Description: Many names, most with a Norwegian flavor... Swift County, Minnesota New 20-Page Booklet Early days in Swift County, MN, are recalled in this spiral bound booklet reprinted from the rare 1882 book: History of the Minnesota Valley, by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. The 20-page booklet is printed one-sided on 60# paper with the print enlarged for easier reading. A vinyl sheet has been added to protect the front cover. The booklet contains information on the following villages and/or townships of: Benson, Appleton, Pillsbury, Kerkhoven, Hayes, Camp Lake, Kildare, Dublin, Cashel, Torning, Clontarf, Six Mile Grove, Swenoda, West Bank, Marysland, Tara, Fairfield, Moyer, New Posen, Shible and Hegbert. Among the many subjects discussed are: Physical Features of the area; Early county officials; Early Norwegian settlers, like Ole Thorson, Hans Golden, and Lars Christianson, who carried mail on snowshoes; settlements; and other early settlers; County "firsts," such as the first store, saloon, hotel, church, school, newspaper, etc.; Railroad; Early public officials; County Courthouse; Early Businesses; hot and cold on prohibition; the "boom" of 1876; Organizations, such as the Masons; Disastrous Fire of 1880, and other bits of history and trivia. There are mini biographies of prominent residents in the various communities (such as Frank Thornton of Benson, who served as captain of a colored regiment in the Civil War and J.T. Wilkinson of Appleton, who survived Libby Prison), as well as many other names throughout the booklet. Note: The picture on the front of our Minnesota booklets shows the Goldfinch as "The State Bird". This information was taken from the World Book Encyclopedia, which showed it as such in its 1960 edition, apparently assuming the goldfinch would be a "shoe-in" for the honor over it's chief competitor, the loon. The WBE guessed wrong. Since the information in our booklet pre-dates the naming of the loon as state bird in 1961, and since we don't know how to draw a loon, we're content to allow the goldfinch to have this moment in the spotlight. Wouldn't this make a unique gift?
Price: 10.28 USD
Location: Tucson, Arizona
End Time: 2024-03-01T17:40:41.000Z
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Item must be returned within: 60 Days
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Author: Multiple
Book Title: Swift County Minnesota
Language: English
Format: Spiral / Comb Binding
