The history of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 3

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn; Renville County Pioneer Association
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.
Number of Pages: 986

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and married Albert Brennon, of Chicago. William was born October 21, 1885, farms in Hawk Creek township, married Iva Lawrence, and has three children, Maurice, Pearl and Virgil. Pearl was born February 3, 1889, and married Herman Tufft, of Hawk Creek township. Wallace was born July 22, 1894. farms in Hawk Creek township, married Jeanette Dunlevy, and has one child, Ruth Ann. Delilah, born January 28, 1898, is a student at St. Catherine's College at St. Paul. Margaret, born February 7, 1905, attends the Sacred Heart schools. The family faith is that of the Catholic church, the services of that denomination since the earliest days having been held at the O'Connor residence. John Blowers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and devoted his life to farming and to the practice of veterinary surgery. He died September 16, 1885. Ifis wile, Sarah Belt, born in Indiana, is still living, now making her home in lowa. In the Blowers family there were eight children: Polly, Robert. Minnie, Olive and Nettie, who are living, and George, Thomas and Charles, who are dead.

The Peoples First National Bank of Olivia dates from 1889, when a private bank was started under the name of the Peoples Bank, with P. W. Heins as president and C. W. MeMindes as cashier, these two being the sole owners. It was thus condneted until the state law compelled all private banks to organize. The Peoples First National Bank was accordingly incorporated, March 3, 1908, by C. A. Heins. Warren If. Heins, B. F. Byers, W. J. Heaney and E. G. Heins, who also became the first board of directors. The first officers were : C. A. Heins, president ; Warren 1]. Heins, vice president : E. G. Heins, cashier : and A. N. Nelson, assistant cash- ier. January I. 1914. B. F. Byers succeeded Warren H. Heins as viee president, he in turn sneceeding E. G. Heins as cashier. A. N. Nelson was elected a director. January 1, 1915, Warren II. Ifeins resigned and was succeeded by A. N. Nelson as cashier, and Albert Paulson became assistant cashier. lohn Mehlhouse became a director. The present officers are: C. A. Ileins, president : B. F. Byers, vice president ; A. N. Nelson, cashier, and A. Paulson, assistant cashier : C. A. Deins, B. F. Byers, A. N. Nelson, W. J. Ileaney, John Mehlhouse, directors. The bank believes in honest dealings to all and in treating all patrons alike. This institution, one of the oldest in the county, has done much for the develop- ment of the county and is taking an active part in every move for the progress of the community. C. A. Heins, the owner of the controlling interest, and the present president, is the oldest son of P. W. Heins, the founder of the institution, and he has taken pride in preserving the spirit so long maintained by his honored forebear.

Following is a report of the condition of the Peoples First National Bank at Olivia at the elose of business December 31,

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1915: Resources-Loans and discounts, $273,479.75; overdrafts, $272.84; United States and other bonds, $9,250.00; stock in Fed- eral Reserve Bank, $900.00 ; banking house, furniture and fixtures, $2,000.00; real estate owned other than banking house, $19,200.00; cash due from banks and United States treasury, $36,962.21 ; total, $342,064.80. Liabilities-Capital stock paid in, $25,000.00; sur- phis and undivided profits, $9,704.08; circulating notes, $6,250.00; deposits, $265,800.36 ; rediscounts, $15,310.36 ; bills payable, includ- ing obligations representing money borrowed, $20,000.00; total, $342,064.80.

