17 photographs, culled from the Sherburne County Historical Society’s photograph collection, are on exhibition in the Sherburne History Center's Lobby Gallery.

 

This exhibit shows the variety of photographs in our archives collection, from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, incorporating an image from each township and village in Sherburne County during this time interval.

 

Townships included: Baldwin, Becker, Big Lake, Blue Hill, Clear Lake, Elk River, Haven, Livonia, Orrock, Palmer, and Santiago.  Villages included: Becker, Big Lake, Clear Lake, Elk River, Zimmerman and Cable (an unincorporated community).

 

Later on in the 20th century, if the village had not already changed incorporation to that of a city, by January 1, 1974 a Minnesota statute enacted that all remaining villages to be established as cities.