Diamond Club
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 24, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. February 11, 1943 The name “Drake Station,” unfamiliar to the majority of Rock countyians born after the turn of the century, was a place of significant importance to the early day residents of eastern…
By Betty Mann, Rock County HistorianMay 17, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. February 4, 1943 When prairie chickens were so numerous in this section of the country that one could ride along in a wagon and shoot them was recalled this week by William Heckt, Luverne. The birds…
By Betty Mann, Rock County historian, 1943, Diamond ClubMay 03, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald. January 21, 1943 When Mrs. Jennie Savage came to Luverne in 1876, there was no town north of Main Street. There were but a few scattered…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 26, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald. January 14, 1943 The distinction of being a distant relative of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence belongs to Mrs.…
By Betty Mann, president, Rock County Historical SocietyApril 19, 2022The following article is part of the Diamond Club Member group that began in the January 7, 1943, issue of the Rock County Star Herald. Members of this group consist of persons of age 75 and older. This is continued from last week’s edition of the Star Herald. Mr. Kennedy was married May 4, 1894, at Luverne to Susie Kean, a native of Village Creek, Ia. and they made their home on the farm at the…
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