Men were working along Old Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter at the time of the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River. The school buses in the background were owned by the Boucher Chartered Bus Service operated by Floyd Boucher.
This is a photograph of the 1902 School of Commerce basketball team at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. The names of the players are on the reverse side of the photograph.
This image shows remnants of the large amount of snow that had covered the St. Peter area early in 1965. Warm weather caused the snow to melt before the ground thawed, which resulted in extensive flooding in Nicollet County and other portions of Minnesota.
Buildings along the west side of the 100 block of South Front Street are shown after a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. The photo was taken from Levee Park, near the Park Row intersection.
Flood water from the Minnesota River invaded farm buildings in the area of Spring Lake east of St. Peter in this 1965 image. The view, taken from Highway 99, is toward the south.
One of the buildings of the Standard Lumber Company in St. Peter is shown during the process of demolition. The truck shown was facing south along Front Street. The building on the far right is on the north side of Park Row.
The brick building at the right was the office of the Standard Lumber Company in St. Peter at 100 Park Row. Front Street is at the far left. This photograph was taken during the demolition of the lumber storage building that had been on the southwest corner of the intersection.
The Standard Lumber Company in St. Peter was located at 100 Park Row. Demolition of this building was in progress at the time this photograph was taken. The large doors on the north side of the building were along Park Row, near its intersection with Front Street.
The brick building at the right was the office of the Standard Lumber Company in St. Peter at 100 Park Row. Front Street is at the far left. This photograph was taken following the demolition of the lumber storage building that had been on the southwest corner of the intersection.
The First Lutheran Church in St. Peter at 1114 West Traverse Road can be seen in the distance in this 1965 view of flood water along Sunrise Drive. The approaching car is going south past sandbags and piles of sand at the site of a dike that was built to hold back the water.
Exterior view of the Theodore Knoll general store at the northeast corner of the intersection of Park Row and Third street in St. Peter. The building was constructed in 1886, facing Third street.
The home of Mark and Judith Ahlstrom at 202 North Third Street was extensively damaged by a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The house, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was later restored.
The remains of the Arts and Heritage Center at 320 South Fifth Street are shown after a tornado damaged many structures in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The building was constructed in 1870 as the community's first high school. This photograph shows the west side of the building.
A tornado in March of 1998 destroyed the Arts and Heritage Center in St. Peter, Minnesota. Originally constructed as the community's first high school in 1870, it was located on the northwest corner of the intersection of South Fifth and West Grace Streets, facing Grace. The building to the right was built in 1907 as a more modern high school. It served as the Community Center in 1998.
The spire of Christ Chapel at Gustavus Adolphus College was knocked over by a tornado that caused extensive damage in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. This photo, which looks to the west, and was taken near the intersection of South Seventh Street and College Avenue, also shows the first building to be constructed on the college campus, Old Main.
St. Peter's Catholic Church at 600 South Fifth Street was damaged so severely in a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota, that it was not able to be repaired. This photo shows the east front and the north side of the church. At the far left, a portion of the John Ireland School building can be seen south of the church.
The St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church at 427 West Mulberry Street was severely damaged by a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. A new church was soon constructed on the same site. This photo, taken from Gorman Park, shows the south front and the west side of the damaged church.
St. Peter's Catholic Church at 600 South Fifth Street was damaged so severely in a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota that it was not able to be repaired. This photo shows the east side of the church.
The St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church at 427 West Mulberry Street was severely damaged by a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. A new church was soon constructed on the same site. The trees at the far right were in Gorman Park.
Taken from the west side of Gorman Park, this photo looks to the north toward the remains of the Arts and Heritage Center and the Community Center beyond it in St. Peter, Minnesota. Both buildings, originally constructed as high schools, were damaged beyond repair in a March 1998 tornado.
Standing in the rubble of the gymnasium of the Community Center, a news crew from KARE11 Television interviews a resident after a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. South Washington Avenue is to the left of the cameraman, who is pointing his camera toward West Nassau Street.
Willard and Odelia Hoehn lost their home at 522 West Evenson Street in a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. This photo looks to the east from North Washington Avenue.