E. C. Huntington, in 1871, started the Windom Reporter, the first newspaper in the county. He operated it until 1908, when he sold it to the Warren brothers.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Schmidt and their son, Henry Schmidt at age 12 years. Picture was taken in Germany before they moved here. Henry Schmidt became a doctor in the Westbrook area of Cottonwood County, Minnesota
The North side of the square, on 10th Street in Windom. The bank is the first building on the right. The park was located across the street where the courthouse was later built.
Photograph of the Grant farm which was built in 1876. A wooden windmill, silo and several other buildings are visible. Four unidentified men stand in front of the buildings.
A feed barn, where people could take their horses to be fed. Several people on the picture posing for their picture with many buggies and horses waiting their turn.
Photograph showing the exterior of a large three-story frame structure with a one-story addition to house the steam engine plant. Mountain Lake Roller Mill, was a flour mill, built in the late 1870's by David Hiebert.
Exterior view of the business and industry office of Seth S. Johnson, possibly a buggy shop, later Wolff Department Store. In the year 2000 it became an antique store.
An interior view of Tilford Drug Store, which was on the corner of Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. It later became Sigstad Variety Store. Pictured are: Will Sanger on the left and Fred Tilford on the right.
Construction men in front of the Bank of Windom, which later became the First National Bank. Pictured are: Martin Peterson, Chester Peterson, Oscar Nelson and others.
Standing in front of the 1883 Cottonwood County Courthouse are the following. Back row: S.A. Brown, Charles Gove with his surveying equipment, John Brown, S.G. Kibbey and Ole Peterson. Center row: Thomas Brown, Eva Taylor, Gust Sjostrum, P.G. Neufeld. Front row: H.E. Hanson, D.A Stuart, Don R. Savage.
A studio portrait of some early residents of Delton Township. Five unidentified men sit and stand for the photograph. One man wears a lined Raccoon coat and Buffalo hide gauntlet driving gloves.
An exterior view showing the front of the Women's Christian Temperance Union Temple (W. C. T. U.), a two-story Lecture Hall for temperance and other timely topics. On August 25, 1889, the building was bought at a sheriff's sale and was used for traveling shows, school activities, and funerals.
A portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schmidt, Otelia and Henry. Henry Schmidt became a doctor at Westbrook. Westbrook Schmidt Memorial Hospital was named after Henry Schmidt.
Windom Dray Line open wagon pulled by horses. Young man drives the horses. Seven women in long dresses are standing or sitting in the wagon. Sign on wagon reads: "E. C. Maher, Prop."