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Willmar, Minnesota Gallery

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Noland's US Highway 12 Motel, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Noland's US Highway 12 Motel, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street Scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Street Scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street Scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Street Scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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St. Mary's Parochial School, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
St. Mary's Parochial School, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Lutheran Bible Camp, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Lutheran Bible Camp, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Memorial PArkway, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Memorial Parkway, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Willmar (Images of America) Willmar (Images of America)
It was the 1850s when the first settlers arrived in the area that would become Willmar, Minnesota. Encouraged by the land itself, they came for the fertile soil and the beauty and serenity provided by the landscape. Calamity would strike in 1862 due to the Dakota War, causing residents to flee for safer pastures. In 1869, the Great Northern Railroad would again call settlers to Kandiyohi County. Most of Scandinavian descent, this hardy lot would not be driven from the land again. In 1870, acting as agent for the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Leon Chadwick Willmar purchased the title to Section 1 of Willmar Township. The following year, Willmar was officially named a city and became the county seat of Kandiyohi County. As the years passed from then to now, Willmar residents would face success and challenge, feast and famine, and partnership and controversy. No matter the circumstance, they would band together to face whatever arrived and join together in both celebration and sorrow.
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Tri-Court Motel and Trailer Park, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Tri-Court Motel and Trailer Park, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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The Fireside Inn, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
The Fireside Inn, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Electric Co-op, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Electric Co-op, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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The Parkway Motor Hotel, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
The Parkway Motor Hotel, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Litchfield Avenue, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1950's
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1950s
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1960
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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St. Mary's Catholic Church, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
St. Mary's Catholic Church, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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Fireside Restaurant, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
Fireside Restaurant, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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Holiday Motel, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
Holiday Motel, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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Multiple scenes, Willmar Minnesota, 1960's
Multiple scenes, Willmar, Minnesota, 1960s
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Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar Minnesota, 1963
Rice Memorial Hospital, Willmar, Minnesota, 1963
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Litchfield Avenue, Willmar Minnesota, 1963
Litchfield Avenue, Willmar, Minnesota, 1963
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Interior, First Methodist Church, Willmar Minnesota, 1968
Interior, First Methodist Church, Willmar, Minnesota, 1968
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Willmar Country Club, Willmar Minnesota, 1970's
Willmar Country Club, Willmar, Minnesota, 1970s
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Street scene, Willmar Minnesota, 1970's
Street scene, Willmar, Minnesota, 1970s
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