http://www.winstedheraldjournal.com/history.html
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 30, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
Tuesday, July 30, 2013
On this Date in Minnesota history: July 30
July 30, 1857 – “The Village of Winsted [in McLeod County] was founded [on this date]
when Eli Lewis purchased the land north of Main Avenue from Baptiste Campbell,
a half-Sioux Indian, and named the town after his hometown of Winsted,
Connecticut.”
http://www.winstedheraldjournal.com/history.html
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 30, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
http://www.winstedheraldjournal.com/history.html
Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain July 30, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
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