Section Thirty is an unincorporated community located in Fall Lake Township, four miles east of Ely. Among this group at Section 30 are, Top, Mr. and Mrs. Albin Sundholm and daughters; Center in dark coat, Mrs. Oppel; Upper right, Mr. and Mrs. Thaisen and her sons Carl and Albert Ramquist.
This typescript was copied in November 1926 from Alfred Merritt's original 1915 manuscript. The author described his family's experience on the north shore of Lake Superior from the time of their arrival via steamboat in 1856 until the year 1894, including accounts of pioneers, settlers and land claims, and the discovery of iron ore on the Mesaba Range. Merritt also addressed the creation and demise of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railroad.
Oxen drawn sleigh that has two handwritten paper signs reading "Back to the Farm" and "The Simple Life For Us." Couple is identified as Theodore and Helga (Anderson) Johnson married February 10 in Two Harbors, Minnesota.