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 Boy River Community Center - Boy River, MN - posted by saopaulo1

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 8th of 100 of the cities described in the book LITTLE MINNESOTA. Boy River sits on a hill of rock and is surrounded by dense forests and swamps. This active little city is located on the Boy River and is two-and-half miles east of Leech Lake. Boy River was incorporated in 1922 and is currently the home to 47 persons.
The Battle of Sugar Point is considered the last chapter of the Indian Wars in the United States took place on nearby Leech Lake. Typical of many such incidents, this ‘battle’ was the result of exploitation of the land & resources of the local indigenous people by white owned lumber companies.
Since 1953, Boy River has hosted Hobo Day over Labor Day weekend. It has evolved from a vegetable-judging contest into a day of games, a trap shoot, a canoe derby, a pig roast and ‘Hobo Stew’, a local concoction.
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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