Community, Mitchell County

Solomon Rapids

Where the county was organized: the 1870 stockade, the grist mill on the rapids, and the first election.

The road through Solomon Rapids
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The place

In the spring of 1870 settlers built a stockade three quarters of a mile west of the townsite, and a post office opened that August. That fall the governor appointed Don Peaslee of Solomon Rapids Special County Clerk to run the election that organized Mitchell County.

Solomon Valley Highway 24 Heritage Alliance

Local landmarks

  • The rapids on the Solomon River