57 topographic sheets cover 36 settlements here, and 60 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.
60 National Register listings published here · the county-history sources tell 1 story and name 6 people · people the book names include T. B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium (Red Wing City, 1909) · Captain Willett W. Dekay (Zumbrota Township, 1893) (machine-read).
Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the National Register database, National Park Service
Among them: First Execution Of The Death Penalty. These passages come from the identified county-history source books. Each inset names its own source and opens the exact section it comes from.
On the afternoon of the 27th of December, 1855, the first execution of the death penalty was carried into effect by the hanging of a Dakota Indian named Yuhozee, for the murder of a German woman. The circumstances of the murder are thus stated: The murdered woman was traveling with others above Shakopee, when Yuhozee and some other Indians met them.
Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.
Goodhue County has 1 covered bridge on the National Register. Each is a listed structure with a federal nomination on file.
 | Zumbrota Covered Bridge | Listed 1975 |
Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 58 of them, burning about 306 acres. None started naturally and 2 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 55 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 1 April 1994 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 23 March 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 24 November 2012 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 3 October 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 18 October 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 17 November 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 30 March 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Minnesota Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.
The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 412 reports for this county, causing 4 deaths, 5 injuries and about $16,323,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.
| Kind of event | Reports |
|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 171 |
| Hail | 155 |
| Tornado | 35 |
| Flash Flood | 20 |
| Heavy Rain | 20 |
| Funnel Cloud | 6 |
| Lightning | 3 |
| Flood | 2 |
The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Flash Flood | Cannon Falls | 2 killed, $1,500,000 | Slow moving thunderstorms dumped 4 to 6 inches of rain in threes hours over portions of Goodhue county. Zumbrota received 6.46", Sogn 4.38", Wanamingo 5.49". Flash flooding resulted in many road closures. The Shades of Sherwood Campground was evacuated where some campers were washed into the Zumbro River. Several people were rescued when they were carried into the river along with their camper. Over 100 campers were destroyed. Two deaths occurred along the Zumbro River between Wanamingo and Zumbrota. An elderly couple evacuating the campground drove into a washed out section of road, or the road gave way under the weight of their vehicle. It is presumed the couple escaped from their vehicle only to drown in the river. 400 residents of Cannon Falls were evacuated. Flooding also occurred upstream in Sogn where several homes received major flood damage. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| June 2005 | Flash Flood | Countywide | 1 killed, 1 hurt, $100,000 | Significant flooding was reported in the North Fork Zumbro River watershed during the evening of the 7th after 3 to 6 inches of rain fell. A total of 5.47 inches of rain was recorded in Wanamingo in 24 hours, 2.8 inches of which fell between 9:30 and 10:30 PM. An unnamed creek which flows into the North Fork Zumbro River rose 20 feet above its normal 1 foot level and rushed over Highway 1 about 1 mile south of the Highway 30 intersection in Wanamingo Township, about 4 miles west of Wanamingo. By 10:30 PM the creek completed covered the road in rushing water up to 2.5 feet deep and shortly thereafter two separate vehicles were swept off the roadway and were washed down the creek. One vehicle, a pickup truck, was found in a nearby ditch with a smashed windshield and badly damaged hood. The body of the driver, a 47-year-old man, was found three quarters of a mile downstream under farm equipment nearly a day and a half later when the water finally subsided. The man, who lived in Hayfield, was on his way to work in Cannon Falls. The other vehicle that was washed off the road and into the creek was a sedan. The driver, a 50-year-old Kenyon woman who was on her way home from work, exited the car through an open window after traveling about ½ mile downstream. She floated on her back down the creek until lightning illuminated a nearby fencepost which she grabbed hold of until rescuers arrived two hours later. Incredibly she survived the ordeal with only bruises. The rushing creek was also responsible for washing out 200 feet of gradual slope along Highway 1 near the road. Scattered debris was also found in farm fields along the creek's banks for several miles. In addition, an unnamed creek that flows into the North Fork Zumbro River about 2 miles east of Wanamingo inundated the Shades of Sherwood campground around 10:30 PM. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Wing | 1 killed, 1 hurt | Numerous trees were blown down between Red Wing and Wacouta. An individual was injured during this storm from a fallen tree that landed on a detached garage, and trapped him as the garage collapsed. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wanamingo | 2 hurt, $35,000 | The town of Zumbrota was hit quite hard with many trees uprooted, twisted in half and broken branches throughout the town. In addition, five houses were damaged. Power lines were taken down and power was out for 4 hours in some areas of town. In addition to the town of Zumbrota, the Shades of Sherwood campground had a tree fell on a camper and 2 girls were trapped inside and sustained minor injuries. |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannon Falls | 1 hurt | Mobile home destroyed injuring one person. Estimated windspeed. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F2) | Stanton | $4,000,000 | The Northfield tornado (which originated in Rice County) dissipated on the south side of Lake Byllesby, but not before destroying several sheds and causing minor damage to 12 homes. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Stanton | $3,000,000 | Hailstone was measured and emailed to the weather service. The hail stone was 3 inches in diameter and fell east of Stanton. |
