Hand Made Cigars Once a Profitable Business
By Rich Forseth Many people never would have thought that making handmade cigars in Wisconsin and Minnesota was a [...]
Blue Earth County’s Courthouse
By Michael Lund In 1886 the lead architect by the name of Mr. Healy drew an accurate view of [...]
Creameries
By: Ollie Anderson Dairy was a big business in Blue Earth County from before the 1890s through the present [...]
The Mankato Airport
By Eleanor Dhuyvetter In 1928, a little bit closer to town than it is today, the Mankato airport was [...]
The Red Jacket Trail
By Grace Webb Most Mankatoans know of the Red Jacket Trail—and most of them have probably biked or walked [...]
Fourth of July Adventures
By Grace Webb Early in the morning of July 4, 1909, around 12:30 a.m., the city of Mankato was [...]
History of Salet’s Department Store
In 1896, Russian immigrant Leon Salet opened a store called L. Salet and Son in Mankato. Salet had come [...]
Hometown Grocery Stores
By Hilda Parks Do you remember when you could walk to the local grocery store on the corner? Can [...]
Mind the Gap
By Kristin Matzke For thousands of years, the human race has built structures to surmount many obstacles of the [...]
Mankato’s Holstein Barn
By Hilda Parks J.C. Marlow arrived in Mankato in 1914, an eager young man with a job to do, [...]