Entries tagged with ‘St Peter’
Factoid Friday
On May 17, 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA), an American left-wing urban militant group, was involved in a shoot-out with the police in Los Angeles, California. One of the SLA members who died in that shoot-out had a Gustavus connections. Camilla Hall was born in St. Peter, Minnesota, in 1945 to George and Lorena […]
View from the Hill
The 1965 flood in April, covered the Minnesota River Valley. Citizens of St. Peter and Gustavus students and staff pitched in to build dikes and to sandbag. Despite their efforts the river swelled to immense proportions. Special thanks to the Nicollett County Historical Society for this arial photograph of the city of St. Peter taken […]
Blast from the Past
The Gustavus Marching Band performing on the streets of St. Peter, circa 1909. Read the inscription to the right.
Blast from the Past!
The view from Old Main in 1902 is of students walking down the path to what is now College Avenue and Seventh Street.
Fun Fact Friday!
In 1900, the Democratic Presidential nominee, William Jennings Bryan (and future Secretary of State under Woodrow Wilson) brought his campaign to St. Peter, giving many Gustavus students their first opportunity to hear a nationally recognized speaker. Eleven years later, President William Howard Taft came to St. Peter on his campaign train.
Tuesday Trivia
Question: There used to be a St. Peter water tower located on campus across from Uhler Hall. In what year was the St. Peter Water Tower torn down? A. 1944 B. 1964 D. 1984 D. 2004 The answer will be posted at 6:00 p.m. CST