Julie Schrader, Author at MankatoLIFE

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https://www.mnheritage.com/

Julie Schrader is a long-time Mankato area resident, author, historian, and owner of Minnesota Heritage Publishing. She also authors the blog, Betsy-Tacy's Deep Valley.

Photo courtesy Muriel Kuebler Berndt - Muriel and Barbara Kuebler in “50 Miles from Broadway,” one of the “short” pictures produced by Pathe Films to run in theaters between newsreels and the main feature. Barbara is third from the left and Muriel is to the immediate right of the tuba player.

History Stories

Mankato’s Vaudeville Stars – The Kaye Sisters

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June 30th, 2020

Photo from the Standard Historical and Pictorial Atlas and Gazetteer of Blue Earth County, MN, 1895 - The Bierbauer Brewery stood at the end of Rock Street in Mankato for many years. The brewery buildings are now gone. Albert and Lillie Bierbauer’s house, which is pictured on the left, still remains on the corner of 6th and Rock Streets. This photo was taken in 1895 and at the time the brewery was producing 18,000 barrels annually.

History Stories

Looking Back – William Bierbauer Brewing Company

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June 25th, 2020

Submitted Photo - Schmidt Mansion, Mankato - It’s an interesting coincidence that the Marsh family home was located on top of a hill behind a slough (now the current West High School). Lovelace describes her house in Emily of Deep Valley as “a little house huddled against a low hill. It was old and weather-beaten” and had a “faded white picket fence.” The Marsh house was torn down in 1923 and an elegant house was built on the property by Oscar and Katherine Schmidt. The Schmidt Mansion remained in the family until 1958, when the YMCA acquired it for office space. The house was torn down in 1988 to make room for a new facility.

History Stories

Marguerite Marsh and the YMCA in the Great War

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May 22nd, 2020

From History of the Red Jacket Valley by Julie A. Schrader - Panoramic view of the Red Jacket Bridge and Trestle by Mankato photographer, John R. Snow at the dedication of the bridge on August 22, 1911. Snow coaxed the train engineer into backing up so the camera could capture everything. He was credited with the first panoramic photograph taken in the Mankato area. Actually, the photograph is a composite of four photographs snapped from the same spot and then pieced together.

History Stories

Transportation Advances Through the Red Jacket Valley

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April 27th, 2020

Attraction Stories

Storybook Tour — A Literary Journey Along Highway 14

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April 23rd, 2020

From History of the Red Jacket Valley by Julie A. Schrader - Post card of the Red Jacket Bridge and Trestle, circa 1912

History Stories

A Brief History of the Red Jacket Valley

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April 21st, 2020

Photo courtesy Maud Hart Lovelace’s Deep Valley by Julie A. Schrader - The Saulpaugh Hotel was located where the City Center Hotel sits today. This photograph shows the main entrance to the hotel as it faces South Front Street with Main Street in the foreground, circa 1925. Originally there was an entrance on the Union Depot and Minnesota River side of the hotel. At that time most patrons arrived by steamboat or railroad. The image was taken from approximately where the south entrance of the Blue Earth County Library sits today. The current City Center Hotel ramp sits where South Front Street met Main Street.

The Grand Old Saulpaugh Hotel

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April 7th, 2020

History Stories

The Corn Crib Party – Civil War Heroes from Blue Earth County – Part Two

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March 25th, 2020

History Stories

The Corn Crib Party – Civil War Heroes from Blue Earth County

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March 5th, 2020

History Stories

Ice Cold History – The Era of the Ice Harvesting Industry

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February 12th, 2020

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