2016 Shetek Area (Minnesota) Visitors Guide

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Visitors Guide

Alluring places & friendly faces Currie • Lake Shetek • Tracy • Walnut Grove

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The Lake Shetek Area of Southwest Minnesota has lots to share.

Welcome!

Imagine a place with …sweeping prairie vistas. …big-hearted friendly people. …sparkling lakes and streams. …a peaceful, less hurried pace of life. …a fascinating historical legacy. …abundant wildlife. …rich, fertile cropland. …opportunity as boundless as the horizon.

Welcome to Lake Shetek, Tracy, Walnut Grove, and Currie. There’s much to enjoy whether your stay is for a few hours, days, several weeks, or years!

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Tracy Chamber of Commerce The Tracy Area Chamber of Commerce, located in the Veterans’ Memorial Center in downtown Tracy, is continually working on ways to improve the Tracy area and assisting businesses and organizations in becoming more successful. Chamber-sponsored events include an annual banquet, the Tracy Area Sportsmen’s Outdoor Show, Car Show, Parade of Lights, Prairie Women’s Expo, Miss Tracy Scholarship Program, and Tracy Box Car Days. For more information, call 507-629-4021 or email tracychamber@iw.net.

There’s always something unusual to discover at the Tracy Area Sportsmen’s Show.

A fashion show adds to the fun of the Prairie Women’s Expo.

Prairie Women’s Expo The 2016 Women’s Expo is scheduled for Saturday, April 16, with the 2017 Expo set for April at the Veterans’ Memorial Center in downtown Tracy. Free “goodie” bags will be handed out to the irst 200 women in attendance, as well as to all vendors. A fashion show, food court, and many specialty exhibits catering to women are planned. For more information, call the Chamber of ice at 507-629-4021 or email tracychamber@iw.net.

Sportsmen’s Show The 14th annual Tracy Area Sportsmen’s Show is planned Saturday, April 30, and Sunday, May 1 at the Veterans’ Memorial Center in downtown Tracy. Exhibits and seminars focusing on hunting, ishing, camping, recreation and other outdoors activities always draw big crowds. People especially enjoy checking out the latest in RVs and boats.

Steve Porter of Lake Bronson, who will offer tips for hunting trophy whitetails, is the show’s keynote speaker. The Tracy Area Chamber of Commerce sponsors the event. For more information, call 507-629-4021 or email tracychamber@iw.net.

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Tracy Box Car Days Always held over Labor Day weekend each year, Tracy Box Car Days is one of the longest running community festivals in the state The 89th annual Box Car Days celebration will be held Friday through Monday, Sept. 2-5 this year. Special events include the Miss Tracy Scholarship Program, Barbecue Cook-off, street dance featuring Hicktown Ma ia, Burger Night, Fly-in Pancake Breakfast, 5k Walk/Run and 10k Race, softball, horseshoe, mud volleyball, and Human Foosball tournaments, beer garden, bingo stand, antique tractor show, carnival, and much more. The Box Car Days Grand Parade rolls at 1 p.m. on Sept.

5. For more information, call the Chamber of ice at 507-629-4021, email tracychamber@iw.net, or visit the city website at www.tracymn.org and click on the Chamber link.

Tracy Area Car Show The Tracy Area Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring the 10th annual Tracy Area Car/Pickup/Motorcycle Show on July 16 at Central Park.

Registration begins at 9 a.m. and the show runs from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Car Show offers classes in modi ied and stock cars and pickup trucks, plus custom and classic divisions for motorcycles.

For more information, call the Chamber of ice at 507-629-4021 or email tracychamber@iw.net.

Parade of Lights The Chamber’s 4th annual Parade of Lights will take place on Nov. 26.

The parade begins at 6 p.m. at The Caboose on Highway 14 and travels to the 3rd Street business district. Many loats and vehicles are adorned in lights to welcome the holiday season. Free glow sticks for the kids.

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Tracy Public Library The Tracy Public Library, on the corner of Third and Morgan streets, has three loors of materials for Tracy area citizens. The main loor features books, audiobooks, periodicals, movies, and CDs. Children’s books are on the main loor, as well as puzzles, games, a children’s table, and Legos. Patrons with library cards and their guest can use the library’s computers. Wi-Fi is also available.

The mezzanine has a collection of teen and young adult books. The second loor also has a conference room that is available to the public and can be reserved.

Books unavailable at the Tracy Public Library can be obtained through the Plum Creek Library System or through its inter-library loan program.

The Tracy Aquatic Center is the perfect spot to spend a summer afternoon.

Tracy Friends of the Library assists the library with fund-raising efforts and special events.

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Library programs include a children’s story hour, children’s summer reading, adult winter reading. The library is open Monday-Friday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-noon. For more information, call 507-629-5548.

