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ground Frank Eisinger decided to dig it out, having no idea of its size. When he finally got it out, he decided to put it up near the entrance to the old golf house. The sign was painted on it and it remained there until it was moved to its present location. Despite the fact that at one time the golf course had the nickname of "Coronary Hills" only one person died of a heart attack whole playing golf there. According to good authority the last wild bear shot in Hennepin County was killed in a tree to the right of a point half was way up the hill on the 2nd fairway. §§§ Greenwood Township Greenwood Township-(Re-named Greenfield about 1955) lies in a mainly agricultural area of northwestern Hennepin County, in a region once covered by the Big Soft Woods, flanked on the west by the north Branch of the Crow River, on lands that encompass the Hennepin County portions of Rockford and Hanover and comprising 25 sections of land, a smaller version of the normal 36 sq. mi. townships. Township 119, Range 24. • a � Fn G` � S Early Greenwood Residents: The William Schoening Family in 1885 Seated(L-R): May Muncy,J. W. Schoening, Art Schoening, Pauline Kunde Standing(L-R): Bertha Slater, Willy Schoening , Gustie Hanscome, Fred Schoening, Hulda Cook, Charlie Schoening(from Seattle) My Great-grandfather William H. Schoening (known as Willy) served as Justice of the Peace for Greenwood Township from about 1915 to 1950, as evidenced in the township record book that is in our family's possession. Besides being a lifelong farmer, Willy was also a country veterinarian. He was active in the early years of the farmer labor party of the state, and served as a delegate to their conventions. He had one of the first McCormick reapers in the area.