Ok, a new feature here on JANSON: interesting tidbits about this part of Minnesota.
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Did you know that in 1915, there was such a thing as the Minnesota State Board of Immigration?
Neither did we. Larry pointed out that, in 1915, WWI had already started in Europe, and that within 2 years, Minnesota would be seriously hassling German immigrants, once we entered the war.
Reading/skimming this 65 page booklet, we realized they were asking for people to immigrate from other states. There are pages and pages of amazing corn, wheat, potato and alfalfa yields on farms owned by people with strangely non-ethnic names.
I think it was total CROPaganda...lol...but the drawings are pretty. Take a look!
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