Saturday, February 2, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 2

February 2, 1987 – Amid growing anger over the decline of American service, many U.S. companies defy the trend and flourish handsomely because of the care they lavish on customers.” So begins a Time magazine article entitled “Where the Customer Is Still King” that includes a review of the Twin Cities’ own Byerly’s grocery stores. 

Don Byerly opened his first store in Golden Valley in 1968. He told Time that “he [had] almost never publicly advertised a product or price. ‘We spend the advertising money on service,’ he [explained].” The article goes on to say that “Byerly's places special emphasis on helpfulness.” According to Don Byerly, “The only reason people will come back to our store is because of what happened to them the last time they were here."

http://www.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,963439,00.html
http://www.lundsandbyerlys.com/About/Our-History.aspx



Byerly's in Golden Valley, MN

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 2, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 



Friday, February 1, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 1

February 1, 1932 – The Barker-Karpis gang moves into a rental home on South Robert Street in St. Paul. “They claimed to be musicians in a local orchestra and carried black violin cases to prove it.”
Maccabee, Paul; John Dillinger Slept Here; Minnesota Historical Society Press (St. Paul 1995); p. 104.



Barker-Karpis gang rental home on S. Robert St., St. Paul

Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Feb. 1, 2013,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 


Thursday, January 31, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 31

January 31, 1959 – “Buddy Holly, rock and roll singer, appeared at the Duluth Armory [on this date].”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf




The late Buddy Holly

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Buddy_Holly_Brunswick_Records.jpg


Wednesday, January 30, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 30

January 30, 1958 – “Minnesota and North Dakota agreed that Minnesotans who worked in North Dakota and North Dakotans who worked in Minnesota would not be required to pay income tax in both states.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf


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Tuesday, January 29, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 29

January 29, 2008 – The United States Patent and Trademark Office officially registered the slogan ‘Icebox of the Nation’ with International Falls on [this date], Registration Number 3375139.”

International Falls long promoted itself as the 'Icebox of the Nation,' however the trademark for the slogan has been challenged on several occasions by the small town of Fraser, Colorado. Officials from Fraser claimed usage since 1956, International Falls since 1948. The two towns came to an agreement in 1986, when International Falls paid Fraser $2,000 to relinquish its 'official' claim.

However, in 1996, International Falls inadvertently failed to renew its federal trademark, although it had kept its state trademark up to date. Fraser then filed to gain the federal trademark. International Falls submitted photographic proof that its 1955 Pee Wee hockey team traveled to Boston, Massachusetts with the slogan. After several years of legal battles, the United States Patent and Trademark Office officially registered the slogan with International Falls on January 29, 2008, Registration Number 3375139.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Falls,_Minnesota
http://www.darrenbarefoot.com/archives/2009/05/today-i-took-a-taxi-across-the-border.html



Sign at International Falls, Minn., Airport

http://mycastwx.com/2011/09/15/coldest-ever-in-september-for-nations-icebox/




Monday, January 28, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 28

January 28, 1960 – “Minnesota was granted an NFL franchise at the league owners’ meetings in Miami on [this date]. The team began play in 1961. The founding group consisted of Max Winter, E. William Boyer, H.P Skoglund, Ole Haugsrud and Bernard H. Ridder, Jr.”
http://www.vikings.com/team/history/timeline.html



http://schultzstake.blogspot.com/2011/08/touchdown-how-vikings-are-buying.html

Sunday, January 27, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: January 27

January 27, 1856 – The First Presbyterian Church in Hastings, Minn., was organized on this date. Worship services were first held at this site in 1876. In 1995, the church was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.1
1http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=95000822



First Presbyterian Church in Hastings, Minn.







Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Jan. 27, 2012,
as long as acknowledgement included.