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Nicollet County Historical Society Celebrates Historic Preservation Month with a Presentation on Strengthening Community Through Historic Preservation 

Michael Koop’s presentation will cover the variety of work done by Minnesota’s Heritage Preservation Commissions to create a range of tools to educate and reach people and to help conserve important historic properties across the state. The real action in historic preservation is at the local level since the results

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BEYER & BERBRICH SALOON

The intertwined stories of Otto Berbrich and August Beyer mirror the experiences of numerous German immigrants who made their way to Minnesota in the late 1800s. Otto's journey led him from farm laborer to bar owner, while August, arriving in Courtland as a teenager, worked various jobs before becoming a

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