On This Date in Minnesota History: December 18

December 18, 1984 – “Bud Grant was re-hired as the head coach of the Vikings. He replaced Les Steckel who guided the team in 1984 after Grant retired following the 1983 season.”

http://www.vikings.com/team/history/timeline.html

Bud Grant

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 17

December 17, 1919 – More than a score of persons were injured in wrecks at Springfield and Eyota on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad this morning.

A fireman was scalded and a news agent and baggage man were injured when west bound passenger train No. 503, due in Owatonna at 10:57 a.m., and east bound passenger train No. 516, which leaves Owatonna at 7:20 a.m., crashed together near the Eyota station platform. Some of the coaches were partly demolished and 14 passengers were reported injured. This wreck happened at 11 a.m. Both trains were running behind time.

Eyota Depot¹

 Train No. 516 had been made up at Mankato after having wrecked at Springfield at 4:30 a.m. this morning. A broken rail is believed to have caused it to jump the tracks at Springfield. Several injured persons were taken to Springfield for emergency treatment.

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The Daily People’s Press; “More Than a Score Hurt in Two Wrecks. Railroad Accident at Springfield and Eyota.”; Owatonna, Minn.; Dec. 18, 1919; p. 1.

¹https://eyota.govoffice.com/?SEC=C934A0C0-C9B8-4E96-9D18-CDD27E0FF215

²https://www.springfieldmn.org/

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 16

December 16, 1904 – Itasca County comes to the front with a record breaking crop of wolf bounties. County Auditor E. J. Farrell today called at the state auditor’s office and presented certificates showing that his county had paid bounties of $7.50 for female wolves and $2.50 for male wolves, and that the state’s share of the bounty payment on the total would be $1,391.50. The payment will cover more than a year’s crop. The state pays $7.50 for female wolves and $2.50 for the scalps of male wolves.

The Saint Paul Globe; “Itasca County Breaks Wolf Killing Record. County Auditor Reports Paying $1,390.50 in State Bounties”; Dec. 17, 1904; p. 2.

https://www.visitgrandrapids.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/itasca-county-logo1.jpg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 15

December 15, 2011 – “Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Amy Koch resigned her leadership position [on this date] after fellow Republicans confronted her about an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a direct subordinate.”

http://www.citypages.com/2011-12-21/news/amy-koch-affair/

Amy Koch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:19Koch.jpg

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 14

December 14, 1998 – “Susan Kimberly, a former St. Paul, MN., city council president and a Transgendered woman, was appointed by St. Paul mayor Norm Coleman to be the city's deputy mayor effective Jan. 4,” 1999. “Kimberly was known as Bob Sylvester before undergoing sex-reassignment surgery” in 1983. She was the first trans-gendered deputy mayor in America.

http://www.ambushmag.com/is2698/news3.htm

Susan Kimberly

https://citizensleague.org/events/2017-civic-celebration-
honoring-dr-josie-johnson-and-susan-kimberly/

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 12

December 12, 1971 - The University of Minnesota announced that Paul Giel would become the director of athletics. “He took on the job knowing that the sports department was $500,000 in debt, but he was able to turn the debt into a surplus during his 16-year tenure. The Gophers won a number of championships during the years that Giel directed the athletic program: two national hockey titles, three Big Ten baseball titles, three men’s gymnastics championships, and a men’s basketball Big Ten championship.”

http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0b986aab

Paul Geil

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On This Date in Minnesota History: December 11

December 11, 1912 – John Harvey of Pitt, Minn., died in the Spooner, Minn., hospital today from two shot wounds inflicted by Marshal A. H. Fryberg of Spooner. The shooting took place in front of the village auditorium last night. The deceased leaves a widow with four children. Marshal Fryberg is under arrest.

The marshal had been instructed by Mayor E. W. Koefed of Spooner to take a billy and a gun from, and arrest Frank Taylor, an alleged bad man. Koefed went with Fryberg through the different saloons and Taylor was located. Fryberg was outside on the lookout. When he saw a man he supposed to be Taylor come out, the marshal is said to have cried, “You are under arrest,” and fired the first shot. The supposed Taylor was actually John Harvey. Harvey walked off until the second shot was fired; he then fell.

The marshal said it was the first time he had used his new automatic gun and he had fired as a bluff.

The Minneapolis Morning Tribune; “Innocent Man Is Slain. Spooner Resident, Taken for Alleged Desperado, Killed—Officer Arrested.”; Dec. 12, 1912; p. 1.

http://townmapsusa.com/d/map-of-pitt-minnesota-mn/pitt_mn

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