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Alma from Mississippi River

Date: 1890
Description: Mississippi River, with Alma in the distance, a typical river town which flourished in the 1850s.
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Gray-Williams House

Date: 1950
Description: Front view of the Gray-Williams house.
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Faville Homestead

Date: 1885
Description: The Faville home, built about 1850 on 120 acres bought from the government in 1844. As late as 1922 the home was still in the Faville family. The additions...
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Building Used as Lodging House by Members of the first Territorial Legislature

Date: 1940
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
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Steinman Residence

Date: 1950
Description: The Steinman residence, built in 1902, and owned by Christ Yuassi in 1950.
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Octagon House

Date: 1948
Description: Close-up view of the porch of the Octagon House.
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Stamm House

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Stamm house, built in 1847.
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The "Prairie Bird"

Date: 1864
Description: Union gunboat "Prairie Bird," a small rear-wheel steamship.
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Tipi at Indian Settlement

Date: 08 1915
Description: Two children and a man posing near a tipi (teepee) at an Indian settlement near Moose River.
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Reenactment of Colony Land Drawing

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Newsreel men re-enact the colony land drawing (or lottery)."
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Group Portrait in front of Log Building

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Left to right, Daniel E. McGrath, special U.S. Asst. Atty. Gen. Sent to colony to set up law enforcement; Mrs. S.R. Fuller, Jr.; S...

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