Peter W. Heins, for many years a leader in Renville county life, was born near Hamburg, Germany, December 3, 1846, son of Christian Heins, who brought the family to America in 1851, locat- ing at Iowa. There were five boys in the family who all located in Louisa county, Iowa, Chris, Henry, Peter, Ferdinand and John, the last two named being veterans of the Civil war. Peter grew to manhood and taught school. He also worked in the saw mills at Minneapolis for a short period. In the spring of 1870 he came to Beaver Falls, Renville county, and with his brother John built a general store for hardware, groceries and crockery. This was afterwards changed to a hardware store exclusively. In 1878 Peter W. started a hardware store in Olivia. In 1880 he brought his family to Olivia and took Gustavus McClure into partnership, in the Beaver Falls business. He also had a store at Renville, under the name of Heins & Company, and one at Morton under the name of Keefe, Heins & McClure. In 1889 B. F. Byers bought half interest in the Olivia store and it became Heins & Byers. Mr. Heins was among the first to settle in Olivia. Ile platted an addi- tion to the village and held many leading offices. In 1889 the Peoples Bank, a private institution, was organized and Mr. Heins became the president with C. W. MeMindes as cashier In March, 1908, the Peoples Bank was merged into the Peoples First National Bank with C. A. Heins as president. Peter W. Heins was one of the organizers of the Melbourne State Bank, Florida, which was later removed to Fort Pierce, Florida, and is now the Bank of Fort Pierce. He was a stockholder in this bank at the time of his death. Mr. Ileins was chairman of the county seat com- mittee for twenty-five years. The purpose of this committee was to get the court house removed from Beaver Falls to Olivia, which was accomplished. The overwhelming responsibilities and worry connected with this position affected Mr. Ileins to such an extent that it caused him to fail in health, and possibly shortened his life. He was a member of the Olivia Lodge No. 220, A. F. & A. M. He was a communicant of the Methodist Episcopal church and helped establish the early church. He was greatly interested in school work. Mr. Heins was united in marriage December 29, 1842, to Margaret Jane Patterson of Indiana, third child of William and

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Mary Jane (Campbell) Patterson. Mrs. Patterson was a great church worker and before her marriage was a school teacher. She died in 1904 at the age of fifty-six. Mr. Heins died in May, 1902, in his fifty-sixth year. Six children were born to these parents, Charles A., Elva (deceased), Walter (deceased), Minnie (deceased), Warren H., and one unnamed who died in infancy. Charles A. is president of the Peoples First National Bank of Olivia. Warren H. is in the hardware business and a member of the firm of Heins & Byers.

Charles A. Heins, business man and banker of Olivia, was born at Beaver Falls, this county, October 22, 1873, and was educated in the public schools, Hamline University at Midway, and the Curtis Business College at Minneapolis. In 1897 he entered his father's bank as bookkeeper and three years later became the vice president, a position he held until 1904, when he became president. He was also connected with the hardware business until 1915. In 1904 he organized and became the president of the Canning Factory at Olivia. He has been a member of the State militia since 1897, and for eleven years, from 1901 to 1912, served as first lieutenant. During the Spanish-American war he enlisted as a private in the Fourteenth Minnesota Volunteers and was pro- moted to quartermaster sergeant. For three years he served on the village council. He is a member of the Olivia Lodge No. 220, A. F. & A. M., of Olivia, St. Paul Chapter No. 1, R. A. M., of St. Paul, Osman Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of St. Paul. and the Damas- kus Commandery No. 1, K. T., of St. Paul. Mr. Heins was united in marriage April 22, 1901, to Verna Cole, of St. Paul, Minnesota, daughter of Frank and Caroline (Farley) Cole, of Blue Earth eounty. Mr. Cole was born in England. Mrs. Cole's father was a Virginian of English descent and her mother was of Norwegian parentage. Mr. and Mrs. Heins have one child, Charles, born October 6, 1908. The family faith is that of the Methodist Epis- copal church.

The State Bank of Fairfax was ineorporated November 16, 1891. The incorporators were: Carl Hornburg, Luther H. Nieh- ols, E. F. Sell and L. T. Grady. The first officers were: Presi- dent, Carl Hornburg; vice-president, E. F. Sell; eashier, L. T. Grady. The bank opened for business November 16, 1891, in the building which it built that year. In 1909 the building was enlarged by adding a room in the rear and in 1911 an extra story was built. The present offieers are: President. J. W. Schramm ; vice-president, Charles Lammers; cashier, A. E. Carver, and assistant cashier, B. J. Schramm. The Security Bank of Fair- fax was absorbed February 1, 1895.

