1926
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 12, 2017The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on November 12, 1926: MANY FARM OWNERS ARE OPPOSED TO RE-ROUTING NO. 9 Divided Fields With Resultant Inconveniences Are Most General Grounds for Complaint. The re-routing of trunk highway No. 9, so that it will run along the north side of the Omaha right-of-way from the west edge of this city, to the South Dakota state line, instead of over…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietySeptember 05, 2017The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on November 5, 1926: SCHOOL BUILDING IS FORMALLY DEDICATED Large Throng Attends Exercises and Inspects Luverne’s New High School Friday Evening. DESIGNERS AND BUILDERS ARE WARMLY PRAISED Splendid Value and many Merits of New Structure Are Outlined by Different Speakers. About seven hundred and fifty or eight hundred patrons and taxpayers…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyAugust 29, 2017The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on October 15, 1926: Minnesota’s highway department the first of this week completed the task of oiling and resurfacing with gravel the two-mile stretch of trunk highway No. 6, between the Kniss avenue paving and state road No. 8 north of this city. Oil was heated and put on under pressure by an especially designed machine, and the oil was…
By Betty Mann, President, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 17, 2017The following appeared in the Rock County Herald on Jan. 29, 1926: COUNTY SKI TOURNAMENT SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 12TH Between Thirty and Forty coasters to Take Active Part in Highly Thrilling Sport Plans now being made provide for a Rock county Ski tournament to be held at the Norton hill east of Luverne, on Friday, February 12th. It is expected that this will be one of the biggest out-of-door…
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