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STATE COMPETITION: Dragon track relay team, tennis’s Ospino compete at State. P10-11
AILENE CROUP | THE PIONEER
Troy Haug, representing Mark Haug Construction, and architect Richard Fisher were approved by Pine County Board to begin the first step of construction of the Pine County Health and Human Services building in Sandstone.
Local firm to build new HHS BY AILENE CROUP NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
LANCE FURBER | THE PIONEER
Pine City youth get into the swing of summer
Young people in grades K-6 started more than a month of fun, free summer activities, including t-ball, baseball, softball, tennis, track and golf. Swimming lessons at Pine City Beach begin on June 26. For more information visit the Summer Rec page at pcsummerrec.weebly.com, and to register for swimming lessons visit www.pinecity.govoffice.com.
Pine County is about to embark on building its $3 million Health and Human Services building in Sandstone. County Engineer Mark LeBrun, in a memo to the facilities committee, brought four options with his own recommendation to the last week’s regular Pine County Board meet-
ing. He said the board could accept his recommendation of: 1. Contracting with Mark Haug Construction and begin the design process; 2. Publish a request for proposal (RFP) for architectural services as was the board’s original plan; 3. Publish an RFP for construction management SEE HHS, PAGE 7
War of 1812 remembered at North West Company Fur Post BY AMY DOEUN NEWS@PINECITYMN.COM
At the North West Company Fur Post in Pine City the year is 1804. But for one weekend a year the time moves forward eight years to the world of 1812. In 1804 a company of 12 men from the North West Fur Company, a British company, wintered in Pine City on the Snake River. At that time furs were big business, and much of the wild game in Europe had been exhausted, so enterprising businessmen looked to the vast wilds of North America to make their fortunes. In the year 1804, the Loui-
siana Purchase had already happened. Lewis and Clark were preparing for their trip west. However, the Louisiana Purchase affected lands west of the Mississippi and the Fur Post was east of the Mississippi and therefore in British territory. By the year 1812, the British government was not prepared for another war. Jaqueline, one of the guides at the fur post, said, “The British didn’t want another war, they were busy fighting Napoleon. And so they ‘commissioned’ businesses. They [the businesses] were very happy to oblige and prove their loyalty to the
crown.” The Americans in turn had become, “very aggressive toward Canada. They wanted to take over Canada, which was crazy.” So the voyageurs [laborers] of the fur trade were commissioned as soldiers as were the ships of the fur trade. The HMS Nancy was out of Sandwich, a town in lower Canada across from present day Detroit. The Nancy would have had a crew of 25-30. Reenactors portraying the crew were present at the Northwest Company Fur Post on Saturday, June 3. AMY DOEUN | THE PIONEER
Spencer Johnson shows how a cannon was fired during the War of 1812.
SEE 1812, PAGE 7
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