This is a photograph of Rev. Moses Newton Adams, a Presbyterian minister and missionary at Traverse des Sioux. Adams became the Indian Agent at the Sisseton Agency in 1871.
This is a photograph of Rev. Moses Newton Adams and his wife. Adams was a Presbyterian minister and missionary at Traverse des Sioux. He became the Indian Agent at the Sisseton Agency in 1871.
This photograph shows one of the earliest residents of Nicollet County, Charles Flandrau, who became a judge on the Minnesota Supreme Court. Flandrau led men from St. Peter to help defend New Ulm against attacks in 1862.
This is a photograph of Po-Go-Nay-Ke-Shick, also known as Hole in the Day, an Ojibway Native American. The photograph was taken in the studio of St. Paul photographer Joel E. Whitney. The photograph was purchased in 1862 by a woman from Indiana.
This is a photograph of John Otherday, whose Dakota name was Ampatutokacha. Called Good Sounding Voice when he was young, he was born in the vicinity of Swan Lake in Nicollet County about 1819.
This is a photograph of Col. William Crooks in his army uniform. Crooks was the commander of Minnesota's Sixth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry until October 28, 1864.
This letter, dated August 26, 1862, describes the fighting between settlers and Dakota men who participated in a conflict in a southern Minnesota community, most likely in New Ulm. Wheelock also describes his experiences as a member of a burial party that ventured out into the surrounding countryside. Many dead settlers were found, as well as a group of thirteen settlers who had been hiding for three days. Wheelock states his intention to leave Minnesota if the fighting does not stop soon and if he is not able to feel that he is safe in his home.
This is a photo of William Carey Brown, who was born at Traverse des Sioux in 1854. Brown was graduated from West Point, becoming a Brigadier General by the time he retired. This photo was taken when he was a Cadet 4th Class.
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1863 letter from St. Peter, Minnesota. Van Etten was stationed at Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County, and was serving as the fort's quartermaster. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
Lieutenant Thomas van Etten wrote to his schoolmate, William H. Seward of Chester, New Jersey, in this 1862 letter from Fort Ridgely, near the western end of Nicollet County. He wrote about his military duties and experiences and about people he knew in New Jersey. Lt. van Etten participated in the Battle of Birch Coulee and described the battle in the letter. William H. Seward was a son of President Lincoln's Secretary of State, William H. Seward, Sr.
This is a photograph of Rev. Aaron H. Kerr, a Presbyterian minister in St. Peter, who became the chaplain of Minnesota's Ninth Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
This photograph shows Civil War Capt. Asgrim K. Skaro, who was killed in the battle of Nashville in 1864. Skaro served in the Second and the Ninth Minnesota Infantry Regiments. He was one of the founders of St. Peter in Nicollet County in 1853.
This photograph, taken in St. Paul, Minnesota, shows Nicollet County Civil War veteran B. F. Sylvester in his uniform. He served as a first lieutenant in Company E of the Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment. A note on the reverse indicates that he was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga.
This photograph shows soldiers from St. Peter's Company I of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their mess tent at an encampment in Winona.
This photograph shows a group of soldiers from St. Peter's Company I of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at an encampment in Winona.
During the 1965 flood, water diverted from Sunrise Drive in St. Peter is shown flowing along West Madison Street toward the Recreation Field on the east side of North Fifth Street. It then made its way to the Minnesota River. The building beyond the North Fifth Street sign was at the site of the local ice skating rink.
Diverted flood water from Sunrise Drive is shown along West Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The image was taken from a location slightly west of the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The white house at the center of the image is at 325 North Washington Avenue.
In order to relieve stress on a sandbag dike on Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter, water was diverted to this street, West Madison. This image looks toward the Recreation Field from a location near the intersection of Madison with North Washington Avenue. The volume and force of the water was enough to remove the pavement from the street.
People are inspecting the damage done to West Madison Street in St. Peter at the time of the 1965 flood. This water came from the west, not from the Minnesota River. It was diverted from Sunrise Drive to the Recreation Field shown here in the distance. From there it made its way to the river. This photograph was taken from near North Washington Avenue.
Water diverted from Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter has removed pavement from West Madison Street to create a waterfall at the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The house with the purple siding and white trim was the home of Howard Thomas at 324 North Washington Avenue.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A line of sandbags diverted water from Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter onto North Eighth Street. The water was first sent through a ravine along the south side of the Earl Fitch house at 416 North Eighth Street. The water ultimately made its way to the Minnesota River. The large white house behind the two men standing by the sandbags faced West Madison Street.
A sandbag dike protects a house threatened by the flood water of the Minnesota River in St. Peter in 1965. The photograph was probably taken along South Front Street.
Three men who helped build sandbag dikes in St. Peter are shown in this photograph. The men were sitting on some of the sandbags that were used to protect the building in the background.
The remains of one of the many sandbag dikes that were constructed in the St. Peter area during the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River are shown in this image.
This image shows a sandbag dike along Highway 169 in North Mankato at the time of the 1965 flood. The Seven Up Bottling Company at 207 West Elm Street in Mankato is visible across the Minnesota River near the left edge of the photograph.
A long dike made of sandbags was built on Webster Street in North Mankato during the 1965 flood. The bluffs on the west side of the Minnesota River Valley can be seen in the distance.
Volunteers are shown constructing a sandbag dike along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. This image was taken from a location on the east side of Sunrise Drive. The city water tower and the Myrum Memorial Fieldhouse can be seen to the south. Melted snow was unable to soak into the frozen ground west of Sunrise Drive, which created a very large pool of water that threatened to flood homes in St. Peter to the east.
During the 1965 flood, water from Sunrise Drive in St. Peter was diverted into a ravine that ran along the south side of the Earl Fitch home, at right, in St. Peter. The water was then diverted onto North Eighth and West Madison Streets until it reached the Recreation Field east of North Fifth Street. From there, it was able to make its way to the Minnesota River.
During the 1965 flood, water from Sunrise Drive in St. Peter was diverted down the length of this ravine that ran along the south side of the Earl Fitch house at 416 North Eighth Street.
Water that could not soak into frozen ground to the west of Sunrise Drive in St. Peter was diverted to this ravine located along the south side of the Earl and Elaine Fitch home at 416 North Eighth Street in order to avoid flooding many houses in the city. The water was ultimately sent to the Minnesota River.
The effects of the flood water of the Minnesota River in 1965 on the railroad tracks that were located east of St. Peter can be seen in this image. The river can be seen at the right, to the west of the tracks. The photograph was taken near the intersection with Highway 99.
The Peavey Grain Company's elevator east of St. Peter along the railroad tracks is shown in this image that was taken at the time of the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River. Pavement destroyed by the water is in the foreground.
The O'Brien home along the north side of Highway 99 east of St. Peter is shown partially submerged by flood water from the Minnesota River in this 1965 image. The road that is visible goes to Ottawa.
The O'Brien home along the north side of Highway 99 east of St. Peter is shown partially submerged by flood water from the Minnesota River in this 1965 image.
This image was taken from the southbound lane of Highway 169 on the northern edge of North Mankato. It shows a large building that was partially covered by the flood water of the Minnesota River in 1965.