FIRST SETTLERS AND INDIANS

History of Oronoco>STAKING THE CLAIM

Plat of Oronoco (about 1896) [Click here to view full size picture]

CLARK, HODGES AND COLLINS WERE THE FIRST SETTLERS:
Leonard Hodges arrived here on March 13, 1854 with a permit to survey land in the Territory of Minnesota. When Leonard and his companions Ebenezer Collins and John Clark arrived here there was no sign of any other settlers. Claims had been made though, and lots had been staked, but the Federal Goverment was not ready to sell land until July 15, 1854. The original plat of Oronoco Village was filed and recorded on August 29, 1855. Hodges, Collins and Clark were some of the early settlers Oronoco Village.