Tracy Aquatic Center offers an Olympic-sized lap pool, a beach-like splash pool, and a diving well. Fountains, drop slides, lume slides, and tables and chairs with “funbrellas” add to the fun. Lifeguards are always on duty during pool hours. Red Cross-approved swimming lessons offered.

The Aquatic Center can also be rented for private parties.

A playground, picnic area, sand volleyball courts, ball ields, and basketball courts are nearby.

Daily admission is $5. Open swimming is from 1-7 p.m. Sunday thru Wednesday and from 1-8 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Adult swimming available from 6:30-9 a.m. Coupon books are available for reduced prices. Season passes also available. For more information, call 507-629-5537.

1,000 books by kindergarten “graduates” at the Tracy Public Library are commended by Mayor Steve Ferrazzano.

The Tracy Box Car Days Labor Day fly-in, which includes a patriotic salute to America’s Armed Forces, is the airport’s busiest day of the year.

Tracy Municipal Airport The airport has a 3,100-feet long, 75-feet wide primary bituminous surface runway that remains open in winters and is lit for night landings.

Crossing grass runways are 2,590’ by 200’ and 1,825’ by 200’ and run north to south and southwest to northeast to give pilots an option in windy conditions.

How towns were named Tracy Many railroad towns were often named after someone from a railroad company. Tracy was no different. Initially called Summit, and later Shetek Station, the village was selected in 1870 in honor of John F. Tracy, a railroad magnate. Tracy was once the president of the Chicago, Rock Island and Paci ic Railroad, which transported Abraham Lincoln’s funeral car in from Washington D.C. to Spring ield, Ill. in April of 1865.

Walnut Grove

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Walnut Grove was platted in 1874. The name came about because of a grove of black walnut trees near the original town site. Walnut Grove was incorporated in 1879.

The airport terminal is equipped with a weather data station, resting area, and rest rooms. A courtesy vehicle is also available 24 hours a day.

There is also a 24-hour fueling station with credit card availability.

Currie

A popular ly-in pancake breakfast on Labor Day morning attracts people from all over the state. For more information, call 507-629-5528.

Known as the “Gateway to Lake Shetek”, Currie was laid out in 1872 around a gristmill that was built by Neil and Archibald Currie.

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Swift Lake Park

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Camping fees are $15 per day for electric sites and $8 per day without.

Camping is on the honor system with a self-service registration and payment box located in the campground. Bathroom facilities with showers are available near the campgrounds. An RV dumping station is also available.

Swift Lake, a small man-made lake, is stocked with bass, bluegills and crappies. A handicap-accessible ishing pier allows for shore ishing. A one-mile paved bicycle and walking path that runs through the park.

A picnic shelter has a playground nearby. Swift Lake is a half-mile north of Tracy on County Highway 11.

Twin Circle Apartments The Twin Circle Apartment is a distinctive housing complex with 12 individual apartment buildings connected by winding walkways and picturesque lower gardens. There are 59 one-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom apartment.

A community building has large sun porch and meeting room for social gatherings. The community room, which has a full-service kitchen, can be rented for meetings or parties. For more information, call 507-629-3160.

Multi-Purpose Center Located at 200 3rd Street, the Multi-Purpose Center is open weekdays from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. for meetings and social gatherings.

Tracy Senior Dining is offered weekdays. On two Saturdays during the month, a Golden Age catered meal or potluck is held. There is an open potluck meal one Saturday a month. Pancakes are served every Wednesday morning. The center has regular card clubs, pinochle, bingo, or billiards every day during the week after 1 p.m.

The Multi-Purpose Center is governed by a seven-member board that oversees the building and daily operations of the facility. For more information or to make a meal reservation, call 507-629-5547.

The Tracy Tornado Tree Memorial remembers the nine people who lost their lives on June 13, 1968, when an F-5 tornado struck Tracy.

Tracy Tornado Tree The Tracy Tornado Tree Park at Hwy. 14 & Fifth St. features a black marble three-sided monument dedicated to the nine people who lost their lives in the Tracy Tornado of June 13, 1968. The monument, dedicated in 2013, includes a laser print of the photo of the tornado taken by Walnut Grove native Eric Lantz, as well as a brief story about the tornado, and the names and ages of the nine victims. A clock atop each of the sides depicts the time the tornado struck the school in the heart of town. The monument is surrounded by a lower garden that is adorned with nine memorial butter lies.

Beside that memorial sits the Tracy Tornado Tree Monument, which is modeled after a tree that stood at the corner of Fifth and Rowland on the day of the tornado. Grotesquely twisted and splintered by the tornado, the tree was saved as a memorial the nine victims. A steel sculpture of the Tornado Tree later replaced the badly deteriorating original.

