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Sep. 25—GRANITE FALLS — A small western Minnesota community has lost its mayor and tireless advocate who led it through three major, natural disasters. Granite Falls Mayor Dave Smiglewski, 70 ...
In 1870 a post office began operating at Granite Falls. [8] The town was platted in 1872 [9] and named for deposits of granite rock in the area. [10] In 1874 the county seat was moved to Granite Falls and a small one courtroom courthouse was erected. In 1876 the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Congregation was formed and a church was built.
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The first newspaper in Granite Falls, the Post, began publishing on July 23, 1903. It was later replaced by the Record in 1922 and the Press, which later merged with a newspaper in Lake Stevens. [71] [72] Granite Falls is also served by two regional daily newspapers: The Everett Herald and The Seattle Times. [73]
Granite Falls was incorporated as a town in 1899. Before its incorporation, Granite Falls went by other names such as Baird's Forge, Catawba View, Lovelady, and Granite. [5] In 1952, Evelyn Kent was elected Mayor of Granite Falls, NC, serving from 1952-1954. She was one of the first women to be elected as a Mayor in the state of North Carolina. [6]
For all of their achievements, the C.M. Russell High tennis doubles team of Josh Stimac and Eli Crist and Great Falls High track and field star Scott Klinker have been named the Tribune’s Co ...
Granite Falls Township is a township in Chippewa County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 222 at the 2000 census. The population was 222 at the 2000 census. History
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and editor of the New-York Tribune.Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York and was the unsuccessful candidate of the new Liberal Republican Party in the 1872 presidential election against incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant, who won by a ...