On This Date in Minnesota History: October 15

October 15, 1921 – “Jay Cooke Sculpture was dedicated in Duluth. By sculptor Henry M. Shrady who did the Grant Monument on Pennsylvania avenue in Washington, D. C., the statue was a gift to Duluth of J. Horace Harding, spouse of Cooke's granddaughter, of New York. It may not have been said, but 1921 was the 100th anniversary of Cooke's birth.”
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Jay Cooke

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