| Like with many other towns in the area,
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| | Worrall Mayo was a key player in
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| frontier life and westward expansion of
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| | rebuilding Rochester, knowing that people
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| the country brought settlers to Rochester
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| | would leave if they were not well-cared
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| 154 years ago. Among those settlers was a
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| | for. Dr. Mayo and his sons, along with
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| man named George Head; a baker from
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| | the help of Mother Alfred Moes and this
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| Waukesha, Wisconsin. Head is typically
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| | Sisters of St. Francis, set up a system
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| considered the founder of Rochester since
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| | to care for those injured during the
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| he built the first permanent home in the
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| | crisis. As the town was beginning to
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| area, but others were here first. The
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| | recover, Mother Alfred Moes proposed
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| land that Head wanted was previously
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| | building a hospital to the Mayos.
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| claimed by Edward S. Smith. As Head tried
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| | Although not enthusiastic at first, the
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| to take over, Smith confronted him with a
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| | hospital was eventually started. The
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| gun, but a deal was made as Head offered
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| | first seeds of the Mayo Clinic were
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| a large sum of money instead. Head and
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| | planted as St. Mary's Hospital was
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| his family arrived in the area in the
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| | created. In 1901, Dr. Henry Plummer
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| late summer of 1854 and built a home on
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| | joined the practice at St. Mary's,
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| the Zumbro River. Some rapids on the
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| | bringing many advancements in technology
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| river reminded him of falls on a river
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| | and patient care. This team soon formed
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| from his childhood in Rochester, New
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| | the organization known as the Mayo
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| York, so he named the new settlement
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| | Clinic. Parts of this history still
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| Rochester. Also in 1854, the first
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| | remain in Rochester today. Dr. Charlie
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| street, which is now Broadway, was
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| | Mayo's home, Mayowood, and Dr. Plummers'
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| opened. A log was dragged through the
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| | home, the Plummer House, are available
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| underbrush by a team of oxen to create a
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| | for special events and tours. Dr. Will
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| path, followed by Henrietta Head on a
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| | Mayo's mansion is home to the Mayo
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| horse to make it official. George Head
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| | Foundation. As the quality of care at the
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| built another log cabin along the Zumbro
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| | Mayo Clinic spread throughout the region,
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| that would evolve into Rochester's first
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| | more people came to Rochester and the
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| first hotel over the next few years. It
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| | town continued to grow. An airport was
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| became a popular housing spot for
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| | opened in 1928, offering its services
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| settlers passing through. Many settlers
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| | mostly to patients and visiting doctors.
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| came to stay, as the city was located
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| | In 1956, IBM chose Rochester as its
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| along the Dubuque Trail, a 272-mile
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| | building site, creating a huge housing
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| stagecoach route from St. Paul to
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| | boom, drawing in many more people. In
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| Dubuque, Iowa. When the railroad arrived
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| | 1978, another natural disaster struck
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| in 1864, the town grew even more. Farmers
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| | when a downpour caused massive flooding
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| could now transport crops of corn,
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| | in the city, killing five people and
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| potatoes, and wheat to other parts of the
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| | requiring the evacuation of 5,000. Since
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| country much easier. With the increase in
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| | then, flood control has always been an
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| population, other business started
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| | important factor in any land
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| opening as well. Wool mills, broom
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| | developments. No serious flooding has
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| factories, cheese factories, bakeries,
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| | occurred since the flood control projects
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| and buggy wagon repair shops were some of
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| | were started. The 1980s brought the
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| the businesses that could be found. As
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| | Centerplace Galleria to downtown
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| Rochester was growing into a substantial
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| | Rochester, along with a number of other
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| city, elsewhere in the country the
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| | renovations. There is no doubt that
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| American Civil War was raging on. Nothing
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| | Rochester will continue to grow and
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| unique to Rochester occurred as a result
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| | thrive in the future. If there is one
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| of the war, except that the city received
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| | thing that Rochester's history can teach,
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| Dr. William Worrall Mayo as a medical
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| | it is that devastation is not the end.
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| examiner of Civil War recruits. He had
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| | The tornado of 1883 was one of the most
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| arrived in 1863, and built up a practice
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| | destructive events in Rochester's past,
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| throughout the entire southern portion of
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| | but it lead to the formation of an
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| the state of Minnesota during and after
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| | institution that saves thousands of lives
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| the war. He had two sons, William and
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| | every year.
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| Charlie, who would accompany him on
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| | Rochester411 provides information about
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| medical calls when they were old enough.
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| | the city of Rochester Minnesota,
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| They eventually became doctors as well,
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| | including hotels and motels in Rochester
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| and used their skills to the fullest. On
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| | MN, restaurants and fine dining guides,
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| August 21st, 1883, a tornado swept
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| | movie theaters and live theatre, real
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| through the north side of town, killing
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| | estate agents, lawyers and attorneys, and
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| and injuring many people. Dr. William
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| | a complete business directory.
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