Tag: Mankato
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Railroads Torment Colfax
I mentioned Colfax, Louisiana in “Just the -fax, Ma’am.” Something rang in my mind with a sense familiarity. Where had I heard of the town’s namesake, Schuyler Colfax before? I combed through the 12MC archive and discovered he’d made an appearance in a different context. One of our readers, John Deeth first mentioned him. Then…
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Blue Earth Revisited
After awhile experienced 12MC readers can sort-of guess where things are heading. I knew I ran that risk in the recent Blue Earth article. The early draft began to climb towards a thousand words and I still wanted to cover several more topics. Strategically, I split the article into two separate parts and wondered if…
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Blue Earth
What is this Blue Earth they speak of in southern Minnesota? There is a county of Blue Earth and a city of Blue Earth. However the city is not located in the county, rather it’s the seat of government in neighboring Faribault County. So the seat of Blue Earth County is Mankato which traces an…