Only about one third of this township was open for settlement, up to 1892, when the east two thirds came into market by the opening of the Sisseton reservation.

Most of the land opened for settlement was filed upon in the early eighties.

The first child born here, Harry Fritts, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Martain Fritts, August 1881.

The first death was that of Ralph Chapman, who was frozen to death, March 27, 1881.

The first marriage was that of Martain Fritts and Saidie Monford, 1880.

The largest family was born to Mr. and Mrs. Tho. Fitzpatrick, who became the parents of three boys and four girls.

This township was named after the town of Waubay, which was platted by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.

Dates of settlement of homesteaders:

1879—Theodore Reese.

1880—B. 0. Erickson, May 15th, came in a covered wagon with his family. He found Francis Randell on the Rush Lake Peninsula, who had a log cabin and a small barn. Erickson closed a deal for these improvements with Randell paying him five head of cattle. Afterward he filed his homestead on same. Homer and Martain Fritts, Tom Fitzpatrick, Ralph Chapman, Ole Aasland, W. M. Altoff, Andrew and Uzell Hutchinson, Fred Pike, John Helvig.

1881—A. C. Christenson, Henry Mandler, Sr., Tom Lowry, A. Frick, A. Jorges, H. Kretchmer. 1882-83—Rodney and Geo. West, Tom Jones, H. Comfort.

1888—H. Bartell.