The Blue Earth County Historian, Volume 3

Description

Contents:

• Her Roots Run Deep: Margaret Anderson Kelliher
• Blue Earth County and the Civil War: Company H 2nd Regiment Minnesota Volunteer Infantry
• These Blue Earth County Roots of Mine
• Blue Earth County Monuments and Markers
• The Grand Army of the Republic
• Census Records: Treasure Chest for Family Researchers
• A Trip Down Memory Lane: Shopping on Front Street
• In Search of the Elusive Mrs. Rablin
• “I Cannot Hang Men for Votes” Abraham Lincoln’s Moral Dilemma
• A Tale of Two Men: Promoting the Blue Earth County Historical Society 100 Years Later
• What’s in a Name? Blue Earth County’s Geographic Names
• Surrounded By History: The People Behind Blue Earth County Street Names
• Stories from the Slough
• Seppmann: The Man and The Mill
• Protecting, Predicting and Preparing: A Look Back at How Blue Earth County Prepared for Disasters
• “Happy Days Are Here Again” Roosevelt’s New Deal in Blue Earth County
• Blue Earth County Women Answer the Call of Duty During World War II
• High Water and Hard Work: Remembering the Flood of 1965
• The Naming and Spelling of Mankato, Minnesota
• Electricity Comes to Rural Blue Earth County

Published by: Blue Earth County Historical Society
Format: Softcover; B&W images and illustrations, 170 pages, 6 x 9