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<br />, I ""'2CIOO ten'l wit: ,.,........,.....,..,.,.....,.. , <br /> <br /> <br />;, I CENT.ERVILLE'S EARLY HISTORY <br /> <br />""7 ~, <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />The ...... 'nfonllldoft and ........... .. <br />8XIlBI'ptS from the IIoaIr. "TIle MIdttI... ,.. <br />"ofCenlnlllllt.. Le jaurnaI. the publisher ..... <br />the CIty of CenwYIIIe holds no resp Itf.slllillt)- <br />far acx:uracr of IrIforntatIon. <br /> <br />Cena evIUe was one of the first <br />sealed towns In the county. and had <br />an orpnIzadon In'. Ramsey c:oum,. <br />before AnoIca was set of. In Centre- <br />vIDe, thwe are many mounds and sun- <br />dry evidences that this reaton had <br />been a place of numerous contests by <br />WlU'I'in& tribes. ind mf&ht properly be <br />called an "Indian BauIe Ground." A <br />number Of large mounds In the vicinity <br />have the appearance of bt eastworIcs, <br />as t;hough ereCted for defense. Near ' <br />the lakes. human bo18 have been <br />found. and Indian II rowheads in c0n- <br />siderable numbers. <br />In the eastern part of the town <br />the CanadIan French had prLldpaIIy <br />taken up'their residence, having <br />'formed a setdernent here as early as <br />1852. The first settler was francis <br />Lamott, In the spring of the latter year. <br /> <br />He was faIIa MMI, In the fall, by F.x. <br />Lavallee, Peter CardInal and Charles <br />PeltIer. From this clara the P"P~ <br />IncreIsed quite rapidly. <br />The Ge-man settlement In the <br />WUIlBUl paI1 of the town Is older. <br />howall', than the French setden8lt <br />just mentioned. The first to settle <br />thwe was F. W. Traves, a German. <br />who settled In section 191n 1850. <br />The .. was laid out and plat- <br />tee! by Charles PeltIer. F.x. Lavallee, <br />,and F. Lamott In the spring of 1854. <br />The .. was named Cena evIIIe be- <br />c:a.- of Its beIn& located about equal <br />cIistanc:e from StIllwater. St. Paul and <br />AnoIca. <br />CentrevIIIe was orpnIzed on Au- <br />gust II. 1857. <br />, The first reUaIous .... was <br />held by Father KaIIer who conducted <br />mass at the house of F. Lamotte In <br />1854. ' SInce 1861 Father Goiffon' <br />was In charp, divIdins his tIma. be- <br />tween this place and UtIle Canada, <br />Ramsey c:ourq. Soon after the first <br /> <br />.... .... held. a small.... <br />c:hurc:h. 16' by 25'. was built, which <br />was superiedecI by a '1JrICk church <br />erected In 1859. lhe pr:mIdwe <br />wooden ........ was bra.wht Into <br />..... as a parsonIIe. The church Is ' <br />known today as "The Church of St. <br />GelMWIeve." <br />The first school was held In the <br />IcItdten of F. X. Lavallee In the winter <br />of 1854 - 55 and was a sIx-rnOmh <br />term. It waS then held in the church <br />until the buiIdIn& of the schoolhouse In <br />the ... in 1865. <br />The past 100 ,.... have shown <br />the ~ det8rmInadori. ...... and <br />the saa IfIces made by ocr forefathers <br />to eslabllsh and malmalnschools to <br />prOvide ed1rc:adon for their ..... <br />ThIs should bean Inc:endve andlnspl- <br />radon for us, the. people of ~ <br />12, to work. qether to resolve ocr <br />school problems and to pi ovIde the <br />best educatJo.III plant andfac:llldes <br />possible for ocr chIIdren's pnSent and <br />future welfare. <br /> <br /> <br />I"f"" <br /> <br />r'~.'" <br /> <br />I ) <br /> <br />c.terPIIk SduJoIl'13 <br /> <br />PIJatopIpher lJJdmo1m <br /> <br />"'lIJfo9. "'*""=' <br />'Z e8ed U() aUIY OIIM <br />