Crystal.
Pictures of Crystal: its buildings and homesteads, the families who lived there, and the land patents that made the homesteads theirs. On the valley map: Ceded reservation land opened 17 June 1902 (first entries October 1902); Bradley using Rattlesnake Creek water by 1902; most land entered 1909–19. 2 photographs · 5 land patents.
Families at home
Family pictures the records place in Crystal.
View photograph ↗The Bengtson-Hayden and Jensen families at the Jensen place, Crystal, about 1934–38
Eighteen relatives of John Hayden gathered outdoors at the Jensen place in Crystal. Names as labeled on the copy at FamilySearch, several marked uncertain: Tony?, John, Martin?, Carl E., ?, Anna Jensen, Colleen?, Joanna?, Emma, Oscar, Delsa, Walt, ?, Syver Jensen, Carl Sr.?, Dora, Marjorie, Ben.
FamilySearch (uploaded by a relative)
View photograph ↗John, Dora, granddaughter Neva, and Ben Hayden
John, Dora, granddaughter Neva, and Ben Hayden
From: John Hayden & Dora Ingeborg Torgersen ↗Land patents
Federal patents to homesteads in Crystal, in date order.
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to John O. Johnston, 1910
Federal land patent signed 7 February 1910 (BLM serial IDBL 0001975). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to Frank W. Swim, 1913
Federal land patent signed 1 August 1913 (BLM serial IDBL 0001257). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to John W. Butler, 1913
Federal land patent signed 26 May 1913 (BLM serial IDBL 0001258). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to John A. B. Hayden, 1919
Federal land patent signed 11 March 1919 (BLM serial IDBL 0014605). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)
View photograph ↗Homestead patent to George W. Bradley, 1924
Federal land patent signed 4 April 1924 (BLM serial IDBL 0031710). Shown: the top of the first page.
Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office Records (public domain)Family albums from Crystal
The families the valley map places in Crystal.
Bradley family
George Willard Bradley
Hayden family
John Hayden, Dora Ingeborg Torgersen Hayden, Walter Theodor Hayden and 1 more
Swim family
Frank William Swim, John William "J. W." Butler
Johnston family
John O. Johnston
Fannin family
Delsa Fannin Hayden
Daniels family
Thomas D. Daniels Jr., David Moroni Daniels, George Daniels Sr. and 2 more
Help put names to these pictures.
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