First page of the original petition for town incorporation signed by local residents in September 1891. Photographed by Mary Coons, 2004. Used courtesy of the City of Hanover.
Hand-painted drum composed of a walnut-stained wood shell and black hoops with rope tuning cords. The drum was used in the Civil War by Calvin R. Fix, a private in the 4th Minnesota Infantry Regiment who rose to the rank of Principal Musician in the Eleventh Minnesota.