Sharing Our History
As I look back, this photo sticks in my mind as one of my many favorites. I think Connie Jacobson shared it? I like it because of the unusual angle. Travis Jacobsen, if you can get me…
One focal point in early Big Lake History was the Northern Pacific railroad station which appears at the right in the photo submitted by Goldie(Putnam) Johnson. The 1890's photo shows people apparently waiting for the…
Big Lake is the home of the Spud. Whose farms are we missing? Let's get some photos of their sacks (even if they're new) the plate was just recently found in a storage shed on…
I would imagine that someone who has grown up in the age of electricity is wondering why anyone would want to harvest ice. The closest reference we have today is going camping for a weekend…
Big Lake's Citizens State Bank was robbed. The robbers escaped via planes, trains and automobiles. The newspaper coverage was state-wide if not nation-wide. Dorothy Moores has a folder of clippings to share for your reading…
Nick Christenson I remember it vividly. The smells of hose and the old gear came right back. Many great childhood memories. Might look like a dump, but it’s the guys that made it work and brought…
1857 -1865 A famous 1800’s photographer named Benjamin Franklin Upton lived in Big Lake for about 8 years according to the Minnesota Historical Society. According to the 1860 Big Lake census he owned $2000 worth…
