Cokato’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cokato. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cokato was founded in 1869 when the First Division of the St. Paul & Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. The city was named after a Dakota word meaning 'amid'. Cokato was incorporated as a village in 1878.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cokato’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cokato’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewHenry C. Bull House, 1988: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Cokato, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Cokato
1 place in Cokato is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Henry C. Bull House (1988) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.