tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64417032106944815242024-03-17T02:24:29.214-05:00The Depot LadyThe general purpose of this Society shall be the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of historical knowledge about the City of Sleepy Eye and the County of Brown, as it is related to the City of Sleepy Eye.
Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-87273389067362067572023-06-16T13:21:00.000-05:002023-06-16T13:21:48.791-05:00West Newton - Town and Township<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;">West Newton –Town and Township<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think this piece though not Brown County, is important
enough to at least add here because so many of us are familiar with these
roads and trails, but don’t realize what took place on these locations or why
is this marker here or did something significant happen here that I missed out
on?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There are so many questions a person
can come up with for any location, let’s learn about the town of <b>West Newton</b>…was
there really a town called <b>West Newton</b>? </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">West Newton Township, the new home of many of these new
arrivals, had been set apart for organization on April 27, 1858, and contained
also the territory of what is now Ridgely Township.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first election in the township was held
in the home of James Ryan on May 11, 1858, the day on which Minnesota became a
state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because the early records were
destroyed during the Indian outbreak in 1862, a list of the first officers is
not available.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ridgely Township was
separated from West Newton in 1886.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At this time, the area which encompasses the St. George
settlement on top of the hill around the church, contained only a few
buildings, the log church, the school, and to the northwest a store and saloon
known as the “Schwabenhalle” and operated by Jacob Maennerle. It was here the
settlers were wont to seek consolation for their bodies, if the absence of the
priest deprived them of food for their souls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Two barns were also erected to house horses while the settlers were
attending church services. With the advent of cars, these buildings were
dismantled.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few years later, after the
“Schabenhalle was destroyed by fire during the Indian uprising, the present St.
George store and adjoining living quarters was rejected.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quite a little more prosperous was another settlement
located within the boundaries of the parish, the town of West Newton in
Sections 29 and 30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is ironic that
while today the once unpromising St. George has become the hub of the
surrounding areas, little remains to indicate that once a thriving town was
located along the river, just four miles southwest of the present church.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Two points of view are held regarding the origin of the name
“West Newton” –town and township.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some
say that the name was given in honor of James Newton, an early settler who
lived on what is now the Edward F. Dummer farm, with the appellation “West”
added to distinguish it from another Newton township in the state.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Others claim that the name came from the
steamship, “The West Newton”, which sailed under the command of Captain D. S.
Harris from Fort Snelling in the last four days of April, 1853, bringing two
companies of the Sixth Regiment with lumber and supplies for the building of
Fort Ridgely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The latter explanation
seems the more plausible.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“The West
Newton” was 150 feet long and was built for the Mississippi River traffic
between Galena, Illinois and St. Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was sunk near Alma, Wisconsin, in September of 1853, before the area
which was to bear its name was settled.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Whatever the source of its name, the town of West Newton
played a vital role in the lives of the early settlers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not all the citizens of this town were
members of St. George Parish, of course, but the proximity to the town was a
major benefit to the parishioners and unquestionably furthered the progress of
the parish. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The spot chosen for the village of West Newton lies in a
valley between the Minnesota River and the bluffs with an elevation of
approximately 790 feet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A road north of
the river which in those days dubbed the “Fort Ridgely Road” and is today
called the “bottom” road lies between the river and the bluffs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The road led from Birch Coulie via Fort
Ridgely to Fort Snelling near St. Paul.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>At all of these places, soldiers and government agents were stationed,
and the road was used to haul supplies and mail.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The little village was started at the spot which marked the
end of a day’s journey from Fort Ridgely.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Here also, the river channel was deep and near the road, providing a
convenient landing for river boats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One
of the busiest spots in the community was the steamship landing below the
Harkin store and the first passenger ship to arrive here was the “Frank Steel”,
another steamer was the “Belfast” while many freighters also stopped at the
landing, including the “Time and Tide”, and the “Ware”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The steamship “Otter” was bought in 1859 by a
New Ulm company with Jake Hindermann, a local man, as captain.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>During the years of river travel, the
steamship landing at West Newton was used by more than 200ships; old timers
still recall the loud horn that sounded as the ships arrived.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At West Newton the ships unloaded their
cargoes of kerosene, hardware, groceries, tobacco, and whiskey, and loaded
wheat and flour.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instead of bridges, ferries were used for river crossings,
and there were four ferries in the vicinity.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>One was located where Highway 14 now crosses the river; another known as
the Beussmann Ferry served as river transportation where the present Beussmann
Bridge now stands.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The third ferry,
known as the Palmer Ferry, was in the town of West Newton, while the fourth,
manned by Cummings, forded the river in Ridgely Township.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Palmer Ferry was conducted by Alois
Palmer from 1859 until 1867, when Palmer began delivering mail to Fort Ridgely,
walking back and forth from New Ulm to the fort daily.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The ferries, large rafts with enough room for a team of
horses and a wagon, were manned by a ferryman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The current of the river usually furnished the motive power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A rope, anchored on each side of the stream,
hung several feet above the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Several pulleys were strung on this rope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Other ropes connected the pulleys to the
raft.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The ferry was simply poled away
from shore, which, turned at the proper angle, the current would carry it to
the opposite bank of the river.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
interesting to review the rates charged generally for crossing the river in
those days: a single team cost 15 cents, stock per head 5 cents, plus 1 cent
for each additional head – except for hogs which were always 5 cents each.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the settlers drifted into the region, the town began to
flourish and soon a number of business places were established.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Among were a three-story warehouse, the
Brunner Dance Hall and Boarding place, a molasses press, Huber’s Blacksmith
Shop, Younker’s Livery, Saloon and Boarding place, Garrick’s Wagon Shop, the
Harkin Store, the Diepolder Hotel and Henzel’s Blacksmith Shop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A brewery was built on the river bank, but
was soon discontinued because of poor water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>In addition, a stream flour and saw mill was built by William Pless in
1861, south of the road where the Leonard Powers’ family now lives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The mill was destroyed by fire twice and
finally abandoned in 1875.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another mill,
erected by William Koke in 1870, was in operation only two years.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSBRpA3IZ0zEkGmInJcYbd30GFs8MbAbzYWxhg--6Jz1Jsc2TBOBsgIV8jCqTuPK7HjwB3uMQkQtXsLRC5AnHyaTbdwx7_dGByOMSIthop1o2jz1Gdzb-JhZzA0X1-pYi_2cvOGn-o6mz3VHvpBlb9QAtHsAqRYfWgCYoycAMIsn9WXCdJyw8r1R-aw/s5233/Former%20Town%20of%20West%20Newton.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5233" data-original-width="4554" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKSBRpA3IZ0zEkGmInJcYbd30GFs8MbAbzYWxhg--6Jz1Jsc2TBOBsgIV8jCqTuPK7HjwB3uMQkQtXsLRC5AnHyaTbdwx7_dGByOMSIthop1o2jz1Gdzb-JhZzA0X1-pYi_2cvOGn-o6mz3VHvpBlb9QAtHsAqRYfWgCYoycAMIsn9WXCdJyw8r1R-aw/w557-h640/Former%20Town%20of%20West%20Newton.JPG" width="557" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">The Brunner Saloon and Dance hall, also called “The Farmer’s
Home”, was a busy place in the little town.