Following is a statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business on June 23, 1915: Resources-loans and dis- counts, $168.814.21 : overdrafts, $1,088.73; banking house, fur-

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niture and fixtures, $9,450; other real estate, $6,200; dne from banks. $8,037; cash on hand. $7,599.62; total cash assets. $15,- 636.62; cheeks and eash items, $4,535.49; total, $205,725.05. Lia- bilities-capital stock and surplus, $30,000; undivided profits, net, $1,740.30; deposits, $173,984.75; total, $205,725.05. Amonut of reserve on hand, $20,172.11: amount of reserve required by law, $8,340.49.

Julius W. Schramm, a leading banker of Fairfax, was born in Germany December 5. 1855. son of Karl G. and Johanna (Fenseke) Schramm. The family came to America in 1856 and in 1857 Karl G. Sehramin started a general store in New Ulm in company with his brother-in-law, Henry Schalk, which they operated for only a short time. After selling out his interest in this store Karl G. Sehranun bonght one hundred and sixty aeres of land in Milford township, Brown county, to which he moved and where he lived until 1875. In 1871 he opened a general store in New Uhn with Michael Redman, under the firm name of Red- man & Schramm. Each partner was to furnish a man in the store and Julins W. Schramm took his Father's place in the store and managed his father's interest until 1879. In the meantime the father in 1875 moved from the farm to New Ulm, where he lived until about 1891, when he moved to Fairfax, where he remained until his death, August 29. 1899. at the age of sixty- seven. Mrs. JJohanna (Fenseke) Schramm died January 1, 1913. In 1879 Julius W. Schramm bought his father's interest in the store and remained there with Mr. Redman until the store was destroyed by the eyelone which demolished a part of the city in 1881. Mr. Schramm was severely injured in this storm. After his recovery he worked as a clerk in a general store in Albert Lea until 1886, after which he spent four years in a general store in St. Paul. Mr. Schramm came to Fairfax in 1891 and bonght a half interest in the general store of Emil F. Sell, where he remained until 1900, at which time he became president of the State Bank of Fairfax, which position he still holds. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which they take an active part. Mr. Schramm was married on October 19. 1881. to Minnie Redman, a daughter of Michael and Ien- rietta (Breitkreutz, Redman. Mr. Redman was a pioneer mer- chant of New Uhn, the one who has been mentioned as being connected with the Sehranuns in the general mercantile busi- ness at that place. He died in 1881 at the age of fifty-six years. Ilis widow is still living at the age of eighty-five years and makes her home with her daughter Anna. Mrs. Charles Ferke, at Sleepy Eye, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Schramm have four children. The eldest, Estella I., is married to Frank Hopkins, of Fairfax, a prominent attorney of Renville county. They have three chil-

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dren : Ora, Lois and Wayne. The second child. Edna .. is a teacher in the Fairfax public schools. She is a graduate of the Fairfax fligh school and of the Winona State ' Normal school. The third child, Minnie J., is a graduate of the Fairfax High school and of the Swedish Hospital of Minneapolis and is now a visiting nurse for the city of Minneapolis. The fourth child. and the youngest. Benjamin J., is a graduate of the Fairfax Iligh school and of the Minneapolis Business college, and has been assistant cashier in the State Bank of Fairfax sinee Ily. 1913.

