The first ten pioneers who arrived here on January 6, 1864, were Capt. Albert Lewis, Robert W. Glenn, Christian O. Hansen, Hans O. Hansen, Nelson Higgins, August Nelson, George Oglevie, Eskild C. Peterson, Andrew Poulson, and Jorgen Smith. Their families and others followed on March 14, 1864. The site was an ancient Indian mound later discovered to contain ruins of adobe walls, relics of pottery, Indian corn, wheat, arrows, and human bones.