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Based on
records at the Wright County Historical Society,
ownership of the land that Minnesota Pioneer Park sits on
dates back to 1879. We are not sure when the log cabin
attached to the 1902 House was built, but newspapers
found on the cabins walls date back to the 1870’s. By
1901 the property was owned by Viola Ridgeway, wife of
Dr. A.M. Ridgeway, Annandale’s first doctor. Various
families through 1970 lived on the property. The log
cabin is furnished, as it would have been if a Fur
Trapper had lived there. The snowshoes, buffalo coat and
rope bed were common in that period.
When you
step into the “Parlour” of the 1902 House you actually
step into a different era of Minnesota history. The
decorative furnishings are of the “Victorian” style, such
as the stove, hand-loomed rug and the “fainting couch”.
The kitchen is early 20th century, displaying
“Wainscoting” on the lower walls with a pantry, and
cistern pump. The size and features of the stove said
much about the family’s financial standing. The upstairs
bedrooms are furnished in a manner consistent with a
successful family, steel bed, ornate dressers and
toiletry.
8) Log
Cabin & 1902 House
