Amo Township stores started in 1896 with a creamery, a blackshop, a store attached to a home which was shipped out from the cities and hauled out from Windom, and a post office.
A photograph of several buildings, a house, horses, and smoke stacks that make-up the Windom Brickyard near Cottonwood Lake. A railroad track cuts through the foreground, and Cottonwood Lake is visible in the background.
Construction men in front of the Bank of Windom, which later became the First National Bank. Pictured are: Martin Peterson, Chester Peterson, Oscar Nelson and others.
Exterior of the Cone Block Building, later Crane Block Building in Windom on Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. In front of the corner store is a horse and single buggy. A dentist sign is on the corner of the building. The second store advertises "Bargins, Bargins, entire stock of jewelry to be closed out at cost, for the next days." Steiman and Sanger printed on the awning.
A photograph showing the exterior of the Cottonwood County Bank, built in 1895. A man and a child stand in front of the bank. An outside stairway is on the right side of the photograph and leads up to an apartment.
Two cars parked in front of Dorotha's Cafe and three transport trucks getting gas at the Mileage Gas Station in Windom. Loaded on the trucks are new cars and pick-ups.
A feed barn, where people could take their horses to be fed. Several people on the picture posing for their picture with many buggies and horses waiting their turn.
A snow covered street and buildings on the West side of the square, 4th Avenue, looking north. Pictured are: ?, Nason Meat Market, Hardware store, Land Office, ?, O. Nelson and Son Store, J. O. Thompson Land Office, Baptist Church. Several houses are visible to the north, as well as trees that were planted for a park on the right side of street.
The storefront for the General Merchandise Store on Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. Several people can be seen walking on both sides of the store. A horse and buggy are parked in front of the store. It is a two-story building, with apartments upstairs and an outside stairway.
The exterior of the General Store in Delft, Minnesota. The store was built in 1903 and operated by the Harder Brothers. The store sold dry goods, groceries, hardware, implements; and also housed the telephone exchange and post office for a time.