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 First National Bank, Appleton Minnesota, 1900 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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 Street scene, Appleton Minnesota, 1908 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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Swift County, Minnesota (Images of America) |
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Not permanently settled until after the Civil War, Swift County was one of the last frontiers of the United States. Once part of the vast prairie land occupied by the Dakota Indians, settlement began in the 1860s. The Swift County Historical Society has compiled over 200 vintage images in order to capture a glimpse of the region's formative years-the establishment of its trading centers and industries, as well as the educational, spiritual, and social lives of its early settlers. Located in west central Minnesota, the small rural towns of Swift County were once busy trading centers. Through these historic photographs, the reader can follow the changes that occurred on Atlantic and Pacific Avenues in Benson from the 1880s to the 1930s, see the sod house of Swenoda Township, and witness turn of the century rural life in towns like Danvers, Murdock, Appleton, and Kerkhoven. |
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 River scene, Appleton Minnesota, 1909 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 W. J. Jennison Milling Company, Appleton Minnesota, 1910 LakesnWoods.com Postcard and Postcard Image Collection - click to enlarge |
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 Mill Street North, Appleton Minnesota, 1910 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image 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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 Reno Theatre, Appleton Minnesota, 1940 Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge |
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