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Saturday, February 13, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 13

February 13, 1914 –John Erickson and P. C. Frederickson of Roosevelt Township brought 14 wolf pelts to Bemidji this morning to receive the state bounty that amounted to $105. This is the largest number of pelts brought to Bemidji for bounty at one time; all were brush wolves. Erickson and Frederickson have claims near Neving and for a pastime during the winter, trap. They have been unusually successful during the past few months and have several more that were not dry enough to bring in.

So far this season other trappers who have been working the country in the vicinity of Neving have been unsuccessful as the wolves are scarce and can only be caught by clever methods. The hides bring about four dollars apiece.

The Bemidji Daily Pioneer; Feb. 13, 1914; p. 1.

A brush wolf, 1906

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Andersch_bros_(1906)_Brush_wolf_caught_in_trap.png

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Friday, February 12, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 12

February 12, 2000 – “Famed cartoonist of ‘Peanuts,’ Charles M. Schultz died in California on this date. That summer, in St. Paul, his childhood home, 101 individually decorated, five-foot-tall statues of Snoopy were displayed around town to celebrate Schultz's life.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pd

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/peanuts/images/7/70/CharlesSchulz.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20110825213701

Thursday, February 11, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 11

February 11, 1985 – Twins first baseman Kent Hrbek signs a new contract that makes him the club’s first $1 million player.

http://twinstrivia.com/2014/02/11/this-day-in-twins-history-february-11/

http://twinstrivia.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/Hrbek-Kent-1983-Fleer.jpg

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 10

February 10, 1913 – Two robbers tried to wreck a Soo passenger train that left St. Paul at 8:40 for Chicago this evening by shunting it onto a sidetrack at North St. Paul. The passenger train collided with a freight train and cut a boxcar in two. One passenger coach was derailed by the impact; however, no passengers were injured.

The passenger crew and porters who went to investigate saw two men running toward the plant of the North St. Paul Table Company. They opened fire on them. The would-be robbers returned fire and there was a running revolver fight for several minutes.

Nearly everyone in the village was disturbed by the noise of the collision and the crack of the shots. Charles Kliede, the village marshal, a deputy, and a railroad detective joined in the chase, but the suspects escaped.

Residents of the village said last night that they believed it was the plan to wreck the train and then rob the passengers during the excitement and confusion.

Examination of the switch showed that it had been opened with a key. Detectives will investigate to see whether the key had been stolen from an employee on the road.

The passenger train was running at low speed as it neared the outskirts of North St. Paul. There is a curve in the road where the switch was opened, and when the engineer was saw the red light and boxcar ahead, he jammed on the emergency brakes, but failed to stop the heavy train, the force of the impact knocking a coach off the rails. The passengers aided the crew in jacking the car back on the tracks. The trip was resumed after a delay of about a half hour.

Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Train Robbers Fail to Wreck Soo Train. Switch Opened at North St. Paul—Soo Passenger Hits a Freight. Crew Fires on Suspects—Village Posse Is Outdistanced in Chase. Passengers Escape With Jolting—Detectives to Investigate Today.”; Feb. 11, 1913; p. 1.

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMHB89_Water_Tower_Tower_Park_North_St_Paul_MN

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 9

February 9, 1887 - Melrose [Minn.] officially became a city on this date. “The vote to become a city was 125 for, 65 against. By that date, Melrose had been a village for 16 years and a community of white settlers for 23.”

http://www.melrosemn.org/history/ACenturyAsACity.htm

http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7RQ1_N_1st_Ave_West_Water_Tower_Melrose_MN

Monday, February 8, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 8

February 8, 1920 – Vaudeville and motion picture stars Francis X. Bushman and his wife actress Beverly Bayne were in Minneapolis today. Miss Bayne, who was born in Minneapolis, spent the day renewing old acquaintances, coming back late this evening before she had made “half her visits,” she said.

Francis X. Bushman¹

Beverly Bayne²

Bushman and Bayne, co-stars in several films, made scandalous news in 1918 after an affair the two had been having became national headlines. Bushman divorced his wife of 16 years (they had five children) to marry Bayne. The couple divorced in 1925.

Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Screen Star and Wife, Who Have Been Renewing Acquaintances Here; Feb. 9, 1920; p. 3.

https://travsd.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/stars-of-vaudeville-564-francis-x-bushman-and-beverly-bayne/

¹https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_X._Bushman

²https://travsd.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/stars-of-vaudeville-564-francis-x-bushman-and-beverly-bayne/

Sunday, February 7, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: February 7

February 7, 1966 – “The Duluth City Council Planning Committee approved rezoning an 18-acre site in the Duluth Heights neighborhood from residential to commercial to accommodate construction of the 540,000 square foot Miller Hill Mall Shopping Center.”

http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part3.pdf

http://www.yelp.com/biz/miller-hill-mall-duluth