The key primary sources that we used for both of our projects were the eight Sanborn maps from the Library of Congress that show historical change from 1884 until 1921 in Faribault, Minnesota. In addition to these maps, we consulted a variety of secondary sources to support our research.

Primary Sources:

GLO Historic Plat Map. U.S. Surveyor General’s Office, 1855. Map. https://www.mngeo.state.mn.us/glo/glo_ol.php?mapxy=-10382859.974484%205514827.9688902.

Heidebrecht, Sophia. Bedrock Geology – Minnesota – State Precambrian Bedrock. Map. https://carleton.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=71e75e63f0e943c3966fb1f9e2f5b684.

Kemper, Rudo. Indigenous Territories (Native Land Digital). Oct, 2023. Map. https://services6.arcgis.com/SC70xY1nSLm15pYn/arcgis/rest/services/Native_Land_Digital_territories/FeatureServer/0.

National Watershed Boundary Dataset. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Dec, 2015. Map. https://carleton.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=53a9a02a7e93406ba041c2c17f0b0e75.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Oct, 1884. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_001/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Jun, 1889. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_002/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, May, 1893. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_003/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Jul, 1899. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_004/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Feb, 1905. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_005/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Feb, 1909. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_006/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Sep, 1914. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_007/.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Faribault, Rice County, Minnesota. Sanborn Map Company, Feb, 1921. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn04295_008/.

Surficial Geology. Minnesota Geological Survey, University of Minnesota, April, 2025. Map. https://services.arcgis.com/8df8p0NlLFEShl0r/arcgis/rest/services/D_01_Surficial_Geology_WFL1/FeatureServer/0.

Secondary Sources:

“Collection: H.H. King Flour Mills Co., Faribault, Minnesota. Collection, 1855-1975 | ArchivesSpace Public Interface.” Accessed November 7, 2025. https://archivesspace.lib.mnsu.edu/public/repositories/4/resources/76.

Faribault Mill. “Our Story | The History of Faribault Mill.” Accessed November 7, 2025. https://www.faribaultmill.com/pages/our-story.

Fossum, Paul R. “Early Milling in the Cannon River Valley.” Minnesota History 11, no. 3 (1930): 271–82. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20160861.

Jones, John W. “One Hundred Years of History In The Education of the Deaf In America And Its Present Status.” American Annals of the Deaf 63, no. 1 (1918): 1–47. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44462669.

Milling in Rice County, Minnesota. n.d. Accessed November 7, 2025. https://vimeo.com/4137131.

“Minneapolis Flour Milling Boom | Minnesota Historical Society.” Accessed November 7, 2025. https://www.mnhs.org/millcity/learn/history/flour-milling.

Noyes, J. L. “History of the Minnesota Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind.” American Annals of the Deaf and Dumb 14, no. 1 (1869): 54–61. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44460598.

Smith, James L. “The Minnesota School for the Deaf An Educational Institution by Legislative Enactment.” American Annals of the Deaf 46, no. 3 (1901): 318–23. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44463760.

“Straight River Master Plan.” March 1994. https://www.ci.faribault.mn.us/DocumentCenter/View/2824/1993-Straight-River-Master-Plan-Related-to-the-Downtown?bidId=.

1914. “Students at Barron Hall, Minnesota School for the Deaf, Faribault, Minnesota.” Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf Alumni Association Museum, Accessed November 19, 2025. https://collection.mndigital.org/catalog/p16022coll16:37