Topography—The eastern half of this township was in the Sisseton and Wahpeton reservation up to 1892, when it was thrown open for settlement; the central part of the west half is taken up by Bitter lake, leaving three sections on the north line of the township and about three on the west line. What was vacant by the time we became a state was taken over by the state as state school lands. No original homesteaders are left here.

The first child born here was Miss Maggie Stephenson (Mrs. C. C. Bush) February, 1885.

The first death, a child of Mr. and Mrs. Elder Buck, 1884.

The first marriage united Miss Mathilda J. Marshall and W. H. H. Cobb of (Morton township) 1882.

The largest family was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. Stephenson, parents of three sons and five daughters. All living.

Dates of settlement of homesteaders:

1880—James Anderson, David Marshall, Sr., David Marshall, Jr., Joseph Marshall, Lansing Sykes, A. J. Franklin, Roscoe Franklin, R. A. Fulmer.

1881-82—R. Stephenson, Chris and Nels Moline, F. Stone, L. F. Case, Alex Allen.

1883-84—S. T. Lasalle, G. W. Dilley, Isaac Peterson, Elder Buck, Wm. and L. Miller, Wm. Ness.

1885-90—D. W. Husong, C. Jepperson, John Kotzea.