Promotional pamphlet, with text, statistics, and illustrations, aimed at attracting potential settlers on farmsteads in the state. It extols Minnesota's agricultural resources, including its climate, soil conditions, suitability for various crops and livestock, farmer's organizations, and the general education and economic setting.
An 1889 broadside issued by the St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba Railway (predecessor of the Great Northern Railway) containing a lithograph of a prosperous Marshall County, Minnesota farmstead. 3) Single-page broadside, printed, includes text and engraving, black ink on thin pale yellow paper, 9 x 26-in., fragile, but encapsulated in polyester.
Selner homestead in Section 30 of Erie Township in Becker County, Minnesota. Sophie Selner and Andy Winkler are playing peek-a-boo under the Bimler Brothers machine.
An undated broadside issued by the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Company, which contains the same lithograph described in the item "through Golden Valleys in Minnesota" (below), but identified as being a different Farm belonging to a different couple. Single-page broadside, printed, includes text and engraving, black ink on thin pale yellow paper.
The August Widmark homestead was typical of the Clearwater County homesteads prior to 1909. A team of oxen, a few cows and a market for the timber was all one needed for a start in this county.