Description:
Four people posing on Wild Goose Island. Left to right: Nancy Stevenan Lam, Mrs. Reel Sr., Mrs. Ed Reel, Ed Reel. They are sitting where the house used to be. Date on picture is 1919.
Mr. Ed G. Reel arrived in 1879 from St. Louis. He bought Wild Goose Island from Maj. Harrow who built a house on the Island. In 1885 plowed and grubbed; he planted 600 vines and enlarged each year until he had 4,000 vines at Christmas Lake.
Mr. Ed G. Reel arrived in 1879 from St. Louis. He bought Wild Goose Island from Maj. Harrow who built a house on the Island. In 1885 plowed and grubbed; he planted 600 vines and enlarged each year until he had 4,000 vines at Christmas Lake.
Date:
1919
Title:
People on Wild Goose Island
Medium:
Print, Photographic
Original Object Size:
11.5x7 cm
Digital Image Width:
3688.00
Digital Image Height:
2389.00
File Size:
26432136
Location:
Lake Minnetonka, MN
Language:
English
Holdings:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society Photograph Collection
Record Name:
SP—PE1
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Copyright:
Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society
Copyright 2011, —— This image may not be reproduced for any reason without the express written consent of the Excelsior—Lake Minnetonka Historical Society send comments, questions to Info@elmhs.org
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