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Cottonwood County Blizzard of 1936

Early twentieth-century winters in Minnesota were a hardship for the state’s residents―including those of Cottonwood County. Newcomers, hearing stories about the weather, soon learned that the accounts weren't exaggerated. A few storms stand out, but the blizzard of 1936 topped them all.

Barn on the Carlos Avery Game Farm

The original rectangular barn, designed by architect Walter MacLeith. Photograph by Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society, October 23, 2016. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Carlos Avery Game Farm’s field station and laboratory.

Field station and laboratory with sign reading “Carlos Avery Wildlife HQ.” Photograph by Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society, October 23, 2016. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Carlos Avery Game Farm’s incubation building

The Carlos Avery Game Farm’s incubation building. Photograph by Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society, October 23, 2016. Used with the permission of Anoka County Historical Society.

Map of the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area

Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area map. [St. Paul]: Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Fish and Wildlife, 1978. Map Collection, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul.

Releasing pheasants at Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area

Releasing pheasants, Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, 1970. Photograph by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Printed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune article "Pheasants, Long-ago Introduced to Minnesota, Now a Cherished Gamebird" (October 10, 2014).

Baskets of pheasant eggs at the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area

Baskets of pheasant eggs, Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area, 1970. Photograph by Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Printed in the Minneapolis Star Tribune article "Pheasants, Long-ago Introduced to Minnesota, Now a Cherished Gamebird" (October 10, 2014).