Exterior view of the Zion Lutheran Church, built circa 1897 and demolished circa 1924. Women sat on the left side and men on the right side. Lender was baptized in this church.
View of the R. J. Hall family and residence. Left to right: R.J. [father], Harry, Emma Jane [mother], ? , Grace, Ernest, ? R. J. Hall was part of the Yankee group called the St Lawrance Coloney that left New York and settled in Minnesota. Hall came in 1871.
Second row, left: Thomas Thomasson. Third row, second from left: Cory [from Wheaton]; third from left: Henry Graham. Graham was stationed between Graceville and Fort Wadsworth to help control Indians. He enlisted in the Civil War at age fifteen by saying he was 16. He was big for his age. He later had a blacksmith shop in Rossville, Iowa, and his wife had a hotel. James E., Frank, and Herb were their sons.
Renchin store was later purchased by Waggoner, then by Overson and Roan. Store burned in the 1916 fire. Buildings have been outlined with ball point pen, probably by Edna Mae Busch. Photograph was loaned for copying by Edna Mae Busch, and the original donated by her son Rick after her death.
Red Cross Volunteers in Parade. Lois Caine (daughter of Dr. Charles Caine) pictured holding corner of parade flag. Donors tossed contributions to the Liberty Loan Program into the flag. Exhibit: Weather or Not May 2001 -