A portion of the original tree, as well as other items from the tornado, can be viewed at the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum on the west end of town on Highway 14.

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Sanford Tracy Medical Center Sanford Tracy Medical Center is a 25-bed critical access hospital and rural health clinic and also offers outpatient specialty services. A 30-unit senior housing complex is attached to the facility.

Satellite clinics are located in Balaton and Walnut Grove. Quality Care is provided by a team of board certi ied clinicians including Dr. Andy Kopperud; Kelly Hoffman, FNP; and Kilee Tauer, PA-C, and three behavioral health providers, Trudy Ujdur, FNP; Angela Deadrick-Wee, LICSW; and Lori Thom, LGSW.

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Sanford Tracy Medical Center offers family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, social services, well child check-ups for babies to teens, fracture care, injury treatment, comprehensive physicals, school and sports physicals, drug screening, laboratory, immunizations, SAGE screening program, health coach, Diabetic education and behavioral health including family and individual counseling services. Clinic hours are 9:00 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday and Saturday from 9:00 a.m.-noon.

Sanford Tracy Hospital provides 24-hour emergency services, medical and surgical care for inpatient and outpatient needs, general surgery, chemotherapy and swing bed availability. Comprehensive laboratory, computed radiography, in-house CT, physical, occupational, pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation services, diabetic education and wellness programs are offered. All inclusive outreach services offer cardiology, endoscopy, pulmonology, nephrology, orthopedics, urology, audiology, adult and child psychiatry, oncology, vascular, podiatry, ENT, mammography and procedures to include cardiac echoes, stress tests, EGD and colonoscopies. Sanford Tracy, af iliated with Sanford Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD, utilizes many tele-medicine resources such as Tele-ED, Tele-Stroke and Tele-Burn.

The philosophy at Sanford is based on the belief that good healthcare is a right which should be guaranteed to everyone, regardless of inancial status, personal beliefs, or geographic location. We are closely linked with the rural communities we serve, and we strive to meet the healthcare needs of our communities in an ef icient and caring manner achieving Sanford’s mission: dedicated to the work of health and healing.

O’Brien Court offers both independent congregate senior living and assisted senior living services.

O’Brien Court O’Brien Court features 30 spacious and attractive units attached to the Sanford Tracy Hospital and Clinic. A pull cord in each room connects you directly to a 24-hour emergency response system. You can rest at ease knowing that help is just steps away.

Designed for privacy and independence, each apartment has a complete kitchen, living room, bedroom, bath and individually controlled heating and cooling. You choose from four different apartment styles and sizes.

Home Health Care services are also available.

To learn more about the many amenities and features offered at O’Brien Court, or for a facility tour, please contact O’Brien Court Manager, Cindy Swenhaugen by calling: (507) 629-8450. At O’Brien Court you’ll ind retirement living at its best – a carefree, secure lifestyle in a homelike setting.

The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) has certi ied Sanford primary care clinics in Minnesota as medical homes. This means the clinics have met a set of rigorous standards to provide patient and family-centered care. Sanford Tracy Hospital is a designated level IV trauma center and has also achieved stroke designation by the MDH.

Prairie View Senior Living has been serving the area since 1966.

Prairie View Senior Living Prairie View is a 55-bed skilled care facility located on the eastern edge of Tracy.

The facility offers many quality services such as Skilled Nursing Care, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy (for in-patients or out-patients), Wellness Programs, restorative therapies, community life, respite care, social services, Hospice care, housekeeping, and laundry.

Sanford Tracy Medical Center will be hosting its annual community picnic in May. A health services fair is planned during National Hospital Week.

Prairie View, which has been serving the area since 1966, has earned numerous excellence awards, including the Tealwood Nursing Center of the Year in 2012 and the Service of Excellence Award from Care Providers of Minnesota in 2013.

For more information, call 507-629-3331.

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St. Mary’s School in Tracy is a private Catholic school that integrates Christian gospel values throughout its curriculum for preschool through sixth grade students.

The school is supported by parent and parishioners of the Church of St. Mary in Tracy and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Currie.

There is a weekly all-school mass open to all faiths. An All-School Prayer is held once a month.

Principal: Laurie Nord. Phone: 507-629-3270. Website: www. stmarysschooltracy.org

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Tracy Area Elementary School A Character Education program is part of the curriculum at Tracy Area Elementary School.

The school serves students from Pre-Kindergarten to sixth grade.

Kindergarten students participate in school all day/every day. Every student starts the day with a free breakfast.

