The Preston Brick Yards, at Preston, Minn., is sharing in the general brick prosperity and expects to considerably increase its annual output owing to the demand for its products. (Brick, Kenfield Publishing Company, Chicago, July 1906, Volume XXV, Number 1, Page 36)

Frank Passe of Wabasha, Minn., has bought the brick works at Preston and will move there and engage extensively in the brick business. (Clay Record, Clay Record Publishing Company, Chicago, December 30, 1908, Volume XXXIII, Number 12, Page 35)

The couple farmed in Meeker County, then lived at Preston, Minn., where he owned and operated a brickyard (Frank Passe). (The Winona Daily News, Friday, March 12, 1971, Page 2)