Adams Minnesota Gallery

Street scene, Adams Minnesta, 1900
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Public School, Adams, Minnesota, 1910s
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Branch of the Little Cedar River, Adams, Minnesota, 1910s
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Fourth Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1912
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Street scene, Adams, Minnesota, 1916
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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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Norwegian Lutheran Church (now Little Cedar Church), Adams, Minnesota, 1916
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Residence Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1916
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Main Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1917
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Business section of 4th Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1920s
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M. & J. Krebsbach Block, Adams, Minnesota, 1920s
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High School, Adams, Minnesota, 1930s?
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Fourth Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1940s
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Street scene, Adams, Minnesota, 1950
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Main Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street scene, Adams, Minnesota, 1950s
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Public School, Adams, Minnesota, 1955
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Adams Coop Creamery, Adams, Minnesota, 1955
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Public Schools, Adams, Minnesota, 1955
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Little Cedar Lutheran Church, Adams, Minnesota, 1955
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Main Street, Adams, Minnesota, 1960s
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Aerial view, Adams, Minnesota, 1968
From the Adams Centennial book, published by the Adams Centennial Committee

Aerial view, Adams, Minnesota, 2023
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