families of white earth, leech lake, fond du lac, and more Galleries

Goodwins, Porters, LaPrairies : Before their removal to White Earth, Fond du Lac, and other reservations in Minnesota and Wisconsin, the Goodwin, Porter, and LaPrairie families all lived as an extended family group at and near what would become Pine County, Minnesota. For more information about the families featured in these images, see http://forefolk.homestead.com/AliceFrancesSheppard.html. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Goodwins, Porters, LaPrairies

Before their removal to White Earth, Fond du Lac, and other reservatio ...

Updated: Jan 30, 2008 8:34pm PST

Duane Cemetery : The town of Duane no longer exists, but the cemetery does - on farm property owned by the Winkler family. To reach the cemetery, travel to Beaulieu, Minnesota on White Earth Indian Reservation. Then drive seven to eight miles north on #3. There is a bale shed on the right (east) side of the road. A dirt road on the north side of the shed leads to the cemetery. The cemetery was photographed in the spring of 2002. For more information on the families featured here, see http://forefolk.homestead.com/AliceFrancesSheppard.html. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Duane Cemetery

The town of Duane no longer exists, but the cemetery does - on farm pr ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2007 3:00pm PST

Land Allotments : Selected records from Register of Indian allotment entries under the Nelson Act, 1901 (Minnesota Historical Society, 126.J.2.1 do) Description from the MHS site: "A schedule of land entries made in the Crookston land district for Indian allotments on the White Earth Reservation under provisions of an act of January 14, 1889, which provided for cession of most of the Ojibwe reservation land in Minnesota, concentration of the Ojibwe on the Red Lake and White Earth reservations, and opening of the remaining land to homestead entry or timber auction. The record of each allotment entry gives allotment number, Indian and/or English name of the allottee, tribal band of the allottee, legal description of the tract covered by the allotment, allottee’s age in the 1889 census or year of birth if born since 1889, blood status of allottee (full or mixed), and stamped dates apparently indicating the date a patent was issued." Records were selected for their connection to LaPrairie, Porter, Goodwin, and connected families. For more information on the families featured in these images, see http://forefolk.homestead.com/AliceFrancesSheppard.html. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Land Allotments

Selected records from Register of Indian allotment entries under the N ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2007 1:06pm PST

1905 Census of Leech Lake Agency :

1905 Census of Leech Lake Agency

Updated: Jan 17, 2008 1:15pm PST

Pine Bend Mission History : Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Pine Bend Mission History

Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Ch ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2007 5:35pm PST

Rev. D. F. Porter Notebook : Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Rev. D. F. Porter Notebook

Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Ch ...

Updated: Jul 25, 2007 6:40pm PST

Pine Bend Record : Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Church, 122 W. Franklin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55404. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Pine Bend Record

Courtesy of Archives, Minnesota Annual Conference, United Methodist Ch ...

Updated: Jul 14, 2007 8:50pm PST

Pine Bend Cemetery : The Pine Bend cemetery is located in rural Lengby, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. The photographs are from June of 2005 and are only a portion of the graves at Pine Bend. For more information on the families featured in these images, see http://forefolk.homestead.com/AliceFrancesSheppard.html. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Pine Bend Cemetery

The Pine Bend cemetery is located in rural Lengby, Mahnomen County, Mi ...

Updated: Jul 15, 2007 8:20am PST

Pine Bend Day Book : The day book from the mission at Pine Bend, Mahnomen County, Minnesota is courtesy of Shelby Goodwin. The scan of the day book is incomplete. For more information on many of the families featured in these images, see http://forefolk.homestead.com/AliceFrancesSheppard.html. To search for images by keyword, look here http://familyimages.smugmug.com/keyword.

Pine Bend Day Book

The day book from the mission at Pine Bend, Mahnomen County, Minnesota ...

Updated: Jul 15, 2007 11:48am PST