CLAY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

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Early 1930s valentine from CCHS collections has round-cheeked lasswho resembles one of the Campbell's Soup Kids.

(More 1930svalentine information on Page 3.)

President'sMessage

Happy 1991! As we look to the future, weneed to be ever mindful of the role thepast plays.

1991 will most probably be a year ofchange for the Clay County HistoricalSociety. The past nine months have beenspent negotiating with Heritage-HjemkomstInterpretive Center (HHIC). Ournegotiations are not finalized as of yet.

The negotiations revolve around themerging of staff and the assurance of thelong term home for the society and itsmuseum.CCHS board members have been veryinterested, active and involved in theprocess. They all are doing a great job ofkeeping the interests of the society atthe forefront.

The staff, though, have most notablyremained dedicated to the society. Thelast months have been difficult for staff,but they continue to do an excellent jobof meeting the needs of the societymembers.As I began, 1991 will most probablyinclude change for the society. Thatchange will be the beginning of a longterm home for our organization and, Ifeel, a growth period for CCHS.

"Everyone has a name -except our newsletter!!

WWII items soughtfor future exhibitThe Clay county Historical Society islooking for two ~~II era items to-borrowfor a future exhibit: leg make-up and adraft notice. If you have either itemplease call CCHS at 233-4604.

Valenti nes remembered-1930sOne member of the Clay County HistoricalSociety remembers receiving a valentine kitin the early 1930s. Her memory is quiteclear on the description of the valentinestoo because after she made them, they weretoo cute to give away!

The valentine kit came in a cardboard boxand contained valentine cards, paper lacedoilies, stickers, paper strips andenvelopes. The valentine cards had theusual boys and girls, kitties and puppies,and hearts and flowers on the center ofeach cover. A short verse was inside. Thepaper doily had a cut-out in the centershaped like a circle, rectangle or heart.Stickers, two or three per doily, weretastefully applied to various points on thedoily. Next the paper strips, which wereadhesive, were moistened and bent

Make one pint of pineapple jellyand three-fourths of a quart of straw-berry jelly, using canned fruit juiceand gelatine. Decorate bottom of .mold with crystallized· fruit andblanched almonds, placing a thin layer

,of strawberry jelly on bottom andchilling on ice; then add more, andwhen firm place a layer of halvedstrawberries; then pour over a layerof pineapple jelly, adding the pineap-ple pulp as it begins to become firm.Alternate these layers until the moldis filled; then set in a cold place overnight. When ready to serve, dip intohot water a minute, then place a lacepaper doily over the top, pressingdown onto the jelly, and invert onto acold plate, when the pudding will slipout unbroken. Garnish with a fewchoice berries and foliage. If the lat-

. ter cannot be secured use rose foliage.-Mrs. S. N. C.ase,Minn.

F~ -The Housek88C)8rPudding Book.· published byThe HousekeeperCorporation. Ni~lis, Minn.in 1909.

into "Z"s. These strips held the lace upoff of the cover of the valentine. The cut-out in the doily then framed the picture onthe cover. The envelopes had to be foldedbefore the valentine could be inserted. Thesize of these home-made offerings was onlyabout 3 by 4 inches.

With the wide choice of inexpensivevalentines available at the dimestore, youcan recreate a 1930s valentine. Find somesmall lace paper doilies and valentinestickers and try some creative cutting andpasting. Send one to your favoritevalentine. Or send it to the Clay CountyHistorical Society and we'll display it inour office at the Hjemkomst Center, 202 1stAve. N., Moorhead. It can bed displayedwith or without your name, whichever youprefer! !

Valentine from 1930s kit had lacepaper doily decorated with stickers.It was raised above the surface ofthe valentine proper.

CLAY COUNTYMUSEUM

* -Permanent ExhibitUnique characterizations of one facet of the history of eachcounty town. Together they form a chapter in the overallhistory of the County.

