This photograph shows the construction of the Nicollet County Courthouse in St. Peter, which is located on the east side of the 500 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Construction began in 1880 and was completed in July of 1881.
This photograph shows the Nicollet County Poor Farm in Granby Township, which was located on the north side of Swan Lake, south of the Fort Road, which is today's County Road 5. It was on the west side of County Road 4.
Peter Dean was born in New York City in 1828 and worked in a number of professions in several towns around Michigan before moving to Duluth. He was elected to office twice, once as Mayor of the City of Duluth (1875) and again as President of the Village of Duluth (1880). Though neither of his terms lasted more than a year, he was well-remembered as an eccentric and good-hearted man who cared deeply for the community and its financial troubles. When he died on January 4, 1884, he willed most of his property to Duluth itself, however it was organized at the time.
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 photograph shows soldiers from St. Peter's Company I of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their mess tent at an encampment in Winona.
Members of Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their camp in Winona in 1883. The company was based in St. Peter. Names of the soldiers appear on the reverse side of the photograph.
Members of St. Peter's Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard in front of the home of Gideon S. Ives in St. Peter. The names of most of the soldiers are on the reverse. The company existed from 1883 to 1893.
Standing in front of the 1883 Cottonwood County Courthouse are the following. Back row: S.A. Brown, Charles Gove with his surveying equipment, John Brown, S.G. Kibbey and Ole Peterson. Center row: Thomas Brown, Eva Taylor, Gust Sjostrum, P.G. Neufeld. Front row: H.E. Hanson, D.A Stuart, Don R. Savage.