This postcard shows the Commercial building on the Gustavus Adolphus College campus in St. Peter. The building was located next to the south side of ""Old Main."" Its porch faced east.
This postcard shows a view of the Commercial Hotel in St. Peter that was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Park Row. The image is a reproduction that was made from an earlier photograph.
In March of 1998, the Community Center, which was originally constructed as a high school, was destroyed by a tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. This photo was taken from South Washington Avenue at its intersection with West Nassau Street.
The Community Center was damaged so severely in a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota, that it was not able to be repaired. The narrow east front of the building on the 300 block of South Fifth Street and the long section on the south side of West Nassau Street are shown in this photograph.
The west end of the Community Center, which contained a gymnasium, lost its roof in a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The structures on that block, bordered by South Washington Avenue and West Nassau, South Fifth, and West Grace Streets, were damaged beyond repair.
This image shows the St. Peter Community Hospital, which was located on the southwest corner of the intersection of Broadway and South Washington Avenue, facing the avenue. The hospital opened in 1939. A new hospital, attached to this one, opened in 1959. This postcard negative, marked 499, has been converted to a digital positive image.
The St. Peter Community Hospital opened in 1939 at 102 South Washington Avenue. A new hospital, attached to the west side this building, began serving patients in 1959. The east entrance and the south side of the 1939 building are shown in this image.
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.
Members of Company K of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard. The men are facing north at the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Grace street in St. Peter. The unit was created in 1908. Several business buildings along Minnesota Avenue are visible.
This postcard shows the soldiers of St. Peter's Company K of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard. Lt. E. E. Miller is seated at left in the front row. Capt. Frank Magner is seated in the middle of the front row.
Soldiers of St. Peter's Co. K of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard in front of the Armory and the Library. The label indicates that they were leaving to fight in World War One.
The Conrad Anderson family home at 320 North Seventh Street is in the center of this photograph that was taken in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. A portion of a dike along the south side of Madison Street can be seen at the far right. Water was sent along Madison Street from Sunrise Drive to the Minnesota River. The local high school is visible in the distance in the upper left corner of the photo.
The Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was a familiar sight to generations of students. The decision to consolidate district schools in the Nicollet area and to construct this school building was made in 1916. The building was demolished in 1985.
This Consolidated School in Nicollet, Minnesota, was used for many years. Constructed following the consolidation of district schools in 1916, the building was demolished in 1985.
View of the construction of the Myrum Memorial Fieldhouse on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. It was named after coach George Myrum, who died in a traffic accident. It was demolished in 1984.
This photograph shows the construction of the Nicollet County Courthouse in St. Peter, which is located on the east side of the 500 block of South Minnesota Avenue. Construction began in 1880 and was completed in July of 1881.
This photograph shows some of the early phases of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. The Alex Kopp Meat Market, which was located at 223 W. Nassau Street, can be seen in the background.
This photograph shows some of the early phases of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. The sidewalk along Third Street is at the bottom of the photograph. The sidewalk at right is along Nassau Street.
This photograph shows some of the early phases of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. The Alex Kopp Meat Market, which was located at 223 W. Nassau Street, can be seen in the background.
Taken from Third Street, shows some of the early phases of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. The houses shown are mainly along Nassau Street.
This photograph shows some of the early phases of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. The Alex Kopp Meat Market, which was located at 223 W. Nassau Street, can be seen in the background.
This photograph shows piles of bricks along South Third Street in St. Peter that were soon used to construct a new Post Office. At far left can be seen contractor Ole Fredricksen's building. The old Fire Station, with its steeple, is between the Fredricksen building and the site of the Post Office.
This photograph, taken from Nassau Street, shows some of the initial stages of the construction of the Post Office building in St. Peter. The building is located at 300 South Third Street, next to the old Fire Station. The J. M. Peterson blacksmith shop can be seen across Third Street.
This photograph shows some of the men who were building the Post Office in St. Peter in 1917. The completed building is located at 300 South Third Street. Nassau Street can be seen beyond the construction site. The Casper Baberich home is visible at right.
