Entries tagged with ‘east union’

Blast from the Past

What is this building? It is okay that you do not recognize it, as it was never on the St. Peter campus. This building was located in East Union, Carver County, MN. This building once was the home of the Minnesota Elementar Skola and St. Ansgar’s before it moved to St. Peter in 1876 and […]

Factoid Friday

The first college library dates from when the school was at East Union in 1865. A drafted student died in a military camp and left his small collection of books to the school. This collection was supplemented with the purchase of a Webster’s Dictionary.