Pittman Hall and Sohre Hall at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter are visible near the top of this aerial view. A number of houses along the curving Valley View Road can be seen in the bottom half of the image.
The buildings of Gustavus Adolphus College and the water tower in St. Peter can be seen in the distance above the flooded Minnesota River Valley. This image was taken from the north side of Highway 99 east of St. Peter. The lower road on the right goes to Ottawa.
Two men are shown standing on a piece of dry ground along the north side of Highway 22 on the edge of St. Peter during the 1965 flood of the Minnesota River. A house in the distance is partially underwater.
This image was taken along Highway 99 a short distance east of the Broadway bridge at St. Peter. Buildings flooded by the Minnesota River to the south of the highway are visible.
Flood water from the Minnesota River destroyed a large section of Highway 99 east of St. Peter as shown in this 1965 image. The Peavey Grain Company's elevator on the north side of the highway can be seen at the right. The St. Peter water tower and some of the buildings at Gustavus Adolphus College are in the distance.
This image was taken near the intersection of Highway 99 and the French Hill Road east of St. Peter during the 1965 Minnesota River flood. Flood water destroyed a long section of the highway east of the Broadway bridge. The Keltgen's Radiator Service building can be seen toward the upper left.
Pavement destroyed by the flood water of the Minnesota River on Highway 99 east of St. Peter, between the Broadway bridge and the railroad tracks, is shown in this image. Work along the railroad tracks can be seen in the background to the east.
This image was taken from Highway 169 on the northern edge of North Mankato. It shows a large building that was partially covered by the flood water of the Minnesota River in 1965.
Water from the Minnesota River cut away large portions of Highway 99 in the flood plain east of St. Peter. The top of the St. Peter water tower can be seen to the west near the top of the photograph.
Highway 99 east of St. Peter, in the foreground, was badly damaged by flood water from the Minnesota River in 1965. The Peavey Grain Company's elevator can be seen on the north side of the highway in the background.
Pavement destroyed by the flood water of the Minnesota River on Highway 99 east of St. Peter is shown in this 1965 image. The photograph was taken near the Peavey Grain Company's elevator.
Highway 99 east of St. Peter, in the foreground, was badly damaged by flood water from the Minnesota River in 1965. The Peavey Grain Company's elevator can be seen on the north side of the highway in the background.
Flood water from the Minnesota River is shown covering Highway 22 on the edge of St. Peter in this 1965 image. The old bridge over the river can be seen in the distance.
Highway 22 is shown under many feet of water from the flooded Minnesota River in this 1965 photograph taken from a location to the south of 22 and along the east side of Highway 169. The old bridge across the river on 22 and the Holiday House Supper Club on the high ground across the river can be seen in the distance.
Grain bins beside the Hormel stockyard east of St. Peter were flooded by the Minnesota River in 1965. The bins were east of the railroad tracks that can be seen in the foreground. The photograph was taken a short distance to the south of Highway 99.
The Hormel Stockyard to the east of St. Peter along the south side of Highway 99, near the railroad tracks, is shown partially submerged by flood water from the Minnesota River in 1965.
This house east of the Broadway bridge in St. Peter was flooded by the Minnesota River in 1965. The house was located along the south side of Highway 99. The photograph shows that the river water was still at a very high level.
Two men in a boat are shown outside of a flooded house to the east of the Broadway bridge in St. Peter during the 1965 Minnesota River flood. The house was on the north side of the highway, only a short distance from the river.
A dike that was started near the Mill Pond in St. Peter to protect the buildings of the St. Peter Light and Water Department had to be abandoned, because the flood water of the Minnesota River rose too high to maintain it. This image was taken from Nassau Street. The mill pond is at the left, and the main utility building was to the right, outside of the view shown here.