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WINNER OF THE 2019 RENVILLE COUNTY FAIR ‘DONATE TO VOTE CONTEST’ is DANUBE, MINNESOTA! Results of the ‘DONATE TO VOTE’ contest for 2019 have the city of Danube as the winner for the 2020 Featured Town in the Main Museum… Read More
BY Coach Ron Eickhoff I had never heard of Franklin, MN, when I was job-searching after graduating from St. Cloud State in 1960. Then I got a phone call from H.A. Mahler, Superintendent at Franklin. We agreed to… Read More
Only two Renville County newspapers published a headline that stated the phrase “D-Day” on June 8, 1944, this included The Franklin Tribune and the Sacred Heart News. Today, June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of this notorious… Read More
Category: D-Day, France, Franklin Tribune, History, Military, Minnesota, Normandy, Olivia, Olivia Times Journal, Sacred Heart News, World War II Tags: Allied Forces, D-Day, Europe, France, Franklin Tribune, H-Hour, Hitler, minnesota, Normandy, olivia, Olivia Times Journal, Radio, Rome, Sacred Heart News, World War II
The many friends in this vicinity of Captain Oscar Youngdahl better known at Professor Youngdahl will be grieved to learn of his death, which occurred in France on October 8. Deceased put in two years of earnest work… Read More
Category: Fairfax, Fairfax Standard, France, Honor Roll, Minnesota, Need Photograph Tags: A.E.F., Fairfax, Fairfax Standard, honor roll, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, world war i
U.S.S. Texas, Nov. 24, 1918 Dear Sister: Well, I thought I would drop you a few lines tonight being it is Sunday. Censorship is lifted now so a person can write a decent letter. I am well and… Read More
The News received the following letter last week from Carl Hurtig who has been in active service in France for several months. November 4th, 1918 Dear Mr. Foster: You will probably be surprised to hear from me as… Read More
Somewhere in France, November 20, 1918 Dear Mr. Reid: It has been a long time since I wrote you any news. I am going to write but a few lines today. It will probably not be the kind… Read More
Somewhere in France, Nov. 18th, 1918 Dear Mother: Well Ma I’m still living and thank the good Lord the war is over. I was over the top six times in this last big drive which ended the war,… Read More
Category: A.E.F., France, Letter Tags: A.E.F., France, Letter, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, Trenches, world war i
Ed Foss Writes of Life in France to Thomas Grimes Stenay, France, Nov. 17, 1918 Dear friend Tom, It seems a long time now since I last saw you but, Tom, take it for granted it won’t be… Read More
Category: A.E.F., France, Franklin Tribune, Letter, Need Photograph Tags: A.E.F., Letter, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, world war i
Wounded in France Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mantel received a message from the War Department Monday that their son Raymond was severely wounded while in action in France. The telegram stated that Raymond received his wound October 17,… Read More
Category: A.E.F., Camp Cairo, Camp Lewis, Camp Mills, Fairfax Standard, Fort Ridgely Cemetery, France, Honor Roll, Minnesota Tags: A.E.F., France, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, world war i, Wounded
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Danube is the 2020 Featured Town Winner!
Posted: August 28, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
WINNER OF THE 2019 RENVILLE COUNTY FAIR ‘DONATE TO VOTE CONTEST’ is DANUBE, MINNESOTA! Results of the ‘DONATE TO VOTE’ contest for 2019 have the city of Danube as the winner for the 2020 Featured Town in the Main Museum… Read More
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Category: Danube, Minnesota Tags: danube, exhibit, minnesota, winner
Memories of a Coach: How Franklin Changed by Life by Coach Ron Eickhoff
Posted: June 21, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
BY Coach Ron Eickhoff I had never heard of Franklin, MN, when I was job-searching after graduating from St. Cloud State in 1960. Then I got a phone call from H.A. Mahler, Superintendent at Franklin. We agreed to… Read More
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Category: Franklin, High School Basketball, High School Sports Tags: Basketball, Coaching, Franklin, minnesota, Sports, Teaching, Tournaments
Only Two Renville County newspaper recognized D-Day on June 8, 1944
Last Updated: June 6, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Only two Renville County newspapers published a headline that stated the phrase “D-Day” on June 8, 1944, this included The Franklin Tribune and the Sacred Heart News. Today, June 6, 2019, marks the 75th anniversary of this notorious… Read More
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Category: D-Day, France, Franklin Tribune, History, Military, Minnesota, Normandy, Olivia, Olivia Times Journal, Sacred Heart News, World War II Tags: Allied Forces, D-Day, Europe, France, Franklin Tribune, H-Hour, Hitler, minnesota, Normandy, olivia, Olivia Times Journal, Radio, Rome, Sacred Heart News, World War II
Killed in France, Fairfax Standard, December 26, 1918
Posted: February 25, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
The many friends in this vicinity of Captain Oscar Youngdahl better known at Professor Youngdahl will be grieved to learn of his death, which occurred in France on October 8. Deceased put in two years of earnest work… Read More
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Category: Fairfax, Fairfax Standard, France, Honor Roll, Minnesota, Need Photograph Tags: A.E.F., Fairfax, Fairfax Standard, honor roll, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, world war i
Letter from Claude Smith, Morton Enterprise, December 20, 1918
Last Updated: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
U.S.S. Texas, Nov. 24, 1918 Dear Sister: Well, I thought I would drop you a few lines tonight being it is Sunday. Censorship is lifted now so a person can write a decent letter. I am well and… Read More
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Letter from Carl Hurtig, Buffalo Lake News, 12-20-1918
Posted: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
The News received the following letter last week from Carl Hurtig who has been in active service in France for several months. November 4th, 1918 Dear Mr. Foster: You will probably be surprised to hear from me as… Read More
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Letter from Ted Berning, Renville Star Farmer, 12-19-1918
Posted: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Somewhere in France, November 20, 1918 Dear Mr. Reid: It has been a long time since I wrote you any news. I am going to write but a few lines today. It will probably not be the kind… Read More
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Letter from Winston “Scout” George, Renville Star Farmer, 12-19-1918
Posted: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Somewhere in France, Nov. 18th, 1918 Dear Mother: Well Ma I’m still living and thank the good Lord the war is over. I was over the top six times in this last big drive which ended the war,… Read More
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Letter from Ed Foss, Franklin Tribune, 12-19-1918
Last Updated: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Ed Foss Writes of Life in France to Thomas Grimes Stenay, France, Nov. 17, 1918 Dear friend Tom, It seems a long time now since I last saw you but, Tom, take it for granted it won’t be… Read More
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Raymond Mantel, Fairfax Standard, 12-19-1918
Posted: February 24, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Wounded in France Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Mantel received a message from the War Department Monday that their son Raymond was severely wounded while in action in France. The telegram stated that Raymond received his wound October 17,… Read More
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Category: A.E.F., Camp Cairo, Camp Lewis, Camp Mills, Fairfax Standard, Fort Ridgely Cemetery, France, Honor Roll, Minnesota Tags: A.E.F., France, military, minnesota, Renville county, Soldier, world war i, Wounded