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Object Name |
Chair |
Caption |
Wooden chair |
Description |
Rough hewn pegged wooden chair with two back slats and arms. Unpainted. Built c.1857 by William Heller, Hutchinson, MN. William Heller was one of the prominent German farmers of Acoma. He was born in Germany December 15, 1829 and came to America in 1849. He married Minnie Albrecht and settled in Acoma in 1856. In early days he had to haul his crops to St. Paul and Carver. At the time of the 1862 "Indian outbreak" troubles he fled with his family to the stockade at Hutchinson, where they remained in safety for a month or so.. He died in March 1899. |
Catalog Number |
1985-2777-001 |
Search Terms |
Chairs |
Subjects |
Chairs |
People |
Heller, William |