Dresbach. A village of about 100 souls, in the township of the same name, in the southeast corner of Winona county, 20 miles distant from Winona, the county seat, and 120 from St. Paul. Dakota, the nearest railroad station, is distant about 5 miles. There is a hotel, a saw mill and a number of stores in the village, also a Methodist church and district school. Wheat, lumber and brick are the export products. Settled in 1858. Mails, 12 times a week. (Minnesota State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1878-9, Volume 1, R. L. Polk & Co., and A. C. Danser, Detroit, Michigan, Page 141)