Saturday, August 20, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 20

August 20, 2011 – Minnesota native and pro-basketball player Kris Humphries married reality TV personality Kim Kardashian on this date. “On October 31, 2011, it was announced that Kardashian filed for divorce from Humphries after 72 days of marriage.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kris_Humphries




Kris Humphries and Kim Kardashian

http://www.worldmustbcrazy.com/2011/08/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-wedding.html

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Friday, August 19, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 19

*August 19, 1897This afternoon a small boy playing with matches started a fire in Ortonville, Minn., destroying the entire east side of Second Street between Madison and Monroe, ten buildings in all.

By 6 p.m., the fire was done. The entire block from the Bank of Ortonville to and including Schmilling’s Bakery was a smoldering ruin.

The Herald Star; “The Most Disastrous Fire in Twenty Years Visits City.”; Ortonville, Minn.; Aug. 26, 1897; p. 1.




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Thursday, August 18, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 18

August 18, 1980 - The Ogilvie Water Tower, thought to be the only concrete standpipe still in use in the state of Minn., was placed on the National Register of Historical Places on this date.




The Ogilvie Water Tower

Constructed entirely of reinforced poured-in-place concrete in 1918 by the Circular Concrete Company of Minneapolis. It is one of the first reinforced concrete water tower erected in Minnesota. The tower’s construction accompanied installation of an improved village water system which provided the impetus for organization of the Ogilvie Volunteer Fire Department.

Extensive restoration and painting of the tower was completed in 1977.

The tower’s 24’2” high 50,000 gallon concrete tank is mounted on an 80’ cylindrical stand. Both the tank and its supporting column measure 21’6” in diameter, with nine inch thick walls. Seven 32 light windows – three on the ground level and four at the level of the interior wooden platform – pierce the bottom portion of the tower.

The Ogilvie Water Tower was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 18, 1980.



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Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Aug. 18, 2016,
as long as acknowledgement included.
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 17

August 17, 1920 – Norwegian emigrant and Stillwater [Minn.] citizen Gustav A. Lund receives a patent for his new padlock. The lock [was cylindrical] in shape with a ‘slit-shaped key hole in one end.’" He received patent #1349682.

http://projects.wchsmn.org/reference/events/gustav-lund-receives-patent/



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Tuesday, August 16, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 16

August 16, 1916 - The first battalions of the First Minnesota infantry, comprising Company A and B of Minneapolis and C and D of St. Paul, received orders late this evening from General Parker to be in readiness to leave Sunday for patrol along the Texas/Mexican border.

Major Matt L. Higbee’s battalion will do patrol and outpost duty along a front of 12 miles extending from the Mercedes pumping station on the east of the Donna pumping station on the west, with battalion headquarters at Progreso.

These pumping stations are of high importance as they supply water for Mercedes, Camp Llano Grande and the New York troops encamped at Donna. Progreso, at a ford of the Rio Grande, was the scene of a Mexican raid about a year ago.




1st Infantry Regiment Band, Minnesota Army National Guard, Camp Llano Grande, TX1



The selection of troops from the First Minnesota was in line with the comments of army officers after Monday’s divisional review when the regiment was called the best drilled of the nine encamped here. General Parker’s orders to General Lewis, post commander, were characteristically concise. He was instructed to send a battalion “from the best instructed regiment in his command.”


On the advice of Major L. N. Nuttman, senior inspector instructor, the First Minnesota was chosen and Colonel Luce designated Major Higbee’s battalion. Men of the First saw in this honor compensation for the hours of drill and preparation that have been their lot since coming South. To be singled out from the 10,000 troops in camp was gratifying to both officers and men.

The Minnesotans will replace portions of the Twenty-sixth Infantry and a Texas regiment that have been ordered to Harlington. Indications of a long stay are seen in the order to take all equipment, including the pyramidal tents that are used in permanent camps. Lieutenant J. M. Finkleson, adjutant of the battalion, will have charge of supplies for the four posts and command of a motor truck train.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Four Twin City Companies to Go Out on Patrol. Battalion Ordered to Be Ready to Leave Llano Grande on Sunday. Picked From Among Ten Thousand Troops. Will Be Located at Various Pumping Stations, All Being Entrenched.”; Aug. 17, 1916. P. 1.




Camp Llano Grande Historical Marker2


Marker Text:

Occupied in 1916-17 by Indiana, Nebraska, Minnesota and North Dakota National Guard units, Camp Llano Grande was one of a line of encampments established along the Rio Grande in response to Mexican bandit raids into the U.S. Covering over 200 acres, it included a headquarters building, commissary, and recreational facilities. South of the railroad tracks were parade grounds, tent encampments, and stock pens. The camp was abandoned in March 1917, one month before the U.S. entered World War I, and former Llano Grande troops were called for war service in France. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836 – 1986.

1https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1st_Infantry_Regiment_Band,_Minnesota_Army_National_Guard,_Camp_Llano_Grande,_TX.jpg


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Monday, August 15, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 15

August 15, 1913 – Striking Duluth-Superior ore dock workers voted today to call off their strike. Many of them will leave for other fields of labor. The men, who were urged on by the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) representatives, realized, they said, that there was no hope for their cause for safety equipment.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_Workers_of_the_World#/media/File:Industrial_Workers_of_the_World_(union_label).svg


All was quiet at the Allouez Docks this evening. Those strikers who do not intend to leave the city are returning to work. About 300 men are working on the two shifts. The company is providing quarters for the men.




Duluth Ore Docks

http://zenithcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/ZCA_WF_DockOre_001_DPL.jpg


A fog delayed shipping for a time today. However, 20 boats, loaded with ore, cleared from the Duluth-Superior harbor.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Ore Dock Strike Is ended. Duluth-Superior Men Vote Not to Carry on Hopeless Fight.”; Aug. 16, 1913; p. 1.

https://www.marxists.org/history/usa/unions/iww/timeline.htm
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: August 14

August 14, 1911 – St. Paul Police Detective Frank Fraser was shot and killed while pursuing an escaped convict from Stillwater Penitentiary.

Detective Fraser followed the man onto a streetcar and as he grabbed him from the behind the man produced a revolver, turned, and shot him in the groin. As Detective Fraser struggled with the man he was shot again in the hand. Another officer who heard the shots rushed to the scene and the two were able to subdue the suspect. Detective Fraser succumbed to his wounds two days later.

The suspect was convicted of murder, sentenced to life, and returned to Stillwater Penitentiary. He was later transferred to Minnesota State Mental Hospital and died there on Aug. 10, 1930.

Detective Fraser had been with the agency for 20 years and was survived by his wife, daughter, and mother.




Detective Frank Fraser

http://api.odmp.org/officer/reflections/5082-detective-frank-fraser

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