This Was Brainerd - May 10
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 | ×
In the spirit of Mother s Day, three-year-old Jamie Lovald of Baxter prepares to kiss his great-great-grandmother, Mary Elizabeth Brown who lives at Bethany Good Samaritan Center. Mrs. Brown, 105, traveled from Kentucky to Motley in a covered wagon. She had 12 children, nine of whom still are living.
MAY 10
20 years ago (2001)
Legislation banning billboards on the Hwy 371 bypass has passed the Minn. House and been sent to Gov. Jesse Ventura. The bill, authored by Rep. Steve Wenzel, would prohibit large self-standing billboards along the bypass which runs from Barrows, across the Mississippi and around Brainerd to connect with Baxter s commercial area.