* Temporary Exhibits

The Point (Through Apri l, 1991)"The Point" which opened on July 28, looks at Moorhead'soriginal residential district - the bend in the river thatis now home to the Heritage-Hjemkomst Interpretive Center(HRIC) and Viking Ship Park. "The Point" explores who livedin the area, how the neighborhood changed over the yearsand why it was vacated. The exhibit includes items leftbehind by the residents and a fire hydrant which wasremoved from 1st Street and 2nd Avenue.

House of Our Dreams (Through March, 1991)

"House of Our Dreams" is an exhibit that exploreschanges in houses and how those changes related

values held by the families who lived inthem. This three dimensionalexhibit, co-sponsored by theMinnesota Historical Society and theMinnesota Humanities Commission,focuses on single-family houses inMinnesota between the mid-1800s andthe present.

Back to School Pop Quiz!Compiled by Pam BurkhardtVacation is over. Take your sharpenedNumber 2 pencil and a clean sheet of whitepaper and number to ten. (You know thedrill. )

The following quiz is on the 1890s. Twoquestions are true/false, the rest aremultiple choice. You will be given twoanswers to each multiple choice question.You will have ten minutes to complete thequiz. Answers appear later in thisnewsletter. Eyes on your own paper andbegin NOW!

1. What invention made the 1890 censuseasier?a. ball point penb. computer

2. The 1890 census tabulations show farmworkers outnumbered those in all otherjobs combines. Approximately how manyfarm workers were recorded?a. 3.7 millionb. 8 million

3. What was introduced to the public atthe 1893 Chicago Exposition?a. zip fastener (zipper)b. ice cream cone

4. The first ready-to-eat breakfast cerealwas introduced in the 1890s. What wasit?a. Rice Krispiesb. Shredded Wheat

5. Which word was coined in 1895?a. x-rayb. vitamin

6. By 1896, four million Americans werea. riding bicyclesb. living in New York

7. True or False. You could drink yourCoca Cola through a straw in the 1890s?

8. True or False. No wars were fought bythe U.S. in the 1890s?

9. For women only. What fashionable itemdisappeared in the early 1890s.a. corsetb. bustle

10. For men only. The 1890s saw theappearance ofa. front and back creases for trousers.b. the tuxedo.

CCHS membershipsells for $4,500A forward thinking organizer, Lois Ewertz,a teacher at Shanley High School, purchaseda CCHS gift membership as a prize for agame at the Shanley High School staffChristmas party. It turned out to be a veryvaluable prize! !

Guests at the party, bidding with home-mademoney they had won (or earned - whateverthe persuasion) at games of chance, (ie.gambling), could spend their money at anauction. Although the money was onlypretend, the prizes weren't. Money wasn'tthat easy to accumulate and one had to becareful how it was spent.

According to Randall Rustad of Fargo hepaid "top dollar" for the CCHS membershiphe bid $4,500 on. The only items which wenthigher on the sale were several toy truckswhich sold for as much as $20,000.

When you consider an individual membershiponly costs $15, the $4,500 price tag doesseem staggering, but evidently the spiritof the game was worth the extra cash.

It should be added that, in the true spiritof Christmas, the CCHS membership waspresented as a gift by the Randall Rustadsto Mrs. Cecile Rustad of Fargo.

A big CCHS welcome to our newest member,Mrs. Rustad, and a special thank you to Mr.and Mrs. Randall Rustad for spending their"top dollar" on us. We here at CCHS pledgewe won't disappoint you!!

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"3-D Visions" opens February 16Join us for this special eventExperience the twilight zone with this -

now you see it ... now you don't .•.exhibit! Explore how the three-dimensionalimages of holograms (as seen in the StarWars battles and on credit cards!) arecreated with a laser beam technology of theSpace Age in the Hjemkomst Center's newSpring exhibit "3-D Visions: The Magic ofHolograms." The interactive exhibit isscheduled to run from February 16 throughMay 27, 1991 and will present numerousimages documenting some of the most recentdevelopments in the highly advanced visualtechnology of holography.