| July 1987 | Tornado (F3) | not stated | $2,500,000 | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Rock | $1,000,000 | Roof blown off auto body shop. Estimated windspeed. Damage estimate for entire county. |
| September 2010 | Flood | Pine Is | $540,000 | Numerous roads were closed in Goodhue County, around the streams and creeks that flow into the Cannon and Zumbro Rivers due to excessive rainfall that fell on September 22nd and 23th. The major areal flooding didn't recede until Sunday when most of the small streams and creeks had crested and only mainstem rivers remained flooded. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellechester | $500,000 | The town of Bellechester was hit the hardest and sustained the most visible and impactful damage. Damage consisted of some structure damage including a barn/shed on County Road 16 just west of Bellechester. Debris was blown across County Road 16. There were also lots of trees on sheds and rooftops in this area as well. Some of the damage seemed to result from strong winds, however most damage to roofs, structures, and other property was caused from falling trees and other debris. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hader | $500,000 | A storm survey indicated a significant downburst caused damage west of Goodhue. Severe downburst winds initially caused damage to a barn and outbuildings at a farm about 9 miles west of Goodhue. Farther east, about 7.5 miles west of Goodhue, there were numerous trees blown down, an empty grain bin was destroyed, tin was blown off some outbuildings, doors were blown off a machine shed, and some corn was destroyed. These were the two hardest hit locations. Between the two locations, there were just a few trees or large branches taken down. Both locations exhibited divergent damage patterns indicative of a downburst. Based on the survey damage, the highest winds were around 80 to 85 mph. |
| August 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Vasa | $300,000 | A tornado touched down just west of a farm, where a definite path was evident in the corn field. It took the tin roof off of much of a turkey barn. An empty grain bin was blown several hundred yards. The southern half of a large machine shed was collapsed. Two windows were blown in at a nearby school, which also had a small portion of its roof torn back. Numerous trees were broken. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Cannon Falls | $250,000 | Several reports of very large hail, up to 2.5 inches in diameter, fell from west of Dennison, to near Cannon Falls. There were reports of hail damage to siding, cars and roofs in this swath of large hail. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodhue | $250,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds caused damage to several roofs, included one barn destroyed and another barn damaged. The rafters and walls of a building under construction were blown off between Goodhue and Red Wing. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenyon | $250,000 | There were numerous reports of trees snapped, power lines and barns blown down, with injuries to livestock from Kenyon to Wanamingo and Zumbrota. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | West Portion | $200,000 | Over four inches rain fell in the western half of Goodhue County Friday morning on the 21st. Two state highways were closed, over one dozen roads under water from Welch and Cannon Falls to Sogn, Kenyon, Wanamingo and Skyberg. Two campgrounds were evacuated as a precaution. One road was washed out. |
| June 2002 | Flash Flood | Southeast Portion | $200,000 | A second bout of heavy rainfall fell just hours after two to three inches had already soaked southeast Goodhue County. About one dozen county roads were under water from Roscoe and Pine island to Zumbrota and Mazeppa. The lumber yard at Pine Island was flooded, but much of the lumber had already been moved to higher ground due to the warning. A city park at Zumbrota was also flooded, resulting in damage to softball fields and a trail. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannon Falls | $200,000 | Several hundred trees downed from rear flank downdraft after the Northfield tornado had dissipated. Sheds and other outbuildings damaged. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Wing | $100,000 | There were numerous trees blown down around and in the city of Red Wing. Some of the trees caused damage as they landed on power lines, roofs and vehicles. As the storms moved east into Wisconsin, the Red Wing airport had a measured wind gust of 75 mph. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannon Falls | $100,000 | There were multiple trees and power lines blown down from southwest of Cannon Falls, through Cannon Falls, and to the east of town. There were 3-4 houses that had roof damage, one of the houses had their entire roof blown off on Pine Street. One privately owned wind sensor between Cannon Falls and Red Wing had a report of 88 mph, but damage was too isolated for that type of wind severity. