DAYS GONE BY
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1885 - "New" Nelson County Courthouse
No Electricity,
No plumbing - note outhouses on left side of picture
Along side is a close-up of the group in the above picture.
Postcard
Nelson County Courthouse
L-R;
1. Mr. Hanson, Clerk in Register of Deeds Office;
2. C. E. Johnson, Sheriff;
3. J. H. Beatty, County Commissioner;
4. Oscar Moen, Deputy County Auditor;
5. N. H. Mork, Register of Deeds;
6. M. A. Shirley, States Attorney;
7. Mr. Moen, County Commissioner,
8. J. S. Cole, Deputy School Superintendent;
9. Harry Groves, Deputy Register of Deeds;
10. Gilbert Rustebakke, County Treasurer;
11. Mr. Skrivseth, School Superintendent;
12. Halvor Loiland, County Commissioner;
13. O. H. Larson, County Commissioner;
14. P. O. Enstad, County Commissioner;
15. R. J. Roberts, Clerk of Court;
16. Jonas Burreson, County Auditor;
17. Olga Thal, Clerk, Auditor's Office;
18. Minnie Hennesy, Deputy County Treas.;
19. Bernice Wilson Dougherty;
20. Mr. Smith, County Judge
1919 Auditor and Commissioners
1901 Sheriff - Gilbert Jorgenson
Courthouse - November 1951
Commissioner Haroldson (w/paper) and friends
Sheriff Bert Kabeary using the rustic plumbing facilities and the old wooden jail later used for storage
1951 Officials at groundbreaking ceremony for current Courthouse Back Row: Robert Hoghaug, States Attorney John A. Coles, County Agent; John Watson, Custodian; Walter Garske; Einar Johnson, Attorney Middle Row: John T. Severson, County Judge Albert Schindele, Commissioner Lydia Norgaard, Acting Superintendent of Schools Mathilda Rust, Treasurer E. L. Nelson, Judge and Clerk of Court Front Row: Chas. Graham, County Coroner I. P. Quam, Auditor Vivian Gill, Deputy Auditor P. G. Swenson, Judge
Mathilda Rust, Treasurer; E. L. Nelson, Judge; John A. Coles, County Agent and Bert Kabeary, Sheriff
Lydia Norgaard, Superintendent of Schools; Ingvald P. Quam, Auditor; Robert Hoghaug, States Attorney; A. W. Goldammer, Register of Deeds and Laurayne Kennedy, Extension Agent
The Lakota Eleven on the East side of old Courthouse
