LITTLE MINNESOTA - 99 - on Waymarking.com

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 99th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Wright is a city in western Carlton County is named in honor of George Burdick Wright, who during many years was engaged in land examinations and locating new settlers in northern and western Minnesota. Wright was also instrumental in the building of the Northern Pacific Railroad from Wadena to Fergus Falls to Breckenridge in west central Minnesota.
Wright was incorporated in 1920 and is the current home to 127 persons. On the third weekend in July, the city celebrates the ‘Wrong Days in Wright’, annual funfest since 1965. The celebration includes steak fry, fireworks, a softball tournament where the players run the bases backwards and ends with a dance. To quote city resident, ‘It is just general mayhem and we all look forward to it’. The citizens of Wright have known how to survive and how to have a good time through all the changes of the last century.
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