Stillwater / Brent T. Peterson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peterson, Brent T., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stillwater (Minn.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Stillwater (Minn.).

Stillwater (Minn.)--History--Pictorial works.

Stillwater (Minn.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Stillwater is located 20 miles east of St. Paul on the banks of the scenic St. Croix River and the Wisconsin border. Settled in 1843, Stillwater became the center of the lumber industry in the upper Midwest for the next 75 years. During the late 1880s and early 1890s, more logs passed down the St. Croix River than any other place in the world, and the lumber produced in Stillwater was used to build the central part of the United States. One of the first institutions authorized by the Territory of Minnesota, the prison, was located in Stillwater. Three of the most notorious convicts were the Younger brothers--Cole, Jim, and Bob--who, along with Frank and Jesse James, tried to rob the bank in Northfield in 1876. The Jameses eluded capture, but the Youngers served 25 years behind the stone walls of the Stillwater Prison.

Contents:

Early Stillwater

Logs, lumber, and milling

Behind bars

Downtown businesses

In the neighborhoods

Churches, schools, and government

The river scenes

Parades, pageants, and celebrations

Myths and legends.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

885210180