03 May 1919. Just 50 years ago on May 1, Anton Mahlum left Norway for England, and then to the new world, arriving in Brainerd in September, 1870. He may justly claim to being the city's oldest citizens. He farmedx, worked for the railroad, was on Brainerd's first city council in 1875 and is now city clerk. (This Was Brainerd, Brainerd Dispatch, 03 May 2019)
Brother of Mons Mahlum.
•See Joseph Midgely.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Peter M. Lagerquist.
•See Rachel E. Borders, Clifford Borders and Claude Borders.
•See James S. Gardner.
•See Dr. Werner Hemstead.
•See Charles Douglas Johnson.
Mr. Anton Mahlum has rented his extensive garden to Mr. Congdon, Sr., who will be able to supply our citizens with vegetables of all kinds, names, varieties and sizes. (Brainerd Tribune, 24 April 1880, p. 4, c. 1)
Burnie Mahlum, of St. Paul, was in the city on Sunday, the guest of his brothers, Mons and Anton. Mr. Mahlum is in the employ of the N. P. company and was on his way to Montana. (Brainerd Dispatch, 14 May 1897, p. 4, c. 5)
A. Mahlum, who recently bought 670 acres of land between Long and Round lakes, the old Hole-in-the-Day property, has entered into a contract with his brother, Mons Mahlum, for the manufacture into lumber, ties, and cord wood of the hardwood timber on the entire piece of land. Mr. Mahlum is now getting things into shape to begin operations. (Brainerd Dispatch, 20 October 1899, p. 8, c. 1)
"I was employed in the capacity of yard clerk in the lumber yard under the late J. C. Barber. One day in September 1873, he brought out to me a copy of a telegram announcing the failure of Jay Cooke. The significance did not impress me until a few days later, when I was discharged, along with two-thirds of the entire shop force. J. C. Barber headed the list of the discharged from the car department. Then came several years of the hardest times Brainerd has ever seen; the population dwindled to less than half of what it was in 1872...."
The year of 1875 (July 27) [8:30 a.m.] saw the bridge over the Mississippi River collapse under the weight of a train consisting of twelve cars of steel rails and ten cars of merchandise, killing the engineer, fireman, and one or two caboose passengers. The narrator, then working in the yard as a car repairer, under Peter Early, heard the noise of the crash and escaping steam, and ran down the track to the bridge, first stepping in at the Headquarters Hotel for a flask of brandy, coming to the collapsed structure, where on top of the first pier were five survivors sitting on the debris.... There were rich pickings of barrels of flour, pork and other merchandise floating down the river, and the Indians especially profited by the spill. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 20)
Mahlum, Anton
Was born in Norway in the year 1849. He came to America in 1869, and after three years spent in the lumber yards at Minneapolis, came to Brainerd and has lived here ever since. During the first three years of his residence, he was employed in various occupations, being Deputy Sheriff a portion of the time. In the spring of 1875, he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as car repairer, and in the fall was given the position of assistant store-keeper and time-keeper for the shops, which he held four years, and on the death of C. E. Williams, succeeded to the position occupied by him, that of chief clerk in the machinery department. Mr. Mahlum has recently completed a hotel for the accommodation of the railroad employees. It is 26 x 80 feet, and three stories high, with a wing, 26 x 40 feet, and contains seventy sleeping rooms. (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Winchell, Neill, Williams and Bryant, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis: 1881; p. 651)
Anton Mahlum kept a hotel on the corner of Laurel and South Eighth (Broadway) Streets. (Biography: March 1936; Joseph Kiebler, born 06 April 1860; CWCHS)
The first city council meets on 11 January 1873, with the following city officials: Mayor Eber H. Bly, Aldermen Lyman P. White (president), M. Tuttle, W. S. Heathcote, William Murphy, Anton Mahlum, and F. X. Goulett.
C. B. Sleeper is elected city attorney at fifty dollars per month, P. H. Trudell, recorder, Robert Macnider, treasurer, W. W. Hartley, justice, and A. F. McKay, chief of police. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 36)
ANTON MAHLUM
Death came to Anton Mahlum, a pioneer of pioneers in this city, late Thursday evening, following a short illness, at the age of seventy seven years.
