The Catholic School for Girls in Avoca was started in 1883 by the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus and included fifty Native American girls who were sent there by Bishop Ireland. The school closed in 1902, but reopened as St. Bernard Hall for boys in 1905.
Two-story wooden business building located on Broadway Avenue in Slayton. The storeo n the right features a sign that reads: "Walter A. Wood Harvesting Machines."
Group portrait of the Murray County Commissioners meeting in 1897. From left: S. Pattinson, Anton Lunder, Charles Wells, Henry Cohrs, unidentified, P.J. O'Connell, John Mihin and John Hobart.
Posing in front of the Arthur Simpson home in Slayton are Clarence Dinehart, Christopher and Flora Dinehart and Florence, Frank Weck and Dr. and Mrs. Dennison.
The Avoca baseball team in the early 1900's. Pictured in the back row, Otto Rakness, Jim Crowely, Jim Fitzpatrick, John Farrell, Joe Crowley and Adolph Peterson. Front row, George Rakness, Louis Westby, Axel Frisk, Dave Johnston and Ted Mahoney.