History

October 7, 2011

Mayo Clinic doctor with ties to area accepts Wall of Honor plaque

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A Mayo Clinic doctor, with deep ties to the area, accepted the Wall of Honor plaque Friday evening for 1892 Spring Valley High School graduate Dr. Henry Plummer, the newest inductee into the Kingsland Wall of Honor. Dr. Molly J. Ness, a pediatric resident at Mayo Clinic, who grew up on a farm north of […]

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October 5, 2011

Plummer played a large part in developing the Mayo Clinic

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After graduating from Spring Valley High School in 1892, Henry Plummer left the area to attend pre-med study at the University of Minnesota and then to Northwestern University in Chicago to attain his medical degree. He returned to his family home in Hamilton, north of Spring Valley, to work with his father, who was a […]

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October 4, 2011

Mayo Clinic Heritage Days

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Monday, residents of Rochester and Mayo employees got a look back at how far the Mayo Clinic has come.  As part of the celebration, there were two vintage cars on hand, but these cars were there for more than just show. Mayo’s first building ever constructed was in the year 1914. “The red car is a 1914 model T […]

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September 29, 2011

Plummer to be inducted to Kingsland Wall of Honor

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Dr. Henry Plummer, one of the first doctors hired as a partner at Mayo Clinic, will be inducted into the Kingsland Wall of Honor at 6 p.m. Friday atKingslandHigh School inSpring Valley. Plummer was an 1892 graduate ofSpring ValleyHigh School; theSpring ValleySchool District consolidated with the Wykoff district in 1992. Kingsland officials hope today’s students […]

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