Despite hardships, farm and small town life has always appealed to a large number of Americans. In the pictures from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920, below, look for evidence of both the hardships and satisfactions of life on farms and in small towns in the 1890s. How has this lifestyle changed and remained the same?

Note: The color photographs were hand tinted. Click on the title to see a both a black-and-white and a hand tinted color version. To access a larger copy of a photograph, click on the image. View additional photographs from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.

Harmony in the home, Fairdale, North Dakota, 189?	Dining room or home in Park River, North Dakota, 1899
Nelson farm near Milton, North Dakota, 189?	Baker sod house and barn, Osnabrock, North Dakota, 1893
Thorson Brothers store, Park River, North Dakota, 1899	Henry Anderson's drug store, Park River, North Dakota, 1899
Farm machinery deal, Park River, North Dakota, 1899	Hulstrand's threshing machine, Soper, North Dakota, 1895
Pioneer of Milton, North Dakota, 1888

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Note: The color photographs were hand tinted. Click on the title to see a both a black-and-white and a hand tinted color version. To access a larger copy of a photograph, click on the image. View additional photographs from The Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920. Use your browser's Back Button to return to this point.