This weekend I plan on visiting “Hippe Landing” west of Upsala next to the American Legion Memorial Park on Cedar Lake. The park has one of the best swimming beaches in central Minnesota. There are camping spots also, but I understand there is a long waiting list. West of the entrance to the park there is a […]
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Comments Off on May 29, 2026 When I was a youngster in Upsala, we always had a Memorial Day service in the school gym, followed by a parade down Main Street. Sometime after I graduated Upsala High School in 1961, the practice died out. Then in the 80’s, Lorna Koehn, a member of the Upsala American Legion Auxiliary, brought back the […]
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Comments Off on May 22, 2026 John and Ruth Heisick own a farm east of Upsala on Highway 238. Twenty years ago, there was a very special dedication ceremony at their home. A beautiful granite marker was placed on the graves of the “Lost Children of Two Rivers”. Late in the autumn of 1870, Maria age 10 and Christian age 8, […]
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Comments Off on May 15, 2026 As an Army brat, we moved around a lot. I attended Kindergarten in Upsala, first grade in New Ulm, second, third and fourth grades in Vienna Austria, fifth grade in Upsala, sixth and seventh grade in St. Louis Park, and then back to Upsala for eighth grade through 12th and graduation in 1961. During the […]
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Comments Off on May 8, 2026 My Dad served in the Pacific during the second world war. His brother-in-law, my Uncle El, served there also. One of the photos that I had restored is a picture of Dad and Uncle El smoking cigars on an island after V-J Day. Dad is the one on the right. Uncle El is the one […]
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