William Knickbocher stands in a rice kettle. Knickbocher appears to be treading on parched wild rice to remove the rice hulls. Two birchbark winnowing trays are visible. William Knickbocher died in the fall of 1958.
View of the old bridge and outlet on Pelican River on Detroit Lake in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). There is a one horse carriage riding over the bridge.
Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
Outside front view of McKenzie Hall in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). McKenzie Hall was built by James McKenzie and later became the S.N. Hornick and Bowman Store.
Pioneer Store with the Bank to the right on the site of the Graystone Hotel and west of the Teague Drug Store on Pioneer Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Steamboat landing at the foot of Washington Avenue in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Guethling's Lakeside Hotel is in left center background.
View of The Standard Oil Company ("World's Smallest Gas Station") and the Reid and Wackman Lumbar building in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926).
Outside front view of The Detroit Record in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The old courthouse can be seen to the right.
Two boys standing on top of Fox Hill in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). The Becker County Courthouse can be seen in the background.
Located in Burlington Township, the Frazee Sawmill is shown with stacked lumber in lumber yard. Caption reads "Frazee sawmill - capacity 1,000,000 ft. every 24 hours."
Dave Carson's Drug Store and Post Office building was moved downtown at Washington Avenue and Front Street. The photograph's caption reads, "Harry L. Johnston using 24 horses to move the Dave Carson Drug Store Detroit Lakes about 1905."