The Great Northern Veterans’ Association assembled at memorial services at North Oaks, Minnesota, 1918. Photograph by William Bull. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.
James J. Hill's certificate of membership (#1) in the Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway. Issued in St. Paul on April 9, 1913. From the Louis W. Hill papers, Manuscripts Collection, Minnesota Historical Society.
The Veterans’ Association of the Great Northern Railway was organized in 1913 to encourage the fellowship of those who had served with the company for at least twenty-five years, and to promote their general welfare. A merger of railways created a new veterans’ group in 1972.
Description: The 2017 Harmony Agri Services grain processing and storage facility. It is located across the road from the historic 1879 McMichel Grain Elevator and along near where the railroad existed from 1879 to 1977. Photo taken in May 2018.
Photographer: Amy Jo Hahn
View looking east of the historic McMichel Grain Elevator and Harmony Train Depot. The Harmony Agri Services in the distance. The graveled drive between the two buildings is where train tracks existed from 1879 to 1977. Photo taken in May 2018.