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 Hillman City Hall -- Hillman 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 37th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Originally a logging village, Hillman was named for a nearby creek used to transport logs. The town was incorporated in 1938 and is currently home to 38 persons.
The Soo Line Railroad came to Hillman in 1906, but the first train did not arrive until 1909 due to the work necessary to lay tracks through the marsh lands located along the route. It was when the trains began arriving that the town began to grow and businesses created.
St. Rita’s Catholic Church is very prominent in Genola and has given the city some of its more interesting moments. On his first day of work at the church, Father Schoenberg stepped into the church and discovered the building was on fire. It was totally destroyed. Without a building, the congregation met in the elementary school basement for 24 years until the new church was opened in 1967.
This series 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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