Highway 22 is under several feet of water from the flooded Minnesota River in this aerial view taken near St. Peter in 1965. The old bridge across the river can be seen to the right of the center of the image. Highway 169 is along the bottom edge.
This aerial view shows portions of the flooded Minnesota River near St. Peter. The bridge over the river on Highway 22 can be seen along the bottom of this 1965 image. Vehicles can be seen on Highway 169 near the top.
The Peavey Grain Company's elevator is the tallest structure visible in this image that shows flooded buildings and property in the Minnesota River Valley east of St. Peter in 1965. Highway 99 crosses the image, running diagonally above the elevator and below the St. Peter railroad depot, which is to the right and slightly below the row of five grain bins.
The St. Peter railroad depot at the far left is surrounded by flood water from the Minnesota River in this 1965 image. The photograph extends from the Peavey Grain Company's elevator at the bottom left of the photograph southwestward to the mill pond near the top center.
Samuel Medary, the third Territorial Governor of Minnesota, signed this document appointing A.P. Buell as a Notary Public in the Territory of Minnesota on the 21st of August in 1857. The document states that Buell was a resident of Le Sueur County at the time.
Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the Mankato East quadrangle, scale 1:24,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn22550.pdf
Interpretations of bedrock geology (distribution of rock at the land surface and beneath surface sediments) of the Mankato West quadrangle, scale 1:24,000. Electronic file available at: ftp://mgsftp2.mngs.umn.edu/map_catalog/pdf/umn22549.pdf
The Broadway bridge in St. Peter is shown under severe stress from the flood water of the Minnesota River in this 1965 image. The picture was taken from high ground east of North Front Street. The top of the Peavey Grain Company's elevator across the river is visible in the distance.
This image, taken from Levee Park in St. Peter, shows water passing under the south side of the Broadway bridge during the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River.
This view across the Broadway bridge at St. Peter, taken during the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River, shows men at work on the eastern end of the bridge. Large quantities of fill were used to stabilize the bridge supports there.
The Broadway bridge in St. Peter is shown under severe stress from the flood water of the Minnesota River in this 1965 image. The picture was taken from high ground east of North Front Street.
This colorized postcard shows the flooded road east of the Broadway bridge in St. Peter on June 25, 1908. The water of the Minnesota River has reached the Omaha Depot, which is shown in the center of the postcard. A steam locomotive is visible to the left of the depot.
View of several swimmers at Carpenter's Point at Lake Emily in Le Sueur County. The lake is a short distance east of St. Peter. It was a very popular recreation area.
This postcard shows a rushing creek lined with trees. It was sent to Miss Lydia Olson, Rock Island, Ill. The front reads, "Heartiest- greetings to yourself and your sisters, and a thousand thanks for the pretty, sweet valentine, which I received and ought to have acknowledged long ago. Hope that you are enjoying the summer very much. I will stay here probably through July, and then go away for a month. Lovingly, Inez"