TOWNSHIP HISTORIES Letcher Township Organized: February 24, 1886 Named: after the town of Letcher Surveyed: August 1873 by George A. Waldron, 1868 by M. K. Armstrong Some of the Early Homesteads: John Askew, Sam Askew, Charles Askew, Frances Broderick, George Broderick, Gus Chandle, Robert Rearick, Mary Skiner, Kate Dowdell

Butler Township Organized: 1886 Named: after L. H. Butler, first homesteader in townshipSurveyed: 1872 by Melvin Grigsby, 1868 by M. K. Armstrong Some of the Early Homesteads: Bart Stekl, John Fajtak, Rosa Steckel, Joseph Hlvaka, William Steckel, Harry Taylor, Charles Blanchard, Anne Dowdell

Logan Township Organized: July 8, 1884 Named For: General John Logan, 1884 Candidate for PresidentSurveyed: 1872 by Melvin Grigsby, 1868 by M. K. Armstrong Some of the Early Homesteads: Hiram and William Phillips, Joe ShafranekPete and John Schneider, John and William Schuller, Charles and Washington Rearick and Harry Rearick, Lewis and Lillian Estabrook, Joe and Edmund McCornish

Elliot Township Organized: July 8, 1884 Named For: John Elliot, a Puritan missionary by O. L. HovdaSurveyed: 1871 by M. T. Wooley, 1873 by H. C. Green Some of the Early Homesteads: Albert Berg, Lewis Noahr, Lars Larson, J. E. Mathis, Moses F. Thompson, Frank Mathison

Union Township Named: Chosen by some Civil War veteransSurveyed: 1873 by E. H. Van Antwerp,(with sub-division lines), by M. T. Wooley (interior lines) Some of the Early Homesteads:(In Southwest part)Walker and Elmer Hunter, Phillip Meiers, Henry Hopkins, Charley Forbes, the only one who stayed on his land until the late 1930's.

Twin Lakes Township Named For: the Twin Lakes in Section 30 and 31 Surveyed: 1873 by E. B. Crew, 1873 by A. Higbe Some of the Early Homesteads:Andrew Gere, Sidney Estabrook, Ole Kittleson