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176. Letter from James George to his daughter, Helen

Creator:
George, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1882
Description:
James George wrote this letter to his daughter, Helen. Byron and religion are mentioned in this undated letter.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Text
Format:
Letters (correspondence)

177. Portrait of James George, Oronoco, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1882
Description:
James George was born in 1819 in New York state. In 1942, he married Rhoda Pierce. He lived for a time in Ohio where he was elected to Register of Deeds for Butler County (Ohio). James George served in the military during the Mexican War. He moved to Minnesota in 1854 and settled in Oronoco township (Olmsted County) on land acquired with a government warrant issued for payment of his services during the Mexican War. In 1858 he moved to Dodge County and help found the village of Wasioja. He later became interested in recruiting soldiers for the Civil War. He served in the Second Minnesota Volunteers and raised many of the recruits for Company C of that unit. At the close of the Civil War, he returned to Oronoco. In 1870, he opened a law office in Rochester and practiced law for many years before he died in 1882.
Contributing Institution:
Olmsted County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Cabinet photographs

178. Pipestone Quarry, Pipestone County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1883
Description:
4 Couples posed on Cliffs at the Pipestone Quarry
Contributing Institution:
Pipestone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

179. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Creator:
Anderson, S. B.
Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

180. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

181. Portrait of Jane Grey Swisshelm, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1884
Description:
Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815-1884) was an abolitionist and advocate of women's rights. She ran the newspapers "The St. Cloud Visitor" and the "St. Cloud Democrat."
Contributing Institution:
St. Cloud State University
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

182. Early buildings on the Carleton College campus, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
View of some of the early buildings on the Carleton College campus, including Pancake Hall and Lord House, Northfield, Minnesota. Pancake Hall was a Carleton College residence.
Contributing Institution:
Northfield Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

183. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Central Avenue, East Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved; can identify the first suspension bridge in background; places of business include a building advertising furniture.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

184. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest. Street scenes (Minneapolis Minn.)

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene, streets are unpaved; there is a shovel in the center left-side of photo with rubble surrounding it; horses and wagon in background.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

185. Upton's views of Minnesota and the Northwest; Street Scenes [Minneapolis, Minnesota]

Creator:
Fearon, R. N.
Date Created:
1860 - 1885
Description:
Street scene; streets are unpaved.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

186. Buildings along South Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Creator:
Jacoby, Hiram James, 1838-1909
Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
View to the north along Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter from Grace street. The stone building at right was the home of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

187. Carl Deutschmann general store, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
Exterior view of Carl Deutschmann's grocery store in St. Peter, which was located on the east side of South Minnesota Avenue on the southern half of the 200 block.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

188. Minnesota Avenue, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1887
Description:
A view to the north along Minnesota Avenue from a location at the intersection with Grace street. At far right is the building that housed the offices of the St. Peter Herald in 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

189. Coffin family farm, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of farming activity on the Coffin family farm.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

190. Fairy Falls, near Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Fairy Falls, north of downtown Stillwater near Highway 95.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

191. Florence Mill on Second Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Florence Mill on Second Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

192. Log Rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Logs were shipped by rail from northern Minnesota to Stillwater and made into rafts. They were then floated down the St. Croix and Mississippi Rivers. The rafts usually consisted of 8 to 10 strings of logs fastened side by side, each string measuring 16 across and about 400 feet long. Some of these enormous rafts stretched 4 or 5 acres in size.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

193. Looking north on Main Street, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Looking north on Main Street from the top of the Main Street stairs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

194. Lumber rafts on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Lumber was rafted downstream from Stillwater. Boards were arranged in cribs or heavy crates, each 16 feet wide and 32 feet long. A lumber raft might contain as many as 200 cribs.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

195. McKusick Home, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
McKusick Home, corner of Second and Myrtle Street, Stillwater. The post office was erected in this location in 1905.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

196. Merchant Block, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building may be the Cataract House Hotel on Sixth Ave South; verso of card is advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

197. Presbyterian Church, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Presbyterian Church on Third Street facing north.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

198. St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
View of the St.Croix River.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

199. Stillwater boom on the St. Croix River, Stillwater, Minnesota

Creator:
Sinclair, James
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
At the boom, floating timbers chained between piers caught and contained logs for sorting and measuring and rigging into rafts. At one time, the Stillwater boom extended a distance of 9 miles and employed 400 men to sort, scale and raft timber.
Contributing Institution:
Stillwater Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

200. Street scenes, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Brown, William
Date Created:
1860 - 1890
Description:
Landscape view; address given for photographer is Merchant Block, 22 Washington Avenue, Minneapolis; building is identified as the Nicollet House Hotel located on Hennepin (view may be from 3rd St); awning on building in background says, "Williams Book Store." The verso of the card contains advertising for a number of Minneapolis businesses.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs
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