This photograph shows Cook's Café and Hotel and the J. C. Penney Store in St. Peter. The café and the associated hotel were at 212 South Minnesota Avenue, and the Penney Store was at 208 South Minnesota Avenue.
Interior view of Cook's Café in St. Peter, which was located at 212 South Minnesota Avenue. The view shows the Cook-E-Jar room, which was located in the basement of the building.
This photograph shows the interior of Cook's Café in St. Peter, which was located at 212 South Minnesota Avenue. The view shows the Cook-E-Jar room, which was located in the basement of the building.
This photograph shows Cook's Café in St. Peter, which was located at 212 South Minnesota Avenue. The Cook family also operated a hotel in the same building. Notice the Tourists Information sign in front of the café.
Cook's Cafe in St. Peter was located at 222 South Minnesota Avenue at the time this photograph was taken. The photograph shows signs for Dr. Bittner, a dentist, and for Frenchie the Barber. A large Tourists Information sign points toward the caf. A note on the reverse states that the photograph was taken in May of 1923.
This photograph shows Corilla Sackett and her daughter, Edith Sackett, in St. Peter. The Nicollet County Bank building at far left is on the northwest corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Nassau street. The St. Peter Tribune newspaper office, S.O. Strand's millinery shop, and the I. O. O. F. meeting site are shown.
Count and Countess Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. The Count is in front of the bust of King Gustavus Adolphus. The Countess holds a bouquet of flowers. Henry N. Benson is second from left. Gustavus President O. J. Johnson is beside the Count, in a dark suit.
This photograph shows Count and Countess Folke Bernadotte of Wisborg at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter. The Count is in front of the bust of King Gustavus Adolphus. The Countess holds a bouquet of flowers. Henry N. Benson is second from left. Gustavus President O. J. Johnson is beside the Count, in a dark suit.
Four men are riding on a wagon that is being pulled by two horses in front of the creamery in Courtland, MN. The wagon is filled with a large number of containers.
The historic E. St. Julien Cox house at 500 North Minnesota Avenue, owned by the Nicollet County Historical Society, was damaged in a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. It was repaired and continues to be used for various functions by the Society. The Cox family's carriage house to the north was also repaired.
The Nicollet Creamery Association that served people in the Nicollet, Minnesota, area began in 1896. The original building, shown on this postcard, was constructed that year.
The Nicollet Creamery Association that served people in the Nicollet, Minnesota, area began in 1896. The building shown on this postcard was constructed in 1917.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows a Dakota campsite along a body of water.
This is a print by the artist and military officer Seth Eastman, who was stationed in Minnesota before statehood. It shows several dwellings of the Dakota people.
A map showing the community variously known as Dakota, Dakota City, or Dakota Mills, including streets, blocks, and lots. The Minnesota River is included, as is a building labeled as McNutt's Dakota Mills. The community was located in Section 34, T109N, R28W in Nicollet County, and was "surveyed in 1856, drawn by Anthony D. McSweeney" for William H. McNutt, who is listed as the proprietor. This town did not survive the severe economic downturn that began in 1857 that affected the entire United States and the Territory of Minnesota. It can now be regarded as part of Lost Minnesota.
View of a woman and a young boy sitting in rocking chairs on the lawn of the Damren house in St. Peter. The house was located on the west side of Washington Avenue, at the intersection with Walnut Street.
A large amount of debris is visible in front of a house on the west side of the 600 block of North Minnesota Avenue after a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The white house in the center of the photo was at 522 North Minnesota Avenue.
Carl Deutschmann operated this grocery store on the east side of the 200 block of South Minnesota Avenue in St. Peter. Deutschmann is shown here with his business neighbors, saloon owner Herman Sporing and shoemaker Frederick Schmidt. Deutschmann was born about 1834, and Sporing was born about 1851 according to census records.
Exterior view of the clothing store operated by the Philip Dick family in St. Peter. The store was located at 304 South Minnesota Avenue. The law office of L. D. Keogan was located upstairs.
