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 St Scholastica Catholic Church -- Heidelberg MN - posted by Benchmark Blasterz

Since 1973, all incorporated towns were declared officially to be ‘cities’ by an act of the Minnesota Legislature. Ever wonder about those ‘little cities’? This series of 100 waymarks will take you to all corners of the great state of Minnesota to visit the 100 smallest of the incorporated cities in the state. All have a great story to tell.
This is the 35th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Founded in the 1850s by two German immigrant farmers, Frank Heil & Fredrick Ihrig. The story is told that Frank Heil & his two younger brothers were smuggled to the United States hiding on wine barrels. Such was their desire to make a new life for themselves in the young nation.
Incorporated in 1894, Heidelberg currently has a population of 122 persons and is the home of what is regarded as one of the best meat markets in Minnesota Czech country, Odenthal Meats. The meat products offered at this establishment use locally raised beef, chicken & pork.
Heidelberg is the Euchre Capital of the entire world. Following the bicentennial flag presentation ceremony, at which Lt. Governor Rudy Perpich did the honors, a game of euchre began and continued non-stop for 200 hours, one hour for each year of the United States.
This series of waymarks is tuned to getting people to visit these wonderful small communities before they disappear completely. To validate your ‘find’, please post a photo of you with your GPS at the coordinates and please relate a little tidbit about what you learned about the town and its people that is not in this narrative or the book. You can learn more about ‘LITTLE MINNESOTA’ by logging on to (visit link)

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