Four young women sit at a picnic table and snap beans. "Hachsharah" means "training" or "preparation" in Hebrew. Hachsharah were training farms for Jews who wished to settle in Palestine and become citizens. Harchsharah farms were located throughout Eastern Europe and the United States, funded by a variety of Zionist groups. The hachsharah farm in Anoka was supported by Habonim, an international Zionist youth organization.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives
The Farmer, A Journal of Agriculture (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Description:
Atlas and Farmers' Directory of Sibley County Minnesota, 1914. Drawn and engraved by the Anderson Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois. The atlas contains plats/maps of all 17 Sibley County townships (plus Farmers' Directory of each township), a topographical map of Sibley County, map of Minnesota, and map of the United States. All maps in color.
Atlas of Sibley County Minnesota, March 15, 1952. Containing plats of each township, a county road map, rural directory of farmers and a map of Minnesota and other features.
Atlas of Sibley County Minnesota, 1958. Containing plats of each township, a county road map, a rural directory of farmers, a farm numbering system and other features.
Axel Waldemar Bondeson, Anna (Bondeson) Sophia Carlson, and Ellsworth Walden (Carlson) Bondeson, on their North Hero Township farm near Walnut Grove, Minnesota.
Photograph of the Steen family on their farm with Iver Pederson's threshing crew, posed by the threshing machine. This photograph was taken in 1909. The little boy is Conrad Steen, shown next to his parents, Carl August Williamson Steen and Annie (Peterson) Steen, with his sister Jennie standing nearby. Also depicted is Carl Steen's sister Anne Marie (Steen) Pederson. The photograph was taken during a coffee break.
Henry Grettum, a farmer near Detroit Lakes, recalls his early years of coming to Ulen, MN from Goodhue County in Minnesota. Mr. Grettum tells of his farm life at Ulen and Detroit Lakes and as farm manager north of Moorhead. He tells of his community activities. Mr. Grettum was 93 years old at the time of the interview. His ancestors are Norwegian.
Reynold "Ray" Steffenhagen (1920-2008) of Lake City, Minnesota discusses working in the family business of Sugar Loaf Dairy, Guernsey cows, pasteurizing and bottling milk, working for the Lake City Post Office, and being drafted into the army during World War II.