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Wing | $100,000 | There was lots of wind damage in Red Wing where many trees and branches were blown down, including damage to roofs, and power outages throughout the city. There was a measured wind report from a private weather station of 61 mph west of Red Wing at 1635 LST. |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wanamingo | $100,000 | The city of Wanamingo was hit hard with severe wind gusts. There were numerous full size trees blown down, branches everywhere, and other assorted damage. There was damage to one mobile home, plus damage to a few cars (broken windshields and dents) from falling trees. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodhue | $100,000 | A storm survey revealed significant wind damage from straight line winds to a roof and siding east of Goodhue. It also blew down several trees and damaged agricultural buildings. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wacouta | $75,000 | Substantial damage occurred to a home south of Red Wing, east of the intersection of County Road 5, and Highway 58. The roof of the home was blown off to the north with debris noted across County Road 5. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Red Wing | $50,000 | There were several reports of large hail, up to quarter size, around Red Wing and the Hay Creek area. Some damage occurred to roofs. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Bombay | $50,000 | A NWS storm survey, plus areal footage of drone and satellite data, concluded that an EF0 tornado tracked east of Kenyon, then northeast for 8.2 miles before lifting west of Zumbrota. This tornado tracked mainly through corn and soy bean fields, and occasionally damaged a few sheds and outbuildings. The damage was consistent with EF0 damage with maximum wind speeds of 75 mph and a width of 250 yards. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Zumbrota | $50,000 | A NWS storm survey, plus areal footage of drone and satellite data, concluded that an EF0 tornado started north of Zumbrota, and tracked northeast for 5.4 miles until moving into Wabasha County, southwest of Bellechester. This tornado tracked mainly through corn and soy bean fields, and occasionally damaging a few sheds and outbuildings. The damage was consistent with EF0 damage with maximum wind speeds of 85 mph and a width of 150 yards. |
| June 2016 | Lightning | Red Wing | $50,000 | Early morning thunderstorms caused a house fire in Red Wing. The home was located on 1175 Golf Ridge Circle. Most of the structural damage was to the outside of the house with some charring of some flooring and walls, and some water damage from a water pipe that was in contact with the gas line. There was also a hole in the gas line from the electrical current passing through. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Wing | $50,000 | The owner of Bill's Bay Marina in Red Wing, Minnesota, received damage to their |dock fingers, as severe winds caused these dock fingers to twist and mangle up. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | White Rock | $25,000 | A barn's roof was partially blown off along with a nearby tin garage roof. |
| June 1990 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 1984 | Tornado (F0) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| July 1969 | Tornado (F1) | not stated | $25,000 | no account filed |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vasa | $20,000 | A few 4 to 6 inch diameter trees were blown down near Vasa, Minnesota. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Cannon Falls | $15,000 | This is the continued tornado track from the Dakota County tornado that moved an additional 0.7 miles east into Goodhue County. A storm survey concluded that EF0 damage occurred to a warehouse building in northern Goodhue County. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannon Falls | $10,000 | Several trees were downed. The roof was ripped off a building in an industrial park north of the city. |
| April 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wastedo | $5,000 | A large tree was blown down. The tree landed on a parked vehicle and damaged it. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenyon | $5,000 | Several large trees were blown down in Kenyon, including some taking down power lines. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Welch | $5,000 | A NWS storm survey concluded that an EF0 tornado tracked eastward for 2.6 miles across the Mississippi River Valley, to the Wisconsin state line. The tornado tracked only one quarter of a mile north of the Treasure Island Resort and Casino. Damage was confined to uprooted trees and an outbuilding. The tornado continued into Pierce County Wisconsin. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Wing Jct | $5,000 | Severe straight line winds blew down several power lines near Red Wing. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sogn | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down near Highway 52, south of Cannon Falls. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dennison | $3,000 | A roof was blown off a shed on the north side of Dennison. |
| July 2015 | Lightning | Red Wing | $2,000 | The Red Wing Fire Department reported a bolt of lightning caused a small fire of the exterior of a home at 1141 East Ave in Red Wing. The small fire was extinguished within minutes and no injuries were reported. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Cannon Falls | - | Hail measurement provided via NWS Chat. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Wastedo | - | Several very large hail stones roughly 2.5 inches in diameter fell near Urland Church on Goodhue County 9. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Zumbrota | - | Multiple reports of large hail, up to 1.25 inches in diameter. Sources include a trained weather spotter in Zumbrota and a Broadcast Meteorologist. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kenyon | - | Photos of roof damage to large commercial warehouse in Kenyon. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cannon Falls | - | Trees down across Goodhue County, including the town of Cannon Falls. A MNDOT RWIS station located seven miles SSE of Cannon Falls measured a 58-mph wind gust. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Zumbrota | - | Large tree branch down in Zumbrota MN. |
