This Day in Minnesota History

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Today's Date: December 24

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1869

The Church of the Good Samaritan (Episcopal) in Sauk Centre holds its first service, the wedding of Miss Nellie A. Barrows and Captain Edward Oakford. The church's stained-glass windows had been donated by a friend of Bishop Henry B. Whipple and brought in by oxcart. The west wall of the church would collapse in 1999, destroying two of the original windows. The wall would be rebuilt and the windows replaced by a set from the recently closed Grace Church in Royalton.
1889

Electric streetcars begin running in Minneapolis.
1892

The Hotel Hallock in Kittson County burns. Boasting deluxe accommodations and catering to hunters, the hotel had running water, a barbershop, and kennels for patrons' dogs. Owner Charles Hallock, publisher of Field and Stream, helped publicize Minnesota as a hunter's paradise.
1896

Red Lake County is established, named for the Red Lake River, which flows through it.