Tuesday, August 20, 2013

On this Date in Minnesota History: August 20

August 20, 1892 – “On St Paul's East Side, a five-story building [collapsed] into Swede Hollow. The structure, home to 12 stores and 25 families, was built on a landfill. All managed to evacuate before the slide.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part1.pdf




Swede Hollow, St. Paul, Minn.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Swede_Hollow,_Phalen_Creek_2.jpg


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