Mrs. Alexander Ross (M. J. Ross) wrote this undated letter from Kingston to her cousin. She mentions her family and their health. The top portion of this letter is missing.
Exterior view of the Mason and Boardman hardware store in St. Peter, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street. photograph E1393 shows the same "HARDWARE" sign.
Signatures of attorneys registered to practice law in the State of Minnesota. Names were verified and biographical data obtained from Minnesota Biographies (MHS 1912), Legislators Past and Present (website), State Board of Law Examiners register (1891-1921), Minnesota birth and death certificates indexes, Minnesota court system websites, published alumni directories of the University of Minnesota law school and the St. Paul College of Law, Minnesota Legal History Project (website), the Minnesota Historical Society's online catalog (PALS), and a variety of miscellaneous sources.
Publication detailing the establishment, evolution, and expansion of the state university system and all of its schools. The minutes detail the growth of the schools, campuses, hiring and the resignations of faculty, staff, and school presidents, finances of the systems and schools, curriculum, purchase and expansion of physical campus, including property and buildings, and the establishment of the St. Cloud Normal School, Mankato Normal School, Winona Normal School, Moorhead Normal School, and the Duluth Normal School.
Exterior view of Carl Deutschmann's grocery store in St. Peter, which was located on the east side of South Minnesota Avenue on the southern half of the 200 block.
A view to the north along Minnesota Avenue from a location at the intersection with Grace street. At far right is the building that housed the offices of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
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.
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.
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building may be the Cataract House Hotel on Sixth Ave South; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Nicollet House Hotel located on Hennepin (view may be from 3rd St); awning on building in background says, "Williams Book Store." The verso of the card contains advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Exterior view of the G. W. Steinke wagon shop in St. Peter. It was located at the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway.
Alex Moore, one of the great founding fathers of Sauk Centre, in 1885. He constructed the first dam in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, which was destroyed in the ice breakup of 1860 but soon rebuilt using the power for the saw and grist mill.
Exterior view of the Kruger Hotel in St. Peter, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Fifth Street and Broadway Avenue. The hotel was operated by Mr. and Mrs. William Kruger. It was also called the Pink Hotel.
Schools in St. Cloud (1869-1909). By 1860, St. Cloud had expanded from its four homes in 1854 to 1,651 citizens. The 1856 church/school/convent was no longer adequate. In 1864, St. Mary's parishioners built a new church on the shores of Lake George. The large Gothic-style church served the parish for almost 60 years . When it was destroyed by fire, another church, the present St. Mary's Cathedral, was built. St. Mary's Parish eventually solved the school controversy by building its own parochial school. The first one in 1887 was a one-story frame building to accommodate 180 pupils. In 1896, a large parochial school, still in use today, was built next to St. Mary's Church (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives ; Witte, pages 10-11, 17; Dominik, John, J. pages 12-14, 20).
Aerial view looking from St. Anthony side of river; first suspension bridge; log jams; lumber stacked up on Nicollet Island, town of Minneapolis with mills, houses, businesses in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Beginning in April 1865, the members of the St. Peter School Board kept minutes of their meetings in this ledger. The minutes provide information about the teachers, principals, and superintendents who were employed in the St. Peter school system. Records of expenses and details concerning the planning and construction of new schools can also be found. This ledger ends in June of 1899. The Nicollet County Historical Society has the next two ledgers in its collection, making records through 1944 available to researchers. Of particular interest in this ledger are the names of three men on the first page who served as governors of Minnesota. They are: Henry A. Swift (governor from July 10, 1863, to January 11, 1864), Horace Austin (governor from January 9, 1870 to January 7, 1874), and Andrew R. McGill (governor from January 5, 1887, to January 9, 1889).
This postcard shows a view of a foundry in St. Peter. The image is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph. Several horse-drawn vehicles are shown.
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.
Eight page photograph album documenting the life of the Peck family of St. James, Minnesota. Images include portraits of the various Peck family members, as well as views of buildings in and around St. James. Buildings depicted include the St. James High School, the creamery and the Watonwan County Courthouse. There is an early image of the Mount Hope Cemetery. Also included are a number of images documenting the activities of the members of the local Grand Army of the Republic Post and Drum Corps.
