$5.00/$6.50 mailed

      Feeling old age creeping on, and believing that we should all know

       something of our ancestors, prompted him to write this brief history.

      The J.W. Groat manuscript was donated to the Anoka County Historical

      Society in 1977.  Although Groat gives a full account of his family

      history and an interesting insight into pioneer life, it is his thoughts and

      experiences while serving for the Union Army in the Civil War that are of

      particular interest to many historians.

 $2.00/$3.50 mailed

       Written by Harlan Thurston, he tells what it was like growing up

       in Anoka at the start of the 1900's.   Memories of the early automobile,

       telephone, motion pictures, radio, airplane, television.

        $2.00/$3.50 mailed

       The first explorers, settlers, government and education in Anoka

         in 1889.

Other Publications:

Anoka County Info Packet...........$2.25/$3.50 mailed

               Anoka County Minnesota 1857 Census.......$3.50/$5.00 mailed

City of Ramsey 1974-History........$5.00/$6.50 mailed

              Coon Rapids-A Fine City by a Dam Site....$4.00/$5.50 mailed

                                                           (please add 6.5% sales tax)

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