Bring Warm Clothes: Letters and Photos from Minnesota's PastA celebration of the everyday lives of Minnesotans through the centuries-those who paused here on their way to someplace else and those who made the state their home. |
Contents
1700s | 5 |
1820s | 17 |
1830s | 23 |
1840s | 39 |
John and Ann North settlers on Nicollet Island Gustavus Otto army private William Brown farmer | 71 |
Civil | 83 |
Sam Bloomer Stillwater soldier Matthew Marvin Winona farmer turned sergeant William Christie | 97 |
Henry Whipple Episcopal bishop of Minnesota Taoyateduta Dakota leader Henry Sibley leader | 261 |
1930s | 271 |
World War II | 303 |
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