This photo shows three St. Peter women wearing hats. They are Mabel Doty, Isabella Davis, and Bertha Ludcke. These women were 1894 graduates of St. Peter High School.
This photograph shows several young women from St. Peter, several of whom are pictured with very tall, pointed hats. Top, left to right: Ida Schleuder, Ella Ribble, Mabel Hanscome, Carrie Hodgkins. Bottom, left to right: unknown, Grace Ribble, Rhoda Peterson. They were mainly from the 1894 and 1895 graduating classes from St. Peter High School.
The daily events and visits of neighbors and friends to 17-year-old Florence C. Stork living in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with her family. This diary contains references to the threshing crews; her Grandpa Stork's wellness and activity; her mother's birthday; daily farm chores; and market rates as well as more detailed information on the fate of several pet animals including Roy, a horse they built a sling for; her time at the University in Pipestone studying shorthand; daily temperature and weather reports; and her brother, Clinton, trying to keep doves as pets.
The daily experiences of 17-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with her mother, Grace, brother, Norman Clinton, and father, William. Her daily schedule includes painting pictures and cards; completing housework and school studies; churning butter and collecting eggs to sell; caring for a variety of barn animals including a new colt, Sam, and hen, Jill. Other occurances in this diary include the windmill breaking several times; neighbors suffering with diptheria and scarlet fever; finding the first flower of the season; witnessing a covered wagon full of boys being chased by the sherriff; tending graves and gathering for Memorial Day services; celebrating her parent's wedding anniversary; turning 17; seeing her first yellow rose; attending a temperance campfire and GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) event; and welcoming her grandfather, William Stork, into their home.
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with experiences including: general weather observations; notations of letters sent and received, books read, and housework done; Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations; admissions of being naughty and comments of her brother, Clinton's, remarkably good behavior; reports of the deaths of neighbors and friends; lessons in chess playing; the events of her Aunt Kate's visit and ensuing lessons in French and spelling with Clinton receiving waltzing lessons; the hen, Jill, begins to lay eggs.
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with experiences including: the celebrations of her mother, Grace, brother, Norman Clinton, and father, William; a variety of illnesses including the mumps and typhoid fever; hosting 12 threshers who ate, among other things, 250 cookies; purchasing new carpet, wallpaper, and stove from the harvest money; fixing the broken rod on the windmill; the tale of tracking down her father's violin from a man trying to leave town with it; and her brother's fall from the horse, Nell.
The daily experiences of 16 year old Florence C. Stork as a child growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota including references to letters sent and received; Callie the hen and her egg production; painting; selling eggs and butter in Jasper; general weather conditions, visitors and calls made; storms that broke windows and destroyed the garden; the beginning of threshing; disappearance of many cats including Tiger; record of how many tanks of water are drawn from the well; her father receiving notification of appearance on Grand Jury; her father catching his foot in a rope and being drug by the cattle
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, including the acknowledgement of her birthday and grief of aging; details of books read, paintings made, and household chores accomplished; noting her cousin Laura's death; trips to Luverne and Pipestone for adventures including the circus, lectures, picnics, and encampment; details of barn animals named Bright, Victory, Queen Bess and a variety of chickens; travelling to Jasper to sell eggs and butter; Mrs. Olson putting pants on her baby for the first time; the horse races in Garretson; her father killing Belle.
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, that includes samples of her artwork; favorite quotations; the details of who visited and who they visited; Mamma giving music lessons; taking painting lessons; general observations of the weather; a record of letters sent and received; her father's trips to the mill in Pipestone; books borrowed and read; pictures completed and who received them.
Members of the William E. Stork family pose for a formal photograph. Pictured left to right are: William; his daughter, Florence C. Stork; son, Norman Clinton Stork; and wife, Grace Craig Stork.
A line men standing in front of the first carload of ore from the Mesabi Range, on display at the Union Depot in Duluth, Minnesota. People include a policeman, railroad employees, businessmen, workers and a couple of younger males.
Charles and Nettie Wheeler were married on January 1, 1892 at the rural home of the groom near Clinton, Minnesota. The bride's gown is made from silk poplin.
Ole and Betsy Peterson of Bernadotte Township in Nicollet County are shown with their children. From left to right the children are: Clarence, Alice, Theodore, and Minnie. A note on the reverse states that the photograph was taken in St. Peter on September 12th, 1892.
A cabinet card portrait of William Moorhead (1832-1897), one of the first people of European descent to settle in Pembina, North Dakota. His hand rests on an animal skin covered in fur, and his mason pin is visible on his vest.
Exterior view of the Oliver Faribault house in the background. Young woman with walking stick sitting on the lawn next to a small child in a rocking chair, holding a walking stick. This image is a reprint from Patricia Cates.
Pastor Thomas Johnsen (1837-1906) served as the pastor of the Norseland Lutheran Church (originally known as Nicollet Lutheran Church) in Nicollet County, Minnesota from 1863 until 1906. He was a member of the Norwegian Synod. His original field was the entire area west of the Minnesota River. He served the area and established churches in sixteen counties of Minnesota.