Farmer John P. Turner is feeding his pigs in a large pen adjacent to the barn. Turner came to Nicollet County in 1870 from Vasa. After farming in various locations, he moved to Lower Oshawa Township in 1892.
This photograph shows the Lars Tostenson farm in section 26 in New Sweden Township in Nicollet County. Several horse-drawn vehicles can be seen, as well as a windmill and a barn or stable.
This card was made to illustrate the terrible locust invasions of Nicollet and other counties in the 1870s. This card specifically mentions St. Peter and Nicollet County, and is dated June 22, 1877.
This photograph shows Mr. Bean and a young boy on the Bean farm near the community of Nicollet in Nicollet County. Another man is visible driving the horse-drawn reaper.
A threshing crew and their thresher at the Henry Meyer farm in Oshawa Township in Nicollet County. The names of the men appear on the reverse of the photo. Henry is shown with a pipe in the front row. Dewey and Bud Meyer are the children seated at right in the front row.
View of a Nicollet County threshing crew in front of a threshing machine. A caption on the reverse indicates that the crew worked in Oshawa and Traverse Townships.