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Barn Bluff has stood over thousands of years of history in the Red Wing area
A public park since 1910, the ancient bluff serves as an impressive landmark.
Frederick L. Johnson
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The ‘Mother of the Farmer-Labor Party’ didn’t really want to add the ‘D’ to the beginning
Red Wing activist Susie Williamson Stageberg spent a lifetime fighting for unpopular political and social causes.
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Shipwrecked on Lake Pepin: The Sea Wing disaster
The accident ranks among the most deadly on America’s inland waterways.
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Minnesotan William Colvill: A hero of Gettysburg
In early summer 1863, William Colvill, now a full colonel, commanded the First Minnesota as it approached Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
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Arthur Parkin and the giant cheese stunt that put Minnesota’s dairy industry on the map
After helping to boost production in the area, Parkin believed Goodhue County cheese makers should publicize their efforts.
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Tatankamani led the Red Wing Dakota from alliance with Great Britain to the U.S.
Though the Mdewakanton Dakota initially fought with the British in 1812, by 1814 the Red Wing group decided to cast their lot with the United States.
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From Leavenworth Penitentiary to the halls of Congress: Francis H. Shoemaker’s fiery political life
Shoemaker was convicted of improper use of the mail after calling a Red Wing banker “Robber of Widows and Orphans” in a letter.
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When fire threatened Cannon Falls
Two major fires in the 1880s prompted Cannon Falls to establish a regular crew of firefighters.
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Divorce and women’s rights, 1879: Muus v. Muus
Divorce in Minnesota’s nineteenth century Norwegian-Lutheran community was a rarity. Legal separation between a leading pastor and his wife was unheard of.
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When wheat was king in Minnesota
In the second half of the nineteenth century many farmers throughout the state grew wheat in preference to all other crops.