Richardson Index
Name Page #
"The Blacksmith" 220, 246
Abare, Trifle 320
Abercrombie, John 291
Aborigines see Prehistoric people
Accidental deaths 304, 316, 318-320, see Drownings, Accidental shootings
Accidental shootings 209, 306, 307, 308, 311, 312
Adams, A. B. 187, 273
Adams, Asher 187, 207, 273, 304
Adams, David, Jr. 316
Adams, David, Sr. 316
Adams, Joseph 320
Adams, widow 190
Adventists 203, 328
Aerial transportation 88
African-Americans 65, 194, 272
Agriculture & farming 39, 40, 112, 114, 128, 168, 178, 184, 186, 187, 188, 189, 191, 192, 193, 200, 208, 213, 222, 232, 233, 255, 259, 265, 269, 271-272, 276, 287-288
Agriculture & farming 2 297, 305, 326, 340, 343
Aitken (Aiken), William 22, 180, 181, 211, 214, 221, 247, 279, 280, 340
Aitkin 118
Aitkin County 46
Alleghany College 332
Alleghany County, Pennsylvania 332
Allen boy 120
American Agency & Collection Co. 101
American Board of Foreign Missions 194, 271
American Missionary Association 194, 272
Ammerman, Eugene W. 316
Ammerman, Mrs. 316
Andrews, John 37, 172, 284
Andy Johnson County 46
Annals of our Lady of the Angels 334
Archaeology 296-297
Armstrong, Henry 191, 216
Arnold, John A. 70
Aroux, Joseph 320
Art 9
Aspenwall, Gus. 242-243
Aspenwall, Ruffee & Garden 242
Astor House, New York 285
Atlanta, Georgia 194, 272
Attorneys see Lawyers
Augusta, Georgia 334
Ault, John 24, 31, 313
Ault, Margaretha 24, 31
Axtel 186
Ayer 53
Ayer, Elizabeth Taylor 186, 194, 272, 273
Ayer, Frederick 186, 194, 222, 271-273, 302, 325
Ayer, Frederick, Jr. 194, 271, 272
Ayer, Lyman W. 186, 194, 271, 272-273, 320, 321
Babbitt, Frances Eliza 296
Babcock, L. A. 295
Ba-be-ze-ga-din-ba see Curly Hair, Chief
Bad Boy, Chief 42, 169, 234-235, 236, 239, 293-294
Bad River, Wisconsin 265
Bain, W. W. 189, 208, 305
Bain, William 208, 305
Baker, Mr. 312
Bandolier bag see NR bandolier bag
Bangs sisters 120
Banks 214, 341
Barnard, A. 273
Barnum, E. P. 290, 292
Barnum, Reid L. 37, 115, 171-173, 284-285
Bastien, Felix 321
Bastien, Simon 316, 321
Bates, Col. 207, 305
Batters Brothers' Orchestra 58
Batters, Joseph 184, 185
Batters, William 114
Bead work 264, color plates 2, 3 & 4
Bear 220, 234, 246
Beating of Justice of the Peace 37, 115, 171-173, 284-285
Beaulieu, Clement Hudon 186, 221, 232, 247
Beaulieu, Henry xiii
Beaulieu, Paul H. 186
Beaupre (Beaupry), Phillip 222, 237, 273
Becker County 46, 211, 294, 331
Beer 66, 67, 68, 92, 94, 122, 206, 310, 311
Belknap, Dexter 76
Bellangier, Augustus 294
Bellcore 237
Belle Prairie 39, 133, 168, 176, 179, 187, 194, 195, 199, 200, 201, 202, 203, 207, 211, 214, 222, 233, 270, 271-273, 275, 278, 290, 300, 302, 311, 312, 313
Belle Prairie 2 320, 322, 324, 325, 334, 335, 341, 344
Belle Prairie Cemetery 319
Belle Prairie Township 43, 181, 186, 215, 280, 301, 304, 318, 319, 322, 342, 344
Bellefeuille, Raphael 321
Bellevue (Belleview) Township 29, 168, 181, 187-188, 191, 197, 214, 215, 233, 280, 294, 298, 312, 322, 327, 341, 342, 344
Bellevue Prairie 175-176, 223, 264, 275
Beltrami County 59
Beltrami, J. C. 221, 247
Benedictine Sisters see Order of St. Benedict
Bennett & Hamlin law firm 332
Bennett, James R. 332
Benton County 25, 26, 28, 46, 164, 175, 177, 226, 229, 275, 277, 317, 337, 339, 341
Berg, Lewis 302
Berg, Peter 302
Berg, William 302
Bergheim, Nels N. 117 (photo)
Berkey, J. A. 90, 99