Students attend physical education and music classes every day. The school also embraces technology, teaching student tech time in a computer lab for half the time they spend in school. There is one iPad for every two students in classrooms, and one-to-one computers in the ifth- and sixth-grade Science classes. Principal: Michael Munson Phone: 507-629-5518 Website: www.tracy.k12.mn.us

Children let their imaginations roam at St. Mary’s School.

Milroy Schools Milroy Schools serve students in preschool through eighth grade.

In grades K-4, both the school district and M.I.L.R.O.Y Charter School develop individualized learning plans to help each student work at his/ her own potential.

Superintendent: Wade McKittrick, Principal: Heidi Sachariason Phone: 507-336-2563 Website: www.milroy.k12.mn.us

Westbrook-Walnut Grove Schools Extensive renovations were completed on Tracy Area High School in 2014.

The Westbrook-Walnut Grove Elementary School is located in Walnut Grove and houses students from pre-school to sixth grade. The high school for grades 7-12 is located in Westbrook.

Both sites offer Community and Adult Education programs.

Tracy Area High School The Tracy Area High School students receive state-of-the art classroom experience as the district is dedicated to providing modern technology in the classrooms and labs.

There are 34 instructors and administrators at the high school for grades 7-12.

TAHS offers students a wide range of classes to choose from to prepare them for the future. Students get additional opportunities and class choices as they advance up the academic scale each year. Junior and seniors are given the opportunity to enroll in Advanced Placement vocational programs and college courses if they choose.

Superintendent: Chad Anderson, Principal: Kathy Vondracek Phone: 507-629-5500 Website: www.tracy.k12.mn.us

The school district added laptop carts and iPads recently, while also adding “smartboards” to more classrooms.

Superintendent: Loy Woelber, Elementary Principal: Paul Olson.

Elementary phone: 507-859-2141. High School Principal: William Richards. High School phone: 507-274-6111 Website: www.wwgschools. org

Tracy Kids’ World This day care facility is licensed for 100 children, ranging in age from six weeks to 12 years old: 47 infants and toddlers (not to exceed 22 infants), 31 preschoolers, and 22 school-age children. The facility offers a mini gym and separate care areas for infants, toddlers, preschoolers and before and after-school children.

For more information, call Tracy Kid’s World at 507-212-6724, or email tracykids@live.com.

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Wheels Across the Prairie Museum A 1915-switch engine, tender car, wooden boxcar, and caboose is the signature exhibit at the Wheels Across the Prairie Museum on the west edge of Tracy. Children love to ring the engine’s bell.

A Chicago & Northwestern Depot has a host of railroad-related exhibits, including the bench where Laura Ingalls sat, as she waited for Pa’s arrival by train from Dakota, as mentioned in the book “By the Shores of Silver Lake.”

Children and adults alike delight in taking a ride on a miniature train around the museum grounds.

Wheels Across the Prairie has a host of other fascinating exhibits throughout its 12 buildings. In the main two-story “barn,” visitors can learn about things such as the rare F-5 tornado that struck Tracy on June 13, 1968. The “Car Barn” features antique tractors and vintage automobiles.

A pioneer-type village includes an 1866 two-story log cabin, the former Amiret Post Of ice, blacksmith shop, a 19th century country schoolhouse, the Monroe Town Hall, a barbershop, and a summer kitchen.

The 1901 St. Mark’s Episcopal Church building, maintained in its original state, is available for special events.

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A miniature Chicago & Northwestern train is popular with all ages.

seven days a week from Memorial Day until Labor Day. From Labor Day until Oct. 1., the museum is open weekends only, Hours are 1-5 p.m.

Tours are also available upon request and by appointment. For more information, call 507-626-5302 or go online to www. wheelsacrosstheprairie.org or visit the museum’s Facebook page.

Tracy Country Club This nine-hole course is located two miles east of Tracy on Highway 14 and offers rolling hills, lat lands, a meandering creek, mature trees, and water and sand hazards.

The par-36 course is 2,953 yards from the men’s tees, with the longest hole 534 yards. There is also a 10-tee driving range and a putting green.

Cart rentals are available.

The course is open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Thursday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; and Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m.

Green fee golfers are welcome at the Tracy Country Club.

Green-fee golfers are welcome. Call for reservations on weekends and special events at 507-629-4666.

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Willow Lake Lutheran Church remains a stately sentinel to the faith of Norwegian immigrants who established the congregation in 1874. The whitesteeple church, northeast of Lake Shetek and South of Tracy, is the last remaining country church in the Tracy area.

Willow Lake Lutheran Church The former Willow Lake Lutheran Church is the Tracy area’s last surviving white-steeple country church.

Located on a hill seven miles south and one mile east of Tracy, the church was erected by irst-generation Norwegian immigrants in 1899. The Willow Lake congregation, which was organized in 1874, disbanded in 2006, but the Friends of Willow Lake non-pro it organization was formed to preserve the country church. The Willow Lake Church is open for “hymn sings” on Sunday mornings, 10:30 a.m., on July 10 and Sept. 18.

