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Date
Visited:
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Saturday,
October 9, 2004 |
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City
Visited #:
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440 |
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County:
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Adams |
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Visited
With:
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David & Randy |
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City Name
History:
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Named
in 1881 as the site of a Northern Pacific Railroad water tank and
section house. Exact origin of the name has been lost, but the
three most frequently cited sources, in order of probability, are: after
a woman cook with the track-laying crew; for an early settler in the
county; as a whimsical honor for singer Jenny Lind, the Swedish
nightingale. The Scandinavian influence of the name's origin was
heightened in 1888 by the Nielson brothers, who platted the town in such
a manner that the initial letters of its street names spelled their
surname. |
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