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1869 - A Miss Cutler has been appointed superintendent of public instruction in Rochester, Minn.
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Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 16, 1869- 1870 - An emigrant wagon passing through Rochester, Minnesota, the other day, bore the quaint inscription: "Don't inquire - North Pole or bust!"
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June 11, 1870 - 1883 - DEATH-DEALING CYCLONE. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN MINNESOTA. A TRAIN LIFTED FROM THE RAILS AND MANY OF ITS PASSENGERS EITHER KILLED OR FEARFULLY WOUNDED.
Winona, Aug. 22 - A cyclone struck Rochester about 7 o'clock last evening, and one-third of the city is in ruins. All north of the track is devastated, including the Methodist church, Horton's elevator, and many other buildings. The railroad bridge was swept completely away. A freight train ran...Read MORE... - 1894 - PROBABLY FATAL RUNAWAY. Dr. E. C. Cross thrown from his Carriage and Seriously Hurt.
Yesterday morning as the result of a small boy throwing a lighted firecracker in front of a team of colts driven by Dr. E. C. Cross, occurred an accident which had a terrible and perhaps fatal termination. He was driving near the brewery owned by Sebuster Bros., when the team became frightened by...Read MORE... - 1895 - Rochester
Rochester, a city, the capital of Olmsted co., Minn., is on the south Fork of the Zumbro River, 50 miles by rail W. of Winona, 40 miles E. of Owatonna, and about 40 miles S. of Red Wing. It contains a court-house, a high school, a school-house which cost $80,000, ample water-works, an...Read MORE... - 1906
Rochester, a city, the capital of Olmsted co., Minn., is on the South Fork of the Zumbro River, 40 miles S. of Red Wing, on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago Great-Western Rs. It has flouring-mills, machine- shops, a brewery, etc. Pop. in 1890, 5321 ; in 1900, 6843.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906 
One of the First Homes in Rochester, Minn.
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Broadway, Looking South, Rochester, Minn.
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Postcard- Rochester, Minnesota is the 2nd windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 12.6 mph.
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One of the First Homes in Rochester, Minn.
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1869 - A Miss Cutler has been appointed superintendent of public instruction in Rochester, Minn.
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
October 16, 1869
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1870 - An emigrant wagon passing through Rochester, Minnesota, the other day, bore the quaint inscription: "Don't inquire - North Pole or bust!"
St Joseph Herald
Saint Joseph, Michigan
June 11, 1870
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1883 - DEATH-DEALING CYCLONE. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY IN MINNESOTA. A TRAIN LIFTED FROM THE RAILS AND MANY OF ITS PASSENGERS EITHER KILLED OR FEARFULLY WOUNDED.
Winona, Aug. 22 - A cyclone struck Rochester about 7 o'clock last evening, and one-third of the city is in ruins. All north of the track is devastated, including the Methodist church, Horton's elevator, and many other buildings. The railroad bridge was swept completely away. A freight train ran... Read MORE...
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1894 - PROBABLY FATAL RUNAWAY. Dr. E. C. Cross thrown from his Carriage and Seriously Hurt.
Yesterday morning as the result of a small boy throwing a lighted firecracker in front of a team of colts driven by Dr. E. C. Cross, occurred an accident which had a terrible and perhaps fatal termination. He was driving near the brewery owned by Sebuster Bros., when the team became frightened by... Read MORE...
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1895 - Rochester
Rochester, a city, the capital of Olmsted co., Minn., is on the south Fork of the Zumbro River, 50 miles by rail W. of Winona, 40 miles E. of Owatonna, and about 40 miles S. of Red Wing. It contains a court-house, a high school, a school-house which cost $80,000, ample water-works, an... Read MORE...
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1906
Rochester, a city, the capital of Olmsted co., Minn., is on the South Fork of the Zumbro River, 40 miles S. of Red Wing, on the Chicago and Northwestern and the Chicago Great-Western Rs. It has flouring-mills, machine- shops, a brewery, etc. Pop. in 1890, 5321 ; in 1900, 6843.
Lippincott's New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns ... in Every Portion of the Globe Publisher J.B. Lippincott Company, 1906
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Rochester, Minnesota is the 2nd windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 12.6 mph.
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