Black and white photograph of Susie Schmitt Hanson's  millinery store, on the corner Main and Olive in Waconia.

Susie Hanson Store

Susie Schmitt Hanson's millinery store, on the corner Main and Olive in Waconia.

Black and white photograph of Susie Schmitt Hanson pictured at age eighty-five with a birthday cake, c.1945.

Susie Schmidt Hanson, age eighty-five

Susie Schmitt Hanson pictured at age eighty-five with a birthday cake, c.1945.

Black and white photograph of Susie Hanson Smith With Button Collection.

Susie Hanson Smith With Button Collection

Woman standing wearing dark dress and an apron covered with buttons. A table showing her button collection on the right, 1930s or 1940s.

Black and white portrait of Susie Schmitt Hanson, c.1885.

Susie Hanson

Portrait of Susie Schmitt Hanson, seated in a dress with roses in her lap, c.1885.

Black and white photograph of Mrs. Schmitt and family, c.1895.

Mrs. John Schmitt and Family

Mrs. John Schmitt and family. Mrs. Schmitt sitting on chair in center with children all around her. Susie Schmitt Hansen, row two, far right, c.1895.

Hanson, Susie Schmitt, (1860–1956)

A prime example of entrepreneurial spirit, Susie Schmitt Hanson was a pioneer for Minnesota women in business. As the owner of one of Waconia's longest-running businesses, she remains a prominent figure in the history of that town.

Photograph of an office of the Northwestern Express Company, the reorganized Minnesota Stage Company, in Deadwood, South Dakota, c.1880.

Northwestern Express Company

Photograph of an office of the Northwestern Express Company, the reorganized Minnesota Stage Company, in Deadwood, South Dakota, c.1880.

Portrait of James C. Burbank, a founding member of the Minnesota Stage Company, c.1872.

James C. Burbank

Portrait of James C. Burbank, a founding member of the Minnesota Stage Company, c.1872.

1865 table of Minnesota Stage Company destinations and travel distances.

Minnesota Stage Company document

1865 table of Minnesota Stage Company destinations and travel distances.

Photograph of a stagecoach bound from Alexandria to Melrose, 1876.

Minnesota stagecoach

Photograph of a stagecoach traveling from Alexandria to Melrose, 1876.

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Business and Industry