OUR LEGACY "Echoes of the Past" is now added to the Brandon History Center Website

OUR LEGACY "Echoes of the Past" by Laura Wilken Roers and written by her son James William Roers, has been added to the History Library of the Brandon History Center Website.  The book is about the family history of the Hockert and Wilken families.  brandonhistorycenter.org

We have this book at the Brandon History Center but now you can read it in the comfort of your home.

"Muriel" written by Joanna Sandbo Engstrom, has been added to the Brandon History Center Website

Another book has been added to the Brandon History Center Website. "Muriel" was written by Joanna Sandbo Engstrom about her aunt Muriel Olson Kappler.  Muriel grew up in Brandon. She graduated from Brandon High School in 1938.  She became a nurse in 1941 and served in WWII.  We have this book at the Brandon History Center, but now you can read it in the comfort of your home.  Our Website is brandonhistorycenter.org  Next click on History Library and then choose the book you want to read. 
 

Local Authors can be found on Brandon History Center Website

Spilling Over was written by Florian Ledermann who grew 

up in rural Brandon and created our Burr Vineyard.  

Florian was a  1958 graduateof Brandon High School.

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John's Story was written by John Anderson who grew up in Brandon,
 taught school in Morris for many years and had a lake place on Devil's Lake.
John was a 1949 graduate of Brandon High School.

We have these books at the Brandon History Center, but now you can read them in the comfort of your home. 

To find them go to:

brandonhistorycenter.org

next click on History Library

next choose the book that you want to read.       Enjoy  

Brandon History Center Winter 2023 Newsletter

 

Brandon Creamery Built in 1929

The Grand Opening of the Brandon Creamery was in 1929. The high school choral group and the band is performing in front of the creamery.  Notice the people hanging out of the apartment windows above. 

Vines covering the front wall of the creamery in the 1940s.

In the 1950s there was a milk pick-up route.  The drivers picked up the milk cans at the farms and dropped it off in the small entrance door on the right under the canopy.  The empty cans came out on a conveyer on the left side in front.  The cans were returned to the farmers by the same route drivers.

Creamery equipment May 1955

In 1973 the building was remodeled into living apartments

 by Connie McHenry and Kay Larson

The 2023 owner of the Brandon Creamery Apartments is Joe Stallman

 

Moon Lake Brandon Minn. 1915

 Notice the initials at the bottom W.W. which belong to Wigo Werner. He was a very early businesman   who was involved in many different activities in the new little Village of Brandon. He took many historic photos of Brandon and the area .  Many of his photos were made into Post Cards.

Brandon History Center 16th Annual Meeting