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This book was released by the Hardwick Community Club in the spring of 1992 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Hardwick's founding. The book uses newspaper records and Hardwick municipal records to provide a history of the community of the…

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An interview clip with Darlene St. Clair in which she discusses the way in which Bdote and Oheywahi have been affected by colonialism.

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hardwick, Minnesota. Founded as a German Lutheran Church in 1894, the congregation which would become Zion built their first church building in 1901. The current building was finished on October 31, 1948 and the…

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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Hardwick, Minnesota. Founded as a German Lutheran Church in 1894, the congregation which would become Zion built their first church building in 1901. The current building was finished on October 31, 1948 and the…

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A tractor passes in front of the Hardwick City Hall during the town's 125th anniversary parade.

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This building originally served as Hardwick's Presbyterian Church before being sold and becoming the Hardwick Community Church. After that congregation also dissolved, the Arthur Moeller Legion Post #478 purchased it in 1985. It was named a…

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The Hardwick Fire Department was officially founded in 1899 when the city purchased 3 fire extinguishers. The first fire truck was purchased in 1929 and construction of the current building began in 1959.

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The Green Lantern Bar is the only restaurant in Hardwick, Minnesota. While ownership has changed many times over the years, a cafe or bar has been operating in Hardwick under the Green Lantern name since 1920

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"I like you!!!" This note from 1967 was left on the inside cover of a cookbook from First Presbyterian Church in Luverne, Minnesota. The note reveals that the book was given to Donna from her friend Nellie sometime around Christmas in 1967.