Often entire families would attend the dance and stay until the wee
hours of the morning. In the days when
nice young ladies did not approve of drinking, clever escorts would drop in at
the Harkin Store for cloves to chew and thus hide liquor-scented breaths from
delicate noses – believing that their charming companions did not guess the
reason for their sudden spicy aromas. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Across the street from the dance hall was the Garrick Wagon
Shop owned by John Garrick. Next to the
wagon shop, on land where Lawrence Volz’ house now stands, was Michael Huber’s
Blacksmith with its old hand-pumped forge in use for long hours of every
day. A livery and saloon was located on
the spot where the Robert Palmer farm house stands today, and since many
travelers stayed overnight in the town, the place also served as a boarding
house. Across the Palmer Creek stood a
molasses press, also operated by Younker and later by William Palmer.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first building erected to serve travelers was the
Diepolder Hotel, operated by Henry Diepolder.
In one of the rooms was a space reserved for the first postoffice in
West Newton used by the first postmaster, Alexander Harkin, who lived on a farm
a mile east of the hotel near another blacksmith shop operated by a man named
Henzel.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As he watched the soldier and settlers pass through the
town, Harkin realized the need for a general store. His first store was established in his home,
but in 1871 he built the famous Harkin store which still exists but in no
longer a business. When the business
place was discontinued in 1901, the post office which had been part of the
Harkin Store, had been discontinued before, and the present St. George Store
became the post office for the area.
Twice a week the mail was brought to the store, often by ship, but
chiefly via stagecoach.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Peter Kitzberger, Sr., delivered mail on the rural route as
well as to the post office in the present St. George Store when Joseph Reinhart
was postmaster. Often he found warm
coffee in the mail boxes that he served, and many other times received cake
left over from parties on the previous night.
He remembers on angry patron who destroyed his mailbox when he failed to
receive any mail and told the mailman he need not deliver any mail in the
future. Kitzberger delivered mail in
1900, but it is unknown when the St. George post office was discontinued. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Besides delivering mail, Kitzberger also served as a
delivery boy, bringing meat from New Ulm and taking butter from the local
creamery back to New Ulm. He still
remembers the wolves’ howling as he drove along and seeing sheep that had been
killed by these wild animals.
Occasionally he would bag some wild game on the familiar route.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alexander Harkin was the leading citizen of both the town
and the township of West Newton. A
Scottish Presbyterian, he came here in 1856 on a wedding trip with his first
wife Janet Crawford. Though they settled
in the area, Mrs. Harkin never grew accustomed to the rigors of the territory
and finally succumbed to tuberculosis.
Harkin later married her sister Margaret who died of a heart attack some
years later. His third wife, a Mrs.
Lamberton from St. Peter, eventually became a Catholic, though Harkin remained
a Presbyterian all his life.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Harkin Store was a popular stopping place in the little
town. It and the Diepolder Hotel are the
only remaining landmarks, the hotel now serving as the farm residence of the
Wilfred J. Bushard family. The store
itself has been turned into a museum and on the registers of the pot-belly
stove are the names of visitors from thirty-two different states, and from
Germany, Denmark, Scotland, New Zealand, Japan, and Canada. Many organized visits are made to the store
by school teachers and their student, troops of boy and girl scouts and members
of historical societies. Frequent
mention of the old store is made in newspapers and magazine articles. Everything inside the structure is still
preserved by Janet Mossopust, the granddaughter of Alexander Harkin, exactly as
her father left it when he closed the store in 1901.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In the old store are shelves of old dishes, lamps, coffee,
order books, catalogues and charge accounts.
In the accounts of some of the unpaid bills the term “deadbeat” is often
found next to a name. There are barrels
and boxes of goods that have never been opened, and a price sheet lists tea as
$1.00 a pound; eggs at 7 cents a dozen; a barrel of flour, $8.00; and a hog,
$4.00. Heads of families remembered
their children, as almost every receipt lists candy; and father did not forget
himself either, since most bills also include tobacco. Vinegar and health bitters were widely used
and taken as cough medicines. With
bitters consisting of 90% alcohol, it is little wonder if coughs were highly
contagious among sly pioneer husbands.
Patent medicines were widely advertised in the store, and placards still
hang on the wall, proclaiming the worth of Ayer’s Sarsaparilla as the “only
thorough blood purifier” or the tonic that works wonder for “dyspeptic men,
nervous women, weak children and is the nicest worm-expeller.”</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Patrons of the store lives as far away as Beaver Falls (near
Redwood Falls). They came on foot, on
horseback, or via wagon to trade, get the mail and visit with neighbors. A trip down the road to one of the saloons to
seek bodily consolation, then a spell of visiting in the store around the stove
near the cracker barrel, filled the day set aside for shopping. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A few of the humorous events in the store are still
preserved. One day an Irish boy came to
the store, after a prolonged visit in a saloon, to purchase some
valentines. After picking out some of
the ugliest in stock, he directed the clerk to address them to some young
ladies in the community. The sly clerk,
however, addressed some to the young fellow himself, and on his next trip to
the store, the Irish lad was furious because he had received the horrible
unsigned valentines. He never learned
that he had selected them himself. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One day a lady came in to buy calico. Every time Harkin showed her a bolt of cloth,
he was surprised to hear her say, “Zu hell,” thinking that she was saying “To
hell”. Finally he learned that she was
merely informing him that the cloth was “too light”. She finally chose a black print. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bes his position as storekeeper and postmaster, Harkin also
served as coroner, administrator of wills and justice of the peace. As justice of the peace, Harkin recorded the
marriage of a number of the settlers.
Michael Murnane and Helen Mooers were married before him on April 25,
1858. According to the record, Helen
Mooers returned for another marriage in 1866 but was refused ---Harkin gives no
further details. An unhappy marriage
resulted for Jacob Stack and Baptista, an Indian half-breed, who were married
on May 5, 1858. The marriage came to a
bitter conclusion on the morning after the ceremony when Baptista disappeared
and was never seen again. On December
28, 1858, Harkin witnessed an even stranger ceremony. The first husband of the bride had been
accidentally killed while greasing an old-fashioned water wheel. On the third day after the accident, the
prospective groom showed up at the funeral in the deceased man’s shoes and on
the next day filled them entirely by marrying the widow.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Little remains of the former bustling village of West Newton
except the store and the hotel. At one
time, a Methodist church was constructed in West Newton Township but was moved
many years ago. Until the church was
built, the Protestant ministers held services in village homes. Today only a cemetery indicates that a church
was located there. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Several reasons have been advanced to explain the
disappearance of the town. Some say the
advent of the railroads caused West Newton to decline, for when the railroads
appeared in 1872, they circled the town and were routed instead through New Ulm
and Sleepy Eye. Another railroad from
the Twin Cities through what is now Gibbon and Fairfax also side-tracked the
village, and then with the distance from the railroads and the decline of river
traffic, it became difficult for the businessmen to obtain supplies. In addition, Fort Ridgely was soon abandoned
and the town quickly felt the absence of the generous military men. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With the farmhouses scattered so sparsely across the plains,
the commandment to “love thy neighbor” was easily observed in the pioneer
days. Even the most rugged settler was
not without nostalgia for his homeland and the warm companionship of friendly
neighbors was an effective remedy for dispelling gloom when bleak winds howled
across the prairies. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But there was one neighbor who was seldom invited to share
the cozy intimacy of pioneer society.
