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NORTHFIELD — Almost exactly two years after efforts to honor a local World War I hero began, renovations for the Charles Preston Plaque in the Northfield Town Hall have been scheduled for this December.Stephen Seredynski, a Northfield resident and...
Commencing in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada the Red River trail squirreled its way down the Red River Valley and down the Minnesota River Valley to Mendota and later St. Paul, Minn. Thus began a half century of commerce between the Selkirk colonies in Manitoba, Canada and St. Paul.
Preacher Howdy Fowler dreamed of crossing the West by camel. Many spine-jarring miles later, his wish has come true.
Cherokees wlecome back troubled 'Raven' Bartee Haile / History columnist FacebookTwitterEmail During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent his teenaged bride home to mother, decided to resign as governor of Tennessee and prepared for a self-imposed exile among his boyhood friends, the Cherokees. Twenty years earlier, the 16-year-old had rebelled against his older brothers’ plans for his future, which included clerking in a general store, by running away. He found refuge among the neighboring Cherokees, who welcomed the headstrong youth with open arms and named him “The Raven.” ...