Highway 9 in the Root River Valley showcasing limestone bluffs outside of Lanesboro in Fillmore County, Minnesota. Photograph by Mathias O. Bue, ca. 1930.
Root's engine, St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Company. The engine powered the last train load of survivors out of Hinckley during the fire in 1894. Photographed ca. 1895. James Root was the engineer on the evacuation train.