"...All of them left home hoping for a better life: enough land to raise food for their children, a country where there were no rigid classes – America...seeking new homes, good land, in a wide, strange, frightening, rich, wonderful . . . — — Map (db m247745) HM
[Panel 1]
View of Almelund, 1902.
Photographer: Seth Cedarholm
Relationships that began in the eastern United States sometimes resulted in two or more families settling together when they reached Minnesota. An example . . . — — Map (db m235615) HM
People Of The ValleyWe have evidence of many earlier users of the St. Croix River Valley. Why do you think they decided to come here?
People look for ways to make their lives better. Many people found what they needed along . . . — — Map (db m233090) HM
The Gustaf Anderson House is significant both for its locally notable Italianate style and for its association with a prominent Chisago County settler and successful speculator. The brick construction and local interpretation of the Italianate . . . — — Map (db m248168) HM
The Water Tower's Evolution
1848: Kichi Saga (Chisago) area is surveyed.
1880: Village of Lindström is platted on October 14.
1900: Voters approve a public waterworks system at a cost not to exceed $5,500. F.N. Benson to dig . . . — — Map (db m248011) HM
Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
