May 2026 (continued) Assorted Historic Photos

Assorted Historic Photos

Late 1930's Markle Oil Company, Train Depot, Quarry, Minnesota Street, Ben Wetterman,

City Night Club Interior

1876 Flood Photos

From the book "The History of Winona County". "In February, 1876, Minnesota City was visited with a disastrous flood. The Rolling Stone drains a large extent of surface and at the village has a narrow exit. The ground was frozen hard and a heavy rain had filled the water holes and covered the county with a sheet of ice. The snow then covered this to the depth of a foot when a warm heavy rain fell for twenty-four hours, and as the ground could not absorb any water, it raised higher than has ever been known. The mill-pond above the village was filled with ice four feet in thickness, and when the ice broke up and began to flow, within a few minutes it destroyed three dwellings, a store, a butcher shop, and was deposited in huge pieces upon the railroad bridges and track and in different places over the fields."