Child’s History/Waseca Co.

Book

Waseca County History Center

Name/Title

Child’s History/Waseca Co.

Entry/Object ID

62.10

Description

Waseca County History, James Child. Material: paper, textile. Size: 6 1/2" x 9 1/2". Description: red hard cover with gold spine title print: Child's History of Waseca County, Minnesota, for Fifty Years, 1854-1904; contents: 847 numbered pages detail events of Waseca County history between the years of 1854 and 1905 including the settling and growth of the county; portraits of notable citizens include names: Abell, Aughenbaugh, Bailey, Barden, Bishman, C. W. Brown, Burke, Byron, Campion, Carmody, Child, Clayton, Clement, Erfurth, Everett, Farrington, Flaig, Garland, Grapp, Haley, Henderson, Henry, Ide, Segurd Johnson, Krassin, Lewis, Madden, McDougall, Mellby, Miner, Moonan, Murphy, Newell, Norton, Reineke, Remund, Robinson, Sahler, Charles Smith, Warren Smith, Sutlief, Timlin, Trowbridge, Ward, Willis, Young; references to First National Bank, EACO Mills, Waseca Fence Tool Co., and the Wilton Group; indexed.

Context

Additions to the First edition of Child's History: red label inside cover leaf: "From James E. Child, Waseca, Minn.; inscription on second page: August 30, 2010: This book being donated by Charles Bethke of Great Falls, MT to the Waseca County Historical Society in memory of my parents Benjamin and Leonora Minges Bethke; original gift: from Chas. W. Minges to Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bethke, Jan. 1, 1947.

Cataloged By

Legacy Photo Import

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Book Details

Author

James E. Child

Publisher

Whiting & Luers, Owatonna Chronicle Press

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Create Date

September 14, 2010

Update Date

November 5, 2025