Aerial view of Slayton, 1983. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Aerial view of Slayton

Aerial view of Slayton, 1983. Photograph by Vincent H. Mart.

Black and white photograph of Main Street in Currie, 1956.

Main Street in Currie

Main Street in Currie, 1956.

Black and white photograph of the Avoca marker in Murray County. Part of the Coteau des Prairies, Murray County. Photograph ca. 1942.

Avoca marker in Murray County

Avoca marker in Murray County, ca. 1942. Part of the Coteau des Prairies, Murray County.

Black and white photograph of people on Main Street, Fulda. Photograph by Dr. Emil King, ca. 1905.

People on Main Street, Fulda

People on Main Street, Fulda, ca. 1905. Photograph by Dr. Emil King.

Murray County

Murray County was established in 1857 and formally organized in 1872. Although Currie was the original county seat, the city of Slayton won a contentious battle for that title in 1890. Agricultural production has been (and continues to be in the twenty-first century) the county’s primary industry.

Black and white photograph of St. Anthony looking across Nicollet Island at Winslow House, right, and Universalist Church, left, ca. 1860.

St. Anthony looking across Nicollet Island

St. Anthony looking across Nicollet Island at Winslow House, right, and Universalist Church, left, ca. 1860.

Color image of tornado damage in St. Peter, Minnesota, 1998. Image shows trees down and damage to a number of buildings.

Tornado damage in St. Peter

Tornado damage in St. Peter, Minnesota, 1998. Image shows trees down and damage to a number of buildings.

Color image of the intersection of State Street and Monument Road, Brook Park, August 7, 2017. Photograph by Alan W. Slacter.

Intersection of State Street and Monument Road

Intersection of State Street and Monument Road, Brook Park, August 7, 2017. Photograph by Alan W. Slacter.

Map of Brook Park (Pokegama) as it appeared ca. 1894. Published in Kelsey, Lucy, The September Holocaust (Minneapolis: A. Roper, 1894), 73.

Map of Brook Park (Pokegama)

Map of Brook Park (Pokegama) as it appeared ca. 1894. Published in Kelsey, Lucy, The September Holocaust (Minneapolis: A. Roper, 1894), 73.

Black and white photograph of Brook Park (Pokegama) after a catastrophic fire, ca. 1894.

Brook Park (Pokegama) after the fire

Brook Park (Pokegama) after a catastrophic fire, ca. 1894. The pool of water pictured (part of Pokegama Creek) protected townspeople who sought shelter there during the fire. Published in Wilkinson, Rev. William, Minnesota Forest Fires (Minneapolis: Wilkinson, 1895), 26.

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