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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UMN Crookston sash session honors international student grads
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Five UMN Crookston seniors and 12 study abroad students have been sashed at the international graduation and sashing ceremony. Each year, graduating UMN Crookston international students get their sash and wear it during commencement ceremonies.
Sashing is an annual event recognizing students international travel. Sam Hassan (Fall 20) and Rose Kanssole (Spring 2021) also were recognized.
Ken Mendez, a 2011 alum, was the evening’s keynote. Mendez shared a story of how his own father arrived in the United States on May 19, 1927 and he discussed his interactions with international students and the mutual impact they have had on one another over the years at UMN Crookston.
Old photos of Minnesota sugar beet harvest capture the Great Depression and the American dream
“Roots of the Red River Valley: Through the Lens of Russell Lee,” now on display in Moorhead, uses images of the late photographer to look at the 1937 sugar beet harvest in Polk County and highlight the importance of migrant workers in the process. Written By: John Lamb | ×
Migrant workers in the sugarbeet fields on a Polk County, Minn., farm. Photo by Russell Lee / Courtesy of the Library of Congress / Special to The Forum
MOORHEAD The newest show at the Historical & Cultural Society of Clay County digs deep into the region’s agricultural and ancestral histories.