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y Rin Porter 

After Minnesota became a state

1858, it took about a decade

efore the early counties, like Todd,

ot organized and divided into

wnships.

O.B. DeLaurier, the

ong Prairie Leader

porter who recorded

any of the histories of 

oneers and local gov-

nments in Todd

ounty, wrote, “When

odd County was

ganized and subdi-ded in 1867, Moran

as made a part of the

own of Hartford…. On

arch 20, 1877, the

own of Moran was

tablished by order of 

e Board of County

ommissioners. As

tablished at that

me, it contained its

resent territory, and

addition, the territo-

embraced by the

resent towns of 

taples, Fawn Lake,

nd Villard” (June 18,

936).DeLaurier goes on to

uggest that John

oran, a lumberman listed on the

innesota Territorial Census of 

849 as living in Long Prairie, may

have been the person for whom the

township was named, but he has

no way of verifying that.

Some time after 1877, the size of 

Moran Township was reduced to its

present boundaries. Today, Moran

Township is a square area of land,

like most other townships, six

miles wide by six miles long. It is

situated just west of Fawn Lake

Township, just north of Ward, just

south of Staples Township, and just

east of Germania, in the northern

third of Todd

County. The Long

Prairie River runs

north through the

east portion of the

land, and Moran

Creek empties into

the river. County

Road 21 runs north

and south throughthe center of the

township.

In 1877, the year

the township was

established, a num-

ber of pioneers

were living along

the valley of the

Long Prairie River

in Moran. These

early settlers

included Jairus H.

Cates, John Senti,

Lucien and Wallace

Wolf whom we met

in our history of 

Fawn Lake, Johnand William

Jacobs, Adeline and

Hartwell Dain, Simon P. Werner,

A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560

Thursday, March 8, 2012

 Volume 95; Number 38

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Wed. Mar. 7 

Snow Showers

28°/14° 

Thur. Mar. 8

 Partly Cloudy

39°/18° 

Fri. Mar. 9

Sunny

46°/31° 

Sat. Mar. 10

 Mostly Sunny

51°/34° 

Sun. Mar. 11

Showers

45°/29° 

 Mon. Mar. 12 

Showers

44°/29° 

 W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT

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Founding and Settling Moran Township

Four departments respondo March 3rd fire

Jairus Gates, one of the early settlers of Moran

Township served with the Fifty-First IllinoisInfantry.

The Browerville Tigers faced rival Long Prairie-Grey

Eagle for the Conference Championship in front of a home

crowd of over 740 on March 3rd.

  Despite their efforts, the Tigers lost the game 50-62.

  Bringing their season to 14-2. Above, Tiger Seth

Christensen is edged out on the jump by LPGE’s Duane

 Miller.

 Additional photos inside.

Continued on page 16.

Left: On Saturday, March 3rd, the Browerville, Clarissa,

Eagle Bend, and Staples Fire Departments were called to alarge structure fire at 27354 Co. Rd. 26, just east of Don’s

Store.

The building, which housed Sm Molding, a rubber and

 plastic injecting business, was a total loss. The business is

owned by Steve Mumm, rural Todd County.

Over 700 attendBrowerville/ 

LPGEgame