View of the flooded Minnesota River at St. Peter in 1881. Various buildings, including a grain elevator can be seen in the distance. A portion of the wooden bridge over the Minnesota River at Broadway is visible at far right.
Submerged houses, St. Paul, 1897. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Banks of Mississippi River overflowing, flooding homes, 1897. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Flooded homes in St. Paul. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Surging water in the Mississippi River, with buildings, smokestacks and the Phoenix Mill in the background. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
This photograph shows a flooded area on the east side of the Minnesota River in Le Sueur County in 1897. The photograph was taken near the eastern end of the Broadway Bridge at St. Peter. Two grain elevators are visible in the distance.
Large slabs of broken rock at St. Anthony, 1897. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Exterior view of old schoolhouse in St. Paul where flood refugees were housed. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
Taken in April 1897 "Stone's Mill Dam" looking east at foot of sluiceway. The bank on opposite side is a snow drift about 18 ft. deep. Taken shortly before the dam broke.
High Mississippi River with ice and debris. Contributed by Richard Uriah Jones, Macalester College Class of 1901, and Macalester Head of Chemistry Department 1903-1941, and Dean of the College, 1917-1936.
This photograph shows the flooded Minnesota river at St. Peter from a location east of the bridge across the river at Broadway. Freight cars on the Omaha railroad tracks are visible near the center of the photograph.
This photograph shows the flooded Minnesota river in 1908. The view may be looking to the west, toward St. Peter. A bridge visible in the distance beyond the man rowing the boat is probably the Broadway bridge.
View of the flooded Minnesota river east of St. Peter on June 26, 1908. The view is to the east from a location near the bridge at Broadway. The Omaha Depot is near the center of the photograph.
This photograph shows the flooded Minnesota river east of St. Peter on June 26, 1908. The view is to the west, toward St. Peter. The St. Peter Roller Mills are visible left of center. The Broadway bridge is at far right. Two men in the foreground are standing near the tracks of the Omaha railroad.
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.
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.