View is to the west from the Moorhead side of the Red River. About 16 children stand on Moorhead bank at left and wade in the river. Tree foliage indicates this was a summer rain flood.
Group of people posed on the porch of the Geneva Beach Hotel. Emma C. Eddy(1), Baby Marjorie(2) and A.A. Eddy(3) (see numbers above heads on photo). A man is holding onto a penny-farthing bicycle. In 1896, J.L. Dickinson acquired the Alexandria Hotel at Geneva Beach from Mr. Letson, an early resort builder, and changed the name to the Geneva Beach Hotel. The hotel burned down on September 2, 1911.
View of an early 1900's hunting party hauling a moose out of the timber. Emil Falk in the first man on the left (description from,"The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004). The moose is on a handmade sled.
Forest L. Pinney, one of the early settlers of the state, came to Minnesota in 1856 and located himself at Monticello and Anoka where he worked as a surveyor.
Group of potato buyers in Anoka County in 1905. Left to right: Charles Galup, Charles Larkin, George Porter, Fred Larkin, George Morrill, James Mahaney, Albert Pratt, Mascot George Ehlen.
Queen's Float at theAnoka street carnival on October 11-13, 1906. Queen Margaret Saunders and King Robert Streetly are seated in the back of the float. Driver is Charles Weaver, Sr. Catheine Casey is seated sixth from right, Maree Johnson is the young attendant seated closest to queen.