Here are a few examples of hologramsvisitors wili see: TOYOTA (integralhologram) - As you move about this image ofa car, differing elements appear anddisappear. From above there are no seats inthe car, yet they appear magically as youview the hologram from a lower vantagepoint!; BORN FREE (reflection hologram) - Ayoung girl holds a small lion cub whosepaws seem to reach out to you as you passby!; MICROSCOPE (reflection hologram) - Theimage of a microscope projects out towardthe viewer in full 3-D. The image is soreal you can grab at it, but it is notthere. The image becomes even more dramaticas you look into the microscope anddiscover that it actually works and you seethe magnified image of a computermicrochip! Of special interest in theexhibition will be the latest large-formatintegral holograms which incorporatedynamic images which measure nearly 3 feetin length!

"3-D Visions: The Magic of Holograms" wasdeveloped for the Hjemkomst Center by DougTyler who has been a holographer since thelate 19708 and who originated DimensionalImaging Consultants of Niles, Michigan - aconsortium of holographers. Tyler willinstall the exhibit and will provideseveral lectures and demonstrations for theHjemkomst Center. For more informationcontact Claudia Pratt, Program Coordinatorat 218-233-5604.

See a hologram created before your veryeyes! On the premiere opening day of "3-DVisions," guest exhibit curator - DougTyler will give visitors an excitingpersonal look into the magical world ofholography.

Mr. Tyler, who is a professor at St. Mary'sCollege, Notre Dame, Terra Haute, Indiana,will brief visitors on the history ofholograms, how they work and then as hediscQsses basic equipment and holographictechniques, make a hologram before our veryeyes! The program will be held on Saturday,February 16 from 2 - 4 p.m. in theHjemkomst Center's auditorium. This specialevent is free with admission to theHjemkomst Center. (Or visitors may registerfor this program through F/M Communiversityby calling 299-3438.)

CCHS staff shares,museum experlences

with NDSU studentsIn January, Pam Burkhardt and Mark Peihlshared their museum experiences withstudents in the "Introduction to MuseumWork" course taught Monday evenings atNorth Dakota State University by ClaudiaPratt, Program Coordinator for theHjemkomst Center.

Pam focused on collections management andartifact care as well as museum security.Mark spoke on archival management andresearch, as well as of the history of theClay County Historical Society.

The course is part 2 of a three part courserequirement for students enrolled in thePublic History Program. The course coversthe history of museums and careers in themuseum field as well as the practicalaspects of working in a museum.

Civil War vet turns potato profits into a ferryBy Mark Peihl

Last summer we asked our readers to suggestpossible topics for newsletter articles.CCHS member Bernard Gill of Hillsboro wrotein with several good ideas. One of hissuggestions was: "How did they get across?My wife's grandparents came to the GooseRiver area in 1871. I understand there wasa rope ferry at the Hudson Bay CompanyGeorgetown settlement. How did that work?"

Georgetown was established in 1859 by theHudson Bay Company. It was a transferstation where HBC goods from St. Paul wereswitched from wagons and Red River carts tosteamboats for the rest of the trip to Ft.Garry (Winnipeg). When low water or icestopped the boats, carts carried the goodsall the way. The trail followed theMinnesota side of the Red from Breckenridgeto Georgetown, then crossed to the Dakotaside for the rest of the trip north. By1860 the Hudson Bay Company had built aferry to carry the carts across.Apparently, it later fell into disuse.

Clay County pioneer Adam Stein moved backto Georgetown in 1868 after service in theCivil War. He planted nine bushels ofpotatoes, and harvested 300 bushels whichhe then sold to the Hudson Bay Company. Heused the money to build a new ferry,located about where the Highway 32 bridgenow sits.Fargo Forum reporter Roy Johnson quotedCanadian author Alexander Begg'sdescription of Stein's Ferry: "It consistedof a flatboat, about 30 feet long and 15feet broad, with a railing on each side. Ateach end of this railing were two largeblocks (grooved pulleys) through which arope was passed, being made fast to a poston each bank of the river. When as manywagons as the boat could hold were drivenon,the ferryman pulled upon the rope and inthis way propelled the boat to the oppositeside of the river."Stein made $15 to $20 a day in the late1860s hauling Red River carts across theriver. One September day he carried 200carts and made $45.

