The Inspiration Point scenic lookout roadside retreat on highway 16 near Lanesboro, that was built by Civilian Conservation Corp. Company 751. The work was part of FDR's New Deal program.
A group of workers and drillers inside tunnel of Root River Power and Light Company's Brightsdale Electric generating plant three miles north of Lanesboro; tunnel was dynamited through a quarter mile of solid rock primarily by a crew of 300 Bulgarians who specialized in that task and lived in bunkhouses on site.
High water on Root River with ice dam. The scene faces north towards the village of Peterson with its high school, creamery, and feed mill in background. A 1936 Chevrolet drives on Highway 16. The bridge built in 1898 was replaced in 1963.
Standard Atlas of Fillmore County Minnesota including a plat book of the villages, cities, townships, schools, churches, railroads, streams, roads, cemeteries of the county. Map of the State, United States, and World. Farmer's Directory, Reference Business Directory, and Departments devoted to general information. Analysis of the system of the U. S. land surveys, and digest of the system of civil government.