JULY 31
20 years ago (2002)
The Brainerd Hornets 18-and-under softball team made Minn. Junior Olympic history this summer by winning the state championship in five age brackets. They captured the 18-and-under title July 13-14 and the 19-and-under on July 20-21. In previous years they had won the 12-, 14-, and 16-and-under state championships.
30 years ago (1992)
Quick, tenacious and competitive. That describes Kurt King, the 6-3, 240-pound offensive tackle for the Warrior football team who is expected to start for the Outstate team in the High School All-Star Classic tomorrow at Univ. of St. Thomas. He is the 14th Brainerd player to be named to the annual all-star game.
40 years ago (1982)
A proposed site for a heliport at the Brainerd-Crow Wing County Airport has been selected, subject to further evaluation by the airport commission and Brainerd Helicopter Service. Consultants from TKDA said the heliport site will be south of the present hangers and the structure would be 60 x 80 feet.
60 years ago (1962)
An 18-year-old wanted by law officers in two states, and also AWOL from the Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri, was arrested here last night as was a 16-year-old runaway girl with him. He was driving a Ford convertible he stole in Iowa on which he put Minnesota plates from a junkyard. A loaded rifle was on the back seat.
80 years ago (1942)
A Crosby man, age about 21, is being held in the county jail on a charge of “selling liquor to minors” while he is being investigated for several robberies. One is at a lumber yard, two gas stations and the Cuyuna Range Creamery. A break in at the Trommald Liquor Sale yielded six quarts of liquor.
100 years ago (1922)
(Adv.) This car has the power plant of a car costing $1,795 – yet it costs just $1,065! The six-cylinder motor of the Jewett is developed from the Paige 6-44 motor that proved its worth in thousands of Paige cars everywhere. Sold now at your Paige dealer. Bane Auto Co. - Brainerd.
8/46: First shipment of iron ore on the Cuyuna Range from the Kennedy Mine.
27/46: People in the Northern Pacific Railroad depot waiting area, circa 1910. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area', Published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
28/46: Chicago Tavern on Gilbert Lake circa 1938-1943. Dancing and food. Al LaBarre was the owner. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area' published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
29/46: State Champion was this Brainerd amateur baseball team of 1894, which later saw two of those players advance to the major leagues. Pictured here are (front row) Frary, catcher; Phyle, rf-pit.; Howe, pit., rf; C. McCarthy, 1st; (middle row) Burgum, shortstop, W.P. Buckley, manager; Hill; 3rd; (back row) W. McCarthy, cf; Blandy, lf; Warner, 2nd. Source: 'Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971'. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1971.
35/46: Brainerd Fire Department. Dispatch archives
36/46: W.E. Lively, the hustling Maxwell auto dealer, has sold a Maxwell to Joseph Johnson. Pictured is a Maxwell Mascotte Touring 1911 by Lars-Göran Lindgren Sweden - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1526033
37/46: This truck belonged to Silas Hall's Transfer Line just after World War I. It was used for hauling freight from the NP (Northern Pacific Railroad) depot to stores around town as well as for other kinds of moving. The picture was taken in front of the railroad freight office. Before the truck, Silas Hal used teams of horses and wagons which he kept at 415 Main (now Washington Street). Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
38/46: The 1916 Brainerd police force, pictured here, included the following men: The plain clothes men at either end were Jack Brandt (left) and Ted Nesheim; (front row, left to right) Charles Varner, chief, and Tom Templeton. (Rear, left to right) Erick Graff, Hans Saude and August Swanson. Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
39/46: This building at Seventh and Laurel, still a well-known landmark in Brainerd, was the home of the Citizen's State Bank, from 1909 to 1927, when the bank then moved to quarters across the street. This picture was taken in 1913. Source: Brainerd Minnesota 1871 - 1971. Reproduced from the Centennial Edition of the Brainerd Daily Dispatch.
40/46: The "fill" grounds skating rink, located near Franklin Junior High School, winter of 1938-39. Source: 'Out of the Woods, A Pictorial History of The Brainerd Lakes Area', Published by The Brainerd Daily Dispatch. Copyright 1994.
41/46: 60 years ago (1959) (Photo) Robert Dobson, 15, is interested in how long he can keep a kite aloft. He launched a kite at 3 p.m. yesterday near the court house and it's still flying despite a near disaster when a truck caught the kite string. The weatherman says it will remain windy today. Photo illustration, Metro Creative Graphics, Inc.
42/46: Brainerd Dispatch archives
43/46: The state hospital campus on Highway 18.
44/46: Santa takes a ride during a Christmas parade in downtown Brainerd.
45/46: Children crowd around Santa during downtown Brainerd Christmas festivities.
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