This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Labor Day notes from Graettinger events lapsing into history
A Graettinger Labor Day roundup recounts a tractor pull with classes A to F awarding Don Henricksen Melvin Johnson Bill Ellis in Estherville Terris Graettinger, and others. It also covers City vs Country softball, a hose shower interlude, Nurse Clipperton on call, and snowmobile drags with top placers from multiple towns across several divisions. Curt and Doug Hough won prizes totaling $290 in the drags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graettinger
Don Henricksen
Estherville
DC Case
Melvin Johnson
Terris
Oliver
Bill Ellis
M Farmall
John Birkland
Wallingford
Dean Ressell
Farmall
Paul Joyce
John Deere
Wendell Trossen
Gaya
Walter Ulrich
Jerry Ulrich
Delbert Johnson
Bob Reutter
Massey Furgeson
Dale Young
Ron Fay
Jim Tindall
Don Sidles
Ford
Hot Rod
Emmett Currans
Emmetsburg
Umps
Sue Studer
Patty Petersen
Betty
Eileen
Joanne
Council Bluffs
Newton
Ankeny
Clear Lake
Alexandrea
Minn
Charles City
Mason City
Atlantic
Forest Lake
Independence
Sanborn
Nevada
Des Moines
Charlton
Wally Miller
Cherokee
Lenny Peters
Jeff Peters
Dale Storch
Gary Ludington
Sibley
John Ham
Gary Klepper
Dennis Field
Rudd
Doug Miner
Ray Ehrebracht
Jack Helgren
Sheldon Plaeger
Floyd
Ages Currans
Emmets Ures
Ary Klepper
Doug Hough
Dale 'Storch
Bill Struthers
Curt Hough
Forest