This was the inhabitant of the land, the Sioux Indian. As we pass the peaceful farms of the parish
today, it is hard to believe that less than 100 years ago, this area bordered
on Indian territory. After the treaty
with Spain many years before, in which the Minnesota territory had been
obtained, the Indians received full rights to the property, and the Federal
Government was faced with the problem of subduing the Indians and purchasing
their land for the white men.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>A history of the Church of St.
George of West Newton</b>, eight miles
north-west of New Ulm, Nicollet County, State of Minnesota: from its origin to
its centennial year, 1858-1958. [Minnesota: s.n., 1958]. 25-32 pgs reproduced.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-11047261532021670922023-06-12T17:17:00.002-05:002023-06-12T17:18:19.553-05:00Walking Tacos and Kraut Dogs Food Stand<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ159lz3dRvJC2EBwypkxDNJ4fpnHY7cWPKNtKsCSRw1lOR4-HbdNo33TMT_fZ6Ql6iaP08IlCacZRVZ-hHwy2qNDJ8GsNLbCTAbjrHC9PRVgBBxDLXDAcEGodwunvrJ4xYmBUtsTApAvlk9Y-T0Wj3cLxqBBblSZC6gumBjKPwayiSrzUM-KcH-m3Ng/s623/Walking%20Taco%20Flier%202023%20-%20Copy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="623" data-original-width="413" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ159lz3dRvJC2EBwypkxDNJ4fpnHY7cWPKNtKsCSRw1lOR4-HbdNo33TMT_fZ6Ql6iaP08IlCacZRVZ-hHwy2qNDJ8GsNLbCTAbjrHC9PRVgBBxDLXDAcEGodwunvrJ4xYmBUtsTApAvlk9Y-T0Wj3cLxqBBblSZC6gumBjKPwayiSrzUM-KcH-m3Ng/w424-h640/Walking%20Taco%20Flier%202023%20-%20Copy2.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-88365460330286057972023-05-19T11:57:00.002-05:002023-05-19T11:57:55.206-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0ixzWTvCi0GlXnlJwyDxUpQ8k809H30s-d3AP6ptQKSsUjFKaMx3-nA62R1ox9DvFLzuE_yiI2tAKhHIufEQa8xxcHtxE2LruBtOImSG9GpZiPaaiQCgjgp9Qsf_zDHYjMYOeOJmVKJNv0lCEbULOFyFR4AL_JmgpuR09lKuZjof8Fbj7TtAN2nGzw/s1056/The%20Depot%20Museum%20will%20be%20closed%20on%20Saturday.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="816" data-original-width="1056" height="494" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc0ixzWTvCi0GlXnlJwyDxUpQ8k809H30s-d3AP6ptQKSsUjFKaMx3-nA62R1ox9DvFLzuE_yiI2tAKhHIufEQa8xxcHtxE2LruBtOImSG9GpZiPaaiQCgjgp9Qsf_zDHYjMYOeOJmVKJNv0lCEbULOFyFR4AL_JmgpuR09lKuZjof8Fbj7TtAN2nGzw/w640-h494/The%20Depot%20Museum%20will%20be%20closed%20on%20Saturday.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-77612337706651137132023-05-10T13:52:00.000-05:002023-05-10T13:52:24.642-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA1ujmFVcMV6esDxpbspptnt6Ox1TLxbZbCLVf5yvc0oVUWsfQxnMnbSP2ijSbCfem6jOUTuDWSuOAFbcmvRtz8ZNQE0npxNGX-_nDg_Qfa3669lOq1qVPoaSLAxB-ATvGq0nukfDL2boTxODzlqOibMVIfwJ30XXV4mVu30AtrONi0un3pup5GCaCQ/s600/Open%20Signage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="600" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUA1ujmFVcMV6esDxpbspptnt6Ox1TLxbZbCLVf5yvc0oVUWsfQxnMnbSP2ijSbCfem6jOUTuDWSuOAFbcmvRtz8ZNQE0npxNGX-_nDg_Qfa3669lOq1qVPoaSLAxB-ATvGq0nukfDL2boTxODzlqOibMVIfwJ30XXV4mVu30AtrONi0un3pup5GCaCQ/s320/Open%20Signage.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a" style="background-color: white; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><h2 style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">YES WE ARE OPEN for the 2023 Season!! </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">OH WHAT A SEASON IT’S GOING TO BE!!!</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">As a reminder our hours are:</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"> </b><b style="font-family: inherit;">Wednesday - Saturday </b><b style="font-family: inherit;">10 AM till 4 PM </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;">Can’t wait to see you!</b></div></span></h2></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-77620293680570285952022-08-25T15:03:00.001-05:002022-08-25T15:03:32.809-05:00<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-font-width: 85%;">Have a Cigar!</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Here<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>about<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;">
</span>early<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>cigar<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>makers.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">We<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>know<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>that<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>1901 </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">Sleepy Eye had at<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>least<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>four
men<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>practicing<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;">
</span>craft.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 2.15pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">We<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>have </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>names<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> C. A. </span>Lemke,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .3pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">J.B. Hacker,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 3.6pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Otto<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>Nothardt and<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Albert<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Wandersee.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.45pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Lemke</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">lived</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.3pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">on</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">north</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">side</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.6pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Main</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">in</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">block </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">across<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>from the old L.P. Jensen residence,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">and that<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>house
was between<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>corner) later<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>site<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>creamery)
and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 1.0pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>Dyckman<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>Library.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Hecker</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">had</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">been</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">employed</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">by</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Lemke</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">and</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">1901</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">he</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">opened</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">his</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">own shop.</span><span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Nothardt</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">apparently</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">on</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">North</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">side</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Main</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">near</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.45pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">the </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">Radl<span style="letter-spacing: -3.4pt;"> </span>(later<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>Martinka)<span style="letter-spacing: -2.3pt;"> </span>corner.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.2pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">At<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>least,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.2pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">his<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>saloon<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;">
</span>was<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>that block.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">There is<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>reason<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>believe that<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>Hecker<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>later went<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>New<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>Ulm. <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">No</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">information</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">has</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">turned</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">up</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">so</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">far</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">about</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Wandersee,</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">who</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">was </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">perhaps a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>relative<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>later<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>Wandersees<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>living in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>Sleepy<span style="letter-spacing: -1.8pt;"> E</span>ye.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.55pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">In<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>1902 <span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">William</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">Davison</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">was</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">a</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.1pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">cigar</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">maker,</span></span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.3pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">and in</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">1905</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Albert</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Kaping</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">was </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">apparently<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>here.
