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Almanac: Hands-On History

Prison Town

Clip: Season 1 Episode 5 | 6m 1sVideo has Closed Captions

Opening 5 years before Minnesota became a state, the prison could hold up to 750...

Opening 5 years before Minnesota became a state, the prison could hold up to 750 inmates. Some of them were part of the notorious Jesse James group that tried to rob the Northfield bank.

10/19/2005

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Main Street

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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 9m 47s | From mills converted into antique shops to caves converted into brewery's... (9m 47s)

St. Croix River

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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 6m 26s | The boom site is on the national register of historic places and it was a place for... (6m 26s)

Vintage Baseball

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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 23s | Ending up in Stillwater, Bud Fowler was the first black baseball player to pitch a... (3m 23s)

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