Franklin Elementary School
There are 10 elementary schools located in the Mankato Area Public Schools system and while many share a long, [...]
A Business That Nets Its Owner a Year’s Income in Seven Months
Clyde Wykoff, the proprietor of Wykoff’s Oasis Drive-In in West Mankato, opened his drive-in in 1931, during the beginning [...]
Prohibition led to Some Great Stories
One of the challenges with the history of the Prohibition Era is that some of the best stories were [...]
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 [...]
Local 4-H Over 100 Years Old
A.B. Graham was credited with founding 4-H clubs in Ohio in 1902. In 1912, T.A. Erickson, a rural school [...]
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. [...]
Dr. Helen Hughes Hielscher
Dr. Helen was truly a light of the first magnitude in southern Minnesota. She was a medical doctor and [...]
The Welsh Pulpit
Can a pulpit, made of rough wood and a three-pronged branch, be deemed a symbol of Welsh settlement in [...]
Mankato’s Nickname Contest
By Jessica Helmers The process of how Mankato garnered its nickname of Minnesota’s “Key City” was not prompted by [...]
The 1920 Mankato Winter Carnival
The Mankato Winter Carnival was a grand event held in Mankato in 1920 over the course of 5 days, [...]