He was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1869, first going to Minneapolis and then on to Brainerd, when this was but a frontier settlement in the woods. He was always optimistic and planned for the future city, always ready to do his share in the upbuilding of the city and country.
He was a member of the first board of alderman of the city and served as City Clerk and later as County Auditor.
Shortly before his death he compiled a history of Brainerd from its early days and tells of the historical events from the days when the stage was the only way of getting in, the coming of the railroad, the logging days and on to when Brainerd became one of the leading cities of the state.
Surviving him are his devoted wife [Betsy], and the following sons and daughters, Mrs. William Keltz, Charles W. Mahlum, Carmen, Howard, Bert, Edna and James Mahlum and Mrs. James W.[sic] Alderman besides a host of friends all over the county and state.
Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, Reverend A. G. Patterson officiating. The large number of friends and the floral offering testifying to the esteem in which he was held by all.
His remains were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery, near many of the pioneer settlers who had preceded him on the long trail. (Brainerd Tribune, Thursday, 30 September 1926, p. 1)
Other Daughter: Millicent V. Mahlum Kelts, married William Preston Kelts on September 5, 1913 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Last seen in the 1940 Federal Census living in Aitkin, Minnesota.
Brother of Mons Mahlum.
•See Joseph Midgely.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Peter M. Lagerquist.
•See Rachel E. Borders, Clifford Borders and Claude Borders.
•See James S. Gardner.
•See Dr. Werner Hemstead.
•See Charles Douglas Johnson.
Mr. Anton Mahlum has rented his extensive garden to Mr. Congdon, Sr., who will be able to supply our citizens with vegetables of all kinds, names, varieties and sizes. (Brainerd Tribune, 24 April 1880, p. 4, c. 1)
Burnie Mahlum, of St. Paul, was in the city on Sunday, the guest of his brothers, Mons and Anton. Mr. Mahlum is in the employ of the N. P. company and was on his way to Montana. (Brainerd Dispatch, 14 May 1897, p. 4, c. 5)
A. Mahlum, who recently bought 670 acres of land between Long and Round lakes, the old Hole-in-the-Day property, has entered into a contract with his brother, Mons Mahlum, for the manufacture into lumber, ties, and cord wood of the hardwood timber on the entire piece of land. Mr. Mahlum is now getting things into shape to begin operations. (Brainerd Dispatch, 20 October 1899, p. 8, c. 1)
"I was employed in the capacity of yard clerk in the lumber yard under the late J. C. Barber. One day in September 1873, he brought out to me a copy of a telegram announcing the failure of Jay Cooke. The significance did not impress me until a few days later, when I was discharged, along with two-thirds of the entire shop force. J. C. Barber headed the list of the discharged from the car department. Then came several years of the hardest times Brainerd has ever seen; the population dwindled to less than half of what it was in 1872...."
The year of 1875 (July 27) [8:30 a.m.] saw the bridge over the Mississippi River collapse under the weight of a train consisting of twelve cars of steel rails and ten cars of merchandise, killing the engineer, fireman, and one or two caboose passengers. The narrator, then working in the yard as a car repairer, under Peter Early, heard the noise of the crash and escaping steam, and ran down the track to the bridge, first stepping in at the Headquarters Hotel for a flask of brandy, coming to the collapsed structure, where on top of the first pier were five survivors sitting on the debris.... There were rich pickings of barrels of flour, pork and other merchandise floating down the river, and the Indians especially profited by the spill. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 20)
Mahlum, Anton
Was born in Norway in the year 1849. He came to America in 1869, and after three years spent in the lumber yards at Minneapolis, came to Brainerd and has lived here ever since. During the first three years of his residence, he was employed in various occupations, being Deputy Sheriff a portion of the time. In the spring of 1875, he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as car repairer, and in the fall was given the position of assistant store-keeper and time-keeper for the shops, which he held four years, and on the death of C. E. Williams, succeeded to the position occupied by him, that of chief clerk in the machinery department. Mr. Mahlum has recently completed a hotel for the accommodation of the railroad employees. It is 26 x 80 feet, and three stories high, with a wing, 26 x 40 feet, and contains seventy sleeping rooms. (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Winchell, Neill, Williams and Bryant, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis: 1881; p. 651)
Anton Mahlum kept a hotel on the corner of Laurel and South Eighth (Broadway) Streets. (Biography: March 1936; Joseph Kiebler, born 06 April 1860; CWCHS)
The first city council meets on 11 January 1873, with the following city officials: Mayor Eber H. Bly, Aldermen Lyman P. White (president), M. Tuttle, W. S. Heathcote, William Murphy, Anton Mahlum, and F. X. Goulett.
