Kanabec County, Minnesota
Human Resources Services
the County Treasurer was an ox teamster who gave very little, if any, attention to his official duties. The 1870 census gave the county a total white population of only 53. Hersey, Staples and Hall’s Stillwater lumber firm and leading timber operator in the county, naturally dominated the county’s limited public business. The county’s headquarters was a single room in a stopping place operated by George L. Staples at Millet Rapids on Snake River.In the early 1870’s, there started an influx of homesteaders into the southern part of the county and a demand developed for a county building. In 1876, the Hersey-Bean lumber company erected a one room county office building, 16x30 feet in size, which the county board agreed to rent for $50.00 a year. It was built of hewed square timbers and located at Millet Rapids. A large safe was bought to house county records. To save room, the safe set partly outside the building, the door opening into the room. A protective covering was built over it. The same safe is still in daily use today by the County Auditor/Treasurer.
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