In 1871 the Minnesota Stage Compan;'extended daily stage service to Ft. Garry.Stein's ferry carried the stages across aswell as local residents, immigrants andanyone else who wanted to c:ross the Red.

The ferry remained in service until theturn of the century when a bridge wasfinall~r built.

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Adam Stein's Georgetown Ferry about1900. (Stein Family Collection)

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We were happ~ to research Mr .Gill's question and the abovearticle is a result of thatresearch.

Once aeain we offer the challenge to you!Do you have allidea for a newsletterarticle: Is there something you would likemore information on? Do you have a specialinterest or a question you'd like answered?Let us know what you are interested in andwe'll do our best to provide the kind ofnewsletter you want to receive. Write toClay County Historical Society, Box 501,Moorhead. MN 56560 or call (218) 233-4604.

The 1934 Ice Carnival drew quite a crowd and S.P. Wange of Hawley preservedthe holiday on film for future generations to ponder on. It appears thelarge crowd all arrived in just seven automobiles.

The rink is still located on the corner of Main Street and 8th Streettoday, but the view has changed considerably. The three large buildingsshown in the background are Hawley Lutheran Church, Hawley Grade School andHawley High School. Of the three, only the high school remains today and itis now the junior high.

Most of the smaller buildings in the photo still stand toda~ including thelarge Jake Nordling home on the left of the photo. The glass plate negativesuffered some damage from moisture, but on close examination the balcony atthe rear of the home is distinguishable. The home is owned by the ArvidAndersons today. Other homes that remain standing are the Emma Ramstad home(white house in left center of photo), and the Axel Peterson home at rightcenter of photo, now owned by Zenus Baer. F1aten/Wange Collection

1934 Ice Carnival a bigBy Jim Nelson, Volunteer

One of the many photos Inthe Flaten/WangePhoto Collection owned by CCHS shows anorganized skating activity in Hawley. Theskating rink was located at 8th Street andMain Street, just as it is today. Three-sides of the photo are bordered by curiousonlookers, anxious participants, andspectators.

The January 25, 1934 edition of the HawleyHerald mentions the upcoming annual icecarnival. The event, set for February 4,1934, was split into two parts, speedskating and all-fancy skating. The speedskating consisted of boys' and g~rls'divisions, which were further broken downinto age groups. The all-fancy skatingchampionship, today known as figureskating, was not divided into categories,but was a "free for alL" Competition wasrestricted to local people with localbusinessmen contributing prizes for winnersin each category.

The figure skating championship was won byJohn Higgins, a Hawley High School graduateof 1928. John then teamed up with I.B.Leverson, also a recent graduate, to give abarrel jumping exhibition. Note the twobarrels which can be seen on the ice in thephoto.

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Individual winners of the races were listedin the February 4, 1934 Herald. As thiswriter was researching this article, oneparticular winner's name stood out over allthe others. That name was Pearl Wicker(Lokken), winner of the girls' 13-14 year-old division.

Pearl, presently living in Fargo, wascontacted for her memories of that specialevent. She said "It {skating} was the onlyentertainment we had during the wintermonths." An interesting sidelight relatedto Pearl's expertise on the ice occurredduring her junior year of high school atHawley when she was kicked off the pepsquad for a week for skating with a boy.The boy, who Pearl requested remainanonymous, was a very good skater in hisown right. Those were the days! !

A few months after the First Annual IceCarnival, the people of Hawley asked forthe enlargement of the park, an addition ofthree holes to the golf course, and for anartificial lake to be built adjacent to thepark. The lake, which still exists.at itsoriginal site by the Hawley Golf Course,was built that summer, 1934, and in themonth of February 1935, the Second AnnualIce Carnival was held at the lake. It wasoriginally scheduled for January 20, butpoor weather pushed it back twice and itwas finally held on February 3.