Albert E. Carver, a prominent banker and business man of Fairfax, was born in Walworth county. Wisconsin, August 19. 1868, son of Thomas C. and Uneretia (Foote) Carver. His father was a farmer and died in August, 1911, at the age of sixty-eight years. His mother is still living at the age of sixty-five years at Ft. Dodge, lowa. At the age of thirteen Albert E. Carver went to work in a blacksmith shop. After two years of this kind of work he became a elerk in a general store at Kało, Iowa. where he remained for two years. He attended a business col- lege at Ft. Dodge and gradnated in 1887, becoming bookkeeper for Anton Rank, the bookbinder in Ft. Dodge. During this time he studied shorthand by himself and became a stenographer. For two years he assisted A. E. Clark, attorney in Ft. Dodge. coming to Minneapolis with him in 1889, when he became the general attorney for the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad. After serving in the law offices of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad for two years he resigned and opened a publie stenographer's office in Minneapolis, which he operated for two years. In 1893 Mr. Carver came to Fairfax and started the Security Bank. of which he became cashier. In 1895 this was consolidated with the State Bank of Fairfax and he became the assistant cashier. becoming cashier in 1896, which position he still holds. Mr. Carver has been village recorder for ten years and member of the village school board for fifteen years. He is a member of Fairfax Lodge No. 261, A. F. & A. M., and has passed through all the chairs. He is now treasurer and senior steward. April 26, 1894. Mr. Carver was married to Mary O'Hara. daughter of James and Johanna (Ganey) O'Hara, Mr. O'Tlara being a pioneer farmer. Six children have been born to this marriage : Raymond, born March 27, 1895: Harold, born February 3. 1897. and died in 1904: Esther, born March 20, 1898: Eunice, born October 10, 1900: Lucretia, born October 20. 1903. and Lyall. born October 12, 1905.

The Security Bank of Renville was incorporated on Septem- ber 1, 1892, and opened for business in the Lee block, now occupied by the F. A. Schafer furniture store. The first officers were : President. W. D. Spaulding : vice president. L. E. Lien : cashier.

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J. L. Johnson ; directors, F. M Rich, C M. Reese, Paul C. Brevig, L. E. Lien, J. L. Johnson, P. Pederson and W. D. Spaulding. G. J. Lee succeeded W. D. Spaulding as one of the directors in 1894 and at the same time C. M. Reese became president. In 1895 Paul (. Brevig and L. E. Lien retired from the board of directors ; W. H. Gold became vice president and II. N. Stabeck cashier, while J. II. Dale became one of the directors. W. H. Gold became president in 1896, II. J. Dale vice president and II. N. Stabeck cashier. C. M. Reese retired from the board of directors. It was this year that the bank was moved to its own building, which it has since occupied. The directors for 1896 consisted of F. M. Rich, J. II. Dale, H. J. Dale, W. H. Gold, Il. N. Stabeck, P. Pederson and G. J. Lee. In 1898, M. L. Helgerson became assistant cashier. In 1899 the number of directors was redneed to five and F. M. Rich and P. Pederson retired. In 1902 H. N. Stabeek became president and A. A. Bennett cashier.

The First National Bank of Renville took the place of the Security Bank, January 17, 1903. At that time the officers were : President, II. N. Stabeck ; vice presidents, F. O. Gold and HI. J. Dale : cashier, A. A. Bennett ; directors, Il. N. Stabeek, Il. J. Dale, W 11. Gold, F. O. Gold and G. J. Lee. In 1905, A. A. Bennett succeeded G. J. Lee as a director. F. O. Gold succeeded H. N. Stabeck as president in 1907. The next year, II. J. Dale became president and J. H. Dale vice president. A. A. Bennett continued as cashier. The directors were these three gentlemen with M. C. Dale and A C. Bennett. Since then there has been no change in the officers.

Following is a report of the condition of the First National Bank of Renville at the close of business November 10, 1915: Re- sources-Loans and discounts, $295,518.92; overdrafts, $831.85; United States and other bonds, $26,000.00; banking house, furni- ture and fixtures, $8,000.00; stoek in Federal Reserve Bank, $1,050.00; eash due from banks and United States treasury, $37,657.61; total, $369,058.38. Liabilities-Capital stoek, $25,- 000.00; surplus and undivided profits, $26,287.58; circulation, $25,000.00; deposits, $287,270.80; rediscounts, $5,500.00; total $369,058.38.

H. J. Dale, president of the First National Bank of Renville, was born in Lyster, Norway, November 16, 1849, son of Jorgen P. and Martha L. (Larson) Dale, who brought him to Vernon county, Wisconsin, in 1860. In 1868 he went to Sparta, Wisconsin, where he clerked in a store and attended school. In 1874 he came to Willmar in this state, and with P. H. Rose engaged in the general mercantile business, continuing in this line for some twenty years. In 1885 he became interested in J. H. Dale & Co. of Renville, and in 1894 sold ont his interests at Willnar and moved here. A year later he became interested in the Security State Bank, which is

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now succeeded by the bank of which he is president and to which he devotes his entire attention.

