Ole Anderson and Company, Publishers of County Gazetteers
Date Created:
1895
Description:
A 204 page paperbound booklet from 1895 containing historical facts of each individual town and township in Nobles County. It includes advertisements and the names of local businesses and their proprietors. Also listed are physicians and county officers as well as the names of county residents grouped by city or township.
Hardcover book containing maps of the villages, cities and townships of Nobles County; map of Minnesota and United States; History of Nobles County; and Historical Patrons Director. Nobles County Historical Society has a conplete index to names in the plat book and the pages those names appear on. Contact Nobles County Historical Society for information from this index.
Hardcover book containing maps of the villages, cities and townships of Nobles County; map of Minnesota, United States and World; Patrons Directory; Illustrations of local people and places; Reference Business Directory; and Analysis of the System of U.S. Land Surveys.
A 22-page photograph album with a paper cover and 18 photographs glued on the pages. Most of the photographs are of the exterior of farm houses and scenes of field work from around the Rushmore, Minnesota, area.
A photo of Lake Okabena taken in the 1890s with a horse and buggy in the foreground. Someone wrote "1910" on the front of the photograph, but this is not the correct date.
Fourth Avenue looking north east from the top of the water tower. Visible is the Worthington Minnesota "new" Castle School and the ""old"" Octagonal School, Dayton House, 4th Ave. Buchan photo, written in ink on front ""August 1892""
The first water and electric plant in Worthington was located on the shores of Lake Okabena. A typewritten sticker on the back of the photograph reads: "Worthington, Minnesota First Water and Electric Plant. (Mrs. Anna Cory) Water system installed in 1891 Electric plant installed in 1895 First lights December 10. First patronage 300 lights."
Packing of the ice harvested from Lake Okabena into train cars. Photograph is taken looking north east towards Worthington, Minnesota. You can see the Nobles County Courthouse in the background.
Ice storm damage including ice covered trees and wires. Five men in the photograph serving the ice covered trees. 1896 ice storm damage in Worthington, Minnesota.
Ice storm damage including ice covered trees and wires. House, yard and out buildings. Street lighting hanging overhead. We believe it is from Worthington, Minnesota.
View of Okabena Lake with a sail boat of the beach and the Idle Wild Pavilion. On the front of the photograph written in blue ink: "Idlewild Pavilion - Front of 3rd Ave. before Rock Island Tracks were laid before 1900." At the top of the photograph is written, "1899" in blue ink.
This is the Worthington municipal power plant building that sat on the corner of 3rd Avenue on 8th Street. The image is of the east side of the building looking west toward the lake.
What looks like the 4th of July celebration in Worthington. Looking north on 10th Street at the intersection of 2nd Avenue. Photo was used in the 1908 Arthur Rose History of Nobles County book on page 185.
A man standing on the shore of Okabena Lake in Worthington, Minnesota. In the background is the smoke stack for the power plant. On back of the photograph someone wrote: "Okabena Lake Shore before Rock Island tracks were laid. The Idle Wild Pavilion Sept. 13, 1899"
Two hitches of horses doing field work on the D. M. Holland farm four miles north east of Worthington in the south east quarter section 26 of Elk Township. On the far right of the photograph is the bridge over Elk Creek. The farm site is in the background with three men, two dogs and eight horses and mules by the farm implements.
Rushmore Cornet Band in uniform standing in the middle of 3rd Avenue, just west of 10th Street looking east. Taken the same day as photograph # 1983.008.0001.PC. Band members include: E. G. Edwards, Chris Fagerness, Steven Fagerness, Chas. Morton, Chris Hanson, Albene Dahlberg, Henry Thompson, Clayton Bedford, and George Thompson.