Lebanese Immigration to Mankato
Mediterranean immigrants started to arrive in the Mid-West after the 1880s. The largest Mediterranean area ethnic group that came [...]
Mocol Family Grocery Store
The Mocol Family Grocery Store is one of the very few, perhaps the only, neighborhood grocery stores in Mankatolocated [...]
Funeral Practices in Mankato
Funeral practices in Mankato have changed quite a bit over time. When Mankato was a young community, most people’s [...]
The Rue Washer
“Do you love your wife? If you do, you will buy her a Rue Washer.” So read a 1905 [...]
The Mayer Special
The first factory-built horseless carriage in Mankato was probably a Stanley Steamer that arrived by rail in 1897. When [...]
Clarence Saulpaugh and Mankato’s First Automobile
Among the first automobile owners in Mankato was C.H. (Clarence) Saulpaugh, owner of the Saulpaugh Hotel (1888-1893), manager and [...]
Ice House
By: A BECHS Volunteer The ice house is one of those things which have become thoroughly obsolete; it is [...]
Dr. Helen and Dr. Jane
By Hilda Parks The city of Mankato had female doctors by the turn of the century, the 20th century [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]