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Bicentennial Wagon Train memories told at rally
Keith and Gale Kreykes of St. Peter Minnesota shared memories of the Bicentennial Wagon Train at the Palo Alto County Historical Society meeting held at the Senior Citizens Center in Gale Details cover phases of the reverse westward movement three million dollars raised fifty wagons and five Conestoga wagons built the wagon groups and routes from 1975 to 1976 including Minnesota part of the Great Lakes unit The Minnesota wagon now on display in Rochester and the singing campfires and school group musical writings are noted The next meeting is scheduled for April 27 at the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank with Miss Charlotte Sunde sharing Ethiopian mission slides sponsors and attendees from several nearby towns
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Keith Kreykes
St. Peter
Minnesota
Palo Alto County Historical Society
Senior Citizens Center
Gale
Kreykes
Pennsylvania
Northwest
Laramie
Wyoming
Southwest
Rose Bowl
States
Great Lakes
St. Paul
Valley Forge
Kryckes
Keith
Emmetsburg
Emmetsburg Junior College
William Vandervelde
the Historical Society
Waverly
The
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Charlotte Sunde
Lost Island Lutheran Church Women
Miss Sunde
Ethiopia
American Lutheran Church