"The site that would become Luverne was started as a stop on the mail route from Blue Earth, MN to Yankton, SD in 1867 by Philo Hawes. The John Leitze family and Miss Miranda Skinner maintained a “half way” house there for the first winter. Philo Hawes returned with his family the next year and built a log cabin which served as a post office, city hall, church and community center." Rock County Historical Society
"The site that would become Luverne was started as a stop on the mail route from Blue Earth, MN to Yankton, SD in 1867 by Philo Hawes. The John Leitze family and Miss Miranda Skinner maintained a “half way” house there for the first winter. Philo Hawes returned with his family the next year and built a log cabin which served as a post office, city hall, church and community center." Rock County Historical Society
E66 - Birds Eye View of Luverne County Seat of Rock County Minnesota - 1883
"The site that would become Luverne was started as a stop on the mail route from Blue Earth, MN to Yankton, SD in 1867 by Philo Hawes. The John Leitze family and Miss Miranda Skinner maintained a “half way” house there for the first winter. Philo Hawes returned with his family the next year and built a log cabin which served as a post office, city hall, church and community center." Rock County Historical Society
"The site that would become Luverne was started as a stop on the mail route from Blue Earth, MN to Yankton, SD in 1867 by Philo Hawes. The John Leitze family and Miss Miranda Skinner maintained a “half way” house there for the first winter. Philo Hawes returned with his family the next year and built a log cabin which served as a post office, city hall, church and community center." Rock County Historical Society