Includes descriptions of Washburn Park's improvements, Minnehaha Creek, transportation, prices and terms for lots, and homeowners listed; with photo of """"Washburn Memorial Home""""
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This is an original plat of Olmsted County with many handwritten notes and drawings showing early Minnesota settlers, farmers and other town landscape features. This map is the earliest documentation we have found in our collection of the farms, towns, and topography of Olmsted County, Minnesota.
1938 reprint of the 1901 edition; topographic map; verso: "The Topographic Maps of the United States" and index to standard symbols; Jno. H. Renshawe, Topographer in Charge; Triangulation by U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey; Topography by H.L. Baldwin Jr.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Map shows names of property owners surrounding Lake Minnetonka, naming Lake Minnetonka bays, communities and neighboring lakes. Color was added to designate townships. Sections are numbered. Map is bordered by advertising from local businesses. This map, matted and framed under ultraviolet-protecting glass, is dated 1879.
Hand-drawn land surveys made from 1869-1941 to determine and identify land ownership and/or section boundaries in various parts of Washington County. The volume includes an index on pages 638-641 that lists each township and section and the pages in the volume on which information is provided. A transcript of that list accompanies this document and can be found at the beginning of this document.
Wirth, Theodore, 1863-1949; Godward, Alfred C., 1886-1913
Date Created:
1913-01
Description:
Lantern slide image of a map of Sumner Field. Colorized plan showing the proposed arrangement and equipment of Sumner Field created in January of 1913.
Map of Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, and the first and second ring southern suburbs, including portions of Hennepin, Ramsey, and Dakota counties. Outside of the major metropolitan areas, all of the public land survey townships are delineated and property ownership is indicated.