Sand Hill Settlement
Historical Society
Climax, Minnesota

Mission Statement
History and People of SHSHS
Map of the Homestead Site
     Cabin
Barn
Other Buildings
Meeting Minutes
By-Laws
Links
Contact and Membership Information
for information, e-mail us: phil@gerla.us

Small Town Saturday 2011

New! STS 2011 Photo Album

New! 2011 New Members

Pictures from Small Town Saturday 2010

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

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

click here for the 1872 Vineland Township Survey Map

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