C. B. Sleeper is elected city attorney at fifty dollars per month, P. H. Trudell, recorder, Robert Macnider, treasurer, W. W. Hartley, justice, and A. F. McKay, chief of police. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 36)
ANTON MAHLUM
Death came to Anton Mahlum, a pioneer of pioneers in this city, late Thursday evening, following a short illness, at the age of seventy seven years.
He was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1869, first going to Minneapolis and then on to Brainerd, when this was but a frontier settlement in the woods. He was always optimistic and planned for the future city, always ready to do his share in the upbuilding of the city and country.
He was a member of the first board of alderman of the city and served as City Clerk and later as County Auditor.
Shortly before his death he compiled a history of Brainerd from its early days and tells of the historical events from the days when the stage was the only way of getting in, the coming of the railroad, the logging days and on to when Brainerd became one of the leading cities of the state.
Surviving him are his devoted wife [Betsy], and the following sons and daughters, Mrs. William Keltz, Charles W. Mahlum, Carmen, Howard, Bert, Edna and James Mahlum and Mrs. James W.[sic] Alderman besides a host of friends all over the county and state.
Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, Reverend A. G. Patterson officiating. The large number of friends and the floral offering testifying to the esteem in which he was held by all.
His remains were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery, near many of the pioneer settlers who had preceded him on the long trail. (Brainerd Tribune, Thursday, 30 September 1926, p. 1)
Other Daughter: Millicent V. Mahlum Kelts, married William Preston Kelts on September 5, 1913 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Last seen in the 1940 Federal Census living in Aitkin, Minnesota.
03 May 1919. Just 50 years ago on May 1, Anton Mahlum left Norway for England, and then to the new world, arriving in Brainerd in September, 1870. He may justly claim to being the city's oldest citizens. He farmedx, worked for the railroad, was on Brainerd's first city council in 1875 and is now city clerk. (This Was Brainerd, Brainerd Dispatch, 03 May 2019)
Brother of Mons Mahlum.
•See Joseph Midgely.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Peter M. Lagerquist.
•See Rachel E. Borders, Clifford Borders and Claude Borders.
•See James S. Gardner.
•See Dr. Werner Hemstead.
•See Charles Douglas Johnson.
Mr. Anton Mahlum has rented his extensive garden to Mr. Congdon, Sr., who will be able to supply our citizens with vegetables of all kinds, names, varieties and sizes. (Brainerd Tribune, 24 April 1880, p. 4, c. 1)
Burnie Mahlum, of St. Paul, was in the city on Sunday, the guest of his brothers, Mons and Anton. Mr. Mahlum is in the employ of the N. P. company and was on his way to Montana. (Brainerd Dispatch, 14 May 1897, p. 4, c. 5)
A. Mahlum, who recently bought 670 acres of land between Long and Round lakes, the old Hole-in-the-Day property, has entered into a contract with his brother, Mons Mahlum, for the manufacture into lumber, ties, and cord wood of the hardwood timber on the entire piece of land. Mr. Mahlum is now getting things into shape to begin operations. (Brainerd Dispatch, 20 October 1899, p. 8, c. 1)
"I was employed in the capacity of yard clerk in the lumber yard under the late J. C. Barber. One day in September 1873, he brought out to me a copy of a telegram announcing the failure of Jay Cooke. The significance did not impress me until a few days later, when I was discharged, along with two-thirds of the entire shop force. J. C. Barber headed the list of the discharged from the car department. Then came several years of the hardest times Brainerd has ever seen; the population dwindled to less than half of what it was in 1872...."
