Del Norte Historical Tour #24. Heitler Building GRAND AVENUE AND COLUMBIA Charles and Ed Heitler ran a general mercantile together until the death of Charles.  Ed then ran the business until the 1890s.  Rudolph Knoblauch ran [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #23. The Mineral Well GRAND AVENUE AND COLUMBIA The need for water for firefighting caused the town to hire Sam Hoine to drill water in the center of Grand Avenue.  At a [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #22. The Freeman Block 610 GRAND AVENUE Originally this location was occupied by the Bismark Hall, the Western star Saloon, and the Senate Saloon, with a host of notables in the Del [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #21. The Telegraph Office 620 GRAND AVENUE By 1880, J. A. Hard opened the Telegraph News Depot in this Building that had been the law office of S. Pingrey.  With the coming [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #20. Kiel Building 630 GRAND AVENUE In 1881, Henry Kiel purchased the lot and built the present building using locally quarried volcanic stone.  The building was a saloon, tenpin bowling alley, and [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #19. Schiffer Brothers 1874 634 GRAND AVENUE H. Schiffer and Company was one of the first businesses in Del Norte.  Tragedy struck on July 7, 1877, when fire destroyed the building.  They [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #18. The Windsor Hotel GRAND AVENUE AND COLUMBIA In 1874 a group of businessmen decided that a new and more elegant hotel needed to be built for the growing town of Del [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #17. The Mark Jones Complex 575 GRAND AVENUE In the beginning of Del Norte, this half of the block was a blacksmith and wagon making shop with several different owners. The building [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #16. Adams Drug Store 650 GRAND AVENUE The fire of 1877 destroyed the American House Hotel at this location.  The American House Hotel was the typical wooden structure of the early days [...]

Del Norte Historical Tour #15. Frank Walker Building 660 GRAND AVENUE This building survived the massive fire of 1877 with Frank Walker, grocer, placing bags of flour, sugar, and salt against the walls.  In 1879, John [...]