Charles and Carol Ann Hutfles after the Fridley tornado

Charles and Carol Ann Hutfles after the Fridley tornado

Charles and Carol Ann Hutfles standing in front of the wreckage of their home at 7307 Taylor NE in Fridley on May 7, 1965. Minneapolis Star photograph by Gerald Brimacombe. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection (box 251), Minnesota Historical Society.

Aerial view of Fridley tornado damage

Aerial view of Fridley tornado damage

Aerial view of Fridley tornado damage in a two-block area, May 8, 1965. Minneapolis Star photograph by Arthur Hager. Minneapolis Star Tribune negatives collection (box 251), Minnesota Historical Society.

Fridley Tornado, 1965

On the night of May 6, 1965, two F4 tornadoes cut through the northwest Twin Cities metro area. Known collectively as the Fridley tornado, these twisters were the worst cyclonic disaster to hit the Twin Cities to date.

Jeffers Petroglyphs

The dawn sun illuminates Jeffers Petroglyphs, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tom Sanders; used with the permission of Tom Sanders.

Hand Petroglyph

Hand Petroglyph

Hand Petroglyph at Jeffers Petroglyphs Historic Site, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tom Sanders; used with the permission of Tom Sanders.

Looking west from the outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs

Looking west from the rocky outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs

Looking west from the rocky outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs, ca. 2018. Photograph by Tom Sanders; used with the permission of Tom Sanders.

LiDAR map of the Red Rock Ridge and its cultural sites

LiDAR map of the Red Rock Ridge and its cultural sites

LiDAR map of the Red Rock Ridge and its cultural sites, ca. 2018. Photograph by MnTOPO/Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Main outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs

Main outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs

Main outcrop at Jeffers Petroglyphs, ca. 2018.

Digitally enhanced petroglyphs

Digitally enhanced petroglyphs

Digitally enhanced petroglyphs at the Jeffers site, ca. 2018.

Jeffers Petroglyphs

Jeffers Petroglyphs is an internationally significant Native American sacred site and the location of the largest group of Indigenous petroglyphs (rock carvings) in the Midwestern United States. Situated in Dakota homeland, it is sacred to multiple Native American nations, including the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Iowa, and Ojibwe.

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