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 1912 - J. Luchsinger Store - Johnson, 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 42nd of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Johnson is a city in extreme northeastern Big Stone County. Once a vast treeless prairie, settlers began arriving in this area, which was called Johnson Station as early as 1880. Located on the precursor to the Great Northern Railroad, the city was named in honor of a railroad section foreman. The city was incorporated in 1903 and is currently the home to 23 persons. The village once had a bank, a cream station, several stores, a hotel, a school, a lumber company, a livery stable, three grain elevators, and a blacksmith, and a station of the Great Northern Railway.
David ‘Andy Bear’ Anderson put the city of Johnson on the map with his collection of vintage fire trucks. He often gives the residents free rides on birthdays, anniversaries and other special days. He once participated in the Casselton, North Dakota ‘Fire Truck Parade’, one of 181 fire trucks that participated in the Guinness World Record event.
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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