For more information, call 507-629-3488 or email friendsofwillowlake@ gmail.com.

Mary Mickelson, who donated land for the Willow Lake Church with her husband, shares several similarities with her more famous contemporary, Laura Ingalls Wilder. Both Mary and Laura were born in 1867. They were also married in the same year (1885), and died in the same year (1957).

The Willow Lake Church is three miles north of Slaughter Slough, where 12 settlers lost their lives after being ambushed by Dakota warriors on August 20, 1862.

Slaughter Slough Near the intersection of County Roads 37 and 96 east of Lake Shetek, stands a lonely monument resting on three stones in the Slaughter Slough Waterfowl Production Area.

On Aug. 20, 1862, Slaughter Slough was the site of a horri ic encounter between attacking Dakota warriors and a group of 34 settlers, who had led in a group from a cabin on Lake Shetek. The settlers, who were on a trail to New Ulm with a horse-drawn wagon, sought refugee in the eightfoot tall grasses of the slough, after being overtaken by a group of Dakota men on horseback.

Fourteen settlers, including eight children, were killed in and around the slough and near Lake Shetek, on that day. An unknown number of Dakota also died. Twenty-one settlers managed to escape or survive the attacks, with three women and seven children taken captive.

A group of 11 Teton Dakota men, at a great sacri ice to themselves, bartered for the captives’ freedom in the Dakotas and brought eight captives to U.S. military authorities at Fort Randall in November of 1862.

A mowed path allows visitors to experience the haunting beauty of Slaughter Slough.

Today, Slaughter Slough is managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a Waterfowl Production Area. Interpretive signs, a short trail, and the rock memorial honor the three groups connected with the 1862 tragedy.

The irst stone honors the Dakota Indians, the inhabitants of the land prior to white settlement. The second honors the white settlers who came to Shetek in search of a better life. The third is for the Dakota men, who were called the “Fool Soldier Band” by their peoples, who won the captives’ freedom, but were never thanked or compensated for their efforts by the U.S. Government.

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Plum Creek

Despite its modest size, this creek is one of the most well-known in the state because of its mention in the Laura Ingalls Wilder book â&#x20AC;&#x153;On the Banks of Plum Creekâ&#x20AC;? as well as the Little House on Prairie television series. Located near the familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s dugout site one and one-half miles north of Walnut Grove, Plum Creek is 34.5 miles long and passes through the pageant site southwest of Walnut Grove, eventually emptying into to the Cottonwood River. Visitors can wade in the water by the dugout site just as Laura and her sisters likely did many years ago. Plum Creek got its name from the many wild plum trees along is course.

Plum Creek Park/Lake Laura This picturesque 205-acre park near the pageant site was established in 1969. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s both an Upper and Lower Plum Creek Park. The 70-unit campground located near Lake Laura in the Upper Park has private treelined settings and includes electrical and tenting sites. Cost is $27.50 per night for electric hook-ups and $22.50 per night for tents. Firewood is available. Two-night minimum stay.

A sandy beach and lakeside gazebo is nearby at Lake Laura. Swimming, ishing, and canoeing are possible on the lake Motorized boats prohibited.

Pan ish, bass and northern pike are stocked in the lake. A hiking path circles the lake.

The Upper Park also offers a nine-hole Frisbee golf course, playground equipment, two softball ields, sand volleyball courts, and a picnic area with shelter.

Look for 23 tree varieties on the â&#x20AC;&#x153;When the Prairie Whispersâ&#x20AC;? walking tour.

The park is one mile west and one mile south of Walnut Grove on County Road 78. For more information, visit www.walnutgrove.org. For camping reservations, call 888-528-7268.

Visitors can see the original Ingalls family dugout on the banks of Plum Creek.

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A 100-year-old steam locomotive looks like it is ready to chug into action at the End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum.

End-O-Line Railroad Park & Museum The End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum is located on the former Chicago & Northwestern branch line in Currie. The museum evolved from a 1972 4-H Community Pride project A 1901 hand-operated turntable is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is the only operable, manually-operated turntable in Minnesota. The turntable is so well engineered, a small group of men were able to rotate heavy steam locomotives with just human muscle power.

The Railroad Yard The railroad arrived in Currie in 1899 when the Chicago & Northwestern, Omaha Railroad constructed a line into the town. Originally, it was planned to extend the line to South Dakota. The branch line remained a dead end, because east-west rail lines already existed through nearby Tracy and Slayton. Instead, the railroad company built the turntable at this site. With the turntable in place, Currie could turn massive steam locomotives around manually and return them to Bingham Lake.

