Red Wing’s “Stone Age”

Thanks to the limestone bluffs and hills that surrounded Red Wing, the town became a Minnesota lime-making and stone quarrying center from 1870 to 1910. Those forty years are sometimes known as the city’s “Stone Age.”

A crowd watches a fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel, Minneapolis

A crowd watches a fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel, Minneapolis

A crowd watches a fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel, Minneapolis, January 3, 1940.

Photograph of Minneapolis firefighters trying to move a Hennepin County Morgue truck after being iced in during a January 3, 1940 fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel

Minneapolis firefighters try to move a Hennepin County Morgue truck after being iced in during a Jan. 3 fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel

Minneapolis firefighters try to move a Hennepin County Morgue truck after being iced in during a January 3, 1940 fire at the Marlborough Apartment Hotel.

Photograph of the Marlborough Apartment Hotel fire, Minneapolis

Marlborough Apartment Hotel fire, Minneapolis

Marlborough Apartment Hotel fire, Minneapolis, January 3, 1940.

Marlborough Apartment Hotel Fire, January 3, 1940

On January 3, 1940, the Marlborough Apartment Hotel in Minneapolis burst into flames after an explosion in its basement. The deadliest fire the city had ever seen would claim nineteen lives and destroy a three-story building housing more than one hundred twenty people.

Color postcard depecting Waconia City Hall.

Waconia City Hall

Postcard depicting the second city hall building in Waconia. Refurbished into senior apartments in the late 1990s and early 2000s. This building was nominated to the National Register for Historic Places.

Black and white photograph of an ice Cutting Crew on East Shore of Lake Waconia, c.1920.

Ice Cutting Crew on East Shore of Lake Waconia

Ice cutting crew on east shore of Lake Waconia, c.1920.

Black and white aerial View of Waconia, c.1945.

Aerial View of Waconia

Aerial view of Waconia, c.1945.

Black and white photograph of the Sherman House Hotel, Waconia, c.1890.

Sherman House Hotel Waconia

This was one of the first hotels that contributed to Waconia being a summer tourist destination, c.1890.

Black and whitep photograph of the Lake House Hotel, c.1880.

Lake House Hotel

Two story building with poeple standing and sitting on second floor porch, c.1880. Man seated on first floor porch. Sign on building "LAKE HOUSE/ A.F. SCHUTZ PROP". Dirt street. Man holding the reins on a horse which has a rider. Wood pile visible on left side of building.
This was one of the hotels contributing to Waconia being a summer tourist destination.

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