Cyclone Views: Pictures Sauk Rapids Cyclone

Authors

Brown and Riley

Files

Description

A viewbook of images that documents the destruction caused by an F4 tornado (often described as a cyclone) on the cities of St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, and Rice, Minnesota on April 14, 1886. It killed 72 people and caused $400,000 worth of damage.

Images depicted here of the tornado's aftermath include:

• View of Railroad yard, St. Cloud (2)
• Ruins in Sauk Rapids
• General view in Sauk Rapids, from the east
• View of Court House
• Mill in Sauk Rapids
• Northern Pacific Depot, Sauk Rapids
• Ruins of Senator Buchman's Farm
• General view in Sauk Rapids, from the west
• View of tree where the drug clerk was killed

The viewbook of images include both the images and the backside of the images.

Publication Date

1886

Keywords

St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, Rice, tornado, cyclone

Comments

Image ID: 04314

This viewbook is part of the University Archives' rare book collection. The call number is QC 941.S3x.

Recommended Citation

Brown and Riley, "Cyclone Views: Pictures Sauk Rapids Cyclone" (1886). University and Other Publications. 1.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/archives_univpubs/1