In June 1854 the Grand Excursion celebrated in festive style the completion of the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad to the Mississippi River. Hundreds of dignit
Historical account of the original 1854 Grand Excursion on the Mississippi River from Rock Island, Illinois to St. Paul, Minnesota ; account of the 2004 reenact
The J.R. Watkins Company began in a back room of a small house in Plainview, Minnesota, in 1868. Through direct selling and innovative ideas like placing "Trial