1869: The owner of the land where our downtown now stands, George Baker Waller Sr., from Virginia, deeded one-half interest in 150 acres of his land to the railroad company
1834/1900: Litchfield’s first “mayor” — called the Council president then — Jesse Vawter Branham Jr., was born July 8, 1834, in Jennings County, Indiana. He came to Meeker County with