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Maurice Farrar, Five Years in Minnesota
Narrative of the life of Maurice Farrar, an English promotion agent
Description
Maurice Farrar was an Englishman authorized in 1880 by the state of Minnesota to act as a promotion agent. He spent five years in Minnesota during the late 1870s and, upon returning to Great Britain, published a promotional work extolling the farming life in the Midwest. This database is a transcription of that work. He describes the farming center of Fairmont, in Martin County, the wooded area of Fillmore County, and the town of Chatfield. Additionally, he provides a description of his visit to a Chippewa reservation, White Earth. For those researchers trying to understand the larger culture in which Minnesota ancestors may have lived, this can be a helpful database.
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Frank Moore, Reminiscences of St. Paul, Minnesota Reminiscences of Pioneer Days in St. Paul from the perspective of a newspaper writer.
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Minnesota, 1870 Promotional literature for the state of Minnesota including pictures and maps in 1870
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Colchester District, Nova Scotia Census, 1901: North River, Lower Onslow, Five Islands This is an extraction of the Colchester District, Nova Scotia 1901 census: North River, Five Islands & Lower Onslow
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Franklin County, Missouri Census, 1920 Federal census records for residents of Franklin County, Missouri in 1920
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Bill Ledyard, Health Benefits of Minnesota Narrative describing the beneficial elements of Minnesota's character and climate
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E. S. Seymour, Sketches of Minnesota Collection of sketches describing Minnesota as the "New England of the West."
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Benton, Meeker, and Todd Counties, Minnesota Farm Directory, 1913-14 An extraction of a farm directory for Benton, Meeker, and Todd counties in Minnesota between 1913 and 1914.
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William Folsom, Fifty Years in the Northwest Autobiography of a state legislator and pioneer from Maine
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Jane Swisshelm, Letters of an Abolitionist Letters written by Jane Swisshelm regarding the abolitionist cause and feminist issues
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Harriet Bishop, First Years of Minnesota Historical sketchesof the early years of Minnesota
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