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 Building, Wells Minnesota, 1878 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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 Main School Building, Wells Minnesota, 1905 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Business Street, Wells Minnesota, 1906 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Main Street looking north, Wells Minnesota, 1907 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Ruins of Mill B, Wells Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Ruins of Mill B, Wells Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Opera House, City Hall and Fire House, Wells Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Road near Cobb River, Wells Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 German Evangelical Church, Wells Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 The Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Railroad Depot, Wells Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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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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 Methodist Church, Wells Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Two views of Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Park and Leland Hotels, Wells Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1910 akesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Decoration Day, Wells Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Looking south from the Methodist Episcopal Church, Wells Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Graaf and Herreid Clothing, Wells Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Park Hotel, Wells Minnesota, 1910s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Catholic School, Wells Minnesota, 1911 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Princess Theatre, Wells Minnesota, 1914 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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 Plat map of Clark Township in Faribault County Minnesota, 1916 From the 1916 State of Minnesota Plat Book - click image to enlarge |
 Catholic School, Wells Minnesota, 1920s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Mills, Wells, Minnesota, 1924 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 High School, Wells Minnesota, 1925 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 North end of Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1932 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Aerial view, Wells Minnesota, 1938 Courtesy University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - click image to enlarge |
 Parochial school, Wells Minnesota, 1940 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Broadway North, Wells Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Lutheran Church, Wells Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Catholic Church, Wells Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Evangelical Church, Wells Minnesota, 1940s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Wells Municipal Hospital, Wells Minnesota, 1950 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge or purchase |
 Canning factory, Wells Minnesota, 1950 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Our Savior Lutheran Church, Wells Minnesota, 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 City Park, Wells Minnesota, 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1952 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Main Street, Wells Minnesota, 1952 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Aerial view, Wells Minnesota, 1954 Courtesy University of Minnesota and Minnesota Department of Natural Resources - click image to enlarge |
 Public School, Wells Minnesota, late 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection |
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 Street scene, Wells Minnesota, late 1950s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 High School, Wells Minnesota, 1960 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
 Street scene, Wells Minnesota, 1960s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 First Lutheran Church, Wells Minnesota, 1960s LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Park Hotel, Wells Minnesota, 1972 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
 Aerial view, Plant, Wells Minnesota, 1974 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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