Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Photos from Arthur P. Rose The History of Yellow Medicine County 1914 book


Making a separate post of the photos from Arthur P. Rose The History of Yellow Medicine County 1914 book.

*A reminder this book has been uploaded to Internet Archive (it's easier to download  the files). Go here for the link.

 F. W. Sommerfeld, Echo, Minnesota, W. F. Martin, Sioux Agency
 Ole J. Hardy, Minnesota Falls township, P. A. Hanson, Echo township

A. S. Dokken, Swede Prairie, A. N. Molstad, Normania
 Mr. and Mrs. O. G. Olson, Porter State Bank, Oluf C. Jacobson, Normania Township, Arthur P. Rose, Alfred Froberg, Burr

Gustav Erickson, Canby, National Citizen Bank Building,
 P. O. Kollin and wife, Sioux Agency, Home in Rock Valley
The J. F. Langmaid Home, Minnesota Falls, The George E. Olds residence, Sioux Agency, oldest building in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. Dr. Wakefield Residence of the Agency Period.

Family of Ole A. Oraas, Normania, Minnesota, Oldest building in Normania Township, Minnesota, 1869. Andrew Oraas.
Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Kvistero, Kvistero home in Sioux Agency, Esther, Julia, Harold, Melvin Kvistero, Minnesota, Yellow Medicine County

 J. S. Christie and Family, 1898, Continental Farm, Home of J. S. Christie, Hammer Township
Old home of J. S. Christie, Hammer Township, 1883, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Christie
John Gustafson and family, Oshkosh Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

 Lars Gautefald, Sandnes, MN, Friberg brothers, Tyro, MN
The John Friberg Family, Tyro, Minnesota



O. S. Iverson, Sioux Agency, Ole Swenson, 1869, Oldest log cabin in Yellow Medicine County, MN, Oshkosh homesteader's cabin, George A. Peterson, 1879

early home in Norman township, 1876, Charles Swanson, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Oldest building in Wergeland Township, MN, 1876, Knute Johnson


Big Rock, landmark in Posen Township, Harvest scene on farm of Lars Ville, Sioux Agency

First building in Canby, 1872, John Swenson

Norwegian Lutheran Church of Sioux Agency Township, Antelope Hills (Christian) Church of Hammer Township

Granite Falls, MN, E. Sweet, Dr. N. M. Smith, Frank Nelson, Thomas Barkey, A. W. Dodge, C. E. Clark, T. P. Hill, A. Degen’s shoe store, S. Gould, Campbell and Wheeler, K. A. Holley's Store, A. W. Dodge's blacksmith shop, H. J. Simpson's store, Joseph Fortier's store, J. C. Bush, Thomas Barkey’s meat market, W. B. Winston’s store, Hill and Hall’s Office, Henry Hill’s Flour and Saw Mill, Gould and Sayer’s Store, George Reed, E. W. Howard, W. Dewey’s Wagon Shop, J. C. Goddard, N. T. Hoxsie's store, Post Office and G. W. Daniel’s Store, E. N. Rose, Fuller and Son’s Mill


Canby, MN during winter of 1880-1881
 City of Canby, MN
 The great Canby fire, September 8, 1893

Canby's churches, Minnesota
 Village of Clarkfield, MN
Village of Echo, MN


The Minnesota River, Yellow Medicine County, MN, Indian Mound, Minnesota Falls, Great Northern Crossing, Granite Falls Dam, Rock Valley, Old Mill Race
Canby city park, MN

Granite Falls Institutions, Yellow Medicine County Court House, The High School, Congregational Church, United Norwegian Lutheran Church, Prentice Street, Synod Norwegian Lutheran Church
Village of Hanley Falls, MN, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Methodist Church

 Village of Porter, Methodist Church, the creamery, Residence of O. G. Olson, Norwegian Lutheran Church, Before the fire of 1906
Village of Hazel Run, MN
 City of Granite Falls, MN 1914

Logging scene on the Minnesota River in Sioux Agency Township, Minnesota
River Drive, Granite Falls, Minnesota
Monument on Wood Lake Battlefield, 1862, 1914, Minnesota


Historical map of Eastern Yellow Medicine County

Map of Minnesota Territory 1850

General E. R. S. Canby

Joseph Nicolas Nicollet
Nicollet's Map late 1830s