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In 1878, he founded the Mankato Milling Company and served as its president until his death in 1905. [ 5 ] [ 7 ] The company became a major flour milling operation in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and changed names to the R.D. Hubbard & Company, then to the R.D. Hubbard Milling Company in 1894, and finally the Hubbard Milling ...
Legacy.com is a United States–based website founded in 1998, [2] the world's largest commercial provider of online memorials. [3] The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. [4] Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. [5]
The first newspaper published in Mankato, the Mankato Weekly Independent, began publication in 1857. [4] Six years later, it was bought by Charles Slocum and named the Mankato Union. Then in 1880 the Union and its rival Mankato paper, the Record, merged and became the Mankato Weekly Free Press. It ran as a weekly until 1887, when it became a daily.
Sep. 25—MANKATO — The city portion of next year's property tax bill should actually drop a bit for an average Mankato homeowner under a preliminary levy approved by the City Council Monday night.
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in February 2025 ) and then linked below. 2025
The Land was founded in 1976 by The Free Press. In 2020, the publisher was Steve Jameson. The general manager was Deb Petterson. The managing Editor was Paul Malchow. The motto of the newspaper, "Where farm and family meet", appears with its logo on each newspaper. The front page includes a large format farm-related picture.
Mankato is across the Minnesota River from North Mankato. Mankato and North Mankato have a combined population of 58,763 according to the 2020 census. It completely encompasses the town of Skyline. North of Mankato Regional Airport, a tiny non-contiguous part of the city lies within Le Sueur County. Most of the city is in Blue Earth County.
We-Chank-Wash-ta-don-pee (Dakota: Wičháhpi Waštédaŋpi, Good Little Stars), or more commonly Chaska (pronounced chas-KAY) (died December 26, 1862 [1]) was a Native American of the Dakota who was executed in a mass hanging near Mankato, Minnesota, in the wake of the Dakota War of 1862, despite the fact that President Abraham Lincoln had commuted his death sentence days earlier.