Mankato Normal School
Minnesota State University has gone by many names since the 1800s, but the first name the university went by [...]
Christmas of 1885
Holiday traditions have not changed much in the past 130 years. December in Blue Earth County in 1885 was [...]
Robinson and Hunt Found Lake Crystal
The trail of events that forms the history of a community often takes some sharp curves. The factors which [...]
Wells Fargo Bank has deep roots in Blue Earth County
Blue Earth County has a long history of banking. Banks were formed, moved, renamed, and merged together countless times [...]
Madison Lake, Minnesota
Excerpt from The Heritage of Blue Earth County by Julie Schrader, Topic 114, available in the Research & Genealogy [...]
The Ghost of Yaeger School House?
Teams of horses disappearing from their stalls, and reappearing the next day. Smoke coming from a schoolhouse at strange [...]
Garden City Almost County Seat
For one week a year, when the Blue Earth County Fair is held there, the hamlet of Garden City [...]
Tourtellotte Pool
Tourtellotte Swimming Pool has its history rooted in the Depression of the 1930s. The Great Depression affected everyone from [...]
A Micro Batch of Mankato’s Brewing History
Beer is an everyman’s drink. It came from a region of humble pursuits, like so many of our ancestors. [...]
Commencement in Mankato High School’s history
While students have been graduating from Mankato high schools since the 1870s, the commencement ceremony and other traditions have [...]