Elevator and Lake Superior & Mississippi Depot, Stillwater, MN. Elevator was erected in 1870 and has a capacity of 38,000 bushels. Lake Superior & Mississippi Division of the Northern Pacific Railroad was completed to Stillwater in 1871.
The Stillwater City Directory 1882-83 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisements.
The Stillwater City Directory 1887 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisements.
The Stillwater City Directory 1890-91 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisements.
The Stillwater City Directory 1892-93 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisments.
The Stillwater City Directory 1894-95 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisments.
The Stillwater City Directory 1896-97 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisments.
The Stillwater City Directory 1898-99 includes an alphabetical list of names, addresses and occupations of residents, a classified business directory, lists of city and county officers, churches, schools, societies, streets and wards. Also contains local advertisments.
This plat book of Washington County, Minnesota, 1901, contains 52 colored maps of township, city and village plats. It includes a Minnesota state map, an outline map of Washington County, a table of explanation, a United States map, system of government surveys, road laws of Iowa, Minnesota and Illinois, and a three-page patrons' directory of Washington County.
Comprehensive account includes early history of the state, biographical sketches of noted families and individuals, the lumbering industry, the sugar beet industry, the brewing industry, theaters, The Minnesota Historical Society, commerce and various Minnesota cities.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building at 400 Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building is also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company and is on the National Register of Historic Places. This mill was built in 1853 by Seth Sawyer and Alvah Heaton. It was purchased in 1869 by Isaac Staples. He was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late nineteenth century. Staples arrived in Stillwater, from Maine in 1853 as a representative of eastern investors. Hersey, Staples, andCompany became the largest single owners of timberland in the St. Croix valley. Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills, and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.
Commander Building in Stillwater, Minnesota. The elevator, built in 1898 by the Woodward Elevator Company was connected to the flour mill building six years later, located on Main Street and Nelson. An overhead spout connected the buildings, both operated by the Minnesota Flour Mill Company until 1908.
Exterior view of the Isaac Staples Sawmill Building at 400 Main Street North in Stillwater, Minnesota. The building is also known as the St. Croix Lumber Mills- Stillwater Manufacturing Company on the National Register of Historic Places. This mill was built in 1853 by Seth Sawyer and Alvah Heaton. It was purchased in 1869 by Isaac Staples. He was a powerful lumber baron in the St. Croix River Valley during the logging boom of the late nineteenth century. Staples arrived in Stillwater, from Maine in 1853 as a representative of eastern investors. Hersey, Staples, andCompany became the largest single owners of timberland in the St. Croix valley. Aside from his massive holdings and operations in timber, sawmills, and the St. Croix Boom Company, Staples was also the region's most successful farmer and an important banker.
Norwest Bank at 101 Main Street North in the McKusick Block on the corner of Myrtle and Mulberry in Stillwater, Minnesota. In the background, looking north are Cat Ballou's at 110 Main Street North, Stillwater Book and Stationary at 114 Main Street North, and Stillwater Paint.
Two buildings that were built pre-1884: Cat Ballou's at 110-112 North Main Street and Stillwater Book and Stationary at 114 North Main Street in Stillwater, Minnesota.