The aerial view includes all or parts of Pomme de Terre Township sections 25, 26, 35 and 36; Pelican Lake Township sections 30 and 31; the Pomme de Terre River and Pomme de Terre Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 2, 3, 10 and 11; the Pomme de Terre River, Mill Pond Lake, Horseshoe Lake; Grinder Lake and Briggs Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Roseville Township sections 1, 2, 11, 12 and 13; Land Township sections 6, 7 and 18; and the Pomme de Terre River.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 6, 7, and 8; Elbow Lake Township sections 1, 2, 11, 12, 13 and 14; railroads running southeast/northwest, and Elbow Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 27, 28, 29,32, 33, and 34; Lien Township sections 4 and 5; and the railroad running southeast/northwest.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections30 and 31; Elbow Lake Township sections 25 and 36; Delaware Township section 1 and Lien Township section 6; and Round Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Sanford Township sections 5, 6, 7, 8, 17, 18; Elbow Lake Township sections 1, 12 and 13; railroads running southeast/northwest and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 15, 16, 21, 22, 27 and 28; railroads running east/west and southeast/northwest, and Elbow Lake village.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 4, 5, 8, 9, 16 and 17; Elbow Lake village, the railroad running East/West and Worm Lake (now called Flekkefjord Lake).
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 8, 9, 16, 17, 20, 21, 28 and 29; railroads running east/west, Elbow Lake village Canestorp and Worm Lake.
The aerial view includes all or parts of Stony Brook Township sections 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, and 33; Elbow Lake Townships 4, 5, and 6; the village of Wendell and the railroad running east/west.
The aerial view includes all or parts of sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34 and 35; the Mustinka River, the village of Wendell and the railroad running southwest/northeast.
Group photo of members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Row 1: Prof. W.M.Hays, A.W.Latham, R.L.H Jewett, Clarence Wedge, S. Hilliman, J.M.Undersood, A.H.Heins. Row 2: Wyman Elliot, J Grimes, W W Pendergast, Wm ?, J.L.Harris, Wm. Mackintosh, D. Akin. Row 3: E.W.Randall, J.R.Cummings, E.R.Pond, H.?, W. Liggett, J.H. Bass, L. Hoyt, John Cooper.
A group of members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society. Upper row, 2nd from left is A. W. Latham. Lower row left to right: 2nd is R. J. Cummings, 3rd is J.M. Underwood, 4th is W. W. Pendergast, 6th is H. H. Heins. 1st and 5th are unidentified.
Albert Borth (5th from left, arms crossed) Threshing rig engine burned straw. 1921 Albert Borth - father of Mrs. Art (Lena) Asmus Asmus family came from Lester Prairie to Chokio 1896 Borth family came from Arlington, Minnesota to Chokio about 1900.
View of the garden, carriage house, and house built in 1905 at 2307 East Superior Street of First National Bank president and local philanthropist A. L. Ordean who died in 1928 at 72.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Two young boys, Fred and Isaac Esko, stand in front of the home of Alex Esko and Eva Esko, their parents. Fred was two years older than Isaac, and is the taller boy, while Isaac is the one wearing a white shirt. The house depicted here is probably the third in a series of several expansions. The original log home was constructed in 1895 and was basically in the shape of a rectangle that was parallel to Highway 61, on the south side. If you look very closely at the lower left corner of the house, you can see a black line extending west from the corner. This represents the bridge that crossed the Midway River. To the right, the settlement of Esko would begin its development about a decade later.
Depicted here is the farmhouse of Alex and Georgina Esko, located on the hillside banks of the Midway River. The baby is probably Isaac Esko. This photograph was taken south of the present Highway 61, looking northward to the bridge over the Midway River. In the background is a hayshed.
This is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Alex Esko, their children Hilda Esko, George Esko, Isaac Esko, Fred Esko, and Henry Esko, and their farm home. The namesake of Esko, Alex Esko purchased the farm in 1890 from Timber baron Andreas M. Miller. Alex Esko was born in Finland in 1862 and came to the Village of Thomson in 1880 and to Thomson Township in 1890 when he purchased the farm. He was a railroad agent, county commissioner, member of Thomson Township School board, and Thomson Township Town Board.
The Alfalfa Arch was constructed across Atlantic Avenue in honor of the Corn and Alfalfa Exposition held in Morris on December 10-12, 1913. The Expo was dedicated to the promotion of corn and alfalfa growing as well as the general virtues of diversified farming.
This photograph shows A.L. (Albert L.) Winterquist on a farm in front of a building and two cows, with farm machinery in the far right foreground. Probably this was Mr. Winterquist's farm, since John Junkkonen sold a 40 acre tract in section 27 to A.L. Winterquist. Mr. Winterquist built a two-story modern dwelling on this tract, adjacent to Highway 61.
Unidentified rural photo; image might be of road construction; water tower in background; equipment may also have been used for farming; summer foliage; sepia tone photograph.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Display of vegetables at the annual show of Minneapolis and St. Paul Market Gardeners Associations held at Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis November 1930.
Exhibit of apples for judging at the Minnesota State Fair in 1900. Wyman Elliot, President of the Minnesota Horticultural Society 1886 - 1891, is standing in the foreground of the photograph.
A group of area farmers displaying livestock on the west end of Coffee Street at Universal Mills in Lanesboro on a winter's day. Visible in the background are the wood frame buildings of the businesses: Redalen Fur House and Skaar Brothers Horse Shoeing and General Repairing.
The August Widmark homestead was typical of the Clearwater County homesteads prior to 1909. A team of oxen, a few cows and a market for the timber was all one needed for a start in this county.
Work crew at the Highmark farm in Nopeming (Midway Township, Minnesota). The Highmarks were among the earliest member of the church. The Swedish Christian Mission Church got Christmas trees from this farm.
Originally this house was built in Ash Lake Township. In 1889, it was moved to Shaokatan Township. Six children were raised in this house. Every one is lined up outside the house with many of the other farm buildings in the background.