The year of 1875 (July 27) [8:30 a.m.] saw the bridge over the Mississippi River collapse under the weight of a train consisting of twelve cars of steel rails and ten cars of merchandise, killing the engineer, fireman, and one or two caboose passengers. The narrator, then working in the yard as a car repairer, under Peter Early, heard the noise of the crash and escaping steam, and ran down the track to the bridge, first stepping in at the Headquarters Hotel for a flask of brandy, coming to the collapsed structure, where on top of the first pier were five survivors sitting on the debris.... There were rich pickings of barrels of flour, pork and other merchandise floating down the river, and the Indians especially profited by the spill. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 20)
Mahlum, Anton
Was born in Norway in the year 1849. He came to America in 1869, and after three years spent in the lumber yards at Minneapolis, came to Brainerd and has lived here ever since. During the first three years of his residence, he was employed in various occupations, being Deputy Sheriff a portion of the time. In the spring of 1875, he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as car repairer, and in the fall was given the position of assistant store-keeper and time-keeper for the shops, which he held four years, and on the death of C. E. Williams, succeeded to the position occupied by him, that of chief clerk in the machinery department. Mr. Mahlum has recently completed a hotel for the accommodation of the railroad employees. It is 26 x 80 feet, and three stories high, with a wing, 26 x 40 feet, and contains seventy sleeping rooms. (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Winchell, Neill, Williams and Bryant, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis: 1881; p. 651)
Anton Mahlum kept a hotel on the corner of Laurel and South Eighth (Broadway) Streets. (Biography: March 1936; Joseph Kiebler, born 06 April 1860; CWCHS)
The first city council meets on 11 January 1873, with the following city officials: Mayor Eber H. Bly, Aldermen Lyman P. White (president), M. Tuttle, W. S. Heathcote, William Murphy, Anton Mahlum, and F. X. Goulett.
C. B. Sleeper is elected city attorney at fifty dollars per month, P. H. Trudell, recorder, Robert Macnider, treasurer, W. W. Hartley, justice, and A. F. McKay, chief of police. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 36)
ANTON MAHLUM
Death came to Anton Mahlum, a pioneer of pioneers in this city, late Thursday evening, following a short illness, at the age of seventy seven years.
He was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1869, first going to Minneapolis and then on to Brainerd, when this was but a frontier settlement in the woods. He was always optimistic and planned for the future city, always ready to do his share in the upbuilding of the city and country.
He was a member of the first board of alderman of the city and served as City Clerk and later as County Auditor.
Shortly before his death he compiled a history of Brainerd from its early days and tells of the historical events from the days when the stage was the only way of getting in, the coming of the railroad, the logging days and on to when Brainerd became one of the leading cities of the state.
Surviving him are his devoted wife [Betsy], and the following sons and daughters, Mrs. William Keltz, Charles W. Mahlum, Carmen, Howard, Bert, Edna and James Mahlum and Mrs. James W.[sic] Alderman besides a host of friends all over the county and state.
Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, Reverend A. G. Patterson officiating. The large number of friends and the floral offering testifying to the esteem in which he was held by all.
His remains were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery, near many of the pioneer settlers who had preceded him on the long trail. (Brainerd Tribune, Thursday, 30 September 1926, p. 1)
Other Daughter: Millicent V. Mahlum Kelts, married William Preston Kelts on September 5, 1913 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Last seen in the 1940 Federal Census living in Aitkin, Minnesota.
Brother of Mons Mahlum.
•See Joseph Midgely.
•See Nicholas Heller.
•See Carrie Lagerquist.
•See Peter M. Lagerquist.
•See Rachel E. Borders, Clifford Borders and Claude Borders.
•See James S. Gardner.
•See Dr. Werner Hemstead.
•See Charles Douglas Johnson.
Mr. Anton Mahlum has rented his extensive garden to Mr. Congdon, Sr., who will be able to supply our citizens with vegetables of all kinds, names, varieties and sizes. (Brainerd Tribune, 24 April 1880, p. 4, c. 1)
Burnie Mahlum, of St. Paul, was in the city on Sunday, the guest of his brothers, Mons and Anton. Mr. Mahlum is in the employ of the N. P. company and was on his way to Montana. (Brainerd Dispatch, 14 May 1897, p. 4, c. 5)
A. Mahlum, who recently bought 670 acres of land between Long and Round lakes, the old Hole-in-the-Day property, has entered into a contract with his brother, Mons Mahlum, for the manufacture into lumber, ties, and cord wood of the hardwood timber on the entire piece of land. Mr. Mahlum is now getting things into shape to begin operations. (Brainerd Dispatch, 20 October 1899, p. 8, c. 1)
"I was employed in the capacity of yard clerk in the lumber yard under the late J. C. Barber. One day in September 1873, he brought out to me a copy of a telegram announcing the failure of Jay Cooke. The significance did not impress me until a few days later, when I was discharged, along with two-thirds of the entire shop force. J. C. Barber headed the list of the discharged from the car department. Then came several years of the hardest times Brainerd has ever seen; the population dwindled to less than half of what it was in 1872...."
