Pope County World War I recruits at the Glenwood Depot waiting for transportation to Fort Dodge, Iowa. Pictured are Gustav A. Danielson, (1892-1943); Henry Snetting; John Edward Erickson (1861-1940); Alfred M. Avok (1893-1967); Edward Ellertson (1849-1934); Chester P. Lysen (1894-1948); Herman Karnegresser; Fredrick V. Jensen; Albert Opdahl (1893-1926); Julius A. Billehus (1893-1967); Gerhard T. Johnson; Carl J. Hagstrom; Clarence Hagstrom (1894-1970); Martin L. Holden (1890-1958); Robert A. Lee ( -1918); Robert H. McGowan; Glenn D. Scott (1895-1972); George L. Hedrick (1860-1927); Oscar L. Vantries (1894-1966); John a. Torguson (1888-1976); Ambrose D. Gannon (1883-1941); Henry O. Westrud (1892-1917); Martin Lea (1895-1918); Herbert Stenson; Carl Kjolsberg; Herbert Nordstrom (1892-1924); Magnus Grondahl (1984-1918); Joe Cabal; Eugene Scott; Albin Stromseth (1896-1990); Ole A. Stone (1895-1986); Bertine Brandanger; Carl J. Opheim ( -1919); Richard Johnson ( -1918); Alfred Bjornstad; Carrol C. Roll (1896-1918); Howard C. Hallett (1890-1986).
Frank M. Eddy (1856-1929) was the first native Minnesotan to represent our state in Congress. Eddy was Pope County clerk of court for ten years, Seventh District Representative to Congress (1895-1903), publisher of the Sauk Centre Herald (1916), and worked in the Minnesota Secretary of State's office (1918-1929). This image is a half tone campaign poster.
Portrait of Frank M. Eddy (1856-1929). Eddy was the first native Minnesotan to represent our state in Congress. Eddy was Pope County clerk of court for ten years, Seventh District Representative to Congress (1895-1903), publisher of the Sauk Centre Herald (1916), and worked in the Minnesota Secretary of State's office (1918-1929).
Group portrait of the Pope County Commissioners of 1910. Dana Hoyt, Westport; Ed Homstad, Ben Wade; Halvor Halvorson, Hoff; C.C. Gorder, White Bear Lake; Ole Irgens, County Auditor; Ole E. Nelson, Rolling Forks.
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.
Group portrait of the Pope County Commissioners of 1915. Back row: Alford R. Anderson, Nora; Charlie Kittelson, Lake Johanna; Iver I. Hippe, New Prairie. Front row: John P. Rooney, Grove Lake; Ole Irgens, Auditor and Simon Swenson, Blue Mounds.
Peaceful March For Justice Flyer, printed one side only on goldenrod color paper as a poster. Hold That Line was the newsletter of the local movement to protest the construction of an 800 kilovolt direct current powerline across rural Minnesota by the United Power Association (UPA) and the Cooperative Power Association (CPA). The newsletter is known to be published from August 1978 to June 1983.
Request Moratorium poster. Printed one side on legal size paper. Intended to encourage participation in a Capital rally, lobbying legislators and continue protesting. Hold That Line was the newsletter of the local movement to protest the construction of an 800 kilovolt direct current powerline across rural Minnesota by the United Power Association (UPA) and the Cooperative Power Association (CPA). The newsletter is known to be published from August 1978 to June 1983.
This December 1977 "Special Edition" of the Hold That Line newsletter is titled "Powerline News, Elrosa, MN." Articles encourage a moratorium on construction and a "science court" evaluation. Other articles address size of powerlines and encourage continued protest. Printed one side on oversize paper. Names mentioned include: Fischer, Randy; Tripp, John; Pederson, Steffen; Perpich, Rudy; Emmons, Ira. Hold That Line was the newsletter of the local movement to protest the construction of an 800 kilovolt direct current powerline across rural Minnesota by the United Power Association (UPA) and the Cooperative Power Association (CPA). The newsletter is known to be published from August 1978 to June 1983.
Dena Peterson (Mrs. W.A. Hopkins) stands before the log cabin in which she was born. Her father, Ole Peterson, hosted the 1866 meeting at which Pope County was organized. Originally in Gilchrist Township, the cabin was later moved to the courthouse lawn in Glenwood. The 1930 courthouse building is visible to the right and the county jail building stands behind the cabin.