Bicycles 90
Big Bend 237, 278
Big Dog, Chief 167, 231
Big Lake 174, 287
Big Meadow, Sherburne County 195, 334
Big Stone Lake 47, 48, 49, 179, 199
Bilge Water Pump 121
Billig, H. J. 200, 323
Billing, J. H. 192
Billstein, John 75 (photo)
Birch River 221, 247
Births 215, 342
Bismarck 297
Bison, Martin 186
Blacks see African-Americans
Blake, P. W. 80
Blake, R. B. 25
Blanchard, Allen 190
Blue Earth River 28
Bogus Brook logging camp 21-22
Boisjoli, Joseph 36 (photo)
Boisjoli, Leon 36 (photo)
Bokaneck, Mr. 314
Bolster, Otto 193
Bolt, Benjamin 245-246
Bonds for LF & Dakota RR 49-51
Borman, Daniel 191, 204, 308-309
Borman, Daniel's brother 205, 308
Borman, George 191, 302
Bouck, Rev. J. S. 327
Bourbon County, Kentucky 221, 268
Bowmanville, Illinois 76
Bradley, George 64
Bradshaw, Henry 192
Brainerd 48, 61, 80, 99, 118, 178, 181, 186, 238, 280, 288, 289, 290, 294, 319, 327
Braun, Dr. E. E. 209-210, 329
Brayton, Anna E. 114
Brayton, George 114
Bredfeld 53
Breyfogle, William L. 76
Brick, Simon P. 75 (photo)
Brickyards/bricks 80, 82, 83 (photo), 84, 140, 197, 299-300, 337
Bridges 25, see also Mississippi River Bridge
Briggs, Ezra 39, 209, 306
Briggs, Richardson & Co. 39
British Line 295
Broadway, Little Falls 84
Broce 237
Brockway, Stearns County 229
Brooks, E. J. 293
Brower 69
Brower, Jacob V. 116
Brown, C. H. 98
Brown, Joseph 181, 280
Brown, Miles 251
Brown's Valley 290, 291, 292
Bruseau, Oliver 312
Bryant, M. 114
Buchanan County 46
Buckfield 179, 278
Buckman 181, 344
Buckman Building 88
Buckman Township 193-194, 215, 229, 280, 302, 307, 308, 342, 344
Buckman, Clarence B. 86, 99, 193
Budsbanowski, S. 94
Buffalo (bison) 128, 220, 222, 246, 248, 264
Buffalo, Chief 167, 231, 236
Buh, Rev. Joseph 199, 200, 201-202, 270-271, 322, 323, 324
Bullet in tree 297
Burbank, Hon. J. C. 186, 272
Burgh, William 193
Burginhiser, Mr. 193
Burk, Julia 114
Burk, Peter 114, 185
Burnes & Magill grain elevator 60
Burnes, Charles 191
Burns, James 312
Businesses see LF businesses
Buskey, W. A. 90
Butala, Mike 206, 310
Butchers 196
Butler, Mary E. 90
Butler, William 79 (photo), 165, 184, 185, 227
Butten, Otis 193
Buzzard's Bay 155
Cabinet shops 183, 282
Caledonia, Dakota Territory 333
Calhoun, David T. 59
California 61, 197
Calvary Cemetery, Little Falls 124
Camp Ripley 29
Camp, Abner Wilson 22, 320
Campbell, Daniel 189
Campbell, Rev. 327
Campbellites 203
Canada 187, 188, 196, 209, 219, 220, 245, 273, 294, 319, 329, 335
Canfield, Aaron 190
Cannon Falls 222, 268
Ca-qua-dosh 263-264
Ca-qua-dosh's sister 264
Ca-qua-dosh's wife 263-264
Carash 318
Carlton County 46
Carnegie Library, Little Falls viiii, xiii, 10, 90
Carr, Terrance 313
Carrion 265
Carver, E. W. 273
Cash, A. D. 190-191
Cash, George 190
Cash, Mrs. 190
Casper, Joseph 301, 303
Casper, Mr. 212
Casper, Mrs. Joseph 302
Cass County 46, 293
Cass Lake 273
Cass, Gen. Lewis B. 236
Castleman, Samuel 76
Cathcart, Thomas 177, 277
Catholics/Catholic Church 199-202, 203, 218, 233, 243, 252, 269-271, 318, 322-324, 325, 330
Cattaraugus County, New York 332
Cattle in streets see Livestock, keeping them off streets
Cedar Lake 273
Ceke-bicauge see Great Rock
Census 6, 21, 23, 28, 29, 52, 342
Centennial Exhibition 199, 339
Champion Billiard Hall 122
Chance, Maranda A. 97
Chance, Minnie 97
Chandler, Secretary 259
Charon, Henry 72
Chartier, Charles 187
