Minnesota Mysteries

Any Minnesotan worth his lutefisk has heard of the Kensington Runestone. But have you heard of Victor Setterlund? In 1949, he uncovered another runestone less than ten miles away. How about Newmann the Great? In 1909, the Kenyon-born illusionist astonished Minneapolitans by driving a team of horses blindfolded across town to find a key hidden in a drugstore safe at Lake and Nicollet. How about little Mary Weinand? In 1915, her father demanded justice when the "meanest boy" at her one-room schoolhouse in Corcoran cut off her luxurious auburn curls. These little-known stories, along with dozens more culled from Minnesota newspaper archives, are presented here in their original form.

About the Author: Ben Welter is a Minneapolis native and former news copy chief at the Minneapolis Star Tribune. He has posted more than six hundred interesting stories and photos dating back to 1867 on his blog, "Yesterday's News." He published Minnesota Mayhem and Minnesota Mysteries with The History Press.

• Paperback
• 160 pages
  
• 0.31" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• ISBN: 9781626193628