Exterior view of the second St Patrick's Catholic Church (built in Birch Cooley in 1898). View includes the confirmation class of 1900. Note: the church burned in 1942.
Postcard with an exterior view of the Evangelical United Brethren Church. The text reads: "This is a jolly spot and I like it more and more. My only regret just now, it that I did not come before."
View of the First Episopal Church under construction in the summer of 1862. This first church was known as St. John Evangelist, but was never completed. It was destroyed on August 18, 1862 during the Dakota Conflict of 1862. The church is now known as St. Cornelia's Church at Lower Sioux Agency.
Exterior view of the Methodist Church in Beaver Falls, which was organized in 1869. No date on the building but it was before 1880. The church lasted until 1890 at which time a chrurch was built in Morton, Minnesota.
Catholic church and parsonage built in 1899. Father Kohler of Bird Island first served this church and later Father LaPlaine become the resident priest.
St Cornelia's Episopal-Bishop Whipple Mission Morton, MN--Rev Henry Whipple, priest Crica 1903,Standiing the the door in the center is Bishop H. B. Whipple, The woman in the black dress is Susan Salisbury. Standing below Whipple and slighly to the left isRev Henry Whipple, St Clair priest. The little girl in white hat covering part of her face & just behind little boy in white, 1st row on the right I Mary Hinman LaCroix daughter of Rev Samuel Dutton Hinman who is buried at the Lower Sioux Agency and who was in charge when church was being built
A photo collage of the city of Renville churches; including the Catholic church, the Norwegian Lutheran Church, the Methodist Church, and the German Lutheran Church.