The year of 1875 (July 27) [8:30 a.m.] saw the bridge over the Mississippi River collapse under the weight of a train consisting of twelve cars of steel rails and ten cars of merchandise, killing the engineer, fireman, and one or two caboose passengers. The narrator, then working in the yard as a car repairer, under Peter Early, heard the noise of the crash and escaping steam, and ran down the track to the bridge, first stepping in at the Headquarters Hotel for a flask of brandy, coming to the collapsed structure, where on top of the first pier were five survivors sitting on the debris.... There were rich pickings of barrels of flour, pork and other merchandise floating down the river, and the Indians especially profited by the spill. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 20)
Mahlum, Anton
Was born in Norway in the year 1849. He came to America in 1869, and after three years spent in the lumber yards at Minneapolis, came to Brainerd and has lived here ever since. During the first three years of his residence, he was employed in various occupations, being Deputy Sheriff a portion of the time. In the spring of 1875, he was employed by the Northern Pacific Railroad Company as car repairer, and in the fall was given the position of assistant store-keeper and time-keeper for the shops, which he held four years, and on the death of C. E. Williams, succeeded to the position occupied by him, that of chief clerk in the machinery department. Mr. Mahlum has recently completed a hotel for the accommodation of the railroad employees. It is 26 x 80 feet, and three stories high, with a wing, 26 x 40 feet, and contains seventy sleeping rooms. (History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, Winchell, Neill, Williams and Bryant, Minnesota Historical Company, Minneapolis: 1881; p. 651)
Anton Mahlum kept a hotel on the corner of Laurel and South Eighth (Broadway) Streets. (Biography: March 1936; Joseph Kiebler, born 06 April 1860; CWCHS)
The first city council meets on 11 January 1873, with the following city officials: Mayor Eber H. Bly, Aldermen Lyman P. White (president), M. Tuttle, W. S. Heathcote, William Murphy, Anton Mahlum, and F. X. Goulett.
C. B. Sleeper is elected city attorney at fifty dollars per month, P. H. Trudell, recorder, Robert Macnider, treasurer, W. W. Hartley, justice, and A. F. McKay, chief of police. (Brainerd's Half Century, Ingolf Dillan, General Printing Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1923; p. 36)
ANTON MAHLUM
Death came to Anton Mahlum, a pioneer of pioneers in this city, late Thursday evening, following a short illness, at the age of seventy seven years.
He was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1869, first going to Minneapolis and then on to Brainerd, when this was but a frontier settlement in the woods. He was always optimistic and planned for the future city, always ready to do his share in the upbuilding of the city and country.
He was a member of the first board of alderman of the city and served as City Clerk and later as County Auditor.
Shortly before his death he compiled a history of Brainerd from its early days and tells of the historical events from the days when the stage was the only way of getting in, the coming of the railroad, the logging days and on to when Brainerd became one of the leading cities of the state.
Surviving him are his devoted wife [Betsy], and the following sons and daughters, Mrs. William Keltz, Charles W. Mahlum, Carmen, Howard, Bert, Edna and James Mahlum and Mrs. James W.[sic] Alderman besides a host of friends all over the county and state.
Funeral services were held from the home Saturday afternoon, Reverend A. G. Patterson officiating. The large number of friends and the floral offering testifying to the esteem in which he was held by all.
His remains were laid to rest in Evergreen cemetery, near many of the pioneer settlers who had preceded him on the long trail. (Brainerd Tribune, Thursday, 30 September 1926, p. 1)
Other Daughter: Millicent V. Mahlum Kelts, married William Preston Kelts on September 5, 1913 in Brainerd, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. Last seen in the 1940 Federal Census living in Aitkin, Minnesota.
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