The Currie Depot #1958 was originally built across from the museum site and was transferred to its current location on the grounds in 1974.

In the depot is the ever-popular working H-O scale train and model city of Currie.

Visitors can tour other fascinating buildings within the railroad yard.

Inside the restored Engine House is a rebuilt 1875 narrow gauge Baldwin steam locomotive, along with several other interesting displays and

End-O-Line’s turntable is so well engineered that workmen on each end could rotate heavy locomotives. (Photo courtesy Murray County).

exhibits. Also in the yard is a Chicago & Northwestern water tower, a Section Foreman’s home, and a replica coal bunker that serves as a picnic shelter. Visitors can also see a Georgia Northern #102 engine, a 1945 Minneapolis and St. Louis Bay Window wood caboose, and a 1942 restored Grand Trunk Western caboose. There is also a Brookville diesel switcher, velocipede, and Fairmont motorcars.

The Historic Village A boardwalk guides visitors to the 1873 Sunrise District #1 country schoolhouse where students in eight grades were educated together. In the summer months, services are still conducted in an 1871 Presbyterian Church. The school and church were the irst built in Murray County. A replica of the Murray County Courthouse that was used from 1873-1889 showcases exhibits from the early Currie days, as well as artifacts from the 1891 Murray County Courthouse that was built in Slayton.

The 1870 Currie General Store, the irst general store in Murray County, offers a glimpse of the goods that were sold and traded nearly 150 years ago. The Neil Currie gristmill, which the town was built around, holds the original grinding stone that was once used along Des Moines River.

Gift Shop New this year to the gift shop will be an N-Scale model train layout, including a ictitious town setting for everyone to enjoy. The shop offers clothing, books, refreshments, and souvenirs. The End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum is on the northern edge of Currie off County Highway 38.

End-O-Line is open Wednesday-Sunday (closed Monday and Tuesday) from Memorial weekend through Labor Day. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A scale-model railroad depicts early Currie.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum and Tourist Center Since its inception in 1974, the Little House on the Prairie Museum in Walnut Grove has attracted visitors from over 100 countries and all 50 states.

Because of the popularity of the Laura Ingalls Wilder books and the “Little House on the Prairie” television series, which also debuted in 1974, visitors have locked to the museum for a chance to step back in time and visualize how the Ingalls and other families of that period lived.

a Bible from the church the Ingalls family attended, historic documents, and scale models of the Ingalls television homes.

This summer, the museum again will be bustling with activity. Karen Grassle, who portrayed Caroline “Ma” Ingalls on the TV show, will appear in Walnut Grove on July 16-17 for photo and autograph sessions. Charlotte Stewart, who played the town’s school teacher, Miss Beadle in the TV series, will be appearing July 8-9-10 to promote and sign copies of her new book: “Little House in the Hollywood Hills – A Bad Girl’s Guide to Becoming Miss Beadle, Mary X and Me”

The dugout home is the same size as the one described in Laura’s book “On the Banks of Plum Creek”. Visitors can go inside the dugout and get a feeling of what life would be like to live in a 10’ x 10’ space dug into the side of a creek bank.

Author William Anderson will discuss the Ingalls’ history at the museum July 8-9-10, as well as signing autographs on his collection of Ingalls literature, including his latest work: “The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder”.

The museum offers visitors a comprehensive collection of Laura Ingalls Wilder history. See an actual quilt used by Laura and her daughter Rose,

There is also a collection of items donated by the many stars of the Little House on the Prairie TV series that have visited the museum over the years.

The museum also has several historic informative buildings, including a chapel, an 1898 depot, country schoolhouse, early settler’s home, a dugout home, an onion-domed house, a covered wagon, and more.

A Kelton Doll Collection that features over 250 dolls from 1870 to modern time.

Gift Store A recently-remodeled gift store at the museum offers a wide selection of books pertaining to Laura Ingalls Wilder, souvenirs, hand-sewn pioneer clothing, t-shirts, sweatshirts, snacks, and handcrafted items. Many items can be ordered through the museum’s website at www.walnutgrove.org.

Ingalls Dugout Site Open from May through October, this site gives visitors access to the Ingalls family’s original dugout site referenced in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s book “On the Banks of Plum Creek”.

Country View Senior Living is known for its home-like atmosphere.

Country View Senior Living Community Country View Senior Living Community in Walnut Grove has 16 assisted living and 12 independent living units in a variety of loor plans. The facility has an attached medical clinic for convenience.

Services offered include meal programs, home care assistance, medication management, escorts, safety checks, health monitoring, and nurse visits.

The staff is available 24 hours a day.

