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y Ron Wienhold of the Todd
County Historical Society
As mentioned in a past article
n land topography caused by
laciation in Todd and surrounding
mmediate counties, the area was a
ery barren land several thousand
ears ago. Then came several
migrations of peoples from the oldorld. One recently surmised a
oute around the top of the Atlantic
cean on ice and water. However
he most used is the land bridge
nd water between Siberia and
laska during the low sea levels at
he time of much ice on the poles.
Each migration brought with it
dvances. What makes our area so
nique is the method of travel. The
ocky Mountains were quite diffi-
ult to cross, so by heading east a
it they came to a huge inland gla-
al lake called Agassiz, of which
he southern shore line came down
o where Fargo-Moorhead now
tands. Following this downhrough our area they spread
outh and developed the eventual
vilizations of the southern states,
entral American and South
merica.
It is amazing to think of those
riginal people possibly trudging
hrough our counties. However
most people think only of the tribes
f Native Americans (Indians) that
ere here when Europeans settled
ere. We must remember there
ere several thousand years before
hat. Usually archaeologists divide
hese into different eras. Paleo, the
rst few thousand years, then
Early Woodland, Middle Woodland
and Late Woodland and finally
those who were here at the time of
European arrival.
A native artifact hunter found
a Folsom spear point, about nine
thousand years old, at the headwa-
ters where the Long Prairie River
comes out of Lake Carlos. It is oneof very few found in Minnesota. It
is distinctive for being like one
found grown into the bones of an
extinct bison in New Mexico. A
very unique form with a hollow
ground groove on each side caused
by one long flake taken off each
side from the bottom.
These people for some time were
hunter gatherers - traveling about
after game like large Mammoths
and other now extinct animals.
They used spears and later atlatls.
Many of our so called arrowheads
were actually the tips of a dart that
was attached to a long spear
thrown with the help of a flat pieceof wood for extra leverage. Much
later, seven or eight hundred
years, the bow and arrow came
with new migrations.
Campsites were used around
our many lakes and rivers. These
are often mistaken for battle sites
because of the somewhat frequent
finds of artifacts on the spots. Also
these sites contain many chips of
stones used in the manufacture of
weapons. A sampling of the flakes
shows an amazing variety from
distant places. Obsidian from
Yellowstone, oolitic chert from New
York State, copper from Michigan,
flint from North Dakota, evaculite
from Missouri, and greenstone
from Ely. Closer to home there is a
vein of white milky quartz in the
bed rock below the dam in Little
Falls that they quarried. Also usedwere the glacial tumbled rocks of
chert, agate, jasper, chalcedony
and others found around our lake
shores and rivers.
Little Falls had many spalds of
quartz on the town site as well as
scattered along the road cuts south
of the city. Being the people did not
have horses for carrying the rocks
they were chipped into hand sized
pieces rounded on the top and flat
on the bottom and called turtle
backs. These could be carried long
Tue. June 18
Mostly Sunny
75°/55°
Wed. June 19
Partly Cloudy
78°/61°
Thur. June 20
T-Storms
80°/65°
Fri. June 21
T-Storms
77°/66°
Sat. June 22
Mostly Cloudy
83°/60°
Sun. June 23
Mostly Dloudy
80°/60°
W EEKLY W EATHER REPORT
A community newspaper serving Browerville, MN and surrounding areas. USPS 067-560
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Volume 97; Number 51
www.bladepublishing.net
75¢
What is Crazy Bingo?What’s Crazy Bingo? Good
question! Have you ever played
Bingo and complained because you
don’t win? Have you ever been dis-
couraged because YOU HAD the
number BEFORE or AFTER the
one called? Have you ever been dis-
couraged because you were just
O N E
N U M -
B E R
a w a y
f r o m
having
Bingo ,
a n d
s o m e -
one else
y e l l s ,
“Bingo”!
D o n ’ t
y o u
w i s h
t h a t
y o u ’ d
know if maybe, JUST MAYBE, the
next number called could have
been YOUR “bingo number?” How
would you like to be rewarded for
having the number just called on
your card? It could happen! How
about if you added 10 to the num-
ber that was just called and be able
to cover that number, too? Sounds
crazy, doesn’t it?
Well, don’t be discouraged
again!! Once you play Crazy
Bingo, you’re going to wonder why
it’s not ALWAYS played that way!
Come to the tent area behind the
Vet’s Club on Saturday, June 29th,
from noon until 2:00 p.m. and enjoy
