Red Wing Minnesota Gallery

Watercolor of Red Wing's Village, 1847
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge

First public school, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1855
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Friedriech & Kempe on the south side of Main Street between Bush & Plum Streets, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1860
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Main Street, Minnesota, 1860
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Riverfront, Minnesota, 1860
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Barn Bluff and Red Wing, Minnesota, 1860s
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Red Wing looking towards Barn Bluff; note Hamline University, Court House, Central School, 1860s
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View of Red Wing, Minnesota, from Sorin's Bluff, 1860s
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

General view of Red Wing, Minnesota, 1860s
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War Eagle riverboat loading Civil War troops; Red Wing, Minnesota, 1861
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Barn Bluff; Red Wing, Minnesota, 1865
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General view, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1865
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Grain buyers on Main Street, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1866
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Goodhue County Courthouse, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1865
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Map of Red Wing, Minnesota, 1868
Courtesy Library of Congress - click image to enlarge

Bluff and Seventh Streets looking toward river and Barn Bluff, Red Wing Minnesota, 1870
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St. John's Lutheran Church, corner of 5th Street and East Avenue, Red Wing Minnesota, 1870
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Main Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1870
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Old Frontenac Minnesota: Its History and Architecture

The entire village of Old Frontenac is snugly nestled on the National Register for Historic Places--a tribute to the frontier paradise cultivated under the patronage of the Garrard family. With the exception of the modern county road that serves the local residents, all the streets are still unpaved gravel. No streetlights or visible utilities mar the overall impression of an untouched early settlement. No commercial businesses are in the village. As we enter the twenty-first century, the nineteenth-century buildings of Old Frontenac remain virtually untouched by the heavy-handed development that has so recently decimated other historical areas. It is hoped that this little time capsule of Minnesota's architectural history, occupied by preservation-minded owners, will survive.

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St. James Hotel, Red Wing Minnesota, 1870
Courtesy Minnesota Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Red Wing looking southeast, 1870
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Ladies Aid Society meeting, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1870s
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Interior, Christ Episcopal Church, Red Wing, Minnesota, 1871
[note: MNHS has the same image dated 1885]
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Catholic School, Red Wing Minnesota, 1872
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Main Street and Barn Bluff, Red Wing Minnesota, 1875
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Reunion of the First Minnesota on Main Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1875
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North side of Main Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1875
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Bird's-eye view of Red Wing Minnesota, 1875
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Panoramic view of the city of Red Wing, Minnesota, 1880
Created and published by Shober & Carqueville, Chicago, Illinois, 1880
Courtesy Library of Congress - click image to enlarge

Jacob Christ Red Wing Brewery, Red Wing Minnesota, 1880
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Red Wing Iron Works, Red Wing Minnesota, 1880
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Minnesota Stoneware, Red Wing Minnesota, 1880s
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Railroad, Red Wing Minnesota, 1880s
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Red Wing Stoneware Company, Red Wing Minnesota, 1880s
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General view, Red Wing Minnesota, 1882
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G. A. Carlson limestone kiln, Red Wing Minnesota, 1882
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Red Wing Furniture Factory, Red Wing Minnesota, 1882
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Red Wing Minnesota, 1884 (sheet 1, index)
sheet 1 sheet 2 sheet 3 sheet 4 sheet 5 sheet 6 sheet 7 sheet 8
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Steam fire engine at the firehouse on Third Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1885
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Bush Street after the blizzard of 1886, Red Wing Minnesota, 1886
(shows the ruins of Gladstone Hall, Red Wing, after the building had collapsed under the heft of 3 or 4 feet of heavy snow)
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Sea Wing riverboat, Red Wing Minnesota, 1887
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Red Wing Cornet Band, Red Wing Minnesota, 1887
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Fire department in front of fire station on Fourth and Potter Streets, Red Wing Minnesota, 1888
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Third Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890
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Ferry on the Mississippi River, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890
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Third Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890
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Main Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890
Courtesy City of Red Wing - click image to enlarge

General view, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Red Wing Stoneware Company offices, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Charles A. Betcher Saw Mill, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Music Hall, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Goodhue County National Bank, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Central Park, Red Wing Minnesota, 1890s
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Red Wing Bicycle Club, Red Wing Minnesota, 1891
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Bridge construction, Red Wing Minnesota, 1893
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Red Wing Stoneware Company and employees, Red Wing Minnesota, 1894
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, Red Wing Minnesota, 1895 (sheet 1, index)
sheet 2 sheet 3 sheet 4 sheet 5 sheet 6 sheet 7 sheet 8 sheet 9
sheet 10 sheet 11 sheet 12 sheet 13 sheet 14 sheet 15
Courtesy Library of Congress - click image or shhet number to enlarge

View of West Fourth Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1895
Courtesy Goodhue County Historical Society - click image to enlarge

Bird's-eye view of the Minnesota State Training School, Red Wing Minnesota, 1895
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Street fair, Red Wing Minnesota, 1896
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High Bridge over the Mississippi River, Red Wing Minnesota, 1897
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Train depot, Red Wing Minnesota, 1898
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Red Wing Seminary Class of 1898 and professors, Red Wing Minnesota, 1898
Shown here are the six members of the Red Wing Seminary class of 1898 and their two professors. Top left: Professors Hans Hanson Bergsland (1858-1907) and Martin Gustav Hanson (1859-1915). Top right: Johan Johannesen Dahle (1867-1950) and Ole Jakobsen Malkewick (1865-1932). Bottom row: Mons Olson Wee (1871-1942), H. O. Myhre (d. 1927), John J. Skarpness (1867-1954), and Daniel Tjaeranson Borgen (1871- ).
Courtesy Luther Seminary - click image to enlarge

Red Wing Printing Company, 220 Bush Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1899
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Circus parade on Main Street between Bush and Plum Street, Red Wing Minnesota, 1899
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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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Red Wing Minnesota Gallery

1800 - 1919