Pickwick, Minnesota

Pickwick is an unincorporated community in Homer Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

His family lived in a cabin owned by an Ira Hammond, which was situated on 1,200 acres near La Moille.

[4][5] On June 19 of that year, Jason E. Rutherford, his wife (sister of G. W. T. Grant's wife, Cynthia Higley McNaughton), their family, and Jason's brother B. W. Rutherford traveled from Ohio through Little Trout Valley in a covered wagon, where they camped at the site that eventually became Pickwick.

[13] In spring 1856, Timothy sold his interest to his son, Wilson Davis, who built a small store and ran the mill.

A small building owned by the mill was established as a school, and a post office was kept by Charles Sufferins.

[17] In 1861, Charles Sufferins was appointed postmaster of the Pickwick post office and purchased an interest in the local store.

[18] During the Civil War, business boomed for the Pickwick Mill, which ran constantly to create flour for the Union Army at approximately 100 barrels a day.

Looking south
Pickwick Mill aerial photo
Map of Minnesota highlighting Winona County