Plat Book of Renville County, Minnesota,1900. Title page names Northwest Publishing Company and states the information was compiled from county records and actual surveys. The book includes 49 pages of color maps of all 27 townships and 9 cities and towns, including Beaver Falls. Includes many geographic features, including: Round Lake, Rouges Island, Lake Chamberlain, Duck Creek, and Purgatory Creek. Includes a map of Renville County, a map of Minnesota, a map of the United States, a map of Principal and Meridian Base Lines, road laws of Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois, and a patron directory (3 pages). Includes four loose pages of Brookfield, Osceola, Boon Lake and Hector Township plat maps from 1913. These four pages are hand written as draft copy for the official 1913 plat book.
Plat Book of Renville County, Minnesota, 1888. Title page states the information was complied from public and private records and personal examinations and surveys. The book includes 45 pages of color maps of all 27 townships and 11 cities and towns, including Beaver Falls. Includes many geographic features, including: Lee Lake, Robinsons Creek, Rush Lake, Stockade Lake, Round Lake, Goose Lake, Kelly Lake, Plum Lake, Wolff Lake, and Altman Lake. Includes a map of Renville County and a map of Minnesota.
Caption on the back reads: "Mr. and Mrs. Ole Hoimyr, who lived in Bandon Township. She was a sister of Pastor N.P. Xavier, who served Ft. Ridgely and Dale Lutheran Church from 1876 to 1891. Mr. Hoimyr was "klokker" in the church (assistant pastor) and taught Norwegian religious school. The Hoimyr's had one daughter, Palm, wife of George Olson of Franklin." Nils Xavier was a Sami pastor.
Caption on the back of the postcard reads: "Left to right: Rev. N.P. Xavier, Mrs. N.P. Xavier, Mrs. Christian M. Lunde, Mrs. Ole P. Homier, Ole P. Hoimyr." Mrs. Xavier and Mrs. Lunde were sisters; Rev. Xavier and Mrs. Hoimyr were siblings. Rev. Xavier was the first resident pastor of Ft. Ridgely and Dale Lutheran church, serving from 1876 to 1891. Nils Xavier was a Sami pastor.