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(Vol. I [A-G, 1861 battles]                       II [H-N, 1862-1863 battles],                   III [O-Z, 1864-1865 battles] 

Written by William Hoffman, Brenda Pone, Darryl Sannes, Pat Snodgrass, and Marijane Tessman is a collection of biographies and Civil and Indian War participation by over 200 Brooklyn Township, Minnesota, men and women. These three volumes were researched over a period of 

 Pierre Bottineau” (paper booklet) by Jane Hallberg describes the history of 
Minnesota’s famous pioneer. Pierre Bottineau was a fur trader, scout, and 
explorer with French-Canadian and Dakota and Chippewa ancestry. 
Bottineau was an early founder of St. Paul, St. Anthony [Minneapolis], Osseo 
known as Bottineau Prairie], and Red Lake Falls. Whether leading pioneers 
West, scouting for the Sibley

."The Brooklyns," (600 pages, hardcover, 2001) is a collective history of Brooklyn Township, Brooklyn Center, and Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The book features the lives and work of hundreds of Brooklyn families who sent their biographies and histories to the Brooklyn Historical Society to be included. This book is a “must have” for anyone living in the Brooklyn area.

"The Brooklyns," 600 page hardco

.”“Growing Up on the Brooklyn Farm” (spiral-bound, softcover, 87 pages) by Kathryn Koch Martens is a memoir of growing up on the Brooklyn Farm, Earle Brown’s estate in Minnesota. She moved to the farm in 1930 when her father, Leo Koch, became Brown’s personal gardener. Her story features what it was like growing up on a millionaire’s farm during the Depression. She describes her 15 years on the fa

 Brooklyn Park & Brooklyn Center” (128 pages, softcover) by Pat Snodgrass and published  by Arcadia Publications in 2009 is a photographical journal with a written history of Brooklyn Township, including Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, and Osseo, from 1852 to about 1970. Read about the miraculous development of the people, occupations, town development, and transportation who settled in this north

“The History of the Earle Brown Farm”  written by Leone Howe, Mary Jane Gustafson, and Jane Hallberg, documents the history of the John Martin and Earle Brown families in Minnesota. From developing early banking and logging to breeding prize-winning horses, John Martin and Earle Brown were Minnesota leaders.

First Published 1983 155 pages 

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