Bagley’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Bagley. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The land for the village originally belonged to Mary Bagley when in 1884 the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad built a depot. Later that year, the Saint Paul Land Company purchased the land and platted the village.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Bagley’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Bagley’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPrairie du Chien from Wyalusing S…, 1971: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Bagley
See all 2 →Bagley, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Bagley is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Bagley has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Clayton School in Clayton, 2.5 miles away.
Bagley and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Prairie du Chien from Wyalusing State Park (telephoto) (1971) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (4). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.