![]() ![]() Not that it matters, but the original patent owner – the person who first proved up on this quarter section as a homestead – was someone named John Pears. The quarter section is in Marshall, Minnesota. You might be interested in the photo shown here, though it’s the quarter section on which Almanzo Wilder grew that seed wheat he supposedly hoarded behind a wall in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s The Long Winter. Usually, I’ve been in a car way too long, the wind is blowing, and I’ve dragged someone along to take the picture, someone who really isn’t all that keen on seeing where George Wilmarth homesteaded or where Margaret Garland had a tree claim. Me, holding a deed or homestead file of some Little House character or Laura Ingalls Wilder relative aimed at the camera while standing in front of the land the deed or homestead file pertains to. Why? This is my idea of a vacation photo. Send for free descriptive pamphlets giving all details about the land and how to secure a quarter section of it free on application to any C.&N.W.ticket agent. One-fourth of a square mile, consisting of 160 acres. ![]()
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