(Learn more about the Bierman scrapbooks here.)
What’s exciting about Mrs. Bierman’s scrapbook on Rice County History is that it adds to the amount of information the Collaborative presents about the communities surrounding Northfield — Dundas in particular. Probably the best thing I can do here is highlight some of the pages for you.
- “Personal Recollections from Indian Days in Rice County,” by F. M. AnDyke
- “Henry M. Rice and the Winnebago,” by Theodore Estabrook
- “Story of Rice County Indians,” by Harriet Shorrocks Johnson
- “Various Nations Share Settlement of Rice County, Typical ‘Melting Pot’ Process Revealed in Story of Local Frontier,” by Arthur J. Larsen
- “Trails and Early Roads of Rice County,” by Maude G. Stewart
- A group of articles about the Rice County environment, including beaver dams, earthen mounds (several), the Big Woods at Nerstrand, and wild pigeons
- “History of the Stone and Stone Industry Around Faribault,” by J. J. Lieb
- “The Mystery of Metropolisville,” by Grace E. McKinstry
- “Nininger City, Now Vanished, Was Hub of Ignatius Donnelly’s Empire,” by Ralph Harmon
- “Early History of Dundas,” by Rev. W. E. Thompson
- Pioneers who contributed to Dundas history, by Mathilda E. Hummel
- Article about the first church services at Dundas
- A paper on Thorstein Veblen, by J. F. Balzer