A Grist Mill once stood where the present city of Anoka is currently located. This was on the east bank of the Rum River on the north side of the Main Street bridge.
The Irving School was located on the corner of Monroe and Second Avenue in Anoka, MN. It was built in 1866 and demolished in 1903 to make way for a new building.
Students and their horses, The first equestrian class in the history of the Teachers College was begun in the fall semester of 1941 with Evangeline Jaffurs as Instructor. Part of the class is shown with their horses, they are (left to right), Lois Bachman, Mary Ellen McKenzie, May Steints, Gene Bayle, Ivine Erickson, Rosabel LabBelle and Miss Jaffurs, Instructor.
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.
Man, boy and women of S. W. Russell family in horse drawn carriage; stone water fountain or horse trough; lap blankets; in park; Bridgeman and Russell were partners in the dairy business
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Mail delivery, especially in the winter, was tough on the north shore of Lake Superior. During the wintertime, a combination of sleigh and dogsled were used to distribute mail and people north of Two Harbors. Not until 1925 when the roads were improved North of Two Harbors could mail carriers easily travel their routes.