Early days in Redwood County, MN, are recalled through a mixture of colorful tales and factual data in this spiral bound booklet reprinted from the rare 1882 book: History of the Minnesota Valley, by the Rev. Edward D. Neill. The 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 separate sections on the communities of: Redwood Falls, Redwood Falls Township, Sherman, Sheridan, Charlestown, New Avon, Swedes Forest, Sundown, Brookville, Willow Lake, North Hero, Springdale, Lamberton, Delhi, Three Lakes, Underwood, Gales, Waterbury, Johnsonville, West Line, Walnut Grove, Vail, Paxton, Honner, Kintire, Morgan, Vesta, and Township lll, Range 38.
Among the many subjects discussed are: Physical Features of the area; The Sioux Indians and the Massacre of 1862; Land appraisals in 1867; Early county officials; Transportation; Early settlements and trading posts; Early settlers; County "firsts," such as the first store, first school, first postmaster, first white child born, first marriage, first death, etc.; Early county buildings; an accidental shooting; Roster of county officials prior to 1882; Schools; Churches; Masons, Odd Fellows and other organizations; Newspapers, Hotels, Businesses and professional men; Civil War participants; and other bits of history and trivia. There are mini biographies of prominent residents in the various communities, as well as many incidental names throughout the booklet.
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A customer who purchased this booklet, sent us the following note:
I used to live ... very close to Redwood County ... I just wanted to let you know that I used to watch the show Little House on the Prairie... Walnut Grove was about thirty - forty miles from my old area. I think ...you should list in the search or with the listing that your book has in it that Charles Ingalls was elected as Walnut Groves Justice. This is found on page 781. This is Laura Ingalls Wilder's father...
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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.
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