On 2nd Avenue SW at South Elm Street on 2nd Avenue SW.
How 101-A Got to Cresco
The 101A is a Model FP 7 diesel electric locomotive built by General Motors in La Grange, Illinois in 1951. It is the first such model ever sold to the Milwaukee Road rail line and was put into service in December . . . — — Map (db m141975) HM
On 2nd Avenue SW at South Elm Street on 2nd Avenue SW.
"Almost certainly, however, the first essential component of social justice is adequate food for all mankind."
Norman Borlaug, The Man…
Norman was born on March 25, 1914 on a farm near Cresco, to Henry and Clara Borlaug. He . . . — — Map (db m142006) HM
On 2nd Avenue SW at South Elm Street on 2nd Avenue SW.
The cabin was built in 1854 and was lived in continuously through 1964. The interior contains two rooms: a kitchen on the ground floor and a bedroom above. It was constructed of hand hewn logs, dovetailed and every log marked near the end with . . . — — Map (db m141974) HM
On 2nd Avenue SW at South Elm Street on 2nd Avenue SW.
The seeds for this tree were flown abroad the
US Space Shuttle Atlantis, December 2-8, 1988
by Lt. Col. Jerry L. Ross, USAF.
This tree was presented to the City of Cresco
on July 27, 1990, by Maurice Kramer,
Notre Dame High School . . . — — Map (db m141973) HM
On 2nd Avenue SW at South Elm Street on 2nd Avenue SW.
Magnetic mine of the German Navy
was brought to Cresco through the
efforts of George Hamilton M/M
who served aboard an American mine
sweeper.
Memorial Dedicated to Cresco's five
admirals:
Frank Lowry
Arthur Moen
. . . — — Map (db m142012) WM
