A view of St. Peter from the flooded Minnesota River. The St. Peter Roller Mill is visible at far left. The Broadway Bridge is visible at right. Other visible structures include the Nicollet Hotel, the Fay Hotel, and the Woehler Brothers Tinsmith Shop.
Piles of rubble are every where after the Tyler, Minnesota, tornado. A trunk sits undamaged in the debris. Several people are looking at the destruction.
Peoples Coal and Ice Company worker Hank Bona, working with a scorer to split the ice into blocks before it loads the conveyer. When ice was 10 inches thick, snow was removed with teams of horses and scrapers. First an ice marker cut a groove one-half inch wide and two inches deep. Each block was 20 inches by 32 inches. Then a groove eight to ten inches deep was cut with an ice plow and horse power. After cutting, the blocks were floated to the conveyer by a man riding the block using a pike pole. The chains of the conveyor extended into water three feet.
Long Lake water had a reputation for its clean quality and the ice-making industry flourished for over sixth years. A conveyer carries the ice up from the water to a platform from where it is loaded on sleighs at the Peoples Coal and Ice Company. Commercial ice houses dating back to the early 1890s were located on the north, east, and southwestern shores of the lake. They flourished until the 1950s when modernized refrigeration made them virtually extinct.
Winter view of a homstead cabin near South Juncion, Manitoba on the Minnesota side of the border. The individuals include Richard and Ole Holland, Knute Olson and Sophus.
Cannon River during a flood. On the right you can see John W. Norths original Mill and on the left is the Ames Mill. The picture also shows the original Iron Bridge that was over the Cannon River.
Cannon River at one of it's highest points after a huge rain. On the left is the Ames Mill and on the right is John North's orginal Mill. There is a team of horses riding across the bridge.