Hay Creek, south of Red Wing, attracted German-speaking settlers including the founders of Hawkeye Mills. By 1870, eighty percent of Hay Creek township residents were German, the second highest concentration in Minnesota at the time.
Hawley Shipyard sign on the old warehouse that was used to build and store the Hjemkomst. From the Tom Asp Collection, Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County
Hay-nee-ah-cha (Soaking Mountain, also known as Trempealeau Mountain), Trempealeau Bay, Mississippi River. Photograph by Grant Pavek, date unknown. Used with the permission of Grant Pavek.
Headstone at Anoka State Hospital cemetery installed by Remembering With Dignity. The old patient-number slab remains above it. Photograph by Sasha D. Warren, 2019. CC BY-NC 4.0.
A granite headstone at Anoka State Hospital installed by Remembering With Dignity. The old patient-number slab remains above it. Photograph by Sasha D. Warren, 2019. CC BY-NC 4.0.