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Back Roads: History on the hill
In 1883, the Todd County Commissioners agreed to build a courthouse high on a hill above the little frontier village of Long Prairie. They spent a grand sum of $20,000 during a time when most anything the ordinary citizen needed was valued in pennies. This statement about the solidity and longevity of justice and law was certainly affected by the dark deeds of autumn 1879.
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Cover story: The legacy of Wendelin Grimm and his 'everlasting clover'
Grimm was the farmer who developed winter-hardy alfalfa, which after his death became known as Grimm alfalfa. It helped make Carver County a premier dairy belt, and became the basis of the alfalfa used throughout Minnesota, and across wintry North America.
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Heatherow Farm still going 160 years, four generations later
They homesteaded 120 acres, not realizing that over 160 years later one of their fourth-generation descendants would own that land.
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Minnesota Machinery Museum breathes life into past
After using grant funds to make necessary improvements, the Yellow Medicine Agricultural and Transportation Museum opened Aug. 9, 1980, during the Pioneer Power Threshing Show. Under the guidance of Minnesota Historical Society Field Service Coordinator David Nystuen, the six-acre site found new life, and soon the name was changed to the Minnesota Machinery Museum.
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State Fair and Farm Bureau Federation accepting Century Farm applications
More than 8,800 Minnesota farms have been honored since the program’s inception in 1976.
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Back Roads: Pictures from the past
You wouldn’t notice much if you were driving by. From a distance it looks like another rocky outcropping on the prairie. But this Sioux quartzite in Cottonwood County holds spiritual significance for American Indians and historical interest for anyone who stops to view.
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Back Roads: Veterans’ legacy
Three quarters of a century ago a westbound train steamed into New London in Kandiyohi County. Most of the passengers who stepped onto the depot’s platform that day were unemployed World War I veterans.
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Back Roads: Art history
The Wadena Alley Arts project displays 34 murals, in 18 locations throughout downtown Wadena, which the creators say depict 1,000 years of Minnesota history. There are loggers, Native Americans, pre-history Minnesota, famous films, important Minnesotans, steamboats, miners and, of course, farmers.
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Cover story: Civil War reenactments ‘living history’
Cannons boom. Smoke fills the air. Men fire rifles at each other, moving forward, then falling back. Drummer boys dodge bullets. And this is only a small battle, taking place on the edge of Pipestone.
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Redwood County museum offers glimpse of yesteryear
Before you even enter the building of the Redwood County Historical Museum, you have already stepped into history.
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