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Photo courtesy Maud Hart Lovelace’s Deep Valley by Julie A. Schrader - The Saulpaugh Hotel was located where the City Center Hotel sits today. This photograph shows the main entrance to the hotel as it faces South Front Street with Main Street in the foreground, circa 1925. Originally there was an entrance on the Union Depot and Minnesota River side of the hotel. At that time most patrons arrived by steamboat or railroad. The image was taken from approximately where the south entrance of the Blue Earth County Library sits today. The current City Center Hotel ramp sits where South Front Street met Main Street.

The Grand Old Saulpaugh Hotel

Photo Courtesy Blue Earth County Historical Society — This photo from the January 6, 1928, Mankato Daily Free Press shows the building that Leon Salet purchased at the corner of North Front and Main streets.

ARTchitecture: Salet’s Department Store

Minneapolis Daily Star - August 12, 1927 describing the hunt for James Barrett

Profile of a Bootlegger – Mankato’s Gangster Ties

April 9, 1934 Mankato Free Press

Tangled Web of Crime – Mankato’s Gangster Ties Part 2

Photo by Carlienne Frisch - Walt Cheever "signs" each of his works.

Walt Cheever — Woodworking in His Blood

“When you feel the inside of a wooden bowl, if it’s as smooth as the outside, then it’s been well made,” said Lois Cheever,...

COMMUNITY NEWS

Blue Earth County Historical Society – Commemorative Bricks Available for Purchase

Greater Mankato Growth, Inc. Awarded $155,000 Drive for Five Grant from the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development

Nicollet County Historical Society Unveils New Exhibit: “More Than a Headline: A Closer Look at the Art and Life of Camilla Hall”

United Way Presents 2024 Volunteer Awards

Join GreenSeam for the 2024 State of Ag Report Release Event on National Ag Day