This is a photograph of the Church of the Holy Communion in St. Peter. The church is located on the west side of Minnesota Avenue between Broadway and Chestnut street.
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
This is a photograph by Paul B. Gaylord of the steamship "Quebec" of the Great Western of Canada company docked in Duluth's outside harbor next to Elevator A.
This photograph by Duluth photographer William Whitesides is taken from Point of Rocks looking east and shows much of downtown Duluth and the hillside.
This photograph by Caswell & Davy shows a steamship and a sailing ship docked at Duluth. Image is captioned, "Scenery on the Northern Pacific Railroad."
This photograph of the dalles of the St. Louis River is by Duluth photographers Gaylord & Thompson (Paul B. Gaylord, 1848-1936, and Edward A. Thompson, ca.1874-1938).
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.
Exterior view of the dry goods and clothing store in St. Peter that was owned by A. J. Lamberton. It was located on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue.
At far right is the Cunningham Hotel in St. Peter. The lumber yard shown is at the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street. It was operated by Laird and Norton.
This postcard shows a view of the Commercial Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. The image is a reproduction that was made from an earlier photograph.
Exterior view of grocery store run by F. E. Laubach in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
This photograph shows a view of the Gorman building in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry street. It was replaced early in the twentieth century by a Carnegie library. To the north, at left, is the Cunningham Hotel.
Exterior view of the G. W. Steinke agricultural implement store in St. Peter that was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Broadway.
Interior view of the First Lutheran Church in St. Peter that was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Fourth and Elm streets, facing Fourth street.
This photograph shows the Klien furniture store in St. Peter that located on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue, near the middle of the block.
Exterior view of the hardware store that was owned by M. G. Evenson in St. Peter. It was located next to Laubach's grocery store, which was on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
Exterior view of the M. G. Evenson Hardware store in St. Peter. It was located next to Laubach's Grocery store, which was on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. The image is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph.
Exterior view of the cigar factory in St. Peter that was run by Miller and Behnke. It was located on the west side of the 300 block of South Minnesota Avenue, next to the Randall and Noble store.
Exterior view of the Northwestern Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Front street and Park Row. In November of 1887, a fire in the hotel's stable destroyed the hotel and many other buildings.
Exterior view of the Northwestern Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Front Street and Park Row. In November of 1887, a fire in the hotel's stable destroyed the hotel and many other buildings. This postcard is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph.
Exterior view of the Nutter Brothers hardware store in St. Peter, which was located on the west side of the 400 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Several men are standing in front of the building.
A portion of the business district in St. Peter. One store was a restaurant and bakery. Another store sold groceries and provisions. Their locations are not known.
A view of the first railroad bridge across the Minnesota River at St. Peter. It served the Winona and St. Peter Railroad. This wooden bridge was located between Kasota and the St. Peter State Hospital. The image is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph.
View of the Winona and St. Peter Railroad bridge over the Minnesota River at St. Peter. The St. Peter State Hospital was the first stop beyond the west side of the bridge.
Exterior view of the Randall and Noble store in St. Peter which was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau street. The store sold groceries and crockeryware.
Exterior view of the shoe store in St. Peter that was owned by Frederick Schmidt. It was located on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue near the south end of the block.
Exterior view of the saloon owned by Herman Sporing in St. Peter. It was located on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue near the north end of the block. Sporing is standing in front of the building.
This photograph shows the dry goods and groceries store run by Stark and Davis in St. Peter. It was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street.
This photograph shows a store in St. Peter that sold picture frames and Howe sewing machines. It was located slightly north of the Nicollet Hotel, which was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row.
This photograph shows the dry goods store that was owned by Theodore Knoll in St. Peter. The store was located along Third street at its intersection with Park Row.
This postcard shows a view of the dry goods and groceries store that was owned by Theodore Knoll in St. Peter. The store was located along Third Street at its intersection with Park Row. The image is a reproduction made from an earlier photograph.