Relatively complete, un-smoked kaolin pipe found during excavations at the Réaume site, 2012. It is similar to ones that were popular in the late eighteenth century. Photograph by Don Hoffmann.

Silver cross pendant found at the Réaume site, 2012. It is similar to those recovered at other late eighteenth-century trading posts. Photograph by Don Hoffmann.

Two metal projectile points from the Réaume site, 2012. By the late twentieth century, metal detecting had disturbed some of the features of the Réaume site. Some artifacts were later recovered and are now preserved along with artifacts from the formal excavations at the Wadena County Historical Society. Photograph by Don Hoffmann.

Excavation unit at Réaume site, 2012. Graduate students in archaeology from the University of Minnesota investigated 26 excavation units and over 100 shovel test pits during 2011–2012. Photograph by Amélie Allard.

Railroad and Warehouse Commission office in the second state capitol, ca. 1903.

Examination of work done on the capitol building, 1853. From, Records, 1851–1854, Minnesota Territorial Archives, Minnesota Board of Commissioners of Public Buildings, State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Receipt of payment to John Daniels dated October 2, 1852 for work rendered on the capitol. From, Records, 1851–1854, Minnesota Territorial Archives, Minnesota Board of Commissioners of Public Buildings, State Archives Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Willmar Poultry Company, Willmar, 1969.