Legendary Locals of Crookston, Minnesota

by Kristina Torkelson Gray

Crookston is in the heart of the fertile Red River Valley. Railroad baron James J. Hill positioned the city to be a hub of transportation, so Civil War veterans and railroad workers settled Crookston first. At Hill's behest, a long tradition of learning how to "farm smart" started with the Northwest School of Agriculture in 1906. Facing a short growing season, farmers stayed close to the soil and invented better implements to harvest the area's bounty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467101575
• ISBN13: 9781467101578
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 9.1"