The historic 1879 Harmony Train Depot and the McMichel Grain Elevator, circa 2018. The depot is on the left, the elevator on the right. The depot is called the Village Depot and is a tourist gift shop. Efforts are ongoing to preserve and restore the elevator.
Late 1800s grain elevators along Harmony’s rail tracks. The photo view looks west. The rail tracks are not visible in the photo. The tracks are located on the other side of the elevators.
Like many towns across Minnesota, Harmony owes its existence to a railroad. The first train arrived in 1879, connecting the farming village to larger cities. The rail line became a major contributor to Harmony’s early population growth and economic vitality.
The Ravine House (Daniel Dayton House) in Harmony, Minnesota, ca. 1907. Used with the permission of Debra J. Richardson (Fillmore County Historical Society).
The Ravine House (Daniel Dayton House), three-and-a-half miles northwest of Harmony, was an overnight stop on the Dubuque–St. Paul Trail, a frontier mail and stagecoach route through Iowa and Minnesota.
Charles A. Lindbergh "Jenny" exhibit, Northwestern National Bank, Minneapolis, 1982. The iconic plane survived the Thanksgiving fire that destroyed the building in November of that year.
Road sign originally located on Trunk Highway 60 near Faribault, Minnesota, in the mid-twentieth century. The road was named in honor of Charles Merritt Babcock (1871-1936), commissioner of Highways. The sign was used ca. 1920–1960.