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I grew up minnesotan. This is my home. [acoustic guitar plays rhythmic flamenco music ] ken mendez my father spoke about seeing posters advertising for workers. He responded. They came for what they thought would be a better life, a more secure life. In 1927, that was the first year the plant in East Grand Forks was being built and in operation. So its kind of amazing to know that my father was one of the first of the families that came up here. Grapes of wrath took you west, and the sugar beets brought you north. [jesus mendez speaks spanish] man, for jesus mendez we crossed over in laredo, texas. That is where they contracted us to work in the beet fields. In East Grand Forks, minnesota, in 1927. The factory had set up a sort of colony for the people that wanted to stay for the winters. My father and other families decided to stay, because if you stayed, you would get a better price the next year. In those days, they would bring the people up here in special trains, not in trucks. On

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