Pictures<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>Lemke<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>cigar<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>box<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>show<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>his<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>number<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>was </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">521. J. J. Schobert made </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">Verdict<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>Cigars,</span><span style="letter-spacing: .75pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">about<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>we<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>know<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>very<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;">little.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.8pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">a</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">box</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">of</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">odds</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">and</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">ends</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Richard</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.4pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Class</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">found</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">at</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">an</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.85pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">auction </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">there<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;">
</span>three<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>documents<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>pertaining to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>manufacture of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>cigars by F. Berg and Son. One<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span></b>"collector's</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">certificate</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .65pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">to<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>the</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">manu</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">facturer<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>cigars"<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>certifies that<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>F.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.7pt;"> </span>Berg<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>and Son, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">manufacturers </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">of<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>cigars in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.7pt;"> </span>Sleepy Eye "have<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>given bond</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">in<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>sum<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -2.15pt;"> </span>$1,000 Dollars,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">said</span>
<span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">premises being manufactory No.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>645</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">of<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>this district, </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">and</span>
<span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">limited</span><span style="letter-spacing: .9pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">to</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">the</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">metde and
bounds</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">as<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>follows:<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>one<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>room</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">on<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;">west </span></span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">side<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>second<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;">
</span>story<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>brick veneered building<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>situated</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">on<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>Lot<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>8<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>Block<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;">26 </span></span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">original</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">plat</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Village</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">of</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Sleepy</span><span style="letter-spacing: -2.8pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> Eye</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.55pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Lake,</span><span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">Brown County"</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.4pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">The</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">date</span><span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt; mso-font-width: 95%;"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">is </span>April<span style="letter-spacing: -2.05pt;"> </span>19,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>1902,<span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -2.05pt;"> </span>St.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.35pt;"> </span>Paul,<span style="letter-spacing: .6pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -2.0pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> sa</span>me<span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;"> </span>signed<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;">
</span>looks<span style="letter-spacing: -2.05pt;"> </span>like <span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">"Fred</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;">
</span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">vio</span><span style="letter-spacing: .4pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">Baumbach."<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>could</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">misread</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> <span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">it.</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">A<span style="letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span>second certificate gives<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>new<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>location of the manufactory, "one<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>room on lower<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>story<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>east<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>room of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>frame building situated </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">on<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>Lots<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;"> </span>1,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">2,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>3,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">Block<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>2,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>Brackenridge's<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>3rd<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> Addition
to the Village of Sleepy Eye Lake. Date is April 12, 1903.</span></span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">By<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>January<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>13,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">1905,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">the<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>business
must<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>have<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>prospered.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.2pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">That </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">notice,</span><span style="letter-spacing: .75pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">still<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>$1,000<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;">
</span>bond<span style="letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>No.<span style="letter-spacing: -3.0pt;"> </span>645,</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">gives<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>description of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>premises, "two rooms (size 12 x 18
feet) and one room (size 12 x 14 feet) on the second<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>floor<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>building<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>situated on<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>Lot<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>17<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>Block<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>25<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>City<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.35pt;"> </span>Sleepy
Eye,</span> <span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">Minnesota.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">Also,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.2pt;"> </span>one room (size</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.65pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">6</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">x<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>12<span style="letter-spacing: -2.15pt;"> </span>feet)<span style="letter-spacing: -1.85pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>basement<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>above<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>building<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>for </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">storage of<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>tobacco."</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.4pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">You<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>notice that<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>this was issued</span> <span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">just<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>after Sleepy<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> E</span>ye had</span> <span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">acquired</span>
<span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">a<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>city<span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt;"> </span>charter.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>There<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>fine<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>print<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>note<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>at<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>bottom<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>each<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>certificate, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">"Section 35.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">
<span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">Act<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>October<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>1,</span><span style="letter-spacing: .1pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">1890,<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>dispenses<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>with<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>bond<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>'for<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>each </span><span style="mso-font-width: 95%;">person proposed to be </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">employed by</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">him<span style="letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>making<span style="letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span>cigars'</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -.15pt;"> </span>makes the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>minimum<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>amount<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>bond<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>$100."</span><span style="letter-spacing: 3.45pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">As<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>near<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>I<span style="letter-spacing: -2.15pt;"> </span>can<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>interpret<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>this </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">it means that<span style="letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span>F.<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>Berg<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>did not<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;">
