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A post office called Wheaton has been in operation since 1884. [6] Wheaton was designated county seat in 1886. [7] The city was named for Daniel Thompson Wheaton, a railroad surveyor. [7] One property in the city is listed on the National Register of Historic Places: the Wheaton Depot, built circa 1906. [8]
Walter "Red" H. Bainbridge Jr. (May 5, 1930 – September 22, 2024) was an American figure skater. He began skating in Washington state, when his father, geologist Walter H. Bainbridge, was posted there between 1938 and 1945.
Traverse County (locally / ˈ t r æ v ər s / TRAV-ərss) is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,360, [2] making it the least-populous county in Minnesota. Its county seat is Wheaton. [3] The county was founded in 1862 and organized in 1881. [4]
John Sarna, 86, American politician, member of the Minnesota House of Representatives (1973–1996). [693] Aleksander Sopliński, 79, Polish politician and physician, deputy (2005–2011), deputy minister of health (2012–2015). [694] Tempest Storm, 93, American burlesque star and actress. [695]
William G. Bainbridge (April 17, 1925 – November 29, 2008) was a United States Army soldier who served as the fifth Sergeant Major of the Army. [1] He was sworn in on July 1, 1975, and served until June 1979. He was the last World War II veteran to hold the position of Sergeant Major of the Army.
Wayne Winston Lambert [1] (born January 3, 1936) [2] is a former Air Force Brigadier General (United States).He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, after already having served a year in the US Army.
In 1866, Wheaton was elected to the House of the Minnesota State Legislature, where he served one term, from 1867 to 1868. [8] That same year, Wheaton and Charles M. Goodsell each gave a 10-acre (40,000 m 2 ) plot of land to the fledgling Northfield College to establish the college campus just north of the main part of town.