. Clay County. Agriculture. Scene on the H. C. Possehl Home Farm at Baker H. C. Possehl located at Baker in the spring of 1902, coming from Iowa. He bought the L. H. Baker farm, 250 acres, adjoining the townsite, and a year later purchased from Mr. Baker the general store. For eleven years Mr. Possehl was post master at Baker and was one of the promoters of the rural mail route starting from that village. Mr. Possehl later purchased the Evans farm, 480 acres, in section 10 in Alliance, and now operates both farms. He also deals extensively in potatoes and has a cellar and ware- house on the Gr
. Clay County. Agriculture. Scene on the H. C. Possehl Home Farm at Baker H. C. Possehl located at Baker in the spring of 1902, coming from Iowa. He bought the L. H. Baker farm, 250 acres, adjoining the townsite, and a year later purchased from Mr. Baker the general store. For eleven years Mr. Possehl was post master at Baker and was one of the promoters of the rural mail route starting from that village. Mr. Possehl later purchased the Evans farm, 480 acres, in section 10 in Alliance, and now operates both farms. He also deals extensively in potatoes and has a cellar and ware- house on the Great Northern track at Baker. Mr. Possehl is also interested in the automobile business at Barnes- ville. The illustrations show the buildings on the home farm. Frank P. Thompson is one of the old settlers of Elmwood township and one of the leading farmers of the Sabin- Baker neighborhood. He located on the home farm in 1880 and has been an industrious and thrifty tiller of the soil. His fine farm home, shown in the illustration, is modern and complete in every way. Mr. Thompson is one of the men who accomplish things with- out making much noise about it. Potatoes and grain are the leading crops, about 70 or 80 acres of the for- mer being grown each year. A fair- sized herd of Shorthorn cattle is kept, and fat steers can always be found on the Thompson farm. Mr. Thompson attends closely to the business of the farm. He is also inter-. Part of Frank P. Thompson Farmstead, Alliance Township. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Meeker, D. W. [from old catalog]. Moorhead, Minn. , D. W. Meeker
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