Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: Minnesota Historical Society. Library an

To some, the fields and farms of the Upper Midwest all look the same, but to the people who have struggled to raise families and make a living from the soil, each farm is a 'small kingdom' with a rich and often troubled history. This book focuses on the O'Neills, the family of his wife Sharon, and their 240 acres near Rochester, Minnesota. When William O'Neill began raising dairy cows in Minnesota ...

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: John Hildebrand

Mayer's diary is a travel narrative, an eyewitness account of a critical treaty signing, and a candid personal view of the development of an artist in mid-19th-century America. His words and drawings offer a lively and important resource for historians of art and the frontier, as well as readers of regional history.

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: Frank B. Mayer

First published in 1941 as part of the American Guide Series, this lively book describes Minnesota's popular northern region. Special features include 15 canoe trips; 5 maps; 37 photographs; 47 city, town, and village profiles; 4 road tours; a chronology; a glossary; and a bibliography with updated suggestions for further reading in fiction and nonfiction about the region.

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: Workers of the Wpa Writers Program

Voices on the River relates two centuries of tales of famous steamboats and of the men who piloted them, from the renowned Mark Twain to the trailblazing Captain Henry Shreve. The book portrays roustabouts on the main deck, passengers in plush cabins, pilots at the big steering wheel, and government engineers at work in shifting channels. It shows Native American tribes carried to exile; soldiers ...

Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
Written By: Walter Havighurst

This book tells the story of how private citizens, professional tradesmen, and public officials formed a coalition that got Minnesota's statehouse designed and built. Drawing on extensive research, Neil B Thompson relates how several governors, a decade of hard work, and four million dollars contributed toward creating this magnificent testament to the sovereignty of the state, opened to the ...

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: Neil B. Thompson

Manufacturer: University of Minnesota Press
Written By: Sigurd F. Olson

This guide is an essential tool for all genealogists researching Minnesota family, local, and state history. Highlighting the many holdings of the society, this unique handbook features a lengthy, annotated listing of resources in subject areas such as: biographical, census, naturalisation, cemetery, school, religious, business, court, government, legal, military, and veterans' records; official ...

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press

The Minnesota History Center in St. Paul -- headquarters of the Minnesota Historical Society -- is an extraordinary example of public support for preserving and learning about the past. The largest public support for preserving and learning about the past. The largest public building constructed in Minnesota since the 1905 State Capitol, it houses vast collections, innovating exhibits, and ...

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: Brian Horrigan

In 120 exquisitely reproduced black and white images, this book showcases the work of twelve commissioned photographers who sought to capture the essence of the state and its people at the threshold of the new millennium. Like the Farm Security Administration photographers of the Great Depression era, these men and women document the details of life in out time and the transformations now taking ...

Manufacturer: Minnesota Historical Society Press
Written By: George Slade