Sand Hill Settlement
Historical Society
Climax, Minnesota

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Summer 2009 Mowing Schedule

Melvin Johnson, long-time member of SHSHS, is now at Tufte Manor in Grand Forks. Here's his address and phone number, if anyone would care to call, visit, or send a card: 3300 Cherry Street, Grand Forks ND 58201 (701-775-2581)

Scenes from the November 2007 Workdays

March 2007 photos of the cabin and barn (click on the thumbnail for a larger view):

SHSHS Cabin (1) March 2007     SHSHS Barn (1) March 2007     SHSHS Barn (2) March 2007     SHSHS Barn (3) March 2007       

old harvest photograph from the Ole and Johanna Gaarden collection
submitted by Peter Solhjell, Hagensborg, British Columbia, Canada

1894 harvest photograph taken by Simon Bangen - Can you identify the location?

click here for July 1939 air photo of Climax 

Pictures from the sawmill --- June 2003

Interesting 1897 Railway Mail Service map that shows Climax

Scenes from 2005 Small Town Saturday

Scenes from Summer 2002 Small Town Saturday Night and Site Dedication

Photographs of the barn with numbered logs - front view ......  side view

Polk County Birth, Death, & Cemetery Records