This photograph shows St. Peter Civil War Veteran Jeremiah C. Donahower, who rose to the command of Company E of the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
Group portrait of the Pope County Commissioners of 1882. Back row: Jared Emerson, Peder Engebretson, M. A. Wollan, auditor. Front row: Harold Irgens, George Brown, Gunder Tharaldson. Their terms only overlapped in 1882.
This is a photograph of future governor of Minnesota John A. Johnson when he was 21 years old. Johnson, born in 1861, lived for a short time in Iowa before returning to his hometown of St. Peter.
Image of the tugboat, Ella G. Stone, anchored off of the rocky shoreline in Burlington Bay. The Ella G. Stone was the first Duluth and Iron Range Company Tug used to supply workers and materials to build railroads and ore docks in Two Harbors (1883-1896).
Image of Dodge, a lumber or mining camp, set into a forested area. Note the stumps are waiting to be burned to level the land around the constructed buildings. May have been a lumber camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Image of a group of men posing for a photograph outside of a large wooden building. A few carry large packs, some carry snow shoes. May have been a lumber camp identified as Dodge Camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
This photograph shows Jared W. Daniels in his uniform as a member of St. Peter's Company I of the Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment. This National Guard unit was based in St. Peter from 1883 to 1893.
This photograph shows Paul Haesecke in his uniform as a member of St. Peter's Company I of the Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment. This National Guard unit was based in St. Peter from 1883 until 1893.