Hardcover book containing plat maps of the townships of Cottonwood County, Farmer's Directory, and advertising of the leading buinesses in the county. Also has maps of the United States and World in back.
Family picture taken outside with the farmhouse in the background. People in photo appear to be looking at another photographer and include Hulda Lewis, Minnie Ahern, Roy and Earl Okerman (Minnie's sons), August Youngren, Henry Lewis, Hulda Youngren, Hannah Youngren, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Youngren.
A threshing scene on the Gold Field Farm of C. W. Stark. The farm site includes a house, windmill and several outbuildings with threshing in foreground.
Sons of Norway lodge members in 1925 with Norwegian and American flags in background. Front row: Louis Smaage, Peter Solem, Ole Elvrum, Tom Kringhaug, John Arntson, Dr. L. L. Sogge, John Helthorpe, Edward Olson, Anton Nelson, Ed Severson, O. O.Solem, Thomas Solem, Tom Brobeck. Second Row: Peter Aas, Ole Elness, John Egge, Arne Evenson, Albert Larson, James Olson, Chris Loken, Unknown, sivert Haarstad, Ludwig Elvrum. Third row: Ole Sandagger, Hans Nelson, Unknown, Peter Grotte, F. A. Arnold, Ole Pederson, Hans Smestad, H.A. Fredrickson.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1955-62 (District 10); Senate 1963-70 (District 18). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12886
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1931-46 (District 10). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=12812
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: Senate 1915-26 (District 10). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=13004
View showing the exterior of Ruse Hospital. Ruse Hospital was Windom's first hospital and was started in March, 1905. It was used until 1920 as a hospital.
Served in the Minnesota Legislature: House 1937-1952 (District 10). For biographical information, see the Minnesota Legislative Reference Library database at: http://www.leg.mn/legdb/fulldetail.asp?ID=11305
E. C. Huntington, in 1871, started the Windom Reporter, the first newspaper in the county. He operated it until 1908, when he sold it to the Warren brothers.
Exterior front view of New Home Mennonite Church in winter. Front view includes the double doors with transom above, two windows on first floor and an small arched one above.
A group photo includes friends and family celebrating Mr. And Mrs. A.J. Bohleen's silver wedding anniversary in Storden, Minnesota, 1908. Eva Turner and A. J. Bohleen were married in Moorhead August 9, 1883.
Mennonite homestead with lean-to, shed and barn attached to house. Originally the home of Gerhard Dicks, immigrants from Pordenau, South Russia. Built in 1884 the house was restored and moved to the Heritage Villiage in Mountain Lake.
Photograph of the Grant farm which was built in 1876. A wooden windmill, silo and several other buildings are visible. Four unidentified men stand in front of the buildings.
Children and teachers standing in front of the Jeffers school as Dewain Cook plants an evergreen tree. School is a two story brick structure with an arched doorway.
A group of county officials in front of the Old Cottonwood County Courthouse. Pictured are: H. E. Hanson, C. A. Stuart, D. R. Savage, Thomas Brown, Miss Eva Taylor, Gust Sjostrum, P. G. Neufeld, S. A. Brown, C. W. Gove, John Brown, J. S. Kibbey, and E. J. Severson.
Narrative history of World War One activities in Cottonwood County during World War One, and provides a photograph with a description of those in the county who fought in the war.
A photograph of several buildings, a house, horses, and smoke stacks that make-up the Windom Brickyard near Cottonwood Lake. A railroad track cuts through the foreground, and Cottonwood Lake is visible in the background.