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Olivia Irvine Dodge (October 7, 1918 – January 24, 2009) [1] was a philanthropist who, along with her sister Clotilde Irvine Moles, donated the house that is now the Minnesota Governor's Residence. Dodge was a well-known environmentalist, founding the Dodge Nature Center in West St. Paul and Mendota Heights, Minnesota in 1967 and the Irvine ...
Olivia has been calling itself the "Corn Capital of the World" since 1973, when it erected its well-known 50-foot corn monument in the shape of an ear of corn. Olivia is the home to nine seed research facilities. It is in the middle of Renville County, Minnesota's leading producer of corn. Corn Capital Days
October 7, 2011 (5209 County Road 21 NE: Farmington Township: Circa-1875 example of the timber-framed, three-bay barns built during a decade of increased agriculture in Olmsted County and a shift from wheat to diversified farming across southeast Minnesota.
Renville County, located directly across the Minnesota River from the Lower Sioux Agency, was the site of extensive combat during the Dakota War of 1862.The U.S. army's defeats at the Battle of Redwood Ferry and the Battle of Birch Coulee at the hands of the Dakota both occurred in Birch Cooley Township, in addition to numerous Dakota raids on white homesteads in the county.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
He also became active in local Republican politics, serving as village recorder and mayor of Olivia as well as justice of the peace for Renville County, Minnesota. [1] [2] [3] Dowling served as an assistant clerk in the Minnesota State House of Representatives from 1892 to 1894 and as chief clerk from 1895 to 1898. He was elected to one term as ...
The Heins Block is the most prominent commercial building in the city of Olivia, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1896 to house a bank and a hardware store owned by P.W. Heins. [2] P.W. Heins opened up his first mercantile store soon after the village of Olivia was surveyed by the Hastings and Dakota Railway. Heins established the ...
The following people were either born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with the city of Olivia, Minnesota. Pages in category "People from Olivia, Minnesota" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.