A Trip Back in Time: Northwest Thresher Company

"A Trip Back in Time" is a photo feature showcasing moments of Stillwater's storied past.

If you have historic photos and memorabilia you would like to share with Stillwater Patch users, please email Editor Shawn Hogendorf with a photo description and story of the snapshot, if you know it.

This photo was taken in 1918 and is of the Northwest Thresher Company. The photographer is unknown and is courtesy of the Minnesota Historical Society.

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In a column published in the St. Croix Valley Press in September 2011, Brent Peterson wrote this piece about the Norwest Thresher Company.

"Early in the history of this great Valley there were many corporate giants that grew here, and one of the major industries of the 19th century was production of the farm implement," Peterson wrote. "From horse and plow to the great steam engines of the past, much of the farm industry looked to Stillwater to provide its workhorse engine or the thresher to bring in crops, and the local provider was called the Northwest Thresher Company."

Here's another link with information about Northwest Thresher Company.

Do you have any interesting tidbits of information or interesting stories you would like to share about the Northwest Thresher Company? Please, tell us about it in the comment section below.