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1. August Widmark's homestead, Clearwater County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1902
Description:
The August Widmark homestead was typical of the Clearwater County homesteads prior to 1909. A team of oxen, a few cows and a market for the timber was all one needed for a start in this county.
Contributing Institution:
Clearwater County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Pioneer Hotel, near Ely, Minnesota

Date Created:
1887?
Description:
Exterior view of the Pioneer Hotel building. A group of men and women stand in front of the building along with two horse-drawn wagons. The Pioneer Hotel was built by Robert Whiteside in 1887.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. U. S. Land Office, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of the St. Cloud land office.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Sod House, Rockville Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of a sod house, located near Rockville, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Old Settlers of Arban, Holding Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
View of settlers in Holding Township, including William Luckeroth, Henry Young, Mrs. Anna Young and family.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Damage to residential section after the 1883 tornado, Rochester, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1883 - 1908
Description:
Part of the destroyed residential section is shown in this photo taken after the 1883 tornado. Several homes are badly damaged and many are completely destroyed. The tornado struck Rochester in the early evening of Aug. 21, 1883.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Log Shanty with flag, woman and seven boys, possibly South Dakota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Possibly a school house in South Dakota. Date given by donor is 1908.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Wadsworth Trail, near Morris, Minnesota

Creator:
Hall, Grace; Hall Ernest?
Date Created:
1905-04-09
Description:
View of the Wadsworth Trail. The Wadsworth Trail extended from St. Cloud, MN to Sisseton, SD and was blazed by pioneers in 1864.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Sod house with people and horses, near Holloway, Minnesota

Date Created:
1899
Description:
Exterior view of a Swift County sod house.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Wadsworth Trail, near Morris, Minnesota

Creator:
Hall, Grace; Hall Ernest?
Date Created:
1905-04-09
Description:
View of the Wadsworth Trail. The Wadsworth Trail extended from St. Cloud, MN to Sisseton, SD and was blazed by pioneers in 1864.
Contributing Institution:
Stevens County Museum and Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Dakota Native Americans and Dr. Thomas Williamson near the Upper Sioux Agency, Minnesota

Creator:
Whitney, Joel E., 1822-1886
Date Created:
1862
Description:
This photograph shows several Dakota Native Americans and Dr. Thomas Williamson at his home near the Upper Sioux Agency in 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Big Anderson and friends, Reine Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1905
Description:
Postcard of "Big" Anderson and two unidentifed men near Anderson's homestead cabin. Anderson is smoking a pipe and holds an axe and a crosscut saw. One of the unidentified men holds a rifle and the other holds an axe.
Contributing Institution:
Roseau County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Among the natives, northern Minnesota

Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Portrait of two unidentified women standing alongside a tree stump and in front of a group of houses. The location of this photograph is unknown; but the Iron Range includes parts of the following Minnesota counties: Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Itasca, Koochiching, Lake and St. Louis.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Claim shack and out buildings, Ely, Minnesota.

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Rustic hut encampment in the woods.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Haakon Bjornaas in Lake of the Woods, Minnesota

Creator:
Bjornaas, Haakon, 1884-1949
Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Portrait of Haakon Bjornaas in front of a log cabin.
Contributing Institution:
Northwest Minnesota Historical Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Robert Fitzpatrick homestead, Chandler, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
A harvest scene at the Robert Fitzpatrick homestead near Chandler.
Contributing Institution:
Murray County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Dakota Conflict Monument at Lake Shetek, Shetek, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950
Description:
The Dakota Conflict Monument which honors those who lost their lives in the conflict on August 20, 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Murray County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Portrait of Elmer A. Eaton, a survivor of the Dakota War of 1862, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Hall, Myron, 1911-1996
Date Created:
1941-11-05
Description:
Portrait of Elmer M. Eaton, oldest survivor from the Maine Prairie Fort. This event is also referred to as the Sioux Uprising and the Dakota Conflict of 1862.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Nels and Anna Olson family, Thomson, Minnesota.

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Exterior view of a log home. The house was built by Anna's father Simon Palkie in 1873. Nels Olson was the first Swede in Thomson, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Daniel Justus family, Swede Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Men with a horse-drawn plow pose with women and children in front of a small log house. Justus was the first Swedish settler in Swede Lake.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Selner homestead in Erie Township, Becker County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Selner homestead in Section 30 of Erie Township in Becker County, Minnesota. Sophie Selner and Andy Winkler are playing peek-a-boo under the Bimler Brothers machine.
Contributing Institution:
Becker County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Edwin Clark Family and relatives in the Ard Godfrey House, Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Association Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
Edwin Clark, the Dawes How family, and relatives at the Ard Godfrey House (28 SE University Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota), home of Edwin Clark and Walter Clark.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Ard Godfrey House, Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Association Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
The Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Museum in the Ard Godfrey House (28 SE University Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota). Edwin Clark lived upstairs.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Interior of Ard Godfrey House, Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
The inside of the Ard Godfrey House being used as the Hennepin County Territorial Pioneers' Museum and home of Edwin Clark.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Edwin Clark in Ard Godfrey House Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
Edwin Clark at the Ard Godfrey House and Hennepin County Museum (28 SE University Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota) where he lived.
Contributing Institution:
Melrose Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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