| August 2025 | Funnel Cloud | Bombay | - | A funnel cloud lasted roughly 10 minutes and preceded the landspout tornado near Kenyon. |
| August 2025 | Tornado (EFU) | Bombay | - | A video from a trained spotter verified a brief landspout tornado over farm field south of MN60 east of Kenyon. No damage was observed. Location and time approximate based on radar and video. |
| May 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Welch | - | The tornado broke about 12-15 trees in three different groves. Two evergreens were also tipped over. It also carved out a path through some tall grasses. The estimated maximum wind speed was 70 mph. |
| August 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Welch | - | A tornado developed at the southern edge of Bellwood Oaks Golf Course, in Dakota County. It moved northeast and tracked across a sliver of northern Goodhue County before crossing the Mississippi River into Wisconsin, dissipating about 5 miles southeast of Prescott in Pierce County. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bellechester | - | A large tree was blown onto a home in Bellechester. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Goodhue | - | A radio antenna at the Goodhue Fire Department was damaged. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Kenyon | - | Lots of hail occurred, with the largest being ping pong ball size. |
| September 2024 | Hail | Kenyon | - | There were several reports of quarter to half dollar sized hail in Kenyon. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Dennison | - | Nearly 3 to 4 inches of rain fell in southern Goodhue county. |
| June 2024 | Heavy Rain | Bellechester | - | A total of 3 to 4 inches of rain fell from multiple rounds of thunderstorms. CoCoRaHS observers measured 4.06 inches near Dennison. |
The Survey's mineral resources record lists 43 workings inside this county. 32 still produce and 11 are closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.
| Commodity | Workings |
|---|---|
| Stone, Crushed/Broken | 20 |
| Sand and Gravel, Construction | 12 |
| Clay | 8 |
| Silica | 3 |
The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 1 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 2 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Goodhue County Sand Deposit No 3 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Bellchester Pits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Bellechester Pits | Clay | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Clay Bank Pits | Clay | Producer | 1875 | |
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Clay Pit No 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Clay Pit No 2 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Wing Sewer Pipe Pit No 3 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Thomeorde Pits | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Thomforde Pits | Clay | Past Producer | 1875 | |
| Anderson Sand & Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Bryan Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dierke Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Frontenac Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Kielmeyer Constr Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Lokens Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Possell Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Red Wing Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Wing Ready Mix Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Wing Ready Mix Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Red Wing Sand & Gravel Co. Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steffen Hagen Pit & Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baringer Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Betcher Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cannon Falls Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Deden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Faith Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grose Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Hader Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kyllo Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Luhman Quarry & Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Martinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Oconnor Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Peterson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Roscoe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Roscoe Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Ryan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Sasnde Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Spring Garden Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Tougen Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Wacobson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
History of Goodhue County, Minnesota devotes a chapter to each township: its boundaries and streams, who settled it and when, the mills, the schools and the churches. All 20 are reproduced here in full. Each row shows the township's own shape and where it lies in the county, drawn from the Census Bureau's boundary. Which settlements belong to which township is computed from that same boundary, not taken from the book.