A view to the west along Madison Street from North Seventh Street in St. Peter, Minnesota during the 1965 flood. The water on the street is from a controlled release of flood water from a dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive. The photo was taken near a home at 319 North Seventh Street.
A sandbag dike along North Eighth Street in St. Peter in 1965 turned flood water flowing eastward from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive into a southward flow for one half of a block. The water then traveled eastward on Madison Street before it reached the Recreation Field and the Minnesota River. The house that is partly hidden by the tree at the top of this photo is at 416 North Eighth Street.
At left can be seen flood water behind a dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive in 1965. Melted snow that not able to soak into frozen ground west of Sunrise Drive created a large body of water in that area. A break was made in this dike in order to direct water along a partially diked route in the direction of the Minnesota River. The First Lutheran Church is visible in the distance.
The sandbags shown in this photo were part of a large dike that was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north.
A view to the south along Sunrise Drive, looking toward Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota during the 1965 flood. The trees in the distance were located in Calvary Cemetery. A dike was constructed on the west side of Sunrise Drive to prevent water from melted snow that was unable to soak into frozen ground from flooding the community below.
This view is mainly to the south along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The area in the foreground was flooded by melted snow from west of the city. The sandbag dike visible here protected the city below from the flood water. Gustavus Adolphus College can be seen in the distance, along with the St. Peter water tower. The trees at the far right were located in Calvary Cemetery.
The sandbag dike shown here was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood in order to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north.
The sandbag dike shown here was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood in order to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. First Lutheran Church can be seen in the distance to the north near the left edge of the photo.
Construction of a sandbag dike on the north side of the east end of Nassau Street during the 1965 flood in St. Peter is underway. In the background can be seen the electrical substation above the mill pond. A dike that was previously constructed below the substation was overwhelmed by the rapidly rising flood water.
The dike along Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood was constructed along the street in order to direct flood water to the Recreation Field and the Minnesota River from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive. The STOP sign in the photo is at the intersection of North Washington Avenue and Madison Street. The view is toward the east, from a location near the intersection of North Seventh and Madison Streets.
Some of the water that was released from a dike along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood can be seen in this view to the east along Madison Street. The car at the left was parked in front of the Ray Olson family home at 403 North Seventh Street. The water eventually made its way to the Minnesota River.
The dike system along Madison Street in St. Peter in 1965 is visible in this view to the west from a location near the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The flood water came from a controlled release in a dike along Sunrise Drive. The water was sent onto North Eighth and Madison Streets to make its way to the Recreation Field and the Minnesota River.
This photograph was taken in St. Peter during the 1965 flood from a location at the intersection of North Seventh and Madison Streets. This view to the west shows the damage caused by the controlled release of water from a dike along Sunrise Drive onto North Eighth and Madison Streets. The water did extensive damage to the streets before making its way to the Minnesota River.
A view to the north of the sandbag dike protecting the electical power substation on the north side of the east end of Nassau Street in St. Peter, Minnesota during the 1965 Minnesota River flood.
Construction of a sandbag dike along the east side of the electrical substation at the east end of Nassau Street in St. Peter proceeds as the Minnesota River continues to rise rapidly at the base of the dike in 1965.
A dike is shown under construction along the east side of the electrical substation at the east end of Nassau Street in St. Peter in this 1965 flood photograph. Water from the nearby Minnesota River was rising rapidly and had already overwhelmed a dike previously constructed along the west side of the mill pond below the substation.
This dike along the west side of the mill pond in St. Peter was quickly overwhelmed by the rapidly rising flood water of the Minnesota River in 1965. The photograph was taken from slightly higher ground at the east end of Nassau Street, looking upstream.
The Ray Olson family home at 403 North Seventh Street in St. Peter can be seen beyond the mound of material used to construct a temporary dike along the north side of Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The water came from a controlled release in a dike along Sunrise Drive. The water was sent along North Eighth and Madison Streets, from which it made its way to the Minnesota River.
