Editing Rochester, Minnesota (section)

==History==
Several indigenous peoples such as [[Dakota people|Dakota]], [[Ojibway]], and [[Ho-Chunk]] inhabited the Rochester area.<ref>{{Cite web | title=History of Rochester {{!}} Rochester, MN | url=https://www.rochestermn.gov/about/history-of-rochester | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327102947/https://www.rochestermn.gov/about/history-of-rochester | access-date=2025-02-25 | archive-date=2021-03-27}}</ref> The area developed as a [[stagecoach]] stop between [[Saint Paul, Minnesota|Saint Paul]], [[Minnesota]], and [[Dubuque, Iowa|Dubuque]], [[Iowa]] near the Zumbro River. The community was founded by George Head and his wife Henrietta who built a log cabin named Head's Tavern in 1854 and named the city after his hometown of [[Rochester, New York]].<ref>{{cite web| title=History of Rochester| url=https://www.rochestermn.gov/about/history-of-rochester| website=City of Rochester Minnesota| access-date=October 11, 2021}}</ref> When the [[Chicago and North Western Transportation Company|Winona and St Peter Railroad]] initiated service in October 1864, it brought new residents and business opportunities and spurred growth. In 1863, [[William W. Mayo]] arrived as the examining surgeon for [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] draftees in the [[American Civil War|Civil War]].

===St. Marys Hospital===
[[File:1910StMarysHospitalRochesterMNcopyrightCarlAHolland.jpg|thumb|left|St. Marys Hospital (1910)]]
On August 21, 1883, the [[1883 Rochester Tornado|Great Tornado]] demolished much of Rochester, leaving 37 dead and approximately 200 injured. As there was no medical facility in the immediate area at the time, Mayo and his [[Mayo Clinic#Early years|two sons]] worked together to care for the wounded. Donations of US$60,000 (US$1,932,562 in 2022) were collected and the [[Sisters of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minnesota|Sisters of St. Francis]], assisted by Mayo, opened a new facility named [[Saint Marys Hospital (Rochester)|St. Marys Hospital]] in 1889.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/tradition-heritage/tornado-saint-marys.html |title=Tornado Strikes Rochester |publisher=Mayo Foundation for Medical and Educational Research}}</ref>