Thanks to Curt Brown of the Star Tribune for his Sunday story on Northfields founder, John North (and for calling me Northfield historian and North scholar as he mentions my Jan. 15 book presentation at the Northfield Historical Society!). You will find several stories about North in my Historic Happenings book -- his ties to Abraham Lincoln, his founding of the Lyceum Society and how his views on liquor led to ax-wielding settlers promoting temperance in Northfield.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 06:17:36 +0000