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One Room Schoolhouses Closed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
One Room Schoolhouses Closed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
One Room Schoolhouses Closed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
One room school houses are an image the majority of Minnesotans are familiar with. Either visiting one on a field trip or actually having attended a similar school, the image is a fond one of our Minnesotan roots. For the single room, furnished simply with a globe, maps hung over the blackboard, desks, and a wood burning stove, was the place for students of various ages to learn.
Kimball Post Office Bombed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
Kimball Post Office Bombed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
Kimball Post Office Bombed – On ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
It was a quiet spring morning when an explosion disrupted the small town of Kimball, Minnesota on May 13th, 1976. The explosion came from the Kimball Post Office where assistant postmaster Ivend Holen was sorting the morning’s mail. Though the ambulance was fast to the scene, the 60-year-old father of 10 died on the way to the hospital.
St. Cloud Area Men Volunteer To Fight In Civil War – on ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
St. Cloud Area Men Volunteer To Fight In Civil War – on ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
St. Cloud Area Men Volunteer To Fight In Civil War – on ‘This Date In Central Minnesota History’
On this date 150 years ago, the First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry organized at Fr. Snelling. Stephen A. Miller, who was in the mercantile and real estate business with Henry Swisshelm in St. Cloud, heard this first call for soldiers and went into action. He raised a company of local volunteers and brought them to join the First Regiment at Fort Snelling.

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