Atlas and farm directory with complete survey in township plats, Renville County, Minnesota, containing plats of all townships with owners' names; also maps of the state and United States with an outline map of the county showing location of townships, roads, villages, schools, churches, railroads and streams, etc.
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library
Exterior view of the second St Patrick's Catholic Church (built in Birch Cooley in 1898). View includes the confirmation class of 1900. Note: the church burned in 1942.
Plat Book of Renville County, Minnesota,1900. Title page names Northwest Publishing Company and states the information was compiled from county records and actual surveys. The book includes 49 pages of color maps of all 27 townships and 9 cities and towns, including Beaver Falls. Includes many geographic features, including: Round Lake, Rouges Island, Lake Chamberlain, Duck Creek, and Purgatory Creek. Includes a map of Renville County, a map of Minnesota, a map of the United States, a map of Principal and Meridian Base Lines, road laws of Iowa, Minnesota, and Illinois, and a patron directory (3 pages). Includes four loose pages of Brookfield, Osceola, Boon Lake and Hector Township plat maps from 1913. These four pages are hand written as draft copy for the official 1913 plat book.
Plat Book of Renville County, Minnesota, 1888. Title page states the information was complied from public and private records and personal examinations and surveys. The book includes 45 pages of color maps of all 27 townships and 11 cities and towns, including Beaver Falls. Includes many geographic features, including: Lee Lake, Robinsons Creek, Rush Lake, Stockade Lake, Round Lake, Goose Lake, Kelly Lake, Plum Lake, Wolff Lake, and Altman Lake. Includes a map of Renville County and a map of Minnesota.