I just found out about this website where you can find information about what your woods looked like in the past. You can find historical photos of your property here. You can find land survey maps here. You can find title records of your land here. For example I learned that Helary Suchy purchased 142.6 acres in Ottertail County on December 1, 1876. By clicking on patent image I can see and download the original patent. Flowery and loopy handwriting was common back then. Most millennials couldn't read a document like that anymore. Ulysses S. Grant was president of our country when my great grandfather bought his property in Ottertail County. You can also explore Native American history of your property. This is very interesting information and is likely to keep a person up all night looking around at what used to be.
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