodly portion istenanted, Mr. Ilersheys attention being forthe most jjart given to his stock and dairyinterests. He operates a dairy on the place,the butter of which always commands anadvance in price over the best creamery but-ter generally on the market. Mr. Hersheyhas in the ])ast suffered some heavy lossesthrough grasslH)j)per ravages and hailstorms,yet he has taken but few backward steps,antl to-day Fairview is justly regarded asone of the most beautiful and most valuablefarms in this portion of ^^^<yH^ MEEKER COUNTY, MINNESOTA. 235 JOHN ESBJORNSSON is one of the mostprominent lumber merchants, and is alsoone of the first settlers of Litchfield. Hearrived at Litchfield on the 28th of June,1869, coming as far as Smith Lake, then theend of the railroad, on a train, anil walkingfrom there to Litchfield. At tiiat time thesite of the village only contained one black-smith shop, and the site of the present depotwas covered with a wheatfield. In August, 1869, in company with C. Peter-son, he engaged in the lumber trade, start-ing the first lumber yard in the village. Thefollowing winter the firm was dissolved, andMr. Esbjornsson engaged in the wheat he followed until the fall of 1887. In1876 he bought out S. W. Leavitts lumberyard, and has since continued m that busi-ness, handling sash, doors, blinds and every-thing pertaining to that line of trade. hastaken an active interest inpublic matte
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