J. H. Dale, vice president of the First National Bank of Ren- ville, was born in Vernon county, Wisconsin. February 8, 1862, son of Christopher and Guerie (Dalen) Dale. He was reared on a farm, and seeured his education by attending school during the winter terms. At the age of eighteen he commenced elerking for the firm of Dale & Rpise of Willmar, this state. with whom he remained for three years. Then he engaged in business for himself at Grafton, North Dakota, for a year. Returning to Willmar he purchased the drug and grocery department of the store in which he had previously been employed. It was in 1885 that he came to Renville and established the firm of J. Il. Dale & Co. This firm for a while conducted a general store in the O'Connor block, but in 1896 moved to the quarters now occupied by the firm of Bottege & lassinger, the firm of J. H. Dale & Co. having erected the block. At the same time the Security Bank moved into the same bloek. For a number of years J. II. and H. J. Dale were the principal members of the firm of Dale & Co. Later P. J. Bottego entered the firm. Still later M. L. Hassinger acquired an interest. Several years ago the Dale interests were sold to Bottege & Ilassinger. J. II. Dale was connected with the old Security Bank and with its snecessor, the present First National Bank, in various capacities before assuming his present position. He has been chairman of the Republican county committee, has served on the council and on the school board and has done other public service.

A. A. Bennett, cashier of the First National Bank of Renville. was born January 31, 1870, in Glencoe. this state. son of C. A. and Margaret (Lee) Bennett. The father. for many years a prominent man of this vicinity and a leading newspaper editor at Granite Falls, this state, is still a resident of that village. A. A. Bennett was educated in Granite Falls and for many years engaged in newspaper work with his father at that place. For two years he was assistant secretary of the Republican National League, and for three years he was a clerk in the postoffice of the House of Representatives at Washington, D. C. In 1900 he came to Renville as a bookkeeper in the old Security Bank. Ile assumed the duties of his present position in 1902.

The Bank of Miles was started as a private bank with William O 'Connor as president : Timothy O'Connor as vice president ; and Halvor J. Lee as eashier. In 1900 a controlling interest was sold to Ilans Gronnerud. January 9, 1902, the institution was ineor- porated as the Danube State Bank. those interested being: Tim- othy O 'Connor, William O'Connor, Halvor .I. Lee, F. A. Schroeder, F. G. Nellermoe, W. H. Cheney and Fred W. Orth.

The State Bank of Buffalo Lake was incorporated Jannary 18, 1901. It was originally known as the Bank of Buffalo Lake,

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which opened its doors for business September 1, 1893, and was a private bank with Ed. O 'Connor as president, T. O'Connor as vice-president and F. G. Nellermoe as cashier. In January, 1895, F. G. Nellermoe purchased the interest of O'Connor brothers and was the sole owner of the Bank of Buffalo Lake until January 18, 1901. Then it was converted into a state bank under the name of State Bank of Buffalo Lake, the charter bear- ing the date of January 18, 1901, with a capital of $15,000. The incorporators of the bank were as follows: D. W. Toplitf, George Haag, Richard Fischer, William Quandt, J. C. Nagel. John Quast, Herman Manthei, Joseph Flor, F. G. Nellermoe, J. A. Soderquist, Fred Woelpern, Peter Olson, Angust Ahlbreeht, Nels Olson and P. A. Burgstahler. The first officers were: D. W. Top- liff, president ; J. 6. Nagel, vice-president, and F. G. Nellermnoe, eashier. The directors were as follows: D. W. Topliff. F. G. Nellermoe, Angust Ahlbreeht, Peter Olson, J. C. Nagel, John Quast and George Haag. The bank owns its building. erected in 1910, and has one of the most commodions and up-to-date two-story vaults, a safety box department, for the convenience of its patrons, and the American Bankers' Electric Burglar Alarm System of the latest pattern. Mr. Nellermoe was cashier of the bank when it first started in 1893, during the time of the great panic, and has held that position up to the present time. The capital stock has inereased from $15,000 to $25.000 and built up a surplus of $5,000, all earned, under his management. The bank is strictly a country bank, and deals in improved farms in the home locality, and is ready and willing to help build up its town and community, as well as to lend its aid in building of silos, sowing alfalfa and to better in a general way the condi- tions of its territory. For many years it has loaned money to farmers at ent rates. for the purpose of tiling and drainage, thereby encouraging tile drainage and the betterment of the lands to the benefit of its farmer patrons.

