Exhibit showcases the lives of Point Agassiz homesteaders

The faces in the black and white photos on display this month in the Clausen Memorial Museum tell the remarkable story of the homesteaders who settled Point Agassiz in the 1920s and 30s. A dozen children giggle on the steps on the little red schoolhouse. A prize bull watches over dairy cattle grazing in a meadow. Families harvest from large gardens. The Model T milk truck drives its route down a snowy road to the point for a milk delivery to Petersburg.

"Recollections of Point Agassiz: The Life and Times of Point Agassiz Homesteaders" opened August 11 and runs through August 30. It revisits th...