The brick companies in Shakopee, including the Schroeder Brick and Lime Manufacturing Company, the families, the grandson, the lime kiln accident, the children who worked there at 4 cents an hour, and the well-known potter who all worked along the river.

Presented on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at Benedictine Living Community, Windermere Way.

Discussed are:

• Lime Kilns (1851-1900)
  • Moses Starr Titus (1819-1878)
  • Thomas A. Holmes (1804-1888)
  • Johan Batsiste Conter (1830)
  • Barbara Wagner Conter
  • Isaac N. Lincoln III (1823-1908)
  • Lois Lucina Bingham Lincoln (1830-1912)
  • Isaac Lincoln, Jr. (1855-1894)
  • Cora Adele McDuffy Lincoln (1854-1947)
  • Barnard “Ben” Joseph Hartz (1866-1959)
  • Louise Catherina Henrietta Arndt Hartz (1960)
• Schroeder Brick and Lime Manufacturing Company (1876-1941)
  • Herman Frederick Schroeder (1854-1922)
  • Ralph Schroeder (1915-1972)
  • Son of August Valentine Kruger (1858-1940)
  • Agnes Steinberg Kruger (1860-1959)
  • Workers
    • John Connor (ca. 1825-1878)
    • Caroline Neafsey O’Connor (ca. 1834-1897)
• Hiram Adam Flecken Brickyard (1873-1878)
  • Brickyard in Southeast Shakopee (1873-1878)
  • Hiram Adam Flecken (1840-1931)
  • Maria Josepha Dicken Flecken (1850-1924)
• The Potter
  • Johann “John” Paul (1819-1900)
  • Margaretha Leibe Paul (1842-1917)