The Record documents the formation of the Stillwater Library Association on Jun 7, 1859. The Constitution, a membership list and detailed meeting minutes including the election of officers and book acquisitions are meticulously recorded. The Stillwater Library Association was formed as a city library association in 1859, and the Stillwater Public Library still operates as a city library today.
Logs were shipped by rail from northern Minnesota to Stillwater and made into rafts. They were then floated down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. The rafts usually consisted of 8 to 10 strings of logs fastened side by side, each string measuring 16 across and about 400 feet long. Some of these enormous rafts stretched 4 or 5 acres in size.
Lumber was rafted downstream from Stillwater. Boards were arranged in cribs or heavy crates, each 16 feet wide and 32 feet long. A lumber raft might contain as many as 200 cribs.
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Morgan May's handwritten farm journal from February 9, 1861, through April 14, 1871. Morgan May, a farmer from England, was the first settler in the part of Washington County, Minnesota, now known as May Township. His journal provides a detailed record of the day-to-day operation of a large commerical farm including entries about the weather, crops, livestock, farm hands, implement and household purchases, barn construction, wages, travel and visitors as well as personal comments.
The Stillwater Library Association's handwritten record book includes detailed meeting minutes from 1870 - 1896. Elections of officers, fundraising events, finances, book acquisitions, membership lists and day to day library business transactions are meticuluosly recorded.
Elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. Lake Superior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
The Stillwater Library Association's printed 1874 Catalogue of Books contains 535 titles in the areas of science, history and biography, travel and advenutre, fiction and miscellaneous. A list of library rules is also included in the catalogue.
Judge William McCluer's Residence, SW Corner of North Third and Mulberry Street. Before he became a judge, McCluer, an attorney, was mayor of Stillwater in 1876.
The Stillwater Library Association Treasurer's Book contains the financial records of the Stillwater Library Association including lending receipts, private donations from individuals and businesses, fundraising, the librarian�s salary, expenditures for books and day to day operating expenses.
Looking north from intersection of Main and Myrtle Streets. Three story brick Masonic Hall is on the left. Smoke is billowing from a fire near Staples Mill.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1881-02-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: South side, St. Croix Avenue, Lots 15, Block 5 of Wilkins. Owner: Nels Christenson, Builder: Nels Christenson.
The Stillwater City Directory 1882-83 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisements.
Biographies of veterans of Company B 1st Minnesota Volunteers, including detailed accounts of their lives before, during and after the Civil War. The record book also contains meeting minutes and details of Last Man's Club banquets.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-03-19
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Second Street, Lot 7, Block 18 of Original Town. Owner: B.F. Rice. Permit rejected on March 19, 1886..
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-03-20
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Main Street, Block 18 of Original Town. Owner: George Jucks, Builder: Andrew Oleson. Permit granted on March 22, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-03-23
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Main Street, Block 1 of Original Town. Owner: N.W. Manufacturing and Car Company, Builder: L.W. Eldred. Permit granted on March 23, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-03-23
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Second Street, Lot 5, Block 24 of Original Town. Owner: A.C. Lull, Builder: E. Brown. Permit granted on March 23, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-03-26
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Third Street, Lot 5, Block 34 of Original Town. Owner: George Volmer, Builder: Thomas Roney. Permit granted on March 29, 1886.
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Main Street, Lot 8, Block 18 of Original Town. Owner: John McKusick. Permit rejected on March 29, 1886, then granted on April 3, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-08
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Water Street, Lot 8, Block 28 of Original Town. Owner: Frank Barrar, Architect: George Low, Builder: Thomas Roney. Permit granted on April 8, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-08
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: West side, Third Street, Lot 1, Block 31 of Original Town. Owner: Theo Jussoy, Architect: C.F. Struck , Builder: George Low. Permit granted on April 8, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-09
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Second Street, Lots 23 and 24, Block 15 of Churchill Nelson and Slaughters. Owner: Robert Siebert, Builder: Robert Siebert. Permit granted on April 9, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-09
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, First Street, Lot 22, Block 1 of Churchill and Nelsons Second. Owner: Andrew McMahon, Builder: Michael Carroll. Permit granted on April 9, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-10
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Fourth Street, Block 2 of Marshs Second. Owner: O'Neal Brothers. Permit granted on April 10, 1886.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Date Created:
1886-04-12
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: East side, Fourth Street, Lots 8, 9, Block 2 of Marshs Second. Owner: John Swanson. Permit granted on April 12, 1886.