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Cynthia Christians Reporter cchristians@cherryroad. com Twenty-two miles southeast of Montevideo, and seven miles southeast of Granite Falls, is the Upper Sioux Agency State Park.

Cynthia Christians Reporter cchristians@cherryroad. com Prairie Fyre, a music festival, is about to be in full swing for the third year in a row.

Jessica Stölen-Jacobson Editor js to len-jacobson@cherryroad.com Whether good or bad weather, this itinerary for a day out with family in Granite Falls can work for both indoor and outdoor adventure. This week’s itinerary offers up a variety of activities that can be easily altered depending upon the temperatures, or rainfall.

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Cynthia Christians Reporter cchristians@cherryroad. com If you have a weekday afternoon off a place to spend some time and maybe learn a little history of the area is at the Historic Chippewa City. Set upon 20 acres of land where highway 7 and highway 212 meet, the city has 24 buildings on site to tour and is set in the 1800s. People are encouraged to walk into the buildings to take in the details that have been well preserved. Historic Chippewa City was started in 1965 with the preservation of the one room schoolhouse. The movie “Sweet Land” was partially filmed in the historic city as well as the PBS documentary “Death of a Dream”. The little city also inspired renowned artist Terry Redlin as his Doctor series features the Chippewa Bank Building. Redlin also draws on inspiration from the log homes in the historic city. There are also two very old dugout canoes on display at the historic city.

I’ve previously written about how we live in an agrarian culture and am excited to share some resources available specifically for us. UMASH is the Upper Midwest Agricultural Health and Safety Center and their mission is to improve the health and safety of agricultural workers, owner-operators, and communities in the Upper Midwest.

With the high gas prices, not only is a day in the City of Montevideo a short drive but offers a variety of activities to help kids burn off energy while enjoying the outdoors. The locally owned small businesses not only help save on gas costs not having to travel to metro areas for entertainment but offer a more affordable price for recreation and goods.

Lac qui Parle in French means “lake which speaks”; in Dakota it means “little talking lake”. The area that now exists as Lac qui Parle State Park was once settled by a Dakota village near the site of Fort Renville, which located in what is now the state park.

A trip along the Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway can include various portions of the scenic route, as in it’s entirety, the byway covers 287 miles along the Minnesota River, which was once one of the largest rivers in existence.