</span>have to<span style="letter-spacing: -.6pt;"> </span>give bond for<span style="letter-spacing: -.35pt;"> </span>employees, </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>father<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>son<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>were<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>bonded<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>together<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>$1,000.</span><span style="letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">These
three</span><span style="letter-spacing: 1.35pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 90%;">documents<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>placed<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.4pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>files<span style="letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>brown<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>ringbook<span style="letter-spacing: -.8pt;"> </span>with </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">other<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>documents and</span> <span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">many<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>pictures</span><span style="letter-spacing: 4.0pt;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">for<span style="letter-spacing: -.4pt;"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing: -.25pt;"> </span>Brown
C</span><span style="letter-spacing: .6pt; mso-font-width: 97%;">ount</span><span style="letter-spacing: .65pt; mso-font-width: 97%;">y</span><span style="letter-spacing: -.7pt; mso-font-width: 84%;"> </span><span style="mso-font-width: 85%;">Museum.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Every<span style="letter-spacing: -.3pt;"> </span>little</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">town<span style="letter-spacing: -.05pt;"> </span>once</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">had</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.5pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">its<span style="letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span>cigar</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.95pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">maker.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: .9pt; mso-font-width: 150%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">A</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">tiny</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">village</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.45pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">might </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">have</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">at<span style="letter-spacing: -.55pt;"> </span>least</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.2pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">one. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">The</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.25pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">Sleepy</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">Eye</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="letter-spacing: -1.53333px;">of 1901</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">had</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">several</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">men</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -2.05pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">so</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -1.15pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">engaged,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: 2.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">J.B.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -2.75pt; mso-font-width: 90%;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">Hecker, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">C,<span style="letter-spacing: -3.2pt;"> </span>A.<span style="letter-spacing: -2.4pt;"> </span>Lemke,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">o.<span style="letter-spacing: -5.05pt;"> </span>F.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.65pt;"> </span>Nothardt,<span style="letter-spacing: 5.33333px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 90%;">and<span style="letter-spacing: -1.1pt;"> </span>Albert<span style="letter-spacing: -.65pt;"> </span>Wandersee.<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>It<span style="letter-spacing: -1.5pt;"> </span>required </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">only<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -2.05pt;"> </span>small<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>place<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>this<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>skilled<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>hand-rolled<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>trade.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Since<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>this is<span style="letter-spacing: -1.55pt;"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;">
</span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -2.25pt;"> </span>country<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>for<span style="letter-spacing: -1.9pt;"> </span>raising<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>tobacco,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 0.9pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">except<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>as<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>a<span style="letter-spacing: -2.25pt;"> </span>small<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>hobby,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 2.25pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">the men<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>had<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>import<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;">
</span>tobacco<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>leaves,</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: 1.15pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">giving<span style="letter-spacing: -1.0pt;"> </span>them<span style="letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span>proper<span style="letter-spacing: -1.6pt;">
</span>care<span style="letter-spacing: -1.25pt;"> </span>as </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">they worked with them.</span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.2pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">some </span>time,<span style="font-size: 12pt;"> a</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">man</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.45pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">named Schobert apparently
made cigars in Sleepy Eye.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">An antique
store acquired a cigar box with this name.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The first initial may be an "H" but is blurred.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The second initial is "J". His name
is followed by the word "cigarmaker".<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The label
"Verdict" Brand is on the box, and the information that in some way
the "Community Development Committee" was involved or was sponsoring
the maker.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -1.3pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">learn</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -1.05pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">nothing </span>else,<span style="font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.25pt;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">we</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.85pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">are made</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; letter-spacing: -0.65pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">aware than in early Sleepy Eye the </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-font-width: 85%;">businessmen were wideawake and willing to<span style="letter-spacing: -.85pt;">
</span>lend a<span style="letter-spacing: -.75pt;"> </span>helping hand to<span style="letter-spacing: -.2pt;"> </span>new </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; letter-spacing: -.1pt; mso-font-width: 95%;">business.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-42082599940531899832022-08-05T10:37:00.003-05:002022-08-05T10:38:36.627-05:00Loreno<p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: times;"> Loreno</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0ziFrSOzzc-9Gb_6ptQ_nmoFa0M3PRLLXQfoF6emwEgwXWSrqdRf6dEAm92Ac0baaLP2hFUk95ePRisfSuPycd2QF3ZvrxgBrSQprphZLorXFNZjRdvA9qUyTWDPD_O_FJP8w6764bjMvrA3xNd-PA7tsBh4WGgyAiPjo0va5xBM9Gn4qLC46nX2Gw/s400/LORENO.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="400" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL0ziFrSOzzc-9Gb_6ptQ_nmoFa0M3PRLLXQfoF6emwEgwXWSrqdRf6dEAm92Ac0baaLP2hFUk95ePRisfSuPycd2QF3ZvrxgBrSQprphZLorXFNZjRdvA9qUyTWDPD_O_FJP8w6764bjMvrA3xNd-PA7tsBh4WGgyAiPjo0va5xBM9Gn4qLC46nX2Gw/w400-h253/LORENO.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">After the Dakota Conflict of 1862, settlers in the area were so infuriated with the Indians that they decided they didn't want a town to be named after one. On January 6th, 1880 -an election finally changed the town's name to Loreno. The town of Sleepy Eye had to go to the Legislature to make this change....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">However, it didn't last long, though, and it was changed back to Sleepy Eye Lake, which was the original name on May 2nd, 1881.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year our town is celebrating its 150th Year Anniversary... We are known as the City of Sleepy Eye.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-70440286367795740502022-05-12T10:35:00.000-05:002022-05-12T10:35:22.927-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PCFWQMYvkxc1DCRIEwl80MDBRSIpoeMWjsLiHrYNjXKOOukE_HAm15w96iA3PcChY2qNNW8vrHMt4XXZ6CgwL1er8muQzdOkECY4uktU_IlLzaip00WyIXrguxBN33ClRRIB2F39r3d3ibX7rMRG862K23rdVUhDwTm3RFMeTDWnGKZIf0P2fBit7w/s849/museum-900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="849" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9PCFWQMYvkxc1DCRIEwl80MDBRSIpoeMWjsLiHrYNjXKOOukE_HAm15w96iA3PcChY2qNNW8vrHMt4XXZ6CgwL1er8muQzdOkECY4uktU_IlLzaip00WyIXrguxBN33ClRRIB2F39r3d3ibX7rMRG862K23rdVUhDwTm3RFMeTDWnGKZIf0P2fBit7w/s320/museum-900.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>The Sleepy Eye Historical Society</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Depot Museum</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Is Now Open For The 2022 Season!</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Our Hours Are</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Wednesday</b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b> - Saturday</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>10 Am till 4 PM</b></span></div> <p></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-73545556847500764412022-03-17T09:31:00.005-05:002022-03-17T09:33:22.864-05:00<p> </p><h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thank you
for your continued support and patience during this unprecedented time. We're
excited to welcome you back to our historical site and museum!<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Keeping us
all safe<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<h2 align="center" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Our priority is to maintain a safe
environment for visitors, staff, and volunteers. Please read for details about
health and safety precautions:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Face
masks are encouraged but not required for all visitors regardless of
vaccination status.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">MNHS
sites reserve the right to request masking in areas where social
distancing is unavailable, in confined spaces, or in areas with limited
air circulation.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
are conducting enhanced cleaning of high-touch surfaces and providing
hand-sanitizing stations for visitors.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Social
distancing is encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If
you are feeling sick, have flu-like symptoms, or have been in contact with
someone who has recently had COVID-19, please visit us another time.<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .5in; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-14250109464036349422021-12-01T10:32:00.000-06:002021-12-01T10:32:09.815-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DpB3Fj6sQGg/YaejRG-_GQI/AAAAAAAAA7M/ItyRj8_97CE8RUD5XLOu0hX2sfzYB7m6gCLcBGAsYHQ/s425/Untitled%2B%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="365" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DpB3Fj6sQGg/YaejRG-_GQI/AAAAAAAAA7M/ItyRj8_97CE8RUD5XLOu0hX2sfzYB7m6gCLcBGAsYHQ/w344-h400/Untitled%2B%25282%2529.jpg" width="344" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-41959733690320383632021-07-17T13:18:00.006-05:002021-07-17T14:09:52.104-05:00Charles Glotzbach Declared Dead by Navy Department<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><b>Charles Glotzbach Declared Dead by Navy Department</b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5bEHu3c6aE/YPMeZXH0H1I/AAAAAAAAA6c/edoq0x9RR4cnOUejhbs7SdI3Z3-MBa_WgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/George%2BI.%2BGlotzbach%2Band%2BCharles%2BGlotzbach.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1451" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P5bEHu3c6aE/YPMeZXH0H1I/AAAAAAAAA6c/edoq0x9RR4cnOUejhbs7SdI3Z3-MBa_WgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/George%2BI.%2BGlotzbach%2Band%2BCharles%2BGlotzbach.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>George I. Glotzbach & Charles Glotzbach</i></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Charles George
Glotzbach was born on May 15, 1920 at Sleepy Eye, Minn., to George J.
