My, oh my, how summer flies! It seems like just yesterday we were (at least I was) grumbling about the cold weather that simply wouldn’t abate…
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It was a normal day in Hutchinson, yet one that was met with an abnormal event. The year was 1927, a time at which Hutchinson was far less of …
It’s been a tough year and a half for Americans. A pandemic-weary people watched as a heated presidential election resulted in a nation more d…
John Larson was a wealthy widower. The year was 1919, and John was in his brand-new Elgin-Six automobile. He was on his way from Minneapolis t…
The year was 1859 and McLeod County was in its third year of existence. The region was nothing as it is today. The landscape was that of a wil…
It was May. The year was 1908 and the small town of Glencoe, Minnesota, was panic-struck. A pack of rabid dogs was on the loose in town and th…
The year was 1831, near Montreal Canada, at a place called Hoag’s Hollow, a male child was born. His name was John H. McKenzie. For years Queb…
When you think of McLeod County, several things come to mind. There is, of course, the story of Martin McLeod and the founding of Glencoe, the…
Minnesota! Cure for the Panic Emigrate to Minnesota where no banks exist, and a suspension is unknown. Land and water of the best kind. No fev…
The U.S.-Dakota War of 1862 turns 160 years old in 2022. Local historians will agree that McLeod County was hit by relentless hardships during…