History · White Bear
White Bear’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of White Bear. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
1858established
1old images & papers
4recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗White Bear Township was settled in the 1840s and officially organized in 1858.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1858Established
1908Greetings from White BearLOC
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewGreetings from White Bear, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10By decade
White Bear, decade by decade
1900s1 item
1910s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Greetings from White Bear (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4) and the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.