The severely damaged house to the right of the center of this photo was located on the west side of South Fourth Street prior to a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The photo was taken from West Skaro Street, near its intersection with Fourth.
This house at 522 North Minnesota Avenue was damaged so severely by a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota, that it was not able to be repaired.
The white house at 402 North Minnesota Avenue was completely destroyed in a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The blue house in the distance is at 420 North Minnesota Avenue.
The St. Peter Public Library at 101 West Nassau Street was destroyed by a March 1998 tornado that caused extensive damage in many parts of St. Peter, Minnesota.
The lumber yard of the St. Peter Lumber Company was extensively damaged in March of 1998 by a tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. This photo was taken from the east side of the 200 block of South Front Street, looking across Front Street.
The south end of the Americinn Motel at 700 North Minnesota Avenue is shown in this photo after a tornado caused considerable damage to the building in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota.
Looking across Gorman Park from West Grace Street, the severely damaged St. Peter's Catholic Church at 600 South Fifth Street is visible in the distance after a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. A Community Center was later constructed on the site.
Property at 522 North Minnesota Avenue is shown at the far left in this photo taken after a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. The pink house in the distance is at 520 North Third Street.
This house on North Third Street was destroyed by a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. A portion of the municipal swimming pool building can be seen in the distance at the far left.
A crumpled grain bin lies among other debris on Park Row, between South Front Street and South Minnesota Avenue after a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. A crane is in use at the Nicollet Hotel, which is visible in the distance across the avenue.
These apartments along West Jefferson Avenue were severely damaged in a tornado in March of 1998 in St. Peter, Minnesota. The Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College is across the avenue to the north.
View of a steam locomotive crossing the railroad trestle across Spring Lake east of St. Peter in the Spring of 1903. The railroad was the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha.
This photograph shows a view of St. Peter taken from Old Main at Gustavus Adolphus College on November 6, 1904. The Nicollet County Courthouse is visible in the distance. The spires of churches near Gorman Park can also be seen.
Water diverted from Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter has removed pavement from West Madison Street to create a waterfall at the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The house with the purple siding and white trim was the home of Howard Thomas at 324 North Washington Avenue.
During the 1965 flood, water diverted from Sunrise Drive in St. Peter is shown flowing along West Madison Street toward the Recreation Field on the east side of North Fifth Street. It then made its way to the Minnesota River. The building beyond the North Fifth Street sign was at the site of the local ice skating rink.
Diverted flood water from Sunrise Drive is shown along West Madison Street in St. Peter during the 1965 flood. The image was taken from a location slightly west of the intersection with North Washington Avenue. The white house at the center of the image is at 325 North Washington Avenue.
In order to relieve stress on a sandbag dike on Sunrise Drive during the 1965 flood in St. Peter, water was diverted to this street, West Madison. This image looks toward the Recreation Field from a location near the intersection of Madison with North Washington Avenue. The volume and force of the water was enough to remove the pavement from the street.
People are inspecting the damage done to West Madison Street in St. Peter at the time of the 1965 flood. This water came from the west, not from the Minnesota River. It was diverted from Sunrise Drive to the Recreation Field shown here in the distance. From there it made its way to the river. This photograph was taken from near North Washington Avenue.
The large building in the background is the St. Peter Feed Mill at 103 East Broadway in St. Peter, next to the bridge across the Minnesota River. Large mounds of snow along Broadway are visible in this winter view.
Richard and Marlene Witty suffered extensive damage to their home at 318 South Washington Avenue in a March 1998 tornado in St. Peter, Minnesota. The house to the south, at left in this photograph, was completely destroyed.