History of Rochester
In 1883, One of THESE struck Rochester/SE Minnesota and created a need for improved health care.
What is a tornado?
Considered to be one of the best hospitals in the world, it officially got it's name in 1914.
What is the Mayo Clinic?
THIS city is located directly West of Rochester on Highway 14. It has a population of roughly 6,800 people.
What is Byron?
The newest building of the three public high schools in Rochester.
What is Century?
THIS huge, 3-letter tech company opened a location in Rochester in 1956.
What is IBM?
From your readings, the Mayo Brothers were the first to use THIS to serve patients medical needs. Considered "Mayo Clinic’s most significant contribution to medicine".
What is collaboration/teamwork?
Rochester has 15 locations of THIS gas station that is headquartered in La Crosse, WI. It is hard not to drive past one if you go anywhere in town.
What is Kwik Trip?
This busy street runs North and South right through downtown Rochester. It eventually turns into Highway 63.
What is Broadway?
This Catholic high school in Rochester was moved out of downtown Rochester, and demolition of the old building is going on this year.
What is Lourdes?
In 2013, our governor signed the bill known as DMC, which stands for this.
What is Destination Medical Center?
The flood that devastated Rochester happened in this year.
What is 1978?
The name of the mall in Rochester that is the home to the store Scheels.
What is Apache?
The Root, Whitewater, and Zumbro rivers all flow through Olmsted Country, and eventually drain into THIS river.
What is the Mississippi?
This is the oldest high school of the three in RPS.
What is John Marshall?
The first franchise of this fast food chain opened in 2018, and construction of a second location is currently going on as we speak.
What is Chick-Fil-A?
Rochester became an official city in THIS year. The same year Minnesota became the 32nd state in the US.
What is 1858?
What is Foster Arends?
Olmsted County has THIS MANY naturally occurring lakes in the county.
What is zero?
Rochester has built a few new schools in the past 5 years. The newest elementary schools in RPS are a relocated and newly constructed Longfellow/Pinewood and THIS elementary school in NW Rochester.
What is Overland?
SHE is the mayor of Rochester.
Who is Kim Norton?
What is William?
Hopefully nobody in this room ever has to go there unless it is for work. This is the official name of the prison located here in Rochester.
What is Federal Medical Center Rochester?
This is the name of the only interstate highway located in Olmsted County. It runs East/West and can get you from Boston, MA to Seattle, WA.
What is I-90?
This high school has the most MSHSL State Championships of the three public high schools with six. The most recent being the 2024 AA Girls Tennis state title.
What is Mayo?
Believe it or not, Rochester has it's own flag. It is blue, with a circle in the middle that highlights the city's skyline and THIS animal flying by.
What is a Canadian Goose?