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Little evidence remains of the Cutlerites initial settlement except gravestones and a church they built. Written By: C.S. Hagen | × Chris Schuelke of the Otter Tail County Historical Society talks about the first settlement in Otter Tail County, founded by Cutlerite Mormons in 1865. He stands by the graves of leader Chancey Whiting and his wife Editha Whiting. C.S. Hagen / The Forum CLITHERALL, Minn. Below Mount Pleasant Cemetery sits Otter Tail County’s first permanent settlement. Established in 1865, the settlement became known as Clitherall. It was formed by a group who followed a man named Alpheus Cutler. He and his followers, called Cutlerites, splintered away from the Mormon church. ....
LAWRENCE Lily Stearns was a nimble liar, a master manipulator and an all-around opportunist. She was also a beautiful writer and an intrepid homesteader, according to Sara Gregg, associate professor of history and environmental studies at the University of Kansas. “Stearns tried her best to make a place for herself and her family, given some extremely adverse circumstances,” Gregg said. “I have been struck by how easy it was to piece together a full account of the type of human being she was, even though the records of her life are somewhat sparse.” Gregg has created a virtual exhibition dedicated to this pioneering woman titled “American Land Rush: ‘A Lonely Homesteader’ Searches for Security in the Montana Homestead Boom.” This open-access exhibition is hosted by the Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society in Munich, Germany, and it offers a microhistorical survey of Stearns’ homesteading days in northeastern Montana from 1912 to 1918. ....