Black and white photograph of a man and a Red River cart train, ca. 1859. Photograph by Martin’s Gallery.

Red River train, St. Paul

A man and a Red River cart train, ca. 1859. Photograph by Martin’s Gallery.

Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association display

Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association display

A table at an event promoting the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association, 1981. From the Red River Valley Sugarbeet Growers Association records, 1919–1994, Northwest Minnesota Historical Center, Moorhead. Used with the permission of Northwest Minnesota Historical Center.

Black and white photograph of Red Wing, c.1870.

Red Wing

The Mississippi River location of Red Wing, the Goodhue County seat, made it an early shipping point for Minnesota wheat. This photo of the city riverfront shows grain barges at anchorage, c.1870.

Late 1860s photograph showing barges along Red Wing's Mississippi River waterfront awaiting wheat for shipment to customers downriver.

Red Wing

This late 1860s photograph shows barges along Red Wing's Mississippi River waterfront awaiting wheat for shipment to customers downriver.

Color image of Red Wing and the Mississippi River, 2007.

Red Wing and the Mississippi River

Red Wing and the Mississippi River in 2007, the year of the town's sesquicentennial.

Black and white photograph of Red Wing Gamla Sv. Lutheran Kyrka (Old Swedish Lutheran Church), birthplace of what would become Gustavus Adolphus College in 1862. [Undated image]

Red Wing Gamla Sv. Lutheran Kyrka

Red Wing Gamla Sv. Lutheran Kyrka (Old Swedish Lutheran Church), birthplace of what would become Gustavus Adolphus College in 1862. [Undated image]

Black and white photograph of Red Wing Iron Works building, c. 1890.

Red Wing Iron Works

Red Wing Iron Works, c.1890. Frances Densmore’s father Benjamin and his brother Daniel started Red Wing Iron Works in 1866. Its financial success allowed the family to support her studies at Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Red Wing milling district

Red Wing milling district

Red Wing Milling district, Red Wing, Minnesota, ca. 1920.

Photograph of flour mills and grain elevators overlooking Red Wing’s crowded riverfront, c. 1900.

Red Wing riverfront scene

Flour mills and grain elevators overlook Red Wing’s crowded riverfront, c.1900.

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