Posing in front of the Arthur Simpson home in Slayton are Clarence Dinehart, Christopher and Flora Dinehart and Florence, Frank Weck and Dr. and Mrs. Dennison.
The Avoca baseball team in the early 1900's. Pictured in the back row, Otto Rakness, Jim Crowely, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Farrell, Joe Crowley and Adolph Peterson. Front row, George Rakness, Louis Westby, Axel Frisk, Dave Johnston and Ted Mahoney.
Two-story wooden business building located on Broadway Avenue in Slayton. The storeo n the right features a sign that reads: "Walter A. Wood Harvesting Machines."
The Hadley Buttermakers baseball team in the early 1940s. Pictured are Rusty Fehring, Orville Stoderl, Elmer Kuhl, Lefty Sanders, Delbert Zinnel, Byron Knutson, Leon Olson, Mick Sanders, Glenn Olson, Goodwin Fresk, Leo Shirley, Ben Wagner and Paul Olson.
The Hadley Buttmakers baseball team from 1920-1930. Back row: Craig Johnson, Dim Wagner, Manse Olson, Herb Johnson, Gordon Fresk and Smokey Johnson. Front row: Byron Knutson, Ole Olson, Maynard Deden, Fred Blake, Leon Olson, Pete Johnson, Harris Wonson and Ervin Kolander.
A cabin near Lake Shetek where the Lake Shetek Massacre took place. During the massacre on August 20, 1862, a group of Dakota captured and killed area residents as part of the Dakota War of 1862. This image is by Arthur Adams, Minneapolis high school teacher, local historian, and photographer. Adams traveled throughout Minnesota, taking photographs to augment his lectures. His studio was located at 3648 Lyndale Avenue South in Minneapolis.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1887-10-28
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Murray County, Minnesota, is between Close Brothers & Company for R.W. Murray, and A. Boysen of Cook County, Illinois. It is for the Northwest quarter of Section 9, township 105 North, of range 42 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Fenton Township, Murray County, Minnesota. The contract involves 160 acres for the sum of $1,280 and includes detail of payment made between October 28, 1887 and paid in full March 9, 1888. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.