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.
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.
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.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 824, North side, West Oak Street, Lot 12, Block 1 of Webster's. Owner: Ino A. Peterson, Builder: E. H. Bieging. Permit granted on June 19, 1913.
Office of the Building Official, City of Stillwater, Minnesota
Description:
Building permit issued for the city of Stillwater, Minnesota. Location: Street number 711, South side, West Hickory Street, Lot 13 of Murdocks. Owner: Frank Nelson. Permit granted on July 18, 1913.