The Justice of the Peace docket is a handwritten record of civil and criminal cases heard by Justices of the Peace in Otsego, Minnesota from 1884 to 1921. These records include the names of plaintiffs and defendants, arresting constables, evidence presented, and judgments made. These details reflect local values, customs, and personalities. Included are Justices of the Peace: Z. L. Case, Charles Snow, A. W. Praught, A. Plaisance, Joseph McDonald, D. W. M Leod, and Edson Washburn, Jr. Also included are Constables A. J. Wood, L. B. Hamlet, Barnard Duffy, W. H. LaPlant, Theodore Aydt, Edmund Fisetle, and J. A. McEachern.
Tron Midtaune's home built in 1882. They lived in this for nine years. Six children born in this time. Andrew Hexum standing near the corner. Mrs. Jens Ramlo (Christine Midtaune) and Caroline Midtaune at the door. Tron Midtaune is near the door.
Charles Forbes was Professor Natural Sciences at Macalester College from 1885-1892. The photograph is of the interior of his house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. He is seated in the chair by the fireplace. Two of his children are also in the photograph. The oil painting over the fireplace is of the schooner yacht "America", painted by Dr. Forbes.
Charles Forbes was Professor of Natural Sciences at Macalester College from 1885-1892. The photograph is of the interior of his house on Summit Avenue in St. Paul. His wife, "Libbie Bruff Forbes" is seated in the photograph.
View is to the north from the Moorhead end of the Northern Pacific Railway Bridge. At right can be seen the Alsop Brothers' Line grain elevator; a mechanism lifts bulk wheat from one of two barges tied up below the elevator while the Alsops' steamboat "Pluck" floats alongside. In the distance the Grandin Line's steamboat "J. L. Grandin" and another barge are tied up below the Grandin Line's Elevator A on the Fargo, Dakota Territory bank. Beyond stands the North Bridge. In the foreground is a toboggan slide built the previous winter. In the distance at extreme right is Moorhead's Point neighborhood and beyond stands Fargo's Union Elevator.
First bridge over the Mississippi River that connected Anoka and Champlin, MN. The original bridge was constructed in 1884 and stood until 1929 when the current Anoka-Champlin bridge was completed.
Portrait photograph of J. A. Kiester. Kiester was an early settler-lawyer, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives and Minnesota State Senate. He was also an Episcopalian, Freemason and Faribault County historian.
Photograph of the memorial bouquets and wreaths from Sam K. Halvorson's funeral. One wreath features a ribbon which reads, "Father." Bolow a photographic portrait of Halvorson is a bracket which reads, "At Rest."
Business district at the northwest corner of River and St. Paul Streets in Preston. The "A. L. Sleyster Photo Artist" studio is visible as well as signs for "Groceries," "Restaurant," and "Confectionery."
A bird's-eye view of the village of Peterson, Minnesota reproduced by Mathias Bue from an earlier photo taken in 1887 by T. L. Bersagel. Village buildings and houses are visible in background, with a farmstead and dirt road crossing the river at foreground.
Image of the tugboat, Ella G. Stone, anchored off of the rocky shoreline in Burlington Bay. The Ella G. Stone was the first Duluth and Iron Range Company Tug used to supply workers and materials to build railroads and ore docks in Two Harbors (1883-1896).
Ice harvesting at Agate Bay. Bays in Lake Superior regularly froze in the cold winter months. Jacob Rafin Senior is seated on the sled. Town of Two Harbors in the background.
Image of Dodge, a lumber or mining camp, set into a forested area. Note the stumps are waiting to be burned to level the land around the constructed buildings. May have been a lumber camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Image taken from bluff above bay showing passenger steamer "Ossifrage" at dock. Large dock owned by the Weiland Family, a prosperous family that owned and operated a lumber company out of Beaver Bay (1860-1883). Note the group of men and women of the village standing next to a tipi in the image foreground. Weiland homestead on hill above the dock.
Image shows freshly cleared dirt road lined with clapboard sided single story structures. The Old Two Harbors courthouse is on the right side of the image.
Image of a group of men standing outside of the Agate Bay House. Painted sign underneath the decorative peak on the covered porch. This was utilized as a boarding house for railroad workers. Also pictured is an intersection of a wooden sidewalk, one of the first built in Two Harbors, Minnesota. Managers are Brown, Butler, and Blake standing on the right side of the covered porch.
