Governor Alexander Ramsey signed this document appointing Eugene St. Julien Cox of St. Peter as a Captain in the First Regiment of Mounted Rangers on the 11th day of November in 1862. Cox commanded Company E. He was 28 years old at the time he was mustered in on December 10th, 1862. Cox was mustered out on November 11th, 1863.
Minnesota's second Territorial Governor, Willis A. Gorman, signed this document that appointed William B. Dodd, one of the founders of St. Peter, as a Brigadier General of the First Brigade of the Second Division of the Militia of Minnesota Territory on February 20th, 1857.
Ashley C. Riggs kept a ledger book journal from 1852-1873. The earliest entries are from Cold Spring (Stearns County), Minnesota and Watab (Benton County), Minnesota. The ledger's earliest entries record his activiites as an Indian Agent for the Winnnebago Indians for the years 1852-1853. The second portion of the ledger is Riggs' diary which documents his activities in and around Monticello, Minnesota for the years 1864-1873. Riggs was a key figure in the development of the Minnesota Territory and early Monticello, Minnesota community when he laid claim in 1854 to a piece of land on the Mississippi River. He built othe first ferry to shuttle people across the River. In 1861 he enlisted in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
This is a certificate of deposit of August Lindbergh from Edwin Clark's bank in Melrose, Minnesota. August Lindbergh signed the reverse side of the Certificate of Deposit.
Cabinet photograph of Truman Elwell Rickard (1881-1948) in winter attire. In 1904, as a University of Minnesota student, Truman Elwell Rickard (composed the music and wrote the original words for "Hail! Minnesota," which became the Minnesota state song in 1945. Rickard later married Grace Larson, a daughter of L.W. Larson, a prominant early Fosston settler.
A small group is sitting in front of Charles Thompson's Riverside Stock Farm residence, where he raised horses. Mr. Thompson is the man with a mustache standing on the right end. Writing at the bottom of the photo reads: "Chas. Thompson's residence, Windom, Minn. July 5-8, 1896."
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with experiences including: general weather observations; notations of letters sent and received, books read, and housework done; Thanksgiving and Christmas preparations; admissions of being naughty and comments of her brother, Clinton's, remarkably good behavior; reports of the deaths of neighbors and friends; lessons in chess playing; the events of her Aunt Kate's visit and ensuing lessons in French and spelling with Clinton receiving waltzing lessons; the hen, Jill, begins to lay eggs.
The daily experiences of 10-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, included watching for the milkman; helping Mamma; taking care of her brother, Norman Clinton; looking out the window; marking on her slate; making clothes for her doll; writing letters to her family; practicing her music and multiplication tables; and enjoying her new toothbrush.
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, that includes samples of her artwork; favorite quotations; the details of who visited and who they visited; Mamma giving music lessons; taking painting lessons; general observations of the weather; a record of letters sent and received; her father's trips to the mill in Pipestone; books borrowed and read; pictures completed and who received them.
The daily experiences of 16 year old Florence C. Stork as a child growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota including references to letters sent and received; Callie the hen and her egg production; painting; selling eggs and butter in Jasper; general weather conditions, visitors and calls made; storms that broke windows and destroyed the garden; the beginning of threshing; disappearance of many cats including Tiger; record of how many tanks of water are drawn from the well; her father receiving notification of appearance on Grand Jury; her father catching his foot in a rope and being drug by the cattle
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, including the acknowledgement of her birthday and grief of aging; details of books read, paintings made, and household chores accomplished; noting her cousin Laura's death; trips to Luverne and Pipestone for adventures including the circus, lectures, picnics, and encampment; details of barn animals named Bright, Victory, Queen Bess and a variety of chickens; travelling to Jasper to sell eggs and butter; Mrs. Olson putting pants on her baby for the first time; the horse races in Garretson; her father killing Belle.
The daily experiences of 16-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with experiences including: the celebrations of her mother, Grace, brother, Norman Clinton, and father, William; a variety of illnesses including the mumps and typhoid fever; hosting 12 threshers who ate, among other things, 250 cookies; purchasing new carpet, wallpaper, and stove from the harvest money; fixing the broken rod on the windmill; the tale of tracking down her father's violin from a man trying to leave town with it; and her brother's fall from the horse, Nell.
The daily experiences of 17-year-old Florence C. Stork growing up in rural Jasper, Minnesota, with her mother, Grace, brother, Norman Clinton, and father, William. Her daily schedule includes painting pictures and cards; completing housework and school studies; churning butter and collecting eggs to sell; caring for a variety of barn animals including a new colt, Sam, and hen, Jill. Other occurances in this diary include the windmill breaking several times; neighbors suffering with diptheria and scarlet fever; finding the first flower of the season; witnessing a covered wagon full of boys being chased by the sherriff; tending graves and gathering for Memorial Day services; celebrating her parent's wedding anniversary; turning 17; seeing her first yellow rose; attending a temperance campfire and GAR (Grand Army of the Republic) event; and welcoming her grandfather, William Stork, into their home.