Chauboile 241
Chauboile, Charles 237
Chauboile, Margaret 242-243
Cheeney, Dr. 307
Chemical Engine Co. No. 2 84
Cheyenne, Wyoming 210, 330
Chicago World's Fair 92
Chicago, Illinois 92, 93, 94, 114
Chief Bad Boy see Bad Boy, Chief
Chief Big Dog see Big Dog, Chief
Chief Buffalo see Buffalo, Chief
Chief Curly Hair see Curly Hair, Chief
Chief Hole-in-the-Day I see Hole-in-the-Day I, Chief
Chief Hole-in-the-Day II see Hole-in-the-Day II, Chief
Chief Little Crow see Little Crow, Chief
Chief Naw-wa-ge-shick see Naw-wa-ge-shick, Chief
Chief Wadena see Wadena, Chief
Chief Wa-pa-se-na see Wa-pa-se-na, Chief
Chippewa Convention 265
Chippewa Indians see Ojibwe Indians
Cholera 180, 279
Chomkey, Charles 311
Chonteau, Peter 237
Church of the Holy Cross, Two Rivers 323
Church, C. E. 333
Churches 199-204, 311, 322-328, see also specific denominations
Churchill, Orlando A. 47, 49, 102, 184, 197, 256
Cigar factories 152
Circus in Little Falls 12
City Hall, Little Falls see LF City Hall
City of Pines 118
Civil War 2, 5, 7, 41, 43, 103, 124, 154, 155-158, 169, 174, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 194, 197, 198, 199, 208, 214, 234, 272, 286, 298, 305, 313, 331
Civil War 2 332, 334, 337, 338, 340
Civil War draft 321-322
Civil War soldiers 320-322
Clark, A. J. 52, 211, 216, 331, 334
Clark, Charles 320, 321
Clark, Henry 114
Clark, P. N. 76
Clark, Wait & McClure, Messrs. 212, 301
Clarke, Nehemiah P. 80
Clay 299-300
Clay County 46
Clay deposit 80
Clyde, H. S. 302
Clyde, New York 16-17
Clyde, O. L. 27 (photo), 50, 302
Cob-ba-conse 25
Cockle machine 121
Coe, Alanson 114
Coe, Aribert 320
Coe, Martha A. 114
Coe, O. A. 187, 273
Coe, Orrin J. 320
Collins, L. W. 331
Colt's six shooter/revolver 243, 251
Columbian Law College 332
Com-a-gi-win see I scalp dance
Commerce Township, Michigan 17, 20, 118
Commissioner of Indian Affairs 168, 233
Congregational Church 91, 201-202, 270, 271, 325
Conn, cornet manufacturer 58
Constitutional Convention 194, 196, 272, 335
Consumption 189, 338
Copper, drift 299
Copway, George 221, 268
Corbin, Dura 191
Coues, Elliott 116
Courthouse see MC courthouse
Crampton, Mr. 316
Cranes 312
Crimes 204-206, 308-311, see also Little Falls War & Lynching
Crooks, Hon. William 292
Crookston 211, 330-331
Crow Wing 165, 167, 168, 177, 178, 186, 187, 195, 220, 221, 222, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 239, 241, 247, 250, 251, 273-274, 277, 278, 288, 294, 295, 335
Crow Wing Agency 42, 168, 195, 232
Crow Wing County 46, 177, 277, 337, 339, 341, 344
Crow Wing River 28, 29, 44, 168, 176, 178, 195, 220, 238, 240, 245, 246, 276, 290, 302, 335
Crow Wing Store 39
Culdrum Township 181, 189, 198, 200, 203, 205, 207-208, 215, 280, 305, 309, 324, 326, 338, 342, 344
Curfew 98
Curly Hair, Chief 236
Currie, John 320
Cutler, Rev. W. A. 202, 325
Dada, Rev. W. B. 201, 202, 270, 325
Dagget, Mr. 250
Dahkotah County 28
Dakota Conflict see U.S./Dakota War
Dakota Indians 2, 28, 29, 41-42, 116, 139, 165-166, 220, 222-223, 229-233, 236-237, 246-247, 250-251, 255, 264-265, 293-294
Dakota Territory 60, 250, 333
Dakota/U.S. War see U.S./Dakota War
Dam, Little Falls see LF dam
Dana, Captain Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh 29
Dance houses see Houses of ill fame
Dances 12, 62, 171, 283
Danes 191, 192, 314, 323, 326
Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church, Culdrum 326-327
Dargis, M. 80
Davidson Brothers 80
Davidson, A. R. 90
Davidson, Andrew D. 97
Davis, Governor 205, 309
Dearing, John 320, 321
Dearing, John B. 187, 294
Deaths 215, 342, see also Accidental shootings, Drownings, Lynching, Murders, Suicides
Deer 220, 246, 255, 307, 308
Deer horn in tree 298
DeGraff & Company 140
DeGraff, Charles A. 292
Delano, Minnesota 97
Democrats 63, 67, 71, 74, 97, 217, 342-343
Denney, John 188
Dennis, Margaret 90
Department of Relics & Ornaments 112
Department of the Interior 292
Desautel (Desotel), Mary 58-59, 71
Detour, Widow 237
Detroit Convention 65
Detroit, Michigan 118
Detroit, Minnesota 211, 331
Diedrich, Joseph 141
Diptheria 90, 146
Disher, Henry 320
Docken, John 193
Doctors 186-187, 193, 199, 209-210, 242, 268, 273, 285, 297, 305, 307, 317, 326, 328-330
Dodge, Charles see Thompson, Hugh
Dog ordinace 90
Dog trains 248
Dogs running loose 90, 144
Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs 168, 233, 259
Doran, James 79 (photo)
Doran, John 135
Doten, True E. 298
Douglas County 46
Dow, Mrs. 251
Dow, William L. 251, 320
Drinking by minor children 137
Drougts see Drouths
Drouths 38, 40, 213, 340
Drownings 209, 306, 308, 312, 313-318, 319, 320
Drums 249, 250
Drunken Polanders 58
Dry goods 185
Ducks 177, 255, 266, 313
Duclos, O. 80, 83 (photo of Duclos Brickyard)
Dufort, Andrew 316
Dufort, Cyriac 316
Dufort, Frank Sr. 36 (photo)
Dufour, Cyriac 187
Dugas, Alfred 187
Dugas, Ludger 187
Duluth 198, 337
Dunn, Robert C. 105
E. G. Hill & Bro. 212
Eagle feather 255
Early families in Little Falls 22
Eastman, George 188
Easty, Charles 302
Easty, Dan 193
Economic depression see LF economic depression
Education 248, see Schools
Egg, hen's 110
Elbow Lake 293
Elections 52, 78, 86-88, 90-95, 97-98, 131, 132, 138-139, 144, 147-148, 149, 150, 154, 158, 160-161, 164, 193-194, 195, 196, 197, 198-199, 204, 210, 215
Elections 2 216-217, 226, 272, 291, 330, 333, 335, 336, 338-339, 342-343
Electric & Water Company see Little Falls Electric Light, Power & Heating Company
Electric & Water Power Company see Little Falls Electric Light, Power & Heating Company & Little Falls Water Works Company
Electric lights/electricity see LF electric lights/electricity
Elephant on Broadway (Little Falls) 12
Elginson, Charles 109
Elk 220, 246, 270
Elk Horn House 184, 185
Elk Lake 115-116
Elk River 48
Elkhart, Indiana 58
Elmdale Township 43, 65, 323, 344
Elwell, T. 192, 299, 303
England 268
English 248, 268
Enmegahbowh 35, 41-42, 105, 107, 112, 115, 221-222, 268-268
Episcopalians/Episcopalian Church 203, 222, 252, 269, 327
Erie Canal 16, 17
Eroux (Heroux), Mitchel 187
Europe 219, 220, 244, 245, 268
Everest, Rev. 203, 327
Ewing 237
Excelsior Cornet Band 58, 61
Explorers 2, 218-221
Fadovessian Indians (Nadovessians) 219, 244
Fairbanks, William B. 25, 30, 164, 184, 226
Fallbrook, California 61
Fallon, G. 321
Fallon, M. 320
Fargo, Dakota Territory 60
Farmer's Review 114
Farming see Agriculture & farming
Farnum, E. H. 72
Farnum, Philo 190
Farrer, Charles 191, 320
Farrington, Mr. 171, 284
Farrow, Charles 188
Father of Waters see Mississippi River
Fearing, Rudolph 114
Fergus Falls 179, 278
Fergus Falls Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane 71
Fergus, Andrew 23
