This Was Brainerd - April 9
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1921. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
To handle Brainerd s rapidly growing energy needs, Minn. Power and Light has built a new steel substation just south of the city water pumping plant to handle the power load. Three new 1,000 KVA transformers have been installed, and there is room for more when needed.
APRIL 9
20 years ago (2001)
The Warrior boys basketball team won the Section 8, Class 4A academic team championship this season. Mike Zauhar made the CLC All-Conference team and Justin Heitkamp was honorable mention. Heitkamp and Dan Karlgaard were all-conference scholar athletes.
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W.E. Lively, the hustling Maxwell auto dealer, has sold a Maxwell to Joseph Johnson. Pictured is a Maxwell Mascotte Touring 1911 by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1526033
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This truck belonged to Silas Hall s Transfer Line just after World War I. It was used for hauling freight from the NP (Northern Pacific Railroad) depot to stores around town as well as for other kinds of moving. The picture was taken in front of the railroad freight office. Before the truck, Silas Hal used teams of horses and wagons which he kept at 415 Main (now Washington Street). Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.