This Was Brainerd - Dec. 22
A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1920. Written By: Terry McCollough | ×
Workers are completing the new Welcome to Baxter sign on the C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway (Hwy 371 bypass). The large wooden sign greets visitors northbound into Baxter. It was placed near Isle Drive after controversy over its intended site near the Mississippi River bridge. Brainerd Dispatch archives
DECEMBER 22
20 years ago (2000)
(Photo) Workers are completing the new Welcome to Baxter sign on the C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway (Hwy 371 bypass). The large wooden sign greets visitors northbound into Baxter. It was placed near Isle Drive after controversy over its intended site near the Mississippi River bridge.