Nevertheless, it appears the carnival was asuccess because the ~ebruary 7, 1935 HawleyHerald reports that 2,000 people gatheredat Hawley Lake to watch the day's events. Aloudspeaker system, owned by the WhiteEagle Oil Co. of Fargo was used, throughthe sponsorship of Heimark Garage ofHawley. .

According to articles in the Herald, bothcarnivals were successful. The articlesstate that future carnivals will be heldand held more often. Unfortunately, theseare the only two carnivals that werecovered in the Hawley Herald.

It is fortunate that this photo of the veryfirst Annual Ice Carnival in Hawley, heldin 1934, exists. There are many photographsin Wange's collection that preserve specialmoments in the history of Clay County andof Hawley.

Wange's collection consists of about 12,500glass plate negatives, most for which thereare prints already made. But there remainsmuch identification work. Many photos ofunknown events'in the county exist. Anyonewho might be able to identify some of these1920-30 photos who is willing to volunteersome time should contact CCHS at 2331-4604.Many photos have stories surrounding them.We'd like your help in unraveling thosestories for ournewsleiter and for futuregenerations.

Alsops try "Experiment"By Mark Peihl

On a Monday afternoon in 1883 Moorheadresidents were treated to the sight of acraft steaming up the Red River. CaptainCharles N. Alsop of the Alsop BrothersFreight Line was at the wheel. Smoke puffedfrom the stack as a few passengers waved tofolks on the bank. Following behind was aload of coal destined for a farm south oftown. Nothing unusual in all that. Rivernavigation had been going on for nearly 25years. What was odd was that it was March26, the temperature was in the low teensand there was still a foot of ice on theriver. The craft was the Alsop brother's,aptly named "Experiment," an ice boatdesigned to ply the frozen Red.

The Alsops were relative latecomers in RedRiver navigation. The early focus of localsteam boating was the trade with Winnipeg.In 1878, Jim Hill's St. Paul, Minneapolisand Manitoba (later Great Northern)Railroad reached the Canadian city. Theslower, less reliable river traffic withWinnipeg quickly faded, but there wereother towns along the river that could beserved by boat.

In 1878 Charles Alsop was running asteamboat "White Swan" on the UpperMississippi. Duluth grain buyer R.C. Mungerhad purchased a lot of wheat from farmersalong the Red but had to get it to therailroad at Moorhead. He persuaded Alsop toship his boat by rail to Moorhead and haulhis wheat on the Red.

After loading the boat onto flatcars it wasfound to be two feet too wide to passthrough bridges. He boldly sawed the boatlengthwise, shipped it to the Red, rebuiltit at Moorhead and named it "Pluck."

The following year, Alsop's youngerbrother, Henry W. of Connecticut, joinedhim in the venture with Henry as businessmanager and Charles in charge of operationsat Moorhead. They had plenty of business

in ice boatingand soon added a second boat "H.W. Alsop"and several barges.Eighteen eighty-two was a momentous yearfor Moorhead. After languishing for yearsbehind Fargo, a sudden drop in land pricessparked a huge boom. Business enthusiasmran high.

Moorhead would be, if not another Chicago,certainly a Minneapolis on the prairie.Businesses and new homes sprang up. Thecity installed electric lights, sewersystem and began working on two bridges.

Captain Alsop had undoubtedly gazed out atthe frozen river looking for a way toextend the short summer shipping season.

In December of 1882, local newspapersannounced that the Alsops' planing mill wasturning out material for "a freight boat torun on the ice, and will be propelled by aspur wheel, to be turned by steam power asare the paddle wheels of an ordinarysteamer. The vessel when completed, willcost between $2,500 and $3,000. Should itprove a success, it will revolutionizedwinter transportation." A Chicago newspaperpicked up the story claiming that ifsuccessful "a large number of similarcrafts will be built for the winternavigation of the Red."

