Jewish Immigrants in Brook Park
Bibliography
“At Pokegema.” Minneapolis Tribune, September 5, 1894.
https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/viewer.jsp?doc_id=mnhi0005%2F1DFC5F59%2F94090501&init_width=600&recoffset=0&collection_filter=4a0c6900-28ec-40e6-bafa-8705a70f68f8&collection_name=4a0c6900-28ec-40e6-bafa-8705a70f68f8&sort_col=publication%20date&CurSearchNum=-1&recOffset=0
“Destitute Hebrews.” St. Paul Globe, September 5, 1894.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1894-09-05/ed-1/seq-2/
Eckman, James. History of Medicine in Dodge County. Minnesota: N.p., 1944.
P1193-3
The Hinckley Fire
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: A reminiscent account (typed, carbon copy) of Alice Nelson Wilcox’s experiences as a Pokegema, Minnesota, girl during the 1894 Hinckley forest fire.
Kelsey, Carleton G. “Brook Park Before There Was A Brook Park.” Hinckley News, August 30, 1979.
Kelsey, Lucy. The September Holocaust. Minneapolis: A. Roper 1894.
McGriff, Marilyn. “Mora was Lauded for Relief Role in 1894 Fire.” Kanabec Times, August 11, 1994.
Records, 1894–1895
Minnesota State Commission for the Relief of Fire Sufferers
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01044.xml
Description: Records of a commission created to provide relief for victims of the Hinckley fire, and of fires near New York Mills and Milaca, and in Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Kanabec, and Todd counties. They include ledgers of accounts for the goods or other aid provided to individuals; relief registrations (application forms); vouchers, orders, order stubs, receipt stubs, and requisition stubs; a register of vouchers and orders; correspondence, vouchers and receipts, and a ledger of the commission's Duluth agent; treasurer's cashbook and correspondence; journal of supplies (donations) received; and minutes and cashbook of the General Relief Committee of St. Paul, which was formed by citizens of St. Paul to aid the fire victims.
“Nothing Left of the Village of Pokegema.” Minneapolis Tribune, September 4, 1894.
Pine County Assessment Rolls, 1874–1981
Pine County Assessor
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00709.xml
Description: Assessment rolls for the years 1874–1901 (early years incomplete), 1910–1911, 1920–1921, 1930–1931, 1940–1941, 1950–1951, 1960–1961, 1970–1971, and 1981.
Pine County Historical Society. One Hundred Years in Pine County. Askov, MN: Pine County Historical Society, 1949.
Plaut, Gunther. The Jews in Minnesota: The First Seventy-five Years. New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959.
Wilkinson, Reverend William. Memorials of the Minnesota Forest Fires in the Year 1894: With a Chapter on the Forest Fires in Wisconsin the Same Year. Minneapolis: Norman E. Wilkinson, 1895.
Chronology
1893
1894
1894
1895–1896
1897
1906
1917
April 22, 1918
April 1, 1985
2010
Bibliography
“At Pokegema.” Minneapolis Tribune, September 5, 1894.
https://newspapers.mnhs.org/jsp/viewer.jsp?doc_id=mnhi0005%2F1DFC5F59%2F94090501&init_width=600&recoffset=0&collection_filter=4a0c6900-28ec-40e6-bafa-8705a70f68f8&collection_name=4a0c6900-28ec-40e6-bafa-8705a70f68f8&sort_col=publication%20date&CurSearchNum=-1&recOffset=0
“Destitute Hebrews.” St. Paul Globe, September 5, 1894.
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059522/1894-09-05/ed-1/seq-2/
Eckman, James. History of Medicine in Dodge County. Minnesota: N.p., 1944.
P1193-3
The Hinckley Fire
Manuscript Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
Description: A reminiscent account (typed, carbon copy) of Alice Nelson Wilcox’s experiences as a Pokegema, Minnesota, girl during the 1894 Hinckley forest fire.
Kelsey, Carleton G. “Brook Park Before There Was A Brook Park.” Hinckley News, August 30, 1979.
Kelsey, Lucy. The September Holocaust. Minneapolis: A. Roper 1894.
McGriff, Marilyn. “Mora was Lauded for Relief Role in 1894 Fire.” Kanabec Times, August 11, 1994.
Records, 1894–1895
Minnesota State Commission for the Relief of Fire Sufferers
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr01044.xml
Description: Records of a commission created to provide relief for victims of the Hinckley fire, and of fires near New York Mills and Milaca, and in Carlton, Cass, Itasca, Kanabec, and Todd counties. They include ledgers of accounts for the goods or other aid provided to individuals; relief registrations (application forms); vouchers, orders, order stubs, receipt stubs, and requisition stubs; a register of vouchers and orders; correspondence, vouchers and receipts, and a ledger of the commission's Duluth agent; treasurer's cashbook and correspondence; journal of supplies (donations) received; and minutes and cashbook of the General Relief Committee of St. Paul, which was formed by citizens of St. Paul to aid the fire victims.
“Nothing Left of the Village of Pokegema.” Minneapolis Tribune, September 4, 1894.
Pine County Assessment Rolls, 1874–1981
Pine County Assessor
State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul
http://www2.mnhs.org/library/findaids/gr00709.xml
Description: Assessment rolls for the years 1874–1901 (early years incomplete), 1910–1911, 1920–1921, 1930–1931, 1940–1941, 1950–1951, 1960–1961, 1970–1971, and 1981.
Pine County Historical Society. One Hundred Years in Pine County. Askov, MN: Pine County Historical Society, 1949.
Plaut, Gunther. The Jews in Minnesota: The First Seventy-five Years. New York: American Jewish Historical Society, 1959.
Wilkinson, Reverend William. Memorials of the Minnesota Forest Fires in the Year 1894: With a Chapter on the Forest Fires in Wisconsin the Same Year. Minneapolis: Norman E. Wilkinson, 1895.