Fergus, James 23, 25, 30, 38, 112-113, 164, 179, 181-182, 226, 278, 280-281
Fergus, Luella 23
Fergus, Mary Agnes 23
Fergus, Pamelia 23, 112
Ferrand (Farrand), F. J. 114, 187, 202, 320, 325
Ferries 113, 166, 180, 195, 214, 229, 232, 237, 279. 296, 334, 340-341, see also NR ferry operator
Fictitious townsites 179
Fifield, H. 302
Fire brigade 89 (photo)
Fire issues see LF fire issues
Firemen's Ball 62
First National Bank 97
Fish Lake 166, 229
Fish/fishing 71, 242, 248, 254-255, 259
Fitzgerald, Georgia 152, 154, 155, 157
Fleckenstein, John 193
Fletcher Creek 177, 277
Fletcher, Dr. E. 210, 329
Fletcher, Mr. 183, 282
Floods/high water 99, 133, 139, 183-184, 211, 212-213, 282, 301, 314, 339-340
Flynn 66
Flynn, J. C. 82
Foisy, Clara see Richardson, Clarrilla
Foisy, Joseph 56, 57 (photo)
Folsom, George 103
Folsom, William H. C. 103
Fond du Lac 222, 236, 265, 268
Fort Gaines 29
Fort Garry 222, 273, 274
Fort Ridgely 129
Fort Ripley 29, 42, 47, 168-169, 176, 177, 180, 186, 188-189, 205, 207, 214, 223, 232, 234, 259, 264, 274, 276, 277, 279, 301, 304-305, 309, 319, 329, 337, 340, 341, 344
Fort Snelling 194, 222, 237, 242, 271, 274, 300, 321, 337
Fort Wayne, Indiana 237
Fortier, Dr. G. M. A. 79 (photo)
Foster, F. N. 110, 330, 331
Foster, I. L. 192, 302
Fournier, Joseph 190
France 121
Franciscan Sisters 90, 199, 200, 322
Franks, William 312
Free Masons 204, 328
Free Methodist Church, Motley 327
Free Thinkers 328
Freewill Baptist Church 203, 327
French people 67, 187, 195, 196, 220, 246, 247-248, 312, 316, 335, 336
French, Col. C. E. 185, 333
Frey, John 30
Fritz (German peddler killed by Indians) 33, 35, 169, 235
Frontier closed 6
Frozen pipes 145-146
Fry, John 164, 226
Fuller, Justice 65
Fuller, S. P. 114, 184
Fuller, Sadie 90
Fuller, W. M. 84
Fur traders 2, 211, 219, 220, 221, 222, 237, 245, 246, 247-248, 267, 274, 280, 294
Furniture store 186
Gagnon, Peter 187, 320
Galley, H. 114
Gambling 33, 87, 91-92,100, 144, 147-148, 241, 283
Garden, Arthur 167, 171, 231, 242, 283
Garden, Charles (Jr.) 243
Garden, Charles E. 242-243
Garden, Louisa 243
Gaudet, Ludger M. 75 (photo)
Geer, G. O. 193
Geer, George T. 193
Geese 255
Geissel, George 341
Geissel, Senator 140
Geissel, Sheriff 206, 310
General Land Office 102
Geology 296-300
Georgia 194, 272, 334
Germania 66
Germans 66-67, 191, 192, 193, 199, 200, 203, 207, 212, 223, 235, 264, 269, 297, 308, 310, 311, 329
Germany 269, 270
Gessner, Mike 192
Getchell, E. S. 303
Gibson, A. H. 320
Gigabish, Charles 33
Gilman, Charley 66
Gilman, Hon. C. A. 301
Gilmore, A. L. 76
Glazier, Willard 115-116
Glenwood 47, 48, 118, 179, 199, 290, 291
Godfrey 237
Gold 299
Gold Rush 6, 38, 39
Gold Rush Widows 7, 38
Good Templers 204, 328
Gordon, Tom 79 (photo)
Gorst, John 197, 273
Goulet, Cyril 319
Goulet, David O. 318-319
Goulet, F. X. 301, 303, 319
Grady, Edward 320
Graham, T. B. 90
Grand Army of the Republic 157
Grand Jury indictment 37
Grandelmeyer, Mrs. 294
Grange Fraternity 187, 204, 328
Granite (rock) 192, 299
Granite City 179, 192, 278, 299, 344
Granite Township 181, 192, 280
Grant Township 45, 191
Grant, President U. S. 337
Grasshopper plague 38, 48, 174, 287-288
Gravel & Butler's 39
Gravel, Charles 80, 186, 212, 301, 303, 319
Gravel, F. X. 184
Gravel, Narcisse 301
Gravelville 344
Gray, John B. 192
Great Father see President of the United States