“Thomas Warren was a risk taker that sought out new things for him and his family.  A colorful character, he was said to be fearless yet giving in spirit.  During the famous gold rush, Warren tried his luck in California.  A year or two later, he returned home to his family in Wisconsin.  From there the Warren family moved to Iowa and invested in a stock of a groceries and took the first boat to St. Paul.  The next year he moved his family to Mankato where he settled on 120 acres of land which is now the heart of Mankato.” (Schrade, Julie.Heritage of Blue Earth Country, Curtis Media Corp., Dallas, TX 1990.)

Abigail McGraw  Spring 2000