Amo Township stores started in 1896 with a creamery, a blackshop, a store attached to a home which was shipped out from the cities and hauled out from Windom, and a post office.
Hardcover book containing plat maps of the townships of Cottonwood County, Farmer's Directory, and advertising of the leading buinesses in the county. Also has maps of the United States and World in back.
A photograph of several buildings, a house, horses, and smoke stacks that make-up the Windom Brickyard near Cottonwood Lake. A railroad track cuts through the foreground, and Cottonwood Lake is visible in the background.
Construction men in front of the Bank of Windom, which later became the First National Bank. Pictured are: Martin Peterson, Chester Peterson, Oscar Nelson and others.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1891-07-20
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Jackson County, Minnesota, is between Close Brothers & Company for Theodore J. McCurdy, and Martin H. Olstad of Cottonwood, Minnesota. It is for the west half of the southeast quarter and the southwest half of the northeast quarter os Section 1, Township 104 North of Range 36 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Delafield Township, Jackson County, Minnesota. The contract involves 120 acres for the sum of $960 and includes a detail of payment made between July 20, 1891 and paid in full January 21, 1895. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Close Brothers & Company, 84 La Salle Street, Chicago, Illinois
Date Created:
1891-05-21
Description:
This contract, for a piece of land in Cottonwood County, Minnesota, is between Close Brothers & Company for Wakefield Christy, and Thone Bottom of Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It is for the north half of the southwest quarter of Section 1, Township 104 North, Range 36 West of the fifth principal meridian. This is in Delafield Township, Jackson County, Minnesota. The contract involves 78.11 acres for the sum of $624.88 and includes a detail of payment made between May 21, 1891 and paid in full May 20, 1893. The Close Brothers & Company, composed of William Close, James Close, John Close, Frederick Close and S.H. Graves, organized in 1876 and located in Pipestone in 1883. They also operated under business names Western Land Company and the South Minnesota Land Company.
Exterior of the Cone Block Building, later Crane Block Building in Windom on Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. In front of the corner store is a horse and single buggy. A dentist sign is on the corner of the building. The second store advertises "Bargins, Bargins, entire stock of jewelry to be closed out at cost, for the next days." Steiman and Sanger printed on the awning.
A photograph showing the exterior of the Cottonwood County Bank, built in 1895. A man and a child stand in front of the bank. An outside stairway is on the right side of the photograph and leads up to an apartment.
Two cars parked in front of Dorotha's Cafe and three transport trucks getting gas at the Mileage Gas Station in Windom. Loaded on the trucks are new cars and pick-ups.
A feed barn, where people could take their horses to be fed. Several people on the picture posing for their picture with many buggies and horses waiting their turn.
A snow covered street and buildings on the West side of the square, 4th Avenue, looking north. Pictured are: ?, Nason Meat Market, Hardware store, Land Office, ?, O. Nelson and Son Store, J. O. Thompson Land Office, Baptist Church. Several houses are visible to the north, as well as trees that were planted for a park on the right side of street.