Clarks Grove, MN
COMMUNITY FUN FEST
• July 20, 2014 3-6 pm, First Baptist Church Fun, Food, Live Music
John Mead Clark preferred farming over business, so in 1855, instead of settling in the nearby village of Albert Lea, he made his home on a beautifully landscaped piece of land surrounded by a grove of oak trees with a lake (Geneva Lake) off to the northeast. Everyone within two square miles began referring to the area as Clark’s Grove, as it is known today.
CLARKS GROVE - WASECA VETERINARY CLINICS L.L.P. Thomas Metzdorff, D.V.M. Thomas Lang, D.V.M. Scott Lang, D.V.M. Dennis L. Nelson, D.V.M. Carey Prigge, D.V.M. Michael Bjorklund, D.V.M. Jennifer A. Bauer, D.V.M. 1400 State St. South Waseca, MN, 56093 (507)-835-1700 Fax: (507) 835-1980
28088 770th Ave. Clarks Grove, MN, 56016 (507)-256-7237 Fax: (507) 256-7611
SEPTIC PUMPING
P&L Excavating
• Compliance Inspection • Install & Design • Excavating & Demo • Pumping & Maintenance
• Snow Removal • Licensed & Insured • Free Bids • Locally Owned
MN License #3133
Kyle: 507-383-3385 Forrie: 507-319-6664
Locally Owned & Operated Serving Albert Lea, Ellendale, Geneva, Clarks Grove, Hollandale, Alden, Freeborn & Hartland
THOMPSON SANITATION
Residential & Commercial
256-4370
OFFICE 108 W. MAIN • CLARKS GROVE
Knowledgeable staff, quality help and a friendly smile!
Judy, Debbie & Bonnie Serving You With Quality Hardware Since 1903
Bill May, Owner • Interior & Exterior Paints • Plumbing and Electrical • Farm Supplies • Air Compressors • Clothing • Tools
Clarks Grove Hardware Clarks Grove • 256-7249
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Minnesota’s first cooperative creamery was started in Clarks Grove on May 5, 1890. This town was historically noted for its cooperative business enterprises. Some other cooperative businesses were the grocery, hardware store and lumber yard. Clarks Grove is on record as having the largest rural American Baptist Church in the United States. Historically the town has had a large Danish population and this church was a Danish Baptist Church. It is told that Charles Lindberg landed his airplane on a field just east of Clarks Grove (about where Interstate 35 is now located). He walked up to the farmer’s residence and asked if he could have some water to drink. This story has been confirmed by those who lived on that farm some years back. Clarks Grove offers a 9-hole Frisbee golf course which was installed two years ago and has two parks, Bob’s Park and Johnson Park, and also offers the Clarks Grove Executive Golf Course.
Clarks Grove Historic Creamery