On This Date in Minnesota History: September 9

September 9, 1878 – President Rutherford B. Hayes stopped in Hastings, Minn., on this date during his Presidential Midwestern Tour and had lunch with his Commissioner of Agriculture, William Gates LeDuc, and his family, in their home. 

President Rutherford B. Hayes¹

 The LeDuc Mansion was named to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 1970, and is now a museum available for tours and rentals for special occasions.

The LeDuc Mansion²

http://www.rbhayes.org/hayes/collections/display.asp?id=692&subj=collections

http://www.twincities.com/ci_23503893/rich-history-house-poor-william-and-mary-leduc

¹http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg
²Photos taken by Pamela J. Erickson. Released into the public domain Oct. 15, 2012, as long as acknowledgement included.

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