July 16, 1898: Typhoid strikes at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds
In 1898, 400 members of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were hospitalized with typhoid after camping at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
Joseph Manulik was an undergraduate studying Chemistry and English at the University of Minnesota and was a MNopedia intern at the Minnesota Historical Society.
In 1898, 400 members of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were hospitalized with typhoid after camping at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds.
In 1962 and 1963, industrial accidents spilled 3.5 million gallons of oil into the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.
By Joseph Manulik
July 16, 2013