The Winona History Books collection provides access to books which document the history of the Winona, Minnesota, region in the United States.
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Winona State University: A History of 125 Years
Robert A. DuFresne
Winona State University President Dr. Robert A. DuFresne (1967-1977) prepared this text as part of the celebration of the one-hundred-twenty-fifth anniversary of the opening of the institution, Winona State University. Foreword by Winona State University President Thomas F. Stark.
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The Winona State Teachers College Historical Notes 1910-1935
Erwin S. Selle
Erwin Stevenson Selle prepared this text as part of the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the institution, Winona State Teachers College.
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Semi-Centennial Historical Sketch and Notes of Winona State Normal School: 1860-1910
C. O. Ruggles and Other Members of the Faculty-Winona State Normal School
Clyde Orval (C.O.) Ruggles prepared this text as part of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the institution, Winona State Normal School.
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History of Winona County Together with Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc.
H.H. Hill, Company, Chicago, Illinois
This is the History of Winona County 1883. It includes Biographical Matter, Statistics, Etc. gathered from matter furnished by interviews with old settlers, county, township and other records, and extracts from files of papers, pamphlets, and such other sources as have been available.
Table of Contents includes: Aboriginal History, Explorations, Among the Indians, Trouble with the Indians, Personal Recollections, Winona City in Embryo, Interesting Incidents and Customs, Prehistoric, Geographical, Railroads, Navigation, Courts and Officers of Courts, Banking in Winona County, Early Settlers, Pioneers, etc., Treaties with the Indians, The Fur Traders, Early Land Titles, The Pioneers, First Improvements, Western Farm and Village Association, The Association Crystallized, Emigrants Coming, Other Settlements, First Settlements at Winona City, Incidents of the Early Times, The Association at Rolling Stone, Crystallization, Respectability, Looking Around, Reflections, Personal Paragraphs, Postoffices (sic), Incidents. The Bloody Conflict, A Celebration, Chatfield Settled and Winona County, The District Schools of Winona County, The State Normal Schools, Birds of Winona County, Winona Public Schools, History of Winona City, Roads, Societies, Churches, Business Incorporations, Manufacturing Industries, St Charles Township, Rollingstone Township, Dresbach Township, New Harftord, Richmond, Homer and Pleasant Hill Townships, Wiscoy, Warren and Hillsdale Township, Norton, Mount Vernon, Whitewater and Elba Townships, Hart, Fremont and Saratoga Townships, Biographical - Pioneers, Pioneers - Continued, Utica Township, Early Settlers, Early Settlers - Continued, Other Prominent Citizens, Winona as it Is, Military Record, Miscellaneous, Index.
This book was digitized by the Library of Congress and is available at their digital collections site. It is available in OpenRiver with the permission of the Library of Congress.