On January 19, the ice boat, christened the"Experiment," was ready for her maidenvoyage from the Alsops' landing just northof the present Center Avenue Bridge. TheMoorhead Daily News described her: "Theboat is built something like a box car, andis on runners like a common sled. Theforward runners are on pivots and the boatis steered by a wheel like a steamboat."She was powered by a pair of engines withsix inch bore and 12 inch stroke thatdelivered forty horsepower. A chaindelivered power to two propelling wheels.

< < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < < <\Steamboats "H.W.Alsop" and "Pluck" at Alsop Brothers' Landing at Moorhead,Ca 1882. The ice boat "Experiment" was built at the landing located justnorth of the present Center Avenue Bridge.

Courtesy of Haynes Foundation Collection. Montana Historical Society

Ice boating (Continued from Pg. 11)Excitement ran high when her boiler,specially shipped from Stillwater, wasfired up but she got off to a roaringstop - the runners had frozen solid to theice and nothing could get her to move.Captain Alsop was back on February 7. Thistime the "Experiment" did move once butpromptly broke both her drive wheels.Finally on the 11th she took off. "Thenovel craft ran forward and backwardplunging through drifts in a manner thatmade her inventor's eyes glisten withdelight." Then "she became over-confidentand tackled an ice berg that brought her toa halt." Her drive chain had broken.

Captain Alsop was far from discouraged."The ice boat man is still the confident,persevering and plucky genius he always hasbeen, and proposes to make his trip toGrand Forks if it takes a decade of suchwinters as the present."

About 10 days later, with a heavier chainand a single large spiked drive wheel,Alsop took the "Experiment" up on dry landfor a cruise down Front Street (CenterAvenue) .

Preparations for the coming boat seasonkept Alsop busy through most of March, buton the 26th the "Experiment" was puffingagain.Alsop hitched 10 bobsleds loaded with threetons of coal behind his craft and headed upriver.The Argus had suggested to its readers"take your cutter down to the river andhitch it to the train. A few passengercoaches on the tail end of the freighttrain will only add to the novelty andpleasure of the trip. (Alsop had previouslychartered George Clapp's large intercity"Bus on Runners" for a trip. )

One of the passengers was Henry Alsop, thecaptain's brother and business partner,recently arrived from Connecticut.The trip was an amazing success. Althoughforced to turn back near present dayGooseberry Park by high drifts, the machineexperienced no trouble and reached a speedof 12 miles per hour!

A few days later, after another fast tripof nine miles, the future looked almostbright for ice boating.

Not so for the steamboat company. Businessmanager Henry had come to Moorhead becausethe company was heavily in debt. A coupledry seasons had hurt river traffic. Inaddition, as Henry later wrote of hisbrother "Being a mechanical engineer, hewas always planning some improvements tothe 'Alsop' which he commanded. He kept theboat at the dock days at a time under fullcrew with the water falling at the {Goose}Rapids and contracts for through freightundelivered. The result was unfulfilledcontracts and penal ties to pay." 1

The Alsops survived the 1883 shippingseason. Captain Alsop even ran his ice boata few times the next winter. Mechanicalproblems left it stranded in the middle ofthe river nearly a mile from their landing.There it sat and rusted for weeks.2

In March, the brothers threw in the towel.They sold their boats and barges to JimHill's railroad. If there was ever apractical man , it was Jim Hill. He sentthe "Alsop" to Grand Forks and ran the"Pluck" out of Moorhead for two years, butthe "Experiment" was never heard of again.

1."Early Days as I Recall Them," H.W.Alsop. Courtesy North Dakota Institute forRegional Studies2. H.W. Alsop to Robert Pike, Jan. 29,1884. Courtesy Minnesota HistoricalSociety.

Words of Wisdom: lIThe worse thing about history is that everytime it repeats i tsel f the price goes up. /I (1947, Piller-Readers Digest)

November/DecemberDonors and ArtifactsDonors incl ude:Moorhead Helen Euren, Ruth Swanson,

Doris Eastman and BevMartinson.

