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History of the Red Jacket Valley By Julie A. Schrader The Red Jacket Valley is located in Blue Earth County, the heart of southern Minnesota. With its wooded rolling hills and meandering rivers, this historic valley has endured many changes over the past 150 years. Let your imagination wander back in time as the stories and pictures recreate an era when the first trains traveled through the countryside and school children played at the Indian Lake schoolhouse. The old pioneers have since passed on, but their stories are longing to be told. Few of the original historic structures exist today. In some cases, our only reminder is a small marker on the side of the road or the crumbling remnants of an old bridge. This book is an attempt to preserve the rich history of the Red Jacket Valley, one of many historical regions of Minnesota's vast heritage. Chapter titles include: History of the Red Jacket Valley, Fort L'Huillier, Gold, Red Jacket Mill, Red Jacket Trestle, Red Jacket Bridge, Red Jacket Trail, Red Jacket School, Indian Lake School, Indian Lake, Jones Ford, Kern's Bridge (Yaeger Bridge), and Skihaven (Mount Kato). 36 B/W photographs and illustrations About the author Minnesota native, Julie A. Schrader, worked as Project Director for The Heritage of Blue Earth County, from 1988 to 1990. She established her own publishing company, Minnesota Heritage Publishing, in 2001 and works as a publishing consultant helping individuals self-publish. Author of The History of the Red Jacket Valley, her writing has also appeared in the Mankato Free Press, Applauze Magazine, and the Blue Earth County Historical Society's newsletters. In 2002, Julie released her third book entitled, Maud Hart Lovelace's Deep Valley. Schrader is currently the Executive Director for the Betsy-Tacy Society. She and is the editor of the Betsy-Tacy Society newsletter, the Deep Valley Sun and the editor of the Katoland Connection. For the past three years she has been the coordinator of the Deep Valley Book Festival in Mankato.
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