This portion of Madison Street in St. Peter was destroyed by flood water from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive in 1965. The building at the far left was on the Henry Kretschmer property at 324 North Eighth Street. The view looks to the west, from a location slightly east of North Eighth Street.
A child can be seen looking at the damage on Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The sandbag dike in the photo was constructed along North Eighth and Madison Streets in order to relieve the pressure on a dike along Sunrise Drive. Ultimately, the water made its way to the Minnesota River. A portion of the Henry Kretschmer family home at 324 North Eighth Street can be seen in the upper left of the photo.
The home of the Henry Kretschmer family at 324 North Eighth Street in St. Peter can be seen in the background of this photo taken in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The sandbags in the foreground were part of a dike that was constructed along North Eighth and Madison Streets in order to send water from a controlled release of a dike along Sunrise Drive to the Recreation Field, from which the water could make its way to the Minnesota River. The photo shows a bend in the dike, with Madison Street in the foreground.
Two children are shown standing where flood water had destroyed Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The sandbag dike in this photo was constructed along North Eighth and Madison Streets in order to send water from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive to the Recreation Field and onward to the Minnesota River. The home of the Henry Kretschmer family at 324 North Eighth Street can be seen in the background.
Damage to Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood was extensive. Flood water from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive was sent along North Eighth and Madison Streets to the Recreation Field, from which it made its way to the Minnesota River. The home of Howard Thomas at 324 North Washington Avenue in can be seen in the top center of this photo, behind a utility pole. This photo was taken from a location on the north side of Madison Street, between North Washington Avenue and North Fifth Street, looking toward the Avenue.
The sandbag dike at the intersection of North Eighth and Madison Streets in St. Peter in 1965 is in the foreground in this photograph that looks to the north along North Eighth Street. The dike extended for half of a block along North Eighth Street and for several blocks along Madison. Flood water from west of a dike along Sunrise Drive was directed along this route to the Minnesota River.
The street sign at the top of the photo, to the left of center, is at the intersection of North Eighth and Madison Streets in St. Peter. This view to the south along North Eighth Street was taken during the 1965 flood. A sandbag dike was constructed along North Eighth and Madison Streets in order to ultimately send water from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive to the Minnesota River.
The sandbag dike shown here was constructed along North Eighth Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood to direct water from a controlled release from a dike along Sunrise Drive. The water was sent along North Eighth and Madison Streets to the large Recreation Field, from which it could make its way to the Minnesota River. The house slightly to the right of the center of the photo is located on the southeast corner of the intersection of North Eighth and Skaro Streets.
The dike shown here was constructed along Sunrise Drive in St. Peter during the 1965 flood in order to prevent water from melted snow west of the city from flooding the city below. Gustavus Adolphus College and the city water tower can be seen to the south in the distance.
The sandbag dike in the foreground was constructed during the 1965 flood in St. Peter to protect the city's electrical substation that was located on the north side of the east end of Nassau Street from the rising Minnesota River. The dike shown in photo, e8019, submerged at the time this photo was taken, was located on the west side of the Mill Pond, near the center of this photo.
Members of Captain Eugene St. Julien Cox's Company E of the First Mounted Rangers signed this document stating that they had received blankets and that they were responsible for their care and safe keeping. The document is dated November 22nd, 1862.
This photograph shows the students and their teacher at the District 21 School in Belgrade Township in Nicollet County during the 1888-1889 school year.
Exterior view of the Dondlinger Buick Garage in St. Peter, which was located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Third Street and Broadway. The cars are parked along Third Street.
This photograph shows Dr. Fred Paul Strathern (1869-1962) in his first office in St. Peter in the Bennett building (300 South Minnesota Avenue). Dr. Strathern's office was located in the rear of the building, along Nassau street.
This photograph shows Dr. Fred Paul Strathern (1869-1962) in his first office in St. Peter in the Bennett building (300 South Minnesota Avenue). Dr. Strathern's office was in the rear of the building, along Nassau street.