Vlen David Evans and HaroldDinsmore.

Fargo, ND Runyon Peterson and NorthDakota Institute for RegionalStudies.

Artifacts include:Milk bottle seals from the Dinsmore Dairyin Vlen; history of Grace Vnited MethodistChurch in Moorhead; two stereo-views ofMoorhead· Homecoming program for the,Concordia Band Norway Tour of 1935,records of the North Side (Third Ward)Community Club; Army-Navy "E" Award "Tothe Men and women of Fairmont Creamery" inMoorhead dated 1943; Vlen, Felton andHitterdal High School annuals; April 1936edition of the Dilworth News; two copies

-of The (Moorhead) Monitor.

Outreach DisplaysGlyndon Community CenterMoorhead Public LibraryHawley Public LibraryHitterdal Senior CenterVlen-Hitterdal High SchoolViking Manor, Vlen

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The Glyndon Community Center's new displayis SMILE! featuring cameras, photographicequipment and a variety of photographicimages.

LET'S MAKE MUSIC will be featured at theMoorhead Public Library with an accordion,harmonica, clarinet, cymbals and rollerorgan.

The CIVIL WAR will be remembered at theHawley Public Library. Artifacts include asabre, discharge paper, GAR cap and a pipecarved by a wounded soldier after theBattle of Antietam.

The Hitterdal Senior Center will beintroduced to the AGE OF PLASTICS. Modernuses for plastics include bullet proofmaterials and natural looking teeth!Barbie (the doll) will attend.

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BooksRegional CraftsEducational GamesMuseum Cards

Hjemkomst Center (218) 233-5604VISA/MASTERCARD ACCEPTED~~t~~~~t~~"6'""'-~t~t~

New CCHS Members(September 1990 - January 1991)

1. Ann & Orvis Gytri, Felton2. Paul Ostlie, D.D.S., Moorhead3. James Patrick Barone, Moorhead4. Arlo Brown, Dilworth5. Lorraine Haugstad, Moorhead6. Dale & Kathy Tweten, Vlen

(Gift from Stanley & Eldora Lunde)7. Mrs. Cecile Rustad, Fargo

(Gift from Mary & Randall Rustad)8. Mabel Gunderson, Hawley

(Gift from Evelyn Hansen)9. Sadie Olson, Moorhead

(Gift from Evelyn Hansen)10. Rev. James Hofrenning, Moorhead

(Gift from Mrs. James Hofrenning)

Ulen-Hitterdal High School will receiveCOFFEE WITH CREAM - the display, that is.The artifacts include coffee servers, acoffee mill, cream siphon and creamers.

SNAKKER DU NORSK? at Viking Manor? We hopeso or you might miss some of the Norwegianartifacts on display.

Answers to 1890s quiz1. b.First patented by Dr. Herman Hollerith

in 1889, the electronic tabulator usedpunch cards (first used in the weavingindustry) to tabulate the results of ;the 1890 census in half the time.

a.The ball point pen was invented in1938 and sold commercially in 1945.

2. b.There were 8 million farm workers(including owners, overseers and farmhands) recorded in the 1890 census.

a~The 3.7 million represents the numberof women in the work force by 1890.One third of these were servants.

3. a.The zip fastener was invented byWhitcomb L. Judson of Chicago forboots and shoes and introduced at the1893 Chicago Exposition. Earlyversions came apart easily and itwasn't until the U.S. entered the warin 1917 that its use by the militarypopularized the zipper.

b.The ice cream cone was produced by anItalian immigrant in 1896, but wasn'tintroduced to the public until theLouisiana Purchase Exposition in St.Louis in 1904.

4. b.Shredded Wheat was made by Henry Perkyin Denver in 1893. Later, in 1898, youcould also eat Kellogg's Corn Flakesor C.W. Post's Grape Nuts.

a. Rice Krispies were introducedin 1928.

