Reference Resources

Places:

Blue Earth County Historical Society, 5th & Cherry STs. 345-5566 (call first and make an appointment)  Dr. Cherrington’s students will have the daily fee waived, but must pay copy costs.

 

Web Sites:

Blue Earth County Historical Society (http://www.internet-connections.net/reg9/bechs/

 

Blue Earth County Local Minnesota History and Genealogy

(home.att.net/~Local_History/BlueEarth-Co-MN.htm)

 

Minnesota Historical Society (http://www.mnhs.org)

 

Minnesota Historical Societies, Chapters & Local

… Blue Earth County Historical Society 415

… County Historical Society 304 East Blue Earth …

www.mnhs.org/preserve/mho/chsclo.html

 

Minnesota Historic Sites: Your Guide to Historical Places in Minnesota

www.minnesota-mania.com/pages/Places_Visit/historic_sites.asp

 

Geneaology.com Genealogy SiteFinder: Places/Geographic, United States

www.genealogy.com/links/c/c-places-geographic.united-states.minnesota.html

 

Minnesota State University, Mankato, A Brief History and Profile

http://emuseum.mankato.msus.edu/history/oldmankato/1852-1900/transportation.html

 

National Register for Historic Places (http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/)

 

Nicollet County Historical Society (http://www.nchs.st-peter.mn.us)

 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/dakota.html

 

http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/cherrington/Tour/TourPages/MankatoTourCover.htm

 

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/dakota/conflict/history.htm

 

http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/dakota/dakota.html

 

http://www.ci.mankato.us/sibley.html

 

http://www.intech.mnsu.edu/cherrington/tour/tourpages.html

 

http://www.isd77.k12.mn.us/schools/dakota/conflict/history.htm

 

 

Books:

Marionis, John  J. and Vincent N Parrillo, Cities and Urban Life,Upper Saddle, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998.

 

Cramer, Mark, Funky Towns USA, Annapolis, MD: TBS Publishing, 1995.

 

Lynch, Kevin, The Image of the City, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1960 (Available @ MSU library – call # NA9108 .L9)

 

Luce, Greg,  (1969), “Neighborhood Analysis for the City of Mankato,” Office of Community Development, March 1969.  (Available @ MSU library – call # F614.M36 L8x)

 

Chronicle of a Century, The Free Press, March 1999

 

At the Bend in the River, Vernard E. Lundin (Available @ MSU library – call # F614.M2 L86 1990)

 

Mankato—Its First Fifty Years  (Available @ MSU library – call # F614.M3 M364x)

 

“Greater Mankato Area”  1968 (Available @ MSU library – call # F614.M36 G7 1968)

 

“History of Sibley Park,” Mankato Free Press, 9 Oct. 1935

 

“Heritage of Blue Earth County:  Minn, Minn.”  Historical Society (Available @ MSU library – call # F612.B6 H4 1990)

 

“Mankato:  A City with a Future,” Mankato Commercial Club, Mankato Graphic Arts, 1974 (Available at MSU library – call # F614.M36 M361 1974x)

 

“Mankato Memories Historic Photo Album 1852~Today,” (Available @ MSU library – call # F614M3M352,  MN Room).

 

Festenberg-Pakisch, Wilhelm von. S.J., 15 Nov. 1999.  The History of SS Peter and Paul’s Parish.  Edited by Arthur Schaub, Attorny, Printed by the “Mankato Post” 1899, pg. 1-104. (Available at MSU library – call # BX4603.M36 S25x)