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The Folin Family travels from Minnesota to California by Covered Wagon in 1965


It's hard to imagine how a cross-country trip from Minnesota to California by horese-drawn covered wagon could be unusual. After all, thousands of travellers made the…

Here is a horse drawn carriage on 4th Street in Winona, Minnesota, in the year 1900.

This is a horse drawn street car heading eastbound on 3rd Street in Winona, Minnesota, in 1885.

This is a photo of Ta-Tanka-Nazin, (Standing Buffalo). He was a hereditary chief of the Sioux people and participated in the Indian Massacre of 1862 in Minnesota.

Little Crow was a Sioux chief and the leader of the Indian Massacre of 1862 in Minnesota, which is also known as the Dakota War of 1862, the Sioux Uprising, or the Sioux Outbreak of 1862. It resulted in the death of between 400 and 800 white settlers…

This is a photo of a Native American wigwam in the river bottom land near Winona, Minnesota, in 1899. This dwelling probably belongs to a Sioux family, as they were one of the more prominent tribes in the area.
In the photo, there are numerous…