Outside front view of the Wilson House on East Main Street in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Eri "Peg" Jordan is beside the door. The building to the left was the Union House owned by Eri Jordan.
Third Street looking toward Lake Bemidji in 1898. On the left is a shoe store, Schroeder Brothers Feed and Seed, and Naylor and Young furniture. On the right is a furniture store, Hotel Northern, and Bank of Bemidji. (description from, "The Bemidji Area Looking Back" Pediment Publishing, 2004).
The Sauk Centre House was an early hotel, social gathering place, and used as a stage coach pick-up. It was destroyed by fire but rebuilt and renamed, The Palmer House.
Business district at the NW corner of River and St. Paul Streets, Preston, Business district located east of the Fillmore County courthouse on St. Anthony Street, Preston, Minnesota. Buildings shown include Preston Times newspaper office, Fillmore County Bank and the Park Hotel.
The Spina Hotel bus waits for riders in front of the Spina Hotel in Ironton, Minnesota. Five automobiles are parked in front with people standing by them.
Phoenix Hotel and Restaurant (later became the Colonial Hotel) in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). This building is an A. Skeoch, Jr. property. There is a railroad coal dock at the left and a stand pipe and hose on the west side of the street for filling the street sprinkler.
Photograph of a celebration on Main Street in Walnut Grove. Businesses shown include: Northwestern Hotel & Restaurant, Chicago Fair, City Drug Store, L.T. Ellefson, C.L. Wichner Saloon, Wichner; C.L., and City Meat Market. All of the buidings shown on the south side of Main Street burned in 1903.
The wooden frame hotel was three stories tall. It stands where the American Legion Hall is now in Hendricks, Minnesota. The street in front of the hotel was dirt with the sidewalk well above street level. Also along the street are telephone poles with eight cross boards attached.
Outside view of the Hotel Lewis owned by Mary Lewis in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Two men, one woman and two children are standing on the porch and there is one adult standing on the upper porch of the hotel.
Small herd of cattle standing in the Preston business district near the corner of Fillmore and St. Anthony street. Tibbett's House Hotel can be seen in the background.
The Konsbruck Hotel at 412 South Third Street and the Tegner and Peterson Grocery Store at 408 South Third Street are among the St. Peter businesses that can be seen in this image. A car is parked in front of the hotel. The siren at the Fire Station can be seen north of the hotel, at the far right of the image.