5. a.Wilhelm Roentgen didn't understand howor why the radiation he produced in1895 worked) so he called it "X-Strahlen" or x-ray after the X used--for"unknown" in algebra.

b.The word "vitamine" was coined in 1912and trimmed to "vitamin" in 1920.

6. a.By 1896, four million Americans wereriding bicycles and one million newcycles were being produced each year!

b.New York's population reached 3.4million by 1900.

7. True. The drinking straw appeared in·1885 and Coke in 1886.

S. False. The Spanish-American War lastedfrom April 19 to December 10, 1889 andled to the Philippine Insurrectionwhich lasted into the 1900s.

9. b. The bustle, in its various sizes andpositions, enjoyed a revival in theearly 1880s lasting into the early1890s.

a. Women were corseted throughout the1890s and into the 1900s.

10.a. The Prince of Wales (Edward VII)tried creasing trousers both side toside and front and back in the 1860s.Creases stayed on the side until the1890s when the front and back creasebecame fashionable on men's trousers.

b .•The tuxedo was developed as a"comfortable" suit for informalevening parties at which no ladieswere present. This happened at TuxedoPark, N.Y,. in the 1880s.

CCHS Spring Lecture Seriesto begin in MarchBack by popular demand this spring will beClay County Historical Society's ThursdayLecture Series. The series will begin at7:30 p.m. on March 7 with a presentationentitled "Welcome to Beerhead: Moorhead'sSaloon Industry, 1890-1915."

Mark Peihl, CCHS Archivist, will takelisteners back to one of Moorhead's mostcolorful eras. Find out what really went onin "The Rathskeller over the Rhine!"

The lectures will continue on April 11, May9 and June 6. The series is held in theHjemkomst Center's auditorium and is freeand open to the public. For moreinformation call 218-233-4604.

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CCHS adopts new logo. desi gnClay County Historical Society Board ofDirectors has adopted a new logo which isbeing integrated into the societies'printed material as existing supplyreserves run out. The logo was designed byAlecia Myers, a graphic art student atMoorhead State University(MSU) as pai"tofher senior thesis project. It replaces adesign adopted by the CCHS Board inFebruary 1981. That logo was designed byMark Olson, also a graphics' art student atMSU.

*****There are many elements to consider whendesigning a logo and Alecia did herhomework. First she visited the Clay CountyMuseum and viewed the collections. Then shepicked the minds of the staff whilesearching for the essence of the historicalsociety and what would be the best way toconvey that message through her logodesign.

CCHS has about 30,000 artifiacts in itscollections, including archives, but Aleciadiscovered that although the artifacts areimportant components of the historicalsociety, there is something more important.She looked beyond those 30,000 artifactsand discovered that CCHS is really people!History is people! The story of people whoused the artifacts of the CCHS collectionsis the history that Alecia wanted toconvey.

Alecia decided to bind her figures togetherwith a common thread. For this she chosevarious quilt patterns along with a wheatfield design. The quilts, in addition topulling the various figures together,indicates the weaving together of manydiverse cultures into one fabric here inClay County. The application utilizing awheat field may have been inspired by a"King Wheat" exhibit produced by ClayCounty in 1989.

In addition to the aforementioned criteriathe logo should be visually pleasing,attention getting, and specifically, itshould be esthetically appropriate to thesubject or product it is designed topromote. Alecia considered all thesecriteria and her finished product reflects

a studious approach to capturing theessence of CCHS.This newsletter includes a version of thenew logo as its front page banner. A 4' X140~ banner incorporating the new logo hasbeen developed and is hung outside theHjemkomst Center on 1st Street North at theentrance to the Center.

Alecia's logo concept has a lot of merit.People not only make history, but they arehistory. We are happy and proud to presentthe new logo.

The new CCHS banner brightens thewinter skyline looking west acrossthe bridge to Fargo from theentrance to the Hjemkomst Center at202 1st Ave. N., Moorhead

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