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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BP5_preston-overlook_Preston-MN.html
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PRESTON OVERLOOK
In 1937-1938, during Americas Great Depression, the Preston Overlook was built as a project of the federal National Reemployment Service (NRS). The NRS operated an employment office in each county to certify manpower for …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMKYQ_minnesotas-norwegian-americans_Lanesboro-MN.html
Like immigrants from many European nations in the mid-19th century, Norwegians left their homeland to escape overpopulation, food shortages, and farm foreclosures. They began arriving in Minnesota in the 1850s, drawn by rich farmland and job oppor…