Image of a group of men posing for a photograph outside of a large wooden building. A few carry large packs, some carry snow shoes. May have been a lumber camp identified as Dodge Camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
This composite photograph shows the faculty and student body of Augsburg Seminary during one of the years in the 1880s. Note the fluted ""ruff"" collar that was typical for clergymen to wear in the Dano-Norwegian Lutheran church tradition.
Mohn family sitting in front of Main overlooking Northfield. From left to right; Adults: Unknown, Unknown, College President Thorbjorn N. Mohn, Edward Mohn, Mrs. Mohn, Mrs. O.G. Felland. Children in front: George Mohn (in carriage), Ray Mohn, John Mohn, Thonny Felland, ""Pooh-Bah""- the campus dog mascot. See http://www.stolaf.edu/collections/archives/shows/cornerstone/index.html
A photograph of the Ann River Logging company with the largest load of logs hauled. Weighing 37,120 pounds with 56 logs. Three men and four horses hauling.
A photograph of six men on different machines. A water wagon, threshing machine, leaded bundle wagon, one empty bundle wagon and four teams of horse's.
A photograph of a steam tractor, horses pulling a water wagon, several men, threshing machine, horse drawn buggy, team of horses pulling a grain wagon. Included in the photograph is Truman and Louis Erdahl on the water wagon.
A photograph of eight Lumberjacks from a lumber camp including Nels Johnson, the camp operator on the right, the camp cook, Jonas Peter Nelson and his son Gene Nelson and Arthur Deunewith holding the horse.
A photographic glass plate of the L.E. Dennewith General Merchandise Store Front in Grass Lake Minnesota with six unidentified people in the front, two horse buggies off to the left hand side and six people directly in front of the store.
Group portrait of the residents of Gridley Hall dormitory during 1887/88, including students and resident college staff. People involved: Lucia Elizabeth Danforth; Emma Lincoln; Charlotte R. Willard; Frances Cousens Gage; Dora Elizabeth Fishback; Mary E. Beach; Nellie Comelia Clark; Linnie Lewis; Mabel Rebecca Colwell; Mary Rebecca Hart
The new observatory opens in 1887; it is named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891. Foundation plan of Goodsell Observatory. Scale: 1/4 inch equals to one foot.
The main floor plan of Goodsell Observatory. Scale 1/4 inch equals per foot. The new observatory opened in 1887. It was named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891.
Front elevation of Goodsell Observatory. Scale 1/4 inch equals to foot. The new observatory opened in 1887. It was named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891.
The new observatory opens in 1887; it is named for Charles M. Goodsell in 1891. Transverse section of Goodsell Observatory. Scale 1/4 inch equals to foot.
This document is an Augsburg Seminary diploma that was presented in the 1880s. The diploma includes an engraving of the seminary's original Main Building which was destroyed by fire sometime before 1900. Diploma reads: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; Eksamens-Testimonium fra Augsburg Seminariums theologiske Fakultet; Hr. Kand. theol. ... har underkastet sig Eksamen ved Augsburg Seminarium og kan vi efter denne Pröve give ham vor Anbefaling som ... til det kirkelige Loere- og Praedike-Embede. Translation of diploma: Augsburg Seminary; Minneapolis, Minn. ... 188 ; The Certificate of the Exam from Augsburg Seminary's theological faculty; Mr. Candidate of Theology ... has undergone the exam at Augsburg Seminary and after this test we can give him a recommendation as [qualified, highly qualified, exceptional] to the churchly office of teaching and preaching.
Professional portrait of "The Church and Settled Pastors of Pontoppidan Lutheran Congregation from 1868 to 1918". Includes photos of P.J. Ostergaard, 1884-1886, Nils Olson 1868-1880, N.S. Heggerness 1880-1882, R. Anderson 1887-1890, H.S. Quanbeck 1893-1896, E.O. Larson 1898-1905, H.C. Caspersen 1905-1912, Johan Mattson 1913
Congregation outside of Camp Release[?] Lutheran. Back of photograph labeled, "Camp Release Mgh's kirke Yellow Medicine Co, Minn. Byget aaret [begun] 1887. Disbanded."