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Lyle Minnesota Gallery


City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 1908
City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 1908
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City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
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Public School, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
Public School, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
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Grove Street in Lyle Minnesota, 1909
Grove Street in Lyle Minnesota, 1909
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Grove Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
Grove Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1909
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Lyle Canning Factory, Lyle Minnesota, 1910
Lyle Canning Factory, Lyle Minnesota, 1910
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Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1910
Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1910
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Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1910's
Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1910s
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Business Section, Lyle Minnesota, 1910's
Business Section, Lyle Minnesota, 1910s
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Train crossing bridge, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
Train crossing bridge, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
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Steam Railroads of Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota Steam Railroads of
Northern Iowa and Southern Minnesota
Steam railroading became an integral part of the communities in northern Iowa and southern Minnesota in the late 1800s. The railroad provided hundreds of jobs and the ability to transport both goods and passengers across the Midwest. The Chicago & North Western Railway, the Chicago Great Western Railroad, the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railroad, and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (called the Milwaukee Road by employees) served five principal gateways, which included Chicago, Illinois; Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; and Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. Operating steam engines required tremendous manpower, and by the 1920s, some steam passenger trains were replaced by more efficient motor cars, fueled by oil-powered engines. Steam engines could no longer compete with the reduced operating costs, smaller crew requirements, and time savings provided by diesel, which ultimately led to the fall of steam in 1955.
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Public School, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
Public School, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
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Business section, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
Business section, Lyle Minnesota, 1915
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Mower County (Images of America) Mower County (Images of America)

The history of Mower County, Minnesota, is the story of its people - their dreams, their hard work, their joys, and their disappointments. It is the story of the Native Americans who built mounds and lived in villages along the shores of the lakes. It is the story of the early pioneers who braved the hot, sticky summers and the sub-zero winters. It is the story of the merchants, who believed in the future of these small farming communities, and the entrepreneurs, who platted sites for new villages.

These stories are told here with the help of over 200 vintage prints and photographs from each of the twenty townships that make up Mower County. In these townships, many communities have developed over the years. Some lived only a short time, dying out because they were bypassed by the railroads that crossed Southern Minnesota, or because the villages could not attract settlers. Those that survived grew, and to this day provide homes for descendants of the earliest pioneers, as well as newer residents, who were drawn by industry or the beauty of Southern Minnesota.

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East side Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1920
East side Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1920
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City Park, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
City Park, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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High School, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
High School, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
Main Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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Grove Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
Grove Street, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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Congregational Church, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
Congregational Church, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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Norwegian Lutheran Church, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
Norwegian Lutheran Church, Lyle Minnesota, 1935
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 1958
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 1958
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Aerial view, School, Lyle Minnesota, 1963
Aerial view, School, Lyle Minnesota, 1963
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Aerial view, Lyle Minnesota, 1972
Aerial view, Lyle Minnesota, 1972
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Welcome sign, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Welcome sign, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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City Park, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
City Park, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Memory Gardens, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Memory Gardens, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
City Hall, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
Street scene, Lyle Minnesota, 2010
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