1950’s
“One of the newest and most popular winter resorts in the “Valley of the Sun” is the spacious modern Camel Back Inn, located in the heart of the desert near Phoenix, a resort of real charm.”
Phoenix, Arizona
Wisconsin Day Tripping
Historical Marker, Prescott, Wisconsin:
“The St Croix River joins the Mississippi here. In 1680 explorers Hennepin and DuLhut both passed this point. About 1755 this area was the site of a surprise attack in which over 335 Sioux were killed by Chippewa Indians. In 1827 Fort Snelling army officers made the first claim for a town site in the upper Mississippi country at this location. To hold the claim, Philander Prescott, an Indian interpreter and trader, established a trading post and ferry across the St Croix here in 1839.”
Prescott is a small town of about 4,500 people. On summer weekends it is flooded with motorcycle riders. We saw close to 100 just in the short time we were there. They kind of overwhelmed the two block downtown area. But down the river(s) it was very pleasant with lots of boaters.
Up the road a ways is Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Ellsworth is the cheese curd capital of of Wisconsin and has a cheese curd festival every summer.
Custer, South Dakota
March 4, 1909 — Mitchell, SD
Rec’d your card last night sorry I had planned on going home, but haven’t been home for so long the folks are awfully anxious to see me.
Love
Postcard published by the Omaha News Company. Made in Germany.
Clearwater, Florida
August 1989
The Toronto Bluejays have their field two blocks from our house! I’m almost unpacked. Things are starting to shape up around here – now to job hunting.
Love
Minneapolis, Minnesota
This is a postcard, I believe from the 1950’s or thereabouts. It shows a skyline before the IDS building, before Mary Richards.
The back reads “View of the skyline of downtown Minneapolis with Loring Park in the foreground. Some of the buildings in the view are the Foshay Tower, Telephone building, Medical Arts and N.W. Bank Building.”
St. Marie’s, Gopher News Co.
Postcard Buzz 