A beauty shop, exercise room, billiard room, garages, community room, indoor mailboxes, elevator, planned activities are among the amenities offered.

For more information or to schedule a tour, call 507-859-2133.

Located one and one-half miles north of Walnut Grove, the site has an informational sign as to the exact site along Plum Creek that the Ingalls lived when they arrived in Walnut Grove in 1874. All that remains now of their dugout home is a depression on the banks of Plum Creek, yet visitors still enjoy the experience.

Harold and Della Gordon purchased the land in 1947, unaware of its historical connection at the time. Following courthouse records, Garth Williams, the illustrator of Laura’s books, discovered the Gordon’s farm had been homesteaded by the Ingalls. The Gordon family continues to maintain access to the dugout site and other items mentioned in Laura’s book such as “The Big Rock”, spring, and plum thickets. Storyboards assist the visitors along the path, which includes a bridge over the creek Twenty- ive acres of native grasses have been planted around the dugout site.

The site is open daily from dawn to dusk from May through October, weather permitting. Cost is $5 per vehicle, or $30 per tour bus. Entrance is through the 1900-era farmstead on Redwood County Road 5. Follow the signs to a parking and picnic area.

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Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant The popular Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant is now in its 39th season.

Karen Grassle, who played “Ma Ingalls” on the Little House on the Prairie television series, will speak and answer questions before the pageant on July 16. Charlotte Stewart, who portrayed Miss Beadle in the TV series, will have a brief appearance prior to the July 9 pageant.

The family-oriented two-act drama is based on the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. Six Friday-Saturday performances are planned in July along the banks of Plum Creek near Walnut Grove. Local volunteers make up the cast and production crew.

Elaborate stage sets are complemented with professional-level lighting and sound systems. The Ingalls’ dugout home, a church, school and general store are among the sets.

The story is based on the fourth book in the Laura Ingalls Wilder series, “On the Banks of Plum Creek.” Set in Walnut Grove in the 1870s, the story recounts events such as the construction of the town’s church, prairie ires, and the grasshopper plague that wiped out the family’s wheat crop.

A mature Laura, looking back on her life, narrates the story.

2016 Pageant Dates: July 8-9, 15-16, 22-23. The gates open for each performance at 7 p.m.; the Pageant Singers perform at 8 p.m. each night; performances begin at 9 p.m.

Pageant Tickets: Reserved seating: 1,000 numbered chairs for $17 each ($25 on July 16; children may sit on a lap for free). General admission: $15 ($23 on July 16). Children age 5-and-under: Free in general admission. General admission ticket holders should bring their own blanket or folding chair for hillside seating. Call 888-859-3102 or visit www.walnutgrove.org for more information or for reserved tickets.

Location: One mile west and one-half mile south of Walnut Grove on Crown Avenue.

Pageant Suppers: During the weekends of the pageant, various churches and community groups serve meals from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Walnut Grove Community Center at 311 Sixth Street. Open to the public. Menus may vary. Call 888-859-3102 for group reservations of 25 or more.

Family Festival: This free annual event held at the Walnut Grove City Park offers children’s activities, pioneer demonstrations, concessions, arts and crafts, live music and vendor displays. The festival is held three Saturdays of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant (July 9, 16 and 23).

Plum Creek Rendezvous: Black Powder Shoot at 1 p.m. July 8 and 9 two miles south and one mile west of Walnut Grove. For more information call Leonard McLaughlin at 507-859-2479.

Laura/Nellie Look-Alike Contest: Many of the costumed girls seen roaming around town during pageant Saturdays are actually participating in the popular Laura Ingalls Wilder and Nellie Oleson look-alive contests.

Registration for girls 8-12 is held from 1:30-2:30 p.m. on July 9, 16 and 23 at the Walnut Grove City Park. Online registration is also available by visiting www.walnutgrove.org. look-a-like contests begin at 3 p.m. Prizes are awarded based on overall appearance and knowledge of the “On the Banks of Plum Creek” book.

Loggers Fishing Derby: Free. Saturday, July 16 beginning at 10 a.m. at Lake Laura in Plum Creek Upper Park located one and a half miles southwest of Walnut Grove. Kids ages 12-and-under can try their luck at catching a ish and earn a prize. Bring your own ishing pole. Bait will be provided.

Walnut Grove Attractions Congregational Church Site

The 1874 church that the Ingalls family attended was located on the corner of 5th and Bedel Streets. The church was torn down in 1954, replaced by private home that is unavailable for viewing.

Ingalls School Site Once the site of the country school that Laura Ingalls Wilder and her sisters Mary and Carrie attended in the 1870s. Located on the corner of 4th and Washington Streets, the school was torn down by 1903 and the site is now a private home and unavailable for viewing.

Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Monument Traveling north of Walnut Grove on County Road 5 for 1.6 miles will take you to a stone monument that honors the early pioneers of the area, including the Ingalls family.

Masters Hotel Now a private home and unavailable for viewing, this site located on the corner of 8th Street and County Road 20 once housed the Masters Hotel where Laura once worked.

Pa’s Bell The original bell that Charles Ingalls helped purchase now hangs in the belfry of the English Lutheran Church at 450 Wiggins Street. The Ingalls family became charter members of the Congregational Church. Pa Ingalls helped pay for the church bell by donating the last $3 he had saved for a pair of new boots. The church is since gone, but the English Lutheran Church purchased the bell for its new building. The bell still calls people to worship each Sunday morning.

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Area Parks Camden State Park (507) 865-4530 10 miles southwest of Marshall on Highway 23 Camden State Park is a prairie oasis with over 1,600 acres of river valley, maple basswood forest, prairie meadows, and clear bubbling springs.

Spring-fed swimming pool and beach area. A sand volleyball court is located near the beach. There are no lifeguards on duty at the pool.

Nearly 16 miles of hiking trails, eight miles of snowmobile trails, 10 miles of horseback riding trails, over four miles of mountain bike trails, and ive miles of cross-country ski trails.

The Redwood River is a designated trout stream, with German Brown Trout stocked each spring. Trout stamp required. Brawner Lake has a ishing pier and boat ramp (electric motors only).

The park has 80 drive-in campsites (upper and lower campgrounds), 29 electrical. There are two wheelchair accessible sites (lower campground) and 12 horse campsites (50-person capacity). The group campsite is located adjacent to the Redwood River and accommodates up to 50 people.

Reservations accepted 90 days in advance for both campgrounds by calling 866-857-2757 or on-line at www.stayatmnparks.com.

meadows. The Cottonwood River runs through the park. Garvin Park has marked trails for hiking and horseback riding in the summer, and is a popular spot for picnicking and camping. The Horse Camp site is designed speci ically for riders to camp and has 17 sites with electrical hook-ups.

The campground is open from mid-May through mid-October.

Five large picnic shelters with tables (four with electric) shower facilities.

Softball ield and lookout tower. Two-and-a-half miles of hiking trails; ive-and-a-half miles of horse and snowmobile trails and two-and-a-half miles of cross-country skiing trails. Warming house may be rented for parties/meetings.

Two campgrounds, lower and upper, have electrical hook-ups. Lower has 15 sites and upper has 14 sites and one non-electric site. The primitive campground includes eight non-electric tent sites.

A 9-hole disc golf course passes through a mix of oak woods, elevation changes, and open spaces. Distance of play is about 3,200 feet and walking distance is about 5,100 feet.

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Lake Sarah East Located on the east side of Lake Sarah on U.S. Highway 59.

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For more information call the Murray County Parks Department at (507) 836-1195.

The 1,108-acre park’s history is rooted in the US–Dakota War of 1862. In August of that year, Dakota Indians descended on the Shetek settlement.

Sixteen white settlers and an unknown number of Dakota were killed. A monument to those who died stands on the east side of the park.

Sundquist Park

The park has 70 drive-in campsites (Oak Woods and Sunrise campgrounds), 64 electrical (32 have sewer, water and electric with 50 amp service). There are seven cart-in sites, seven wheelchair accessible sites, and one primitive group camp (Wilderness camp). The Zuya Group Center has an 80-person capacity. There are also four camper cabins.

14 campsites available. Over 10 acres in size, boat landing, dock, swimming area, dressing rooms, two picnic shelters, playground equipment and multiple restroom facilities. Overnight camping with electrical hookups. Ample tent camping space.

14 miles of marked hiking trails include an interpretive trail to Loon Island; six-mile paved bike trail; ive miles of snowmobile trails.

Located on the west side of Lake Sarah on County Road 30.

Become a “camp host” candidate by calling the Murray County Parks Department at (507) 836-1195.

On the water: Boat access, canoe and kayak rental, and swimming.

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Other recreation: Picnic facilities, playground equipment, volleyball courts, activity ields and swimming areas.

Located on the north side of Current Lake

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Garvin Park (507) 532-8214, www.LyonCo.org In Lyon County one mile north of the junction of Highways 59 and 14.

The Lyon County park’s 700 rolling acres include rugged hills and grassy

Swenson Park’s 18 RV sites include electrical hook-up, picnic tables, ire rings and grills. Dump station is provided. Playground, boat ramp with dock are available. Most sites are wheelchair accessible. Sites are irst come, irst serve basis. New bathroom/shower facilities and frisbee disc course were completed in 2015.

Current lake is great for swimming and ishing. Fish species include walleye, northern and pan ish.

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