Category Archives: Dakota Territory

A.H. Marsland

Posted on June 20, 2025 by Lisaperryjd

For the past 11 months I have been going through photos and ephemera that my mom and dad had. It seemed like at least once every few years my sisters and I would go through the boxes with my dad. … Continue reading →

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Chester Township, South Dakota Social Notes

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

In the 1880’s, various members of the Perry family moved to what was then Dakota Territory. George, William, Allen, and Alice (Perry) Keith moved to Lake County, near Madison, D.T. Sarah (Perry) Johnson and her family moved to Minnehaha County, … Continue reading →

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Keith Obituaries

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

Elbert C. Keith Obituary From Blue Earth County Examiner February 13, 1931. Elbert C. Keith passed away at home. His father was one of the pioneer settlers. Eldest son of S. M. Keith and was born in Buffalo Wisconsin on … Continue reading →

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Sterling Center Social Notes from the BECHS, Part 3

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

1900 Date Source City name 1 name 2  Note 6/8/1900 Blue Earth County Examiner Sterling MN Perry Pratt Mrs G. H. Perry from Elmore is visiting friends and family [Anna Pratt, nee Lamp] 7/20/1900 Blue Earth County Examiner Sterling MN … Continue reading →

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Amboy MN Social Notes from Blue Earth Historical Society

Posted on October 3, 2019 by Lisaperryjd

I have found some great information by looking in the vertical files of local genealogical societies. In the days before cloud computing, these files were clippings from newspapers organized by topics. “Tornado of 1924” or “Biggings family” etc. When I … Continue reading →

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The Polar Vortex of 1888

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Lisaperryjd

On January 12 of 1888 meteorological conditions combined to create a massive blizzard and cold front that swept from the Dakota Territory, to Nebraska, to Minnesota. There was a drop in temperature of 18 degrees in minutes, with the wind … Continue reading →

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Dr. Allen W Perry, Lindsay California

Posted on April 21, 2011 by Lisaperryjd

Years of searching and more years of not even knowing, my dad finally uncovered information about his great-grandfather’s death. Allen Wallace Perry was born in Arlington MN on March 13, 1856. His twin sister, Alice, married Elbert Keith and moved … Continue reading →

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Willie Nelings and the Blizzard of 1887

Posted on April 5, 2011 by Lisaperryjd

Willie Nelings was a schoolteacher during the great Dakota Blizzard of 1887. According to a newspaper report in Wisconsin, where her sister lived, Willie saved the lives of her students during the storm by tying them together and leading them … Continue reading →

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Daniel Thompson Nelings

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

The above section is from The History of Clayton County and includes the names of many local men and boys from Clayton County Iowa. Some of these names are also in an account book kept by Daniel T Nelings from 1867 … Continue reading →

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Willamina “Willie” Nelings

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Lisaperryjd

Willie Nelings (1861-1921) sounded like quite a woman. In Bess’s note about the family, Willie was one of the sisters who remained behind in Iowa teaching and continued to teach when she moved out to Dakota Territory. She married Frank … Continue reading →

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