tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88200979312325983032024-03-05T09:24:43.733-08:00Back Roads with RhondaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00952423019877588441noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820097931232598303.post-42769498292569586412017-02-16T18:51:00.000-08:002017-02-16T18:51:12.280-08:00Rustic Retreat Complete with Outdoor Hot Tub<span style="color: #f1c232;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Along that same stretch of Highway 23 in rural Wadena County, there is another rustic retreat. I can just see the real estate ad, "Rustic Retreat, wooded location, complete with outdoor hot tub."</span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">Old houses are so great and the time to photograph them is when you go by, they may not be there the next time you travel through. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #f1c232;">I found several wonderful buildings along this stretch of road from Verndale to Park Rapids. </span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00952423019877588441noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8820097931232598303.post-26838857963069088762017-02-08T19:15:00.004-08:002017-02-08T19:15:22.361-08:00Rustic Cabin For Rent<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">I love old buildings. I used to drive by them and tell myself that I'll get a photo on my way back. Only thing was, I never went back. I found other roads to drive and never went home the way I traveled on the way. Sometimes when I would get that way again, the building was gone, collapsed, torn down or ? Lost forever.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">Recently, I've been stopping and taking photos of old buildings, unique buildings and otherwise interesting or historic places and roadside attractions.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f1c232;">One day a few years ago I was headed to Park Rapids MN. I travelled along Highway 23 from Verndale. I found a treasure trove of wonderful buildings with tales to tell. As they say, if only these walls could talk. I'm going to post a few of these really great buildings over the next few weeks.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>I've been to Randall Minnesota more times than I can count. The small, friendly town is approximately 10 miles north of Little Falls on Highway 10. </strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>Recently, we noticed that a building located a block of Randall's Main Street looked like a former church. I'd never noticed the building before so had to get a closer look. We took photos and imagined the church's heyday. Thus far we have been unable to find any information on the former church.</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06;"><strong>It's a good reminder that sometimes we take our everyday world for granted. I'll have to look closer when I'm out and about. Share your out and about photos with us.</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138;">This past New Years Eve, the Godahl Store closed its doors for good. After 122 years in business, the store was considered the oldest community coop store still operating in Minnesota, the third oldest in the United States.</span></strong> </div>
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138;">Built in 1894, it was officially known as the Nelson and Albin Cooperative and Mercantile Association. The store is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The store straddles Brown and Watanwon Counties, just north of St. James near the intersection of #4 and #6. </span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #e69138;">The store was always a community center and it is hoped the building can live on as a community center in the days forward. You can learn more at </span></strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTheGodahlStore"><strong><span style="color: #e69138;">https://www.facebook.com/FriendsOfTheGodahlStore</span></strong></a></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b;"><strong>Hamilton Cemetery, Germania Township, Todd County, Minnesota</strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f6b26b;">Today the lost and long ago cemetery is marked by a simple granite marker. The roadside marker and cemetery is located on County #24, just west of the intersection of County #24 and County #11.</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This cemetery is totally abandoned and overgrown. The only
clue that this was once a cemetery is the marker placed in the ditch just off
the county road. I was out looking for cemeteries for my students to transcribe
and read about this one, so I went looking for it. Drove by a few times and
then saw the marker. We got out and checked it out, no visible tombstones,
there are some large overgrown lilac bushes, perhaps once placed on a grave.
The ground is uneven with lots of big stones and rocks hidden and half buried.
The corn fields seem to have taken over the land. </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>I checked with the local historical society and this
cemetery was once very large, but has been abandoned for decades.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">There is a marker and it reads:</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>First burial in 1885</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">Established in 1897</span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>and used until 1910</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Final resting place of a number of </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Germania Township Pioneers</strong></span></div>
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<strong><span style="color: #f6b26b;"><span style="font-family: "calibri";">This memorial erected in honor </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">of these individuals</span></span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";">By the Pioneer Old Timers </span><span style="font-family: "calibri";">1967</span><span style="font-family: "calibri";"> </span></span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Earliest Burial: 1/1/1885</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #f6b26b; font-family: "calibri";"><strong>Latest Burial: 1/1/1910</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">When I first started driving Highway 10 on a regular basis, I always noticed the charming country church and the adjacent serene cemetery. The name Darling always captured my imagination as well. Over the years the roadside pine trees grew taller and fuller so today the roadside hamlet is barely visible, especially if one is driving 60 miles an hour or better.</span></strong> </span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><span style="color: #fce5cd;"><strong>Darling was named for an early railroad engineer and was once a busy community. In 1903, Annie Kintop, a local woman, was murdered and the case, though raising lots of speculation and comments, is unsolved.</strong> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #783f04;"><strong><span style="color: #fce5cd;">A boxcar cleaning station operated in Darling in the 1930's. The community had a post office from 1903 - 1911. When Highway 10 expanded in the early 1970's, most of the community was lost, including a long time general store.</span></strong> </span></div>
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