Northern Pacific Railroad Shops in Brainerd large group picture. Same employees as in photograph os2-15, but with hats on. Please click the link to view a related image: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,200
Northern Pacific Railroad Shops in Brainerd large group picture. Same employees as in photograph os2-11, but with hats off. Please click the link to view a related image: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,186
Northern Pacific Shops in Brainerd large group photo. Same employees as in photograph r1-32, but with hats off. Please click the link to view a related image: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,144
Northern Pacific Railroad Shops in Brainerd group photo. Same employees as in photograph r1-29, but with hats on. Please click on the link to view a related image: http://reflections.mndigital.org/u?/cwc,145
Schools in north-central Minnesota (1871-1909). Perham marks the beginning of the Lake Park region of Minnesota. In 1873 the town was platted by the Lake Superior and Puget Sound Land Company and named after Josiah Perham, the first president of the Northern Pacific Railroad. The early businesses were the Glove Milling company and the Schmidt Wagon Works. Within ten years the Catholic community developed a school system, at one time having the three following Catholic schools in the area: 1.) St. Henry's - the Benedictine sisters opened a school in a section of the convent but when the enrollment increased, the former public school and a harness shop were utilized; enrollment there reached a peak of 269 pupils with 5-6 sisters teaching in subsequent years. 2.) St. Joseph - the Benedictine sisters began teaching in a district school (Ottertail County), three miles from Perham. (In 1885 St. Benedict's Convent built a large dwelling there intended to serve as a sisters' health resort; instead, it became the residence for the 5 sisters at St. Joseph's School. The dwelling was later sold for $1,100.) 3.) St. Stanislaus - in 1902, the Benedictine sisters from St. Joseph's also staffed this small school but three years later it closed because only 38 students enrolled. However, the pastor reopened it seven years later and the Polish-speaking Felician sisters staffed it for another twenty years (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Cascade park view; pavilion; stone walls; boy; stone gutters; plank walk; stairs; upper and lower structures at park; Duluth parks; Mesaba avenue; view of Duluth looking east from the park
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
March 1944 Weaving Institute held at University of Minnesota. Foreground: Mrs. Lentz. Background (seated): Mrs. Montgomery. Background (standing): Mrs. Ina Bell Zell.