Julie Schrader, Author at MankatoLIFE

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https://www.mnheritage.com/

Julie Schrader is a long-time Mankato area resident, author, historian, and owner of Minnesota Heritage Publishing. She also authors the blog, Betsy-Tacy's Deep Valley.

Photo Courtesy Maud Hart Lovelace’s Deep Valley by Julie A. Schrader - Gottlieb Schmidt & Son Harness, Saddles & Trunks, ca. 1890 This business survived over four generations of family management. Schmidt’s was Mankato’s oldest retail business until it closed in 1986 after 127 years in business. Note the iconic dapple gray wooden horse in the front of the shop. Mankato-born author Maud Hart Lovelace wrote about it in the Betsy-Tacy books

History Stories

The Schmidt House: A Time Remembered

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January 6th, 2022

Cray House, 603 South 2nd Street, circa 1927

History Stories

Cherished Memories: The Cray House

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December 22nd, 2021

Tangled Web of Crime – Mankato’s Gangster Ties Part 2

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May 18th, 2021

Minneapolis Daily Star - August 12, 1927 describing the hunt for James Barrett

Profile of a Bootlegger – Mankato’s Gangster Ties

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May 6th, 2021

Photo Courtesy of Blue Earth County Historical Society - Home of Parsons King and Laura Johnson family in 1865. The house was built in 1854. L-R: Laura, Frank, Clarence, Parsons King, Charles and Julia.

History Stories

Mankato’s Pioneer Women

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March 30th, 2021

Photo from The Mankato Free Press - The Immortal Trio - L-R: Frances Kenney Kirch (Tacy), Maud Hart Lovelace (Betsy), and Marjorie Gerlach Harris (Tib). This photograph was taken outside Lincoln School (now Lincoln Community Center) in October 1961 when the three attended “Betsy-Tacy Days” in Mankato.

History Stories

A Special Homecoming: Mankato Residents Share Memories of Author Maud Hart Lovelace’s Visit to Mankato in 1961

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November 18th, 2020

History Stories

A Special Homecoming: Author Maud Hart Lovelace Honored in Mankato in 1961

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October 29th, 2020

Submitted Photo - This bird’s eye view of Mankato shows Main Street leading up the hill to the edge of town, circa. 1906

History Stories

What’s in a Name: The History of Mankato’s Streets

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October 16th, 2020

Photo from the Library of Congress - General William T. Sherman, center, leaning on the breach of a cannon, with his staff at Federal Fort No. 7 near Atlanta, Georgia in this stereopticon slide.

History Stories

A Civil War Hero’s Gift to Mankato – John Eaton Tourtellotte

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July 30th, 2020

Photo Courtesy of the Minnesota American Legion Archives - American Legion Auxiliary spring conference at the St. Paul Hotel March 27, 1931.

History Stories

Dr. Helen Hughes Hielscher – Founder of the American Legion Auxiliary

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July 16th, 2020

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