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57826. Lothrop and Paul Store, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1861
Description:
Exterior view of the Lothrop and Paul store in St. Peter.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57827. Letter from James George to his children from Lebanon Junction, Kentucky

Creator:
George, James
Date Created:
1861
Description:
This undated letter is signed by James George, and includes a small greeting from Rhoda George written on the back They are starting for Lebanon, Kentucky and it was expected that Rhoda George would remain in Lebanon while James George went with his regiment. James George mentions meeting old friends from the Mexican War.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

57828. Letter from James and Rhoda George to their children from Lebanon Junction, Kentucky

Creator:
George, Rhoda
Date Created:
1861
Description:
Rhoda George wrote this letter from Lebanon Junction, Kentucky to her children. She describes the trip from Fort Snelling to Lebanon, Kentucky and life with her son, George. A mortgage, property and James George's military duties are mentioned. She expresses concern over the state of the nation. On the last page, James George sends greetings and tells his family how to find the location of Lebanon on a map.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

57829. View of Cambria, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of Cambria in about 1860 with buildings, fences and the mill pond.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57830. U. S. Land Office, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of the St. Cloud land office.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57831. The Sauk Centre House, Sauk Centre, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
The Sauk Centre House was an early hotel, social gathering place, and used as a stage coach pick-up. It was destroyed by fire but rebuilt and renamed, The Palmer House.
Contributing Institution:
Sauk Centre Area Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57832. Street scene, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of east Main Street in Fairmont, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57833. Street scene, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
View of Fairmont, Minnesota city street.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57834. Steamboat on the Mississippi River, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
River boat on the Mississippi River at Anoka, Minnesota near the Anoka-Champlin bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57835. Sod House, Rockville Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of a sod house, located near Rockville, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57836. Portrait of Reverend William McKinley, Winona, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Rev. William McKinley, 1834-1918. His obituary dated January 13, 1918 [newspaper not identified], reads: "Early Methodist Divine Dies at Home in Winona. Rev. William McKinley, dean of Minnesota Methodism, active as a lecturer, author and divine in various parts of the state since 1854, died late yesterday at his home in Winona, where he has lived since his retirement from active ministry ten years ago. Dr. McKinley was 84 years old and was known prominently throughout the Northwest as an author and preacher. In the Civil War he gained his early experience as a chaplain among the Union soldiers. His first pastorate was at Hastings, where he lived as boy on a farm. Subsequently he was pastor of Hamline Methodist Episcopal church of this city, Central Park church and of First Methodist Episcopal church of Minneapolis, besides serving as district superintendent of the St. Paul district. He was an intimate friend of Edward Eggleston, the famed minister-author, in whose church in New York city he served for a year. A native of Scotland, Rev. Mr. McKinley came to the United Sates in 1841 at the age of 7 years. The veteran Minnesota divine became well known as the able chronicler of Minnesota Methodism. In 1911 he published 'A Story of Minnesota Methodism.' Dr. Eggleston, in commenting on the work at the time of its publication, said: 'Dr. McKinley has succeeded in giving to the public an exceedingly vivid and interesting description of the early days of Minnesota, the social conditions and the leading personages in the settlements of that state.' The book was the witnessing of one who knew and who saw the panorama of the days gone by in the Northwest. This is what Dr. McKinley said about his landing in the state: 'When navigation opened on the Mississippi I took the first steamboat up the river and landed in Minnesota, April 13, 1855. The ice was not out of Lake Pepin so we left the boat at Read’s Landing. There was another boat at Red Wing to take the passengers to St. Paul and there were wagons to carry the women to the head of the lake. But with the 700 passengers, mostly men, there were not enough wagons to carry them and they had to walk. Rather than do this another young man and I decided to start overland to Faribault. We tramped all day across the prairie without anything to eat. Neither of us ever had done a day’s walking and before night we were used up, but stern necessity compelled us to trudge on. We saw no house nor signs of human habitation all day.' In graphic descriptions Rev. Mr. McKinley wrote one of the most authentic accounts of early Minnesota, a book consulted frequently by historians and chroniclers. The funeral services for the aged clergyman will be held at Winona on Tuesday."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Annual Conference United Methodist Church
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

