The Rue Washer
“Do you love your wife? If you do, you will buy her a Rue Washer.” So read a 1905 [...]
“Do you love your wife? If you do, you will buy her a Rue Washer.” So read a 1905 [...]
The first factory-built horseless carriage in Mankato was probably a Stanley Steamer that arrived by rail in 1897. When [...]
Among the first automobile owners in Mankato was C.H. (Clarence) Saulpaugh, owner of the Saulpaugh Hotel (1888-1893), manager and [...]
By: A BECHS Volunteer The ice house is one of those things which have become thoroughly obsolete; it is [...]
By Hilda Parks The city of Mankato had female doctors by the turn of the century, the 20th century [...]
By Rich Forseth Many people never would have thought that making handmade cigars in Wisconsin and Minnesota was a [...]
Early in the morning of July 4, 1909, around 12:30 a.m., the city of Mankato was struck by such [...]
By Hilda Parks Do you remember when you could walk to the local grocery store on the corner? Can [...]
By Hilda Parks Baseball did not become popular in Minnesota until after the Civil War, although the game was [...]
Many of us remember that on hot summer days the Big Top appeared in Mankato. Perhaps we still see [...]