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Column: An old-time road trip down the Hammond Highway Trail

Ninety years ago this afternoon — Nov. 14, 1919 — the tiny Minnesota Highway Department authorized creation of Hammond Highway Trail.

Column: Seven days late, remembering a scary Halloween

“Hey! I thought you were going to have a spook column Saturday. I thought you would tell about the ghost that prowls the streets of Worthington. Or some such thing.”

Column: There was plenty to bank on in Nobles County in 1920

WORTHINGTON — If you trace down the trunk of Worthington’s Bank of the West — farther down — far down — you find Worthington National Bank. Worthington National was here a century gone by.

Column: Nothing on TV? Go back in time, and listen to the radio

WORTHINGTON — Many of us remember when a friend would come up and ask, “Did you see M*A*S*H last night?” Before you could nod yes or no they would be telling you, “It was really funny. BJ and Hawkeye were talking. Radar came up with this guinea pig…”

Column: Take me out to the ballgames - and glimpes of greatness

WORTHINGTON — Great Days of Baseball are with us another time. Post-season games, division playoffs and then (Oct. 28) the World Series. October swells with baseball memories.

Column: A place for the well known to visit - but not stay

WORTHINGTON — Part of what follows is true. Part is a genuine conversation. It gets stretched a bit. You’ll see.

Column: Believe it - Amelia Earhart lived in Worthington

WORTHINGTON — “Oh, you’re kidding me,” says a 16-year-old girl. No. I am not. I would not do that. “You mean she stayed at a motel here?” says the girl. No. I mean Amelia Earhart lived here.

Don Hanson and his glimpse of aviation history

WORTHINGTON — Listen, Don Hanson. You and I are not through with talking. You know this. But they had the funeral Friday morning. I really, really am sorry.

They once threw turkeys from the courthouse

WORTHINGTON — I remember the first Turkey Day, or maybe it was the eve of Turkey Day. Men from the Worthington Chamber of Commerce wearing plaid flannel shirts, blue jeans and Western hats climbed out on the roof of the old, red-brick Nobles County courthouse and began throwing live turkeys to the crowd below.

Do You Recall First Turkey Day in 1939?

WORTHINGTON — “Long Live the King!” shouted Victor Hackbarth, Worthington High School art instructor, as he climbed atop a giant statue of a turkey which he and C.W. Amundson had created and placed a jeweled crown on the turkey’s red head.

• Turkey Float

Columns

Columnist: A valentine to women who served our country

Ann Johnson was (I believed) a striking woman. Ann was tall. They use that word, “statuesque.” She was Scandinavian without challenge. Blonde hair. October sky-blue eyes. Rosy cheeks.

Trick or treat - Nobles County has fair share of ghost stories

WORTHINGTON — Ruth Hein has been ailing lately. Every Wednesday through many years Ruth wrote a column of local history for the Daily Globe.