LITTLE MINNESOTA - 65
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N 45° 15.703 W 096° 19.840
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This is the 65th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA.
Waymark Code: WMEQVD
Location: Minnesota, United States
Date Posted: 06/28/2012
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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 65th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Odessa was first settled in June 1870 and was named for the city of Odessa in southern Ukraine on the Black Sea. The wheat seed used in this vicinity was brought from the Ukraine. The railway village of Odessa was platted in 1879 when the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad was being built and incorporated as a village in 1895. Odessa is the current home to 135 persons.
The Odessa Mutual Insurance Company is over 120 years old, having been formed in 1888. From 1934 to 1983 the company operated out of the F&M Bank building until a need for more space necessitated the move into a new building. Owners of the Big Stone Western art house their studio in the former Methodist Church. They were the last couple married in the church and they subsequently remodeled the church into a home and studio.
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 (
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