The Pioneer Mine was the largest and longest lasting of the five Ely mines. It closed on April Fool's Day 1967. It had two operating shaft structures with the "A" shaft still in existance as part of the Pioneer Mine Heritage complex.
The Swallow and Hopkins Lumber Mill was the second largest mill in Winton. It opened in 1899 as the Fall Lake Lumber Company and continued operations until shortly after World War One.
This Greek Revival-style building became the permanent home of the American Fraternal Union in 1933. Founded and incorporated on July 18, 1898, the offices were in two previous locations before this building was constructed. The office closed in 2012 and the home office was moved to St. Paul, Minnesota.
The John Kangas log house shown here was built by Hanse Annala about 1898. There are a rake and several scythes hanging on the wall, with a washtub used for doing laundry on the far left of the photo. Originally the house had a birch bark roof. It was donated to the Finnish American Memorial Foundation of Esko - now the Esko Historical Society - and land was obtained for its current placement as a building of the museum in 1965. The back of the postcard has handwriting saying, "built by Hansi Annala John Kangas home about 1898 Birch Bark Roof."
The "new" St. Mary's Hospital in 1898. In 1894, the Benedictine sisters of Duluth had plans drawn up for a proposed motherhouse and school to be built on property they owned at 5th Avenue East and Third street. The foundations were laid, but money was short and the project had to be abandoned. In 1897 Bishop McGolrick suggested that a hospital be built on that site. The building was completed in 1898 and the hospital moved from its West End location to the new site of St. Mary's Hospital.
New standard gauge track was laid next to old narrow gauge track to permit continued operation during conversion from horsecars to electric cars. Printed in Germany.
Two boats, four women in one boat, one man in second boat, on Lake Alice. View of carriage and homes in the background. Lake Alice is located in the heart of Fergus Falls.
This was Ely's second modern hospital, the first being the Tanner Hospital. The Shipman Hospital was torn down in 1958 to make room for the "new" Ely Clinic.
The postcard shows men parading down Harrison Avenue (now North Johnson Avenue) with a wagon decorated in flags and bunting in downtown Fosston. Stores lining the street include S.K. Halvorson Flour and Feed, Lyceum Opera House, and Jens Bengaard Harness, Shoes and Trunks.
Hitching posts line the street in front of a row of businesses in Dover, Minn. The businesses on the west side of Main Street are: Cady's Hardware (brick building with outside stairway), established by Clarence and Walter Cady in 1891; L. A. Groby (grocery); Post Office; Robinson's Meat Market; Modern Woodmen Hall.
Winter view of a homstead cabin near South Juncion, Manitoba on the Minnesota side of the border. The individuals include Richard and Ole Holland, Knute Olson and Sophus.
View of the Hans Holm family fishing on the Roseau Lake. Mike Holm, former Secretary of the State of Minnesota is in the white shirt with the vest and bow tie. The fish were sold to the stores in Grand Forks.
Real photographic postcard of downtown Shakopee. The image shows the intersection of First Avenue and Lewis Street. Also visible in the image are Jacob Ries Bottling Works, Inc. and St. Mark's Catholic Church. Printed along the bottom edge of the image is "Shakopee, Minn." The card is unused.
Boy Scout Troop number eighty-one from the Pipestone Indian Training School. Seventeen scouts and four leaders. Back row, second from left, Paul Abraham.
Winton's first lumber mill. It started as the Knox Lumber Company but was renamed after its sale. Like Swallow and Hopkins, it, too, closed in the 1920s.
View of Harrison Avenue (now Johnson Avenue) in Fosston, Minnesota, shows businesses, a church steeple and an advertisement on the side of a building for Peter M. Mark, Druggist.
Five men have been busy loading a straw bundle wagon and are taking a break. The straw bundles will be later threshed in a threshing machine. The men are sitting on and around the large steam engine. One man is sitting on the large wheel used by the belt to power the threshing machine.
Postcard showing the railroad yards of Belle Plaine looking west. The White Lily Flour Mill and grain elevator visible as well as the depot with box cars pulled up to it. Left corner missing due to the removal of the postage stamp. Postcard addressed to Mr. Mat Deusterman, Jordan.
Lumberjacks stand in the snow outside the buildings that made up their camp. On the back of this card is a note from one man to a woman named Belle in DeSota, Kansas telling her that he might be coming to see her next week.
The Como was one of the streetcar steamboats on Lake Minnetonka. Message says the writer took the Como from the hotel to the island, and that the fishing is so good in this lake that it is not unusual to catch 100 pounds of bass in three hours, postmarked and dated 1907.
St. Hilaire Business Men. Back row: ?, WJ. Stranahan, Willie Stranahan, Sam Dainard, Charles Rapp, Martin Bjerk, Carl Johnson, Front row: Gustas Johnson, Sever M. Hoff, Oscar Post, Harry Ives with dog, Fred Erickhoff, Henry Williams Joan, daughter of Harry and Selma (Hoff) Winter.
A view of Underwood. In the center a train sits on train tracks. The left and right are several homes. Some homes are surround by fences. A cow is near the train. Leafless trees are scattered throughout.
The Whittier School was built in 1867 and was one of the first schools in Princeton. Raleigh Herdliska built a home on the corner of this lot after the school was torn down.
The Whittier School was built in 1867 and was one of the first schools in Princeton. Raleigh Herdliska built a home on the corner of this lot after the school was torn down.
View of Robert Street in Crookston with a number of delivery wagons lining the streets. Signs advertise for a dining room, bakery, lodging and a hotel.