| Shape and position in the county | Township | Settlements in it | Length | Sections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belle Creek Township | Belle Creek, Ryan, White Rock | 3,939 words | 1 | |
| Belvidere Township | Belvidere Mills | 1,581 words | 0 | |
| Cannon Falls City | Cannon Falls | 22,029 words | 21 | |
| Cherry Grove Township | Bombay | 2,406 words | 1 | |
| Florence Township | Frontenac, Old Frontenac | 7,724 words | 0 | |
| Goodhue Township | Claybank, Goodhue | 4,005 words | 3 | |
| Hay Creek Township | Hay Creek | 12,355 words | 3 | |
| Holden Township | Nansen | 2,996 words | 0 | |
| Kenyon Township | Kenyon, Skyberg | 4,984 words | 4 | |
| Leon Township | Wastedo | 8,812 words | 2 | |
| Pine Island City | Pine Island | 4,149 words | 6 | |
| Red Wing City | Eggleston, Harliss, Red Wing, Stroms | 82,091 words | 75 | |
| Roscoe Township | Roscoe, Roscoe Center | 4,561 words | 0 | |
| Stanton Township | Stanton | 3,796 words | 2 | |
| Vasa Township | Vasa | 16,756 words | 0 | |
| Wacouta Township | Wacouta, Wacouta Beach | 1,208 words | 0 | |
| Wanamingo Township | Hader, Wanamingo | 2,075 words | 0 | |
| Warsaw Township | Sogn, Wangs | 2,084 words | 0 | |
| Welch Township | Welch | 1,726 words | 0 | |
| Zumbrota Township | Forest Mills, White Willow, Zumbrota | 9,568 words | 15 |
3 books written about this county, cut here where the book itself is cut, at its printed chapters: 41 chapters in all. Every chapter is public domain, machine-read from the scan and reproduced complete. A chapter already given under one of the county's towns is not repeated in this list.
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The whole text | 253,686 words in 16 parts |
| Chapter | Length |
|---|---|
| The Fuench Occupation | 1,748 words |
| Earliest County History | 3,003 words |
| Chapter 3 | 3,221 words |
| Chapter 4: Expeiiiences Continued | 4,563 words |
| Chapter 5: Missionary Experiences | 2,191 words |
| Chapter 6: First Impressions | 2,702 words |
| Chapter 7: Trials and Triumphs of Early Settlers | 2,664 words |
| Chapter 8: The Aborigines | 5,565 words |
| Chapter 9: Danger Apprehended | 1,764 words |
| Chapter 10: Rolitical History | 5,158 words |
| The Half-Beeed Tract | 1,695 words |
| Chapter 12: Keminiscences | 2,801 words |
| Chapter 13: The Civil Wae | 8,306 words |
Everyone History of Goodhue County, Minnesota stops to write about, with the section that describes them. Among them are the men who founded the place and governed the Territory. Each name opens the passage itself, in the words of 1909.
Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.
Belvidere township · 55066 · On Clear Creek · Goodhue East quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1989
Cannon Falls city · 55009 · On Little Cannon River · Cannon Falls quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1990
Florence township · 55026 · By Garrard Bluff · Maiden Rock quadrangle
15 sheets, 1940 to 1990
Pine Island city · 55963 · On North Branch Middle Fork Zumbro River · Pine Island quadrangle
11 sheets, 1953 to 1989
Red Wing city · 55089 · On Vermillion River · Diamond Bluff West quadrangle
15 sheets, 1944 to 1992
Wacouta township · 55066 · By Rattlesnake Bluff · Bay City quadrangle
16 sheets, 1940 to 1990
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