This photograph shows the Land Office building in St. Peter. The Land Office was located in St. Peter from 1858 until 1870 in several locations. The building shown in this photograph appears to be on the east side of Minnesota Avenue.
This is a photograph of Nicollet County Civil War veteran James Magner. He served as a captain in Company I of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment. On May 18, 1864 Magner was killed during the battle of Spotsylvania.
This is a photograph of Nicollet County Civil War veteran James Magner. He served as a captain in Company I of the 28th Massachusetts Regiment. On May 18, 1864 Magner was killed during the battle of Spotsylvania.
Portrait of Lt. Matthew F. Magner, a member of Company F of the 43rd Battalion of the Virginia Cavalry. This unit served with Mosby's Rangers in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The Magner family settled in Nicollet County prior to the war.
Portrait of St. Peter resident Lt. John Kinsman Hezlep, a member of the West Point Class of 1865 (where he graduated #14 in a class of 68). He was the son of George Hezlep, one of the members of the St. Peter Company, the group of men who founded the community of St. Peter. Hezlep served in the U.S. Infantry and Engineers and died in service of Yellow Fever on August 13, 1867 at Fort Morgan, Alabama.
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 the Nicollet County Poor Farm in Granby Township, which was located on the north side of Swan Lake, south of the Fort Road, which is today's County Road 5. It was on the west side of County Road 4.
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.
Members of Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their camp in Winona in 1883. The company was based in St. Peter. Names of the soldiers appear on the reverse side of the photograph.
Members of St. Peter's Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard in front of the home of Gideon S. Ives in St. Peter. The names of most of the soldiers are on the reverse. The company existed from 1883 to 1893.
This photograph shows Jared W. Daniels in his uniform as a member of St. Peter's Company I of the Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment. This National Guard unit was based in St. Peter from 1883 to 1893.
This photograph shows Paul Haesecke in his uniform as a member of St. Peter's Company I of the Second Minnesota Infantry Regiment. This National Guard unit was based in St. Peter from 1883 until 1893.
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.
This photograph shows the members of Company I of the Second Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard from St. Peter at an encampment at Waseca in 1884. Company I was formed in 1883, and was disbanded in 1893.
This photo shows members of St. Peter's Company I of the 2nd Infantry Regiment of the Minnesota National Guard at their camp in Winona on July 7, 1884.