Following is a statement of the condition of the bank at the close of business on June 23, 1915. Resonrees-loans and dis- counts, $194,668.34; overdrafts, $148.34: bonds and seenrities. $3.000; banking honse, furniture and fixtures, $6,600; other real estate, $8.400; due from banks. $39,382.71; cash on hand. $9,255.57 : total cash assets, $48,638.28; total, $261,454.96. Lia- bilities-capital stock and surplus, $30,000; undivided profits, net, $1,989.16: notes rediscounted and bills payable, including certificates for money borrowed, none: deposits, $229,465.80; other liabilities, none : total. $261,454.96. Amount of reserve on hand, $48,638.28. Amount of reserve required by law, $14,708.68.

The board is constituted as follows: J. C. Nagel, president ; John Quast, vice-president ; F. G. Nellermoe, eashier; F. N. Prel- vitz, assistant eashier. Directors: J. C. Nagel, John Quast. F. G.

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Nellermoe, H. G. Eiselein, A. G. Siewert, all of Buffalo Lake, Minn.

Frantz G. Nellermoe, banker at Buffalo Lake, Minn., was born in the northern part of Norway, known as Korgen, in the Hemmaes precinet of Ilegeland, on September 5, 1860. He lived with his parents on a small farm and when six years old was sent out to herd cattle in the mountainous regions which sur- round that neighborhood, receiving as wages $5 in eash, together with his board and washing. This occupation kept him busy six months every summer until he reached the age of thirteen. During the winter he attended school and received a good educa- tion, taking the average country boy's training of that time as a standard and considering the fact that only nine weeks of school were offered. In the fall of 1873 his father's brother, John K. Christofferson, came home from the United States, giv- ing glorions accounts of America and of his 160-acre farm in the township of Hawk Creek, Renville county, Minnesota. Frantz had four brothers and two sisters, making a large family to rear in the barren country of northern Norway. During the long winter months of 1873-74 the future of' these children was dis- eussed and as a result of these family conneils. Frantz and Theo- dore were to immigrate to America with their unele, who planned to return in the spring. Accordingly the two boys left the old homestead in March, 1874. The snow was then about eight feet deep on level ground and winter showed no signs of relaxing. The storms and tribulations and the dense coal dust of Liverpool, England. have not to this day been forgotten by these two brothers. The passage across the Atlantic was exceedingly cold and stormy, and the cold April winds were almost too much for the heavy home spun coats. On May 2 the much-talked-of "land of the free" came into sight and on May 3, 1874, Frantz with other emigrants landed in New York City and was herded into the old Castle Garden, retained there two or three days with the other emigrants and finally sent west on the Erie railroad, reach- ing St. Paul, Minn., on the ninth of May. There the unele visited friends and the boys made themselves at home at the depot dur- ing their stay. Mr. Nellermoe remembers how they had to walk on planks through mud puddles to reach the depot and how the frogs kept them awake with their incessant eroaking. At that time there were no railroads in Renville eonnty, so the only way to reach their farm in Hawk Creek was to travel by rail to Willmar and then across country by wagon road. They arrived at Willmar May 10, and two days later began their long tramp on foot from Willmar to Hawk Creek. It took them some time to become accustomed to their new home and the new customs and language. and they found the mosquitoes the hardest of all to become acenstomed to. When fall came they attended school

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The history of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume II, Part 3

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn; Renville County Pioneer Association Publication date: 1916 Publisher: Chicago : H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co. Number of Pages: 986

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn; Renville County Pioneer Association
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.
Number of Pages: 986