PICKWICK, Minn. — Fire destroyed a house at this historic Winona County hamlet. No one was injured. Crews responded from rural volunteer fire departments in Dakota, Nodine, Pickwick, Ridgeway and Wilson as well as from Winona 14 miles away. The cause was not determined immediately.
Pickwick profile
Pickwick, population 160, is at the confluence of Big Trout and Little Trout creeks, upstream on County Road 7 from the Mississippi River. The town is known mostly for a six-story water-powered gristmill built from quarried limestone in the 1860s. The mill, with. 20-foot water wheel, produced 100 barrels a day of flour for the Union.
Nothing left. Midafternoon fire. Image: Sue McNally