The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗A post office called Plato has been in operation since 1858. The city was named for Plato, a Greek philosopher.
At approximately 10:13 P.M. on Thursday, November 10, 1955, a Studebaker sedan carrying six teenagers was struck by a westbound Milwaukee Road passenger train at one of the town's two railroad crossings, leaving no survivors. The county's worst vehicular and railroad accident in its history sent shockwaves across Minnesota and across the country.
The group were out celebrating a farewell party for one of its members: 18-year-old Robert A. Luedtke, who had recently enlisted in the United States Navy and was ordered to leave his home for basic training four days later.
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Start Plato’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Plato’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Plato, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Plato is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Plato has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Hebeisen, Jacob, Hardware Store in Hamburg, 4.4 miles away.
Plato and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (3). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.