57837. Portrait of Resident Director C. H. Berry, Winona Normal School, Winona, Minnesota

Creator:
H. B. Hall & Sons (New York, New York)
Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Charles H. Berry, Resident Director of the Winona Normal School from 1885-1888. He was also a charter member of the Winona Society of Arts, Sciences, and Letters which raised funds for the Winona Normal School.
Contributing Institution:
Winona State University, Darrell W. Krueger Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Prints (visual works)

57838. Office and home of Jane Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of Jane Swisshelm's office and home. The sign on the roof reads, "Democrat Officr [sp]."
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57839. Mother Willibalda Scherbauer, OSB, St. Joseph, Minesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Orgins of St. Benedict's Monastery (convent), St. Joseph, Minnesota. Mother Willibalda Scherbauer, OSB, led four sisters and two candidates, ranging in age from 18 to 26, from St. Marys, Pennslyvania, to the Midwest frontier (St. Cloud, Minnesota) in 1857. Mother Willibalda (Franciska) was born in Kastel, Bavaria in 1831. At an early age, her family took her to St. Walburg Convent in Eichstätt to be educated. There she professed her vows in 1851; four years later, she volunteered to join the sisters in America. Then in 1857, she volunteered to venture to the Northwest Territory and was appointed prioress of the St. Cloud community by Boniface Wimmer, OSB. Mother Willibalda was an accomplished musician of whom Jane Swisshelm, editor of a local newspaper, wrote, "The Lady Abbess is small, slight, delicate, graceful, and as accomplished a lady as you could meet in any circle...waking the first echoes of those broad prairies in a call (daily ringing of the church bell) to bow regularly at an altar of Christian worship..." (McDonald, page41). Mother Willibalda's able administration as leader gave the Benedictine sisters a firm monastic foundation, not only in St. Cloud, but also in St. Joseph, the nucleus of St. Benedict's Monastery. She is lovingly remembered for accepting Mother Benedicta Riepp into the St. Cloud community when she was misunderstood by authorities and some community members for upholding the rights of the sisters in America (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 12, 15-16, 19).
Contributing Institution:
Saint Benedict's Monastery
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

57840. Joe Whitford, explorer and founder of Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Portrait of Joe Whitford. Mr. Whitford built the first cabin on the townsite in the summer of 1857 and was responsible for naming the city in honor of his benefactor, James Fergus.
Contributing Institution:
Otter Tail County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

57841. Hamline University, Red Wing, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of Hamline University which was constructed in Red Wing in 1855-56 and later moved to St. Paul in the 1860s. The courthouse shown behind it was built in 1858-59.
Contributing Institution:
Goodhue County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57842. Grist mill, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57843. Ferry at Itaska village site, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
The ferry that ran between Itaska Village and Dayton was called the Dayton Port Ferry. It was located near the Anoka and Sherburne County lines.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57844. Daniel Justus family, Swede Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Men with a horse-drawn plow pose with women and children in front of a small log house. Justus was the first Swedish settler in Swede Lake.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57845. Cross homestead in Rose Lake, Fairmont, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of a Martin County pioneer homestead.
Contributing Institution:
Martin County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57846. Charles Bean's Residence, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Charles Bean's Residence located on North 3rd Street, also Isaac Staples', "Minneapolis Brick" residence is visible in the distance on the bluff.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

57847. Adolph Rockey home, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Exterior view of the Adolph Rockey home and a boy on tricycle.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57848. A. A. Zimmerman Hardware Store, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860?
Description:
Interior view of the A. A. Zimmerman Hardware Store, Paint Department.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57849. Swedish Baptist Church, Isanti, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860-1940
Description:
Exterior view of the Swedish Baptist Church.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

57850. North Isanti Baptist Church, Isanti, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860-1940
Description:
View of the exterior of the North Isanti Baptist Church and surrounding houses.
Contributing Institution:
The History Center, Archives of Bethel University and Converge Worldwide - BGC
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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