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Daniel Wilkins Log House, Smith Park, Montevideo, Chippewa County, MN



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HB663813
Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E
HB663814
Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E
HB663815
Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E


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Item Title


Location
Smith Park, Montevideo, MN

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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.

Notes
Survey number HABS MN-1-1
Building/structure dates: 1865 initial construction
Significance: The family of Daniel Wiklins lived there but in the spring of 1862, the Wilkins family accommodated the Matthews family by letting them use one half f the house; just how long is not known but probably until the Matthews cabin was completed...Mr. Wilkins and family has a martial escort from Fort Ridgeley to here. The soldiers remained with them about three weeks. In 1865, the western part of Chippewa County had not been surveyed, so he really had no legal right to stake out a homestead here...

Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)

Contents
Photograph caption(s): 
1. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer July 27, 1940 VIEW FROM SOUTHEAST
2. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer July 27, 1940. VIEW FROM NORTHWEST
3. Historic American Buildings Survey Charles E. Peterson, Photographer July 27, 1940 CORNER NOTCHING DETAIL


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