Historical Pictures
Not much of an update but I ran across a website the other day, the Minnesota Historical Society. This website has a lot of historical articles and photos from the MN area.
I spent a lot of time looking at the pictures of places I lived to see the old buildings and people. I was amazed at home many times Rochester, MN has seen devistation. In the 1890s there was a huge tornado that flattened most of downtown. In 1908 there was a huge flood, followed by another one in the 40s.
Here are a few sample pictures. Mayo High school in 1972. Mostly the same as when I went there, now it looks complete different.
The Rochester airport in 1940. Who knew Rochester had an airport so early on.. If you look close you may be able to see the land my parents built the house I grew up in.
Stewartville in 1972. Many places I can recognize from the map.
Mankato State College in 1965. I do not recognize where this is. It is not the old college down the hill but I can not pick out any buildings that I recognize, maybe someone else can.
That is all for now. Rick
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