Glotzbach, Jr. and Anne Hillesheim Glotzbach.</span><span style="text-align: left;">
</span><span style="text-align: left;">He was baptized May 20, 1920 by Rev. James Klien at St. Mary's Catholic
Church. Sponsors were Dolores and Edwin Laue. He was confirmed at St. Anne's in
Santa Ana, California, on May 27th, 1934 by the Most reverend John J. Cantwell.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">In Ja<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";">n</span>uary,
Donald 1928 and he moved to Santa Ana, Calif. with his mother and brothers
Donald and John.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He attended several
grade schools,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and on Sept. 1, 1934
entered St. Anthony's Seminary & College at Santa Barbra, Calif. He
completed four years of study and graduated on June 4, 1938. After several
years at Santa Ana College and the University of Notre Dame at South Bend, Indiana,
he was employed<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>by Southern California
Edison Company until joining the United States Naval Reserve.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was appointed ensign on August 7, 1943, to
rank from August 20.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">On Sept. 3, 1943 Charles and Jane Harcoff were married in Santa
Barbara, Calif. Jane was born Jan. 23, 1918 in Chicago, Ill., to Constantine
Alexander Harcoff and Lyla, Marshall Harcoff.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">On April 1, 1944 Charles completed the course of instruction
in submarines at the U.S. Submarine School, US. Submarine Base, New London,
Conn., and soon advanced to the rank of Lt. (jr. gr.). He served on the
submarine U.S.S. Barbel, which was reported missing as of Feb. 18th, 1945.
(Please see news clipping from the Sleepy Eye Herald-Dispatch of Match 7th,
1946) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJN_1LwDgxeqYmFxAjE7WFj5YOmuYefvWiwJ7YV7BrYZ7qjrvS0ClBsRjogw3A0olsYLCq6dROSBymoNSSGeAzlacN_tS3d_xmYYpHAIdqb0wOnP7_9PEv59gRZxgPNC-uPoVA1ZRbxgK/s2048/Charles+Glotzbach+Declared+Dead.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1784" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzJN_1LwDgxeqYmFxAjE7WFj5YOmuYefvWiwJ7YV7BrYZ7qjrvS0ClBsRjogw3A0olsYLCq6dROSBymoNSSGeAzlacN_tS3d_xmYYpHAIdqb0wOnP7_9PEv59gRZxgPNC-uPoVA1ZRbxgK/w349-h400/Charles+Glotzbach+Declared+Dead.JPG" width="349" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-88437936732926821142021-07-16T11:29:00.001-05:002021-07-16T12:13:05.223-05:00The Birth of a Town of Sleepy Eye<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The Birth of a Town
of Sleepy Eye</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">How Do You Do' <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Where
Is My Home? Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. You say I'm kidding you, there is no town by
that name.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, believe it or not,
that's the eyebrow raising reception a Sleepy Eye Resident gets when traveling.
</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">I never get tired of hearing of the beauty of the Sleepy Eye
Area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As you come over the small hill east
of town, you see nestled in the woods a beautiful lake, with two smaller takes
on each side of them as far as the eye could see, the waving grass of the
prairie broken only by small clumps of poplar trees.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">In and around this area lived the Prairie Sioux or Dakota
Indians. The Prairie Sioux were composed of small tribes roaming the Dakotas
and Southern Minnesota.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tribe that
we are interested in lived along the Minnesota Rive and was under the
leadership of a chief called "Isk-Tak-Ha-Ba, meaning "Eyelid
Drooping".</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Here is an interesting Face to me. "Ish-Tak-Ha-Ba was
born to a non chief family in 1780, and by Indian standards he couldn't become
a chief, so what did they do, just like today, he went with a "Delegation
to Washington!" and the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Big White
Chief President Monroe in 1824 Officially Declared Him A Chief!</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was while he was in Washington that his
picture was painted by an artist named Zimmerman, this picture is owned by the
Minnesota Historical Society, but everyone in this area is family with and has
seen copies of it on postcards, letterheads and trademarks such as the one we
are all so familiar with.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNBIkvvmSSQ/YPGyZ7rY1yI/AAAAAAAAA6E/ztutowQTJng7tm__QOOPS3D2H_p382r4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s500/2853990.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uNBIkvvmSSQ/YPGyZ7rY1yI/AAAAAAAAA6E/ztutowQTJng7tm__QOOPS3D2H_p382r4ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/2853990.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">About the time that Chief Sleepy Eye was in Washington
another part of our history had its beginning in Canada.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">A French Canadian by the name of Alec Demerce
had the wanderlust and drifted south into the Dakotas and Minnesota. The Sioux
were friendly and agreeable so he hunted and trapped with them finally marrying
an Indian girl and never returned to his home in Canada.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Traveling with a roving bandof Sioux he
settled down for awhile by what is now known as Sleepy Eye Lake.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">The Indian name for the lake was
"Bedatasche" interpreted by some to mean "Big Wood Lake"
and by others "Pretty Water With The Big Trees" it is assumed that
Demerce was one of the first white man to see Sleepy Eye Lake.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYXCiPUP9wk/YPGyLTRmV-I/AAAAAAAAA6A/NFNZancN72QJEyFDTGFPHyoRNy4Pu3o7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Sleepy%2BEye%2BLake%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VYXCiPUP9wk/YPGyLTRmV-I/AAAAAAAAA6A/NFNZancN72QJEyFDTGFPHyoRNy4Pu3o7QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Sleepy%2BEye%2BLake%2B2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">By this time there were many forts and settlements in
southern Minnesota and the white man was gradually taking over, the Indian was
being driven out of his own county with little understanding or fairness.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Chief Sleepy Eye was a good leader, he had
most of his tribe under control and he was friendly with the whites at all
times.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">He was very reluctant to sign the
Treat of Traverse De Sioux</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">in 1851. This
treaty ceded (gave up) all the land in the area to the whites except for a
strip ten miles on each side of the Minnesota River.</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">This strip was called a
"Reservation" and the Indian, like ourselves, did not like to be told
where he could live. Only after receiving permission for his tribe to live in
the Traverse De Sioux area near St. Peter did he sign the Treaty.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A short time after this, there was an Indian Massacre in
Iowa (1857) and permission for Chief Sleepy Eye and his tribe to live off the
reservation was revoked.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He moved his
family and tribe westwards and settled on the banks of Sleepy Eye Lake.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">We know that Chief Sleepy Eye lived on the shores of Sleepy
Eye Lake with his white friends until 1859 when he traveled to South Dakota to
visit a friend Red Eagle, while he was there he was thrown from his horse and
died of his injuries (Chief Sleepy Eye was 80 years old then.)</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Chief Sleepy Eye was buried near Big Stone Lake, but in
1902, Chief Sleepy was allowed to be removed and was reburied in Sleepy Eye
where today stands a fifty foot granite monument in his memory and his own cemetery
is set aside for Chief Sleepy Eye.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6sq7I9MPXq4/YPGzMnS0z2I/AAAAAAAAA6M/VV8jNzy20dw5uJORM-iaP9sT5Gi0s3PvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2016/Monument%2Bof%2BChief%2BSleepy%2BEye_2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6sq7I9MPXq4/YPGzMnS0z2I/AAAAAAAAA6M/VV8jNzy20dw5uJORM-iaP9sT5Gi0s3PvwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Monument%2Bof%2BChief%2BSleepy%2BEye_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">After Chief Sleepy Eye's Death, the Indian village was abandoned,
leaving a few Indians and "French Cap" and a trader names Ross, after
which Ross Lake was named.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The Indians were becoming restless, they didn't like the
idea of living on a reservation, and who would blame them? They had guns and
ammunition and there was much talk of driving the white man out of their land.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">In 1862, the year of the famous Indian Uprising, French Cap
and Ross were tipped off by a friendly Indian squaw, that the Indians were on
the rampage. Even if they were friends of the Indians, they knew of their lust
for blood when incited, so French Cap took his family to New Ulm, the nearest
settlement and Ross went into hiding along the Cottonwood, working his way to
Mankato.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">After the Indian fighting had died down, only French Cap
came back to his home on the East short of Sleepy Eye Lake,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon the Government surveyors arrived and Cap
made his selection of a homestead, making him the first resident by government
records.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">From time to time a new settler arrived, built a house and
sent for his family in 1872 the town site was platted.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By 1875 there were Log schools, business
places and a hotel and the village was incorporated under the name Sleepy Eye
Lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just as today, there was
dissatisfaction, they didn't like the name in fact, they were so dissatisfied
that they went to the Legislative session in 1879 and had the town name changed
to "Loreno", now as romantic as it may sound.... Others asked why
that name.... what's that meaning.... there was none, it was just a plain
name.... no historical meaning behind it... Soooooo, the citizens went back to
the 1881 Legislative session and had the town renamed, "Sleepy Eye
Lake".<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So basically for 2 years our
town was named a different name other than what we know it today.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To arrive at the name we have today, Finally
in 1904 the town was chartered as "The City of Sleepy Eye" a name
that has stood the test of whys and wherefores and jokesters.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">That's the story of a birth of a town ..............</p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-66829702872218437522021-06-02T11:46:00.000-05:002021-06-02T11:46:14.088-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pdGaSLYoVxaHqtK1mBDSiHRYFAVUQ5B8Ie3qINmD1ewj7lxFqiSuw929w1SiDSp1G9U51tZKY3BfmM6nufLHn3ckjDUCYJf-WqsFdSTTEhaZW_uB1flbQg-MMYkrk62zGbtwcaZVsoGj/s445/0264_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="445" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2pdGaSLYoVxaHqtK1mBDSiHRYFAVUQ5B8Ie3qINmD1ewj7lxFqiSuw929w1SiDSp1G9U51tZKY3BfmM6nufLHn3ckjDUCYJf-WqsFdSTTEhaZW_uB1flbQg-MMYkrk62zGbtwcaZVsoGj/s320/0264_001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">SEAHS Developing New Visitor Guidelines</span></b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span><b><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Change Following New Guidance, Facility Use </span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">In accordance with new guidance from the CDC and Minnesota
Governor Tim Walz, we have relaxed our mask requirement at the Sleepy Eye Area
Historical Society/Depot Museum. Masks will not be required in the museum, but
they will be encouraged. We also ask that museum visitors continue to
accommodate social distance requirements and gallery limits. </span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">We will continue to review the most appropriate guidelines for
museum visitors as we near the end of the COVID-19 pandemic.</span><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p><br /> </p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-11492227038414646692021-05-06T11:15:00.002-05:002021-05-06T11:15:55.521-05:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-utNrTpA4oaM/YJQVt5I1x7I/AAAAAAAAA5A/MWXmTCbRjL0dAmLb9uhhBJqAhszyhffLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s840/Yes-we-are-open-sign.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="840" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-utNrTpA4oaM/YJQVt5I1x7I/AAAAAAAAA5A/MWXmTCbRjL0dAmLb9uhhBJqAhszyhffLgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Yes-we-are-open-sign.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h1 style="text-align: center;"> YES WE ARE OPEN FOR OUR</h1><h1 style="text-align: center;">2021 SUMMER SEASON</h1><div><br /></div><p></p>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-23604145141569873452020-11-20T10:49:00.004-06:002020-11-20T10:49:38.821-06:00<div style="background: white; border-bottom: solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border: none; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 3.0pt 0in;">
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</div><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;">For the continued safety of our staff and visitors, and in accordance with Governor Walz's executive order, MNHS sites and museums will temporarily close effective Sat., Nov 21.</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br />The Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society will be available for Gift Shop orders by calling our museum at (507) 794-5053. We still have many Sleepy Eye Mill mugs, Christmas bulbs, T-Shirts, Boos, and many misc items you may want to purchase for Christmas yet, as Christmas is right around the corner.</span></h3><h3 style="margin: 0px 0px 6px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: times; font-size: small;"><br />As Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society was normally planning on being closed anyway for its 2020 Season this coming Saturday, we will be around behind doors this winter Wednesday - Friday. If you still need that extra special gift, maybe you want it for someone special or maybe even for yourself! You can either call (507) 794-5053 or email (semuseum@sleepyeyetel.net) ahead of time to make arraignments to pick up your items.</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: times;"><br /></span></div><div class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #1c1e21; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6G2NHihils6fqbgrG4JAyX7eWfyhr99KnenB0YoFnRZ5us8gYzWpUoaVHe1OGQnGN1ATOPodLSGoTk5rFKnRRFitSg7x50Czuqw6MDe2rvowHvTWtX-CVVXycnTtN__5oUpHIGAdQJbK/s496/Screenshot+%2528174%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="496" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm6G2NHihils6fqbgrG4JAyX7eWfyhr99KnenB0YoFnRZ5us8gYzWpUoaVHe1OGQnGN1ATOPodLSGoTk5rFKnRRFitSg7x50Czuqw6MDe2rvowHvTWtX-CVVXycnTtN__5oUpHIGAdQJbK/w400-h171/Screenshot+%2528174%2529.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 6px;"><br /></p></div>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-23900685637129548792020-11-11T15:33:00.001-06:002020-11-11T15:33:55.733-06:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IQyRIxxIMDj3Hvc3xJC8KCjS1BJ4PI1jFYquepRrQR3pmNFKLc3vj6ToXVFKXGqBKzUbeuzVJXgFiG6W5Vpzbm0f-rpF0iarn7it_SSIqU-WUX63arEEH_ADRes7yo8U9KRkTrYIgesc/s480/Monument+1920+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="304" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-IQyRIxxIMDj3Hvc3xJC8KCjS1BJ4PI1jFYquepRrQR3pmNFKLc3vj6ToXVFKXGqBKzUbeuzVJXgFiG6W5Vpzbm0f-rpF0iarn7it_SSIqU-WUX63arEEH_ADRes7yo8U9KRkTrYIgesc/s320/Monument+1920+%25282%2529.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p align="center" class="BodyContent" style="text-align: center;"><b><span color="windowtext" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 128%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Chief
Sleepy Eye Monument</span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="BodyContent" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 128%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The monument is a graceful
shaft of Ortonville granite, 43 feet high on a base 10 1/2 by 10 1/2 feet. The construction of this memorial has been
let to the Sullivan
Monument Company, of Minneapolis, and the cost will be $2,500.00. Just above the base of the
shaft will be an inscription reading as follows: "Ish-tak-ha-ba (Sleepy Eye) Always a friend of
the whites.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p>
</p><p class="BodyContent" style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Baskerville Old Face","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 128%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This monument stands in a
little park at the east end of the depot grounds and will always remain a
reminder of a famous Indian whose good deeds will be familiar to the generations who are to come. The bones
of the chief will be entombed in the foundation of the
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Dedicated October 17th, 1902.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p></div>Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-87469183802037711822020-10-14T10:49:00.006-05:002020-10-14T10:49:55.542-05:00Annual Meeting<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><u><span style="font-size: medium;">REMINDER:</span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Sleepy Eye Area Historical Society's Annual Meeting </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for October 15th, 2020 has been CANCELED....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Our Christmas Bulbs have finally arrived. This year they are remembering the ghost town of Golden Gate. Along with our Christmas Bulb we have republished the Golden Gate book that was done by the Golden Gate Committee back in 1979. For those of you who have always wanted a copy you now can get your hands on one.</div>
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Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-19094398619933852372019-08-02T14:17:00.001-05:002019-08-02T14:17:26.540-05:00The Sloughs of Sleepy Eye<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The word “Sisseton” means “swamp dwellers” and the people of
Chief Sleepy Eye spent their lives in or near sloughy places.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This could be probably one of many reasons
why Chief Sleepy Eye chose our town to live after he and his band was told to
move from Swan Lake in 1857. Few sloughs are left in Brown County, today due to
the eagerness for drainage. Nowadays, we have to learn to remake sloughs when
and where are needed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The railroad tracks in Sleepy Eye had to be laid on the
highest ridge of land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This sloped
northward to Sleepy Eye Lake and its widely twisting surroundings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A slough lay along Fifth Street (now First
Avenue) between the tracks and St. Mary’s Church.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A large arm of Sleepy Eye Lake spread behind
the low hill at the end of Fifth Street (First Avenue) and was known as
Geschwind’s Slough.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> The main part of Sleepy Eye Lake has been dry twice in known
history.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first reported time was in
the 1802.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The second time was in the
early 1930s, and there are pictures showing this.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then the lake bed was so dry that several
persons planted gardens in it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One man
missed his small dog and found it barking for help from a crack into which it
had fallen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Moving toward the south part of town, the land sloped into
innumerable sloughs, some of which became arms of what was known as Ross Lake
during the rainy seasons.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ross Lake was
located for those who are unfamiliar, at the southeast edge of town.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>People on Ross Lake tied boats to their steps
as the only way to get in and out of their homes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Ross Lake took its name from a trader who had had a cabin
near it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Warned of the Uprising in 1862,
the Ross family fled eastward toward Mankato, following the Cottonwood
River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Along the way, Mrs. Ross gave
birth to a child.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This was one of the
few families which did not return after the region was pacified.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Ross Lake was always small, brushy and
weedy, and it was made smaller and smaller by being filled in until final
drainage and filling removed it entirely, but not before it flooded several
blocks in 1965.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> Hotel owner Carl Berg, who came to Sleepy Eye in 1873 to build
the second hotel in Sleepy Eye, chose a site at the southeast corner of Main
Street and Sixth (now Second Avenue S.W.).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He was accustomed to shooting wild fowl from the hotel’s back door.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As late as 1890 the Berg children skated from
the back of the hotel southeastward for two blocks.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span>Ice
boating was an occasional winter sport on Sleepy Eye Lake.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In summer many rowboats could be seen, and a
boathouse stood below the park.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ice
skating was popular on Sleepy Eye Lake, the Geschwind Slough, Ross Lake, the
Dumke Slough south of Ross Lake (about the place on which the Orchid Inn
stands), and even occasionally on the Hilleschiem Slough which was in the
southwest part of town and is now a portion of the Hilleshiem Addition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Often
times, Main Street would even be considered a mass of mud.</span><br />
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If time stood still I wonder what it would be like to be standing back at the Berkner Store. As I look at their picture I can see myself listening in on their conversation that is going on. Of course, back then times were different as we all can imagine the men having their own space as did the women. The men have their own “shop” talk that the women stayed away from. We were suppose to be more into the domesticated thing I guess you could say. Just the same I feel this picture came from easier times, less worries. Times when family meant more. When an afternoon sitting around playing a game of cards with your best buddies, shootin’ the breeze was what the ‘good ‘ol days’ were all about. Days like that aren’t seen around here much. You can’t go to a store and see your “buddies” sitting around, playing cards. It’s all about spending money, how much can we save this week, what’s on sale, and do you want to use your credit card or sign up for one today and save 10%. But easier times does come with a cost, there was the Great Depression, and segregation, World Wars, lack in technology, to name a few.<o:p></o:p></div>
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This is why we need to remember our history. We need to remember it so we can bring back the good and keep away the bad. A lesson for our future hopefully one that won’t be ignored. The past always has a way of biting us in the behinders if we ignore the wrongs and only remember the rights.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />Museum Ladyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16399978614176227073noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6441703210694481524.post-1709816415612065122018-09-07T11:35:00.000-05:002018-09-07T11:35:12.120-05:00The Opera House<div style="text-align: center;">
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Years ago the "Opera House" was the scene of many
large parties. Several couples whose guest lists were nearly identical would
rent the place and give large parties. One of the parties happen in the Fall of
1921. Invitations were issued for the evening of Tuesday, October, 25, 1921, at
8 o'clock, cards and dancing. Hosts were Mr. & Mrs. Frank Scobie, Mr. &
Mrs. Rex Bingham, Dr. & Mrs. W. A. Anderson, and<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Mr. & Mrs. William Crouch. There were 84
invitations sent out, to 59 couples and 27 single men and women, for a total of
145 possible guests, and 29 persons sent regrets, leaving 114 acceptances. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></div>
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provided or rented 27 card tables, because that many were needed when
refreshments were served. Food included 20 bricks of ice cream, 12 angelfood
cakes, 12 chickens, two quarts of salad dressing, five bottles of olives, four
cans of French peas, 12 dozen Parker House rolls, 12 bunches of celery, four
pounds of coffee, three pounds of loaf sugar, and there is no figure listed
with the cream. Each hostess was to furnish three chickens for the salad, and
three angelfood cakes. Some of the charges were listed, such as $2.25 for the
rolls (Haas Bakery sales slip is in a stack of papers), kitchen help $4, cigars
$9, hall rent (and this would have to be the dining room and kitchen in
addition to at least one of the halls) $15, tally cards $2.40, sweet cream $2
and sour cream$1.50, ice cream $12. Cost of groceries, butter, invitations and
drayage are not shown.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Music for the
dancers cost $15 and was furnished by Miss Alwin on the piano and Miss Oswald
on the violin. The guests are listed, with a letter beside each to indicate accepted
or regretted. Included on the guest list would be Elizabeth Cutting Koessler,
Mr. & Mrs. A. F. Kuske, Mrs. Noel Hoffman, and Mrs. A. J. Thomas. </div>
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the big dancing parties were not so common, and women entertained at cards in
their homes. Couples went to evening parties. Women always went to afternoon
parties. Three or four hostesses would entertain together, sometimes three days
in a row. At one point it was so crowded at a card party that seven cards table
had to fit into a house by pushing the dining room table into a corner and
setting up one table in the front hall. Sometimes the young teenagers served as
waitresses. There has even been times when people have gotten the wrong
day.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>They had been invited to the party
but just were a few days early for the party. Oh how times have changed. </div>
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