Minnesota Land Owner Maps and Directories


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Lists Minnesota county maps, atlases and directories available at various institutions. .










Irish in Minnesota


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As farmers and laborers, policemen and politicians, maids and seamstresses, Irish immigrants' hard work helped to build the state. Author Ann Regan examines their history and tells the diverse stories of the Irish in Minnesota.




In Search of Lake Wobegon


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"This book combines text and image to reveal the real-life origins of the place where "the women are strong, the men are good-looking and the children above average." Keillor meditates on the enduring culture of the county and on the years he spent there as a young writer and an outsider. And a short story of Lake Wobegon, "October," appears here for the first time in print."--BOOK JACKET.




The Breeder's Gazette


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Commercial West


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The House that Kirscht Built


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Mathias Kirscht (1794-1876) married Angela Achen (1793-1870) in 1818. Includes Kirscht-Kerscht-Kerst-Kirst-Kierst, Ewen, and Kauffman families.