Saturday, September 24, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 24

September 24, 1971 – The Duluth-Superior High Bridge, which connects Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., was dedicated as the John A. Blatnik Bridge on this date.

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





John A. Blatnik Bridge1

Anyone remember Goldfine’s By The Bridge?




The Goldfine’s Department Store in 1962, an expansion made possible by the razing of the Garfield Ave. Residential District to make way for the High Bridge, later renamed the Blatnick Bridge. The store closed in 1979 and the building was later home to Goodwill Industries. (Image: Jeff Lemke, Twin Ports Rail History.)2

1http://photorator.com/photo/22414/the-john-a-blatnick-bridge-connecting-duluth-mn-and-superior-wi-

2http://zenithcity.com/zenith-city-history-archives/duluths-development/garfield-ave/3/

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Friday, September 23, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 23

September 23, 1918 – Reuben C. Curtis, who shot Ernest Lack on the night of June 25th after the latter had interfered when he ordered some children to stop playing in the street in front of his home, was found guilty of murder in the first degree by a jury in district court in Minneapolis this evening.

Curtis turned pale and moved his lips nervously as he heard the verdict. While his attorney, W. E. Hewitt, made his plea to the jury this afternoon, Curtis sobbed aloud. He was then led from the courtroom back to his cell in the county jail. The jury’s verdict meant a sentence of life imprisonment. The jury had gone out at 5:10 this afternoon and returned with its verdict at 8:40 p.m.

The shooting of Lack occurred early in the evening in front of his home on Tenth Ave. S. He died an hour later at the City Hospital. Children of the neighborhood, who always avoided the Curtis home because of Curtis’ known antagonism toward them, had been coasting down the sidewalk in front of Lack’s house. Curtis left the porch of his home just across the street, crossed over and ordered the children away, cursing as he did so, witnesses testified.

At that moment, Lack returned home and told Curtis to leave the children alone. They became involved in an argument and Lack led Curtis across the street to his own home. Lack was reentering his own yard when Curtis ran across the street again and shot him. Neighbors who witnessed the shooting said that Mrs. Curtis stood at the fence around her yard and watched her husband shoot Lack, while Mrs. Lack and her two children pressed their faces against the screened window of their living room and saw Lack fall mortally wounded on the grass. Curtis was arrested 10 minutes after the shooting.


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The Curtis case went to the jury this afternoon following testimony of state witnesses that Curtis was not insane at the time of the killing, had full possession of his faculties and knew right from wrong. This testimony was followed closely by a stenographic report of statements made by the defendant at police headquarters the night of the shooting. These statements showed that Curtis knew what he was doing at the time he shot Lack, that he did it in a spirit of revenge and not for self-defense. Temporary violent insanity and permanent mild insanity with self-defense were the pleas of the defense.

Dr. W. A. Jones, psychologist, testified that an examination of Curtis showed him to be strong of body and mind. He expressed an opinion that at the time of the shooting Curtis was mentally sound and knew the difference between right and wrong.

Lack, a salesman for Swift & Co., was 25 years old. Curtis, 58 years old, was formerly employed by the C. Q. Stone Transfer and Fuel Company. He is the father of eight children, all married.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Curtis Guilty of Murder in First Degree. Slayer of Ernest Lack Sobs as Attorney Pleads for Him.”; Sept. 24, 1918; p. 1.

*chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063381/issues/1920/
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Thursday, September 22, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 22

September 22, 1977 - The Ramsey County Poor Farm Barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date. A brick livestock barn with silos and milk house (1918), it was designed by Buechner and Orth for the government-owned farm worked by the county’s welfare recipients. The barn is currently used by the Ramsey County Cooperative extension service.

http://nrhp.mnhs.org/NRDetails.cfm?NPSNum=77000766

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




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ramseycountypoorfarm3.jpg

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Wednesday, September 21, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 21

September 21, 1909 - The Sandstone High School building was struck by lightning and at an early hour this morning was a mass of ruins, the loss being $35,000 with $28,000 insurance on the building. Only a few books were saved from the flames. There was no one in the building at the time the building was struck by lightning, through scarcely half an hour before the school directors had adjourned a meeting there.
The Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN 22 Sept 1909

http://www3.gendisasters.com/minnesota/4932/sandstone,-mn-high-school-fire,-sept-1909




http://www3.gendisasters.com/files/newphotos/MNsandstoneschoolafterfire1909r_tn.jpg

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Tuesday, September 20, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 20

September 20, 1978 – The Foshay Tower was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on this date.

http://nrhp.mnhs.org/property_overview.cfm?propertyID=27





Photo taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 20, 2016,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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Monday, September 19, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota History: September 19

September 19, 1997 – Mankato’s “Reconciliation Park, located along the Minnesota River, was dedicated [on this date]. The park is a place of remembrance and of healing toward one of the most tragic moments in Mankato’s early history. Thomas Miller, Mankato native and local artist, sculpted the white buffalo from a 67-ton block of local Kasota limestone. The monumental sculpture is surrounded by native flowers and prairie grass. The buffalo symbolizes the spiritual survival of the Dakota people and honors the Dakota heritage of this area.”

http://www.citycentermankato.com/city-center/things-to-do/history/





Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Sept. 19, 2016,
as long as acknowledgement included.
 

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Sunday, September 18, 2016

On This Date in Minnesota history: September 18

September 18, 1923 – Minnesota Governor Albert Harold Quie was born on his family's farm in Rice County near Dennison, Minn., on this date.

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




Minnesota Governor Albert Harold Quie

http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/photo.aspx?MediaID=3925

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