WINONA, Minn., city and countv-seat of Winona County, on the Missis sippi kiver, and on the Chicagoilwaukee and B Saint Paul, the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy. the Green Bay and Western, the Chi cago Great Western, and the Chicago and Northwestern railroads, about 105 miles south east of Saint Paul. The surrounding scenery is most picturesque, the peculiar rocks in and near the city arc of interest. Sugar Loaf and Trempealeau Mountains are remnants of once lofty elevations, but are now included with the high bluffs which border the city. The city has steamer connection with all the Mississippi River ports, and the bridges which span the riser at this point connect the city with places in Vs•sconsin. It is in an agricultural and stock-raising region. The chief manufacturing establishments are flour and lumber mills, agri cultural implement works, wagon and carriage factories, railroad shops, breweries and patent medicine works. In 1914 the reported corn Nned capital of the manufacturing establish ments amounted to $12,013,000, while the value of production was $14,304,000. Winona has
excellent transportation facilities and ships an nually large quantities of grain, hay, vegetables, !ember and livestock. The principal public buildinits are the government buildings, the courthosoe, municipal buildings, the Winona ta-neral Hospital. the Margaret Simpson Home, opera house, churches and schools. There are seseral churches, including a Roman Catholic cathedral The educational institutions are a State normal school, established in 1868; ‘S !none Seminary (Roman Catholic), for :flame women, a public high school, opened in OW, public and parish schools, Toland's Busi ness University, and several private schools. The city owns and operates the waterworks. Winona was settled in 1851 and in 1852 was laid ant as a town. In 1857 it received a city charter. Its growth has been somewhat rapid; but it has had no fictitious booms nor serious drawback Pop. 18,583.