Miss Joy Edwards lived in Winnebago, a small city in Faribault County of south-central Minnesota.

Winnebago was laid out in 1856 and named for the Winnebago tribe of indigenous peoples who had been moved to a reservation nearby.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnebago,_Minnesota

The new community benefited from the arrival of the Southern Minnesota Railroad line in 1871, and the absorption into the “Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad” in 1880.

Today, the city has fewer residents than it did in 1910.

In December of 1910, Joy received a Christmas postcard from Stella.

Stella mailed the postcard from Good Thunder, a very small city in Blue Earth County of south-central Minnesota.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Thunder,_Minnesota

Good Thunder was a chief of the Winnebago Tribe who was well-known and respected by the settlers of this area when it was a part of the Winnebago Reservation.

The Winnebago people describe themselves as the Ho-Chunk, and their history in the area that became Minnesota is both fascinating and sad.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ho-Chunk

The city of Good Thunder is about 22 miles north of Winnebago.

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On the face of the postcard is a gilt sheet adorned with sprigs of holly.

Upon the page is written the bold promise, “We’ll Keep Our Christmas Merry Still”.

The image was copyright in 1909 by the Rose Co., who is (I assume) the publisher.

On the reverse, Stella thanks Joy for “your recent card” and tells her, “I was glad to hear from you once again”.

Stella predicts, “I guess you are going to have snow for Christmas”.

It seems that the area has already experienced snowfall as Stella notes, “I hope it don’t (sic) snow any more.”

“I suppose you have been busy get (sic) ready for Xmas”, Stella writes.

About herself, Stella reports, “I haven’t been doing much of anything lately.”

One hopes that Stella and Joy were not threatened by the prairie snow storm and that they enjoyed a wonderful Christmas in 1910.