Amo Township stores started in 1896 with a creamery, a blackshop, a store attached to a home which was shipped out from the cities and hauled out from Windom, and a post office.
Aron Schofield residence in Windom. He was a Civil War Veteran In the back yard there is a horse beside a small barn. A hammock in the front yard, with a white fence around the yard.
A photograph of several buildings, a house, horses, and smoke stacks that make-up the Windom Brickyard near Cottonwood Lake. A railroad track cuts through the foreground, and Cottonwood Lake is visible in the background.
Exterior of the Cone Block Building, later Crane Block Building in Windom on Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street. In front of the corner store is a horse and single buggy. A dentist sign is on the corner of the building. The second store advertises "Bargins, Bargins, entire stock of jewelry to be closed out at cost, for the next days." Steiman and Sanger printed on the awning.
A photograph showing the exterior of the Cottonwood County Bank, built in 1895. A man and a child stand in front of the bank. An outside stairway is on the right side of the photograph and leads up to an apartment.
Standing in front of the 1883 Cottonwood County Courthouse are the following. Back row: S.A. Brown, Charles Gove with his surveying equipment, John Brown, S.G. Kibbey and Ole Peterson. Center row: Thomas Brown, Eva Taylor, Gust Sjostrum, P.G. Neufeld. Front row: H.E. Hanson, D.A Stuart, Don R. Savage.
A feed barn, where people could take their horses to be fed. Several people on the picture posing for their picture with many buggies and horses waiting their turn.
The storefront for the General Merchandise Store on Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue. Several people can be seen walking on both sides of the store. A horse and buggy are parked in front of the store. It is a two-story building, with apartments upstairs and an outside stairway.
Exterior of the Hutton and Company Building, built in 1895, sold to Olaf Selnes in 1911. It later became the Fair Store. Located at 9th Street and 4th Ave. It was constructed of brick from local brick factory.
Inga Smestad Wagon Shop in Windom with several wheels propped up in front of the wagon shop next to two men that work there. Two wagons waiting to be worked on are visible.