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OTC Tools (originally Owatonna Tool Company) is a tool and equipment manufacturer. It was founded in Owatonna, Minnesota , by Godfrey Kaplan, who operated a small machine shop there. Kaplan's son Rueben, invented the "Grip-O-Matic" universal gear puller and received his first patent. [ 1 ]
Owatonna: Multipurpose municipal hall built 1906–7, significant as Owatonna's government center and as an example of Minnesota's common late-19th/early-20th-century municipal buildings. [13] Also a contributing property to the Owatonna Commercial Historic District. [12] 9: Owatonna Commercial Historic District: Owatonna Commercial Historic ...
Owatonna (/ ˌ oʊ w ə ˈ t ɒ n ə / OH-wə-TON-ə) [5] is a city and the county seat of Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,420 at the 2020 census. [3] Owatonna is home to the Steele County Fairgrounds, which hosts the Steele County Free Fair in August. Interstate 35 and U.S. Highways 14 and 218 are three of the ...
Owatonna's Central Park, established in 1871, forms the focal point of the district. The park is bordered by three buildings that were previously listed on the National Register as individual properties: the 1891 Steele County Courthouse, the 1907 Owatonna City and Firemen's Hall, and the 1908 National Farmer's Bank. A total of 74 buildings and ...
The paper was expanded to ten pages of news and advertising in 1900 when railroad lines began intersecting Owatonna. Darby added a daily edition in 1916 named the Daily People's Press and discontinued the weekly edition in 1921. In 1938, Darby bought and consolidated the Steele County pioneer weekly Owatonna Journal-Chronicle to the Press.
The Steele County Courthouse is the seat of government for Steele County, located in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States.It was built in 1891. The courthouse is a three-story Austin red-brick building with red mortar, accented with Lake Superior brown stone.
Owatonna Township (/ ˌ oʊ w ə ˈ t ɒ n ə /) is a township in Steele County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 771 at the 2000 census. The population was 771 at the 2000 census. Geography
The Steele County Free Fair is an annual week-long summer county fair held in Owatonna, Minnesota, United States, the county seat of Steele County. It is the largest free county fair in Minnesota, displaying over 2,000 animals each year and hosting over 450 vendors who sell food, commercial goods and services, and arts and crafts.