Stillwater Minnesota. Circa 1872-4. Photo taken from North hilll looking South. The Courthouse Cupola is visible (Construction of the Courthouse was completed in 1870), but no Saint Michael's Steeple yet, (St. Michael's church was under construction from 1873, completed in 1875). Isaac Staples mansion is visible on bluff upper right (Pioneer Park today), Minnesota Territorial /State prison in foreground.