. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. MAIN STREET, PIPESTONE. PART OP SIMON MIX POST, NO. 95From a Photograph Taken at Iljipstone on Memorial Day, ISSI) HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY. 297 groimrlp. Other sliglit damages were re-ported. The first, last and cmly crop failure inPipestone couulys history after the grass-hopper times came in 1894 and was dueill drouglit. Coming as it did in themidst of tiie wretched times of tiie panicperiod, the failure was a liard IjIow tomany of the residents. In the spring of1895 many farmers were obliged to takeadvantage of a
. An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota. MAIN STREET, PIPESTONE. PART OP SIMON MIX POST, NO. 95From a Photograph Taken at Iljipstone on Memorial Day, ISSI) HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY. 297 groimrlp. Other sliglit damages were re-ported. The first, last and cmly crop failure inPipestone couulys history after the grass-hopper times came in 1894 and was dueill drouglit. Coming as it did in themidst of tiie wretched times of tiie panicperiod, the failure was a liard IjIow tomany of the residents. In the spring of1895 many farmers were obliged to takeadvantage of a law passed by the legisla-ture providing for seed grain loans. Therewere 135 applicants in Pipestone countywho for grain as follows: Wheat,;]184 bushels; oats, 8674 bushels; barley,:3918 bushels; flax, 755 bushels; corn, 23bushels; millet, 53 bushels; potatoes, 40bushels; clover, 1 bushel; timothy, 11/2bushels. A county jail building, wdiich was alsoused for county offices for a number ofyears, was erected in 1894 and 1895 at acost of about $13,000. The first step to-ward this action w
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