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Mark Ollig Column - 11/25/22

Mark Ollig s Bits & Bytes column ....

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This Was Brainerd - Nov. 23

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1922. ....

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Maid-Rite sandwiches still a mainstay at The Barn

The Barn is a longtime restaurant off Washingon Street that is popular with locals and known for its friendly staff and pies. The Barn in Brainerd was opened in 1945 by a family from Iowa. It was part of the original Maid-Rite franchises and still serves the loose-meat sandwich. ....

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Last Civil War veteran buried in Crow Wing County to be honored in Brainerd

A public dedication ceremony by the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War Camp No. 56 will take place Aug. 27 at Evergreen Cemetery in Brainerd to honor Union Pvt. Elias Fenstermacher, the last Civil War veteran buried in Crow Wing County. He died in 1948 at the age of 97. ....

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Northern Pacific Center offers tours of historic railroad property

The Northern Pacific Center in Brainerd will begin offering free tours next month in June of the historic buildings or structures that make up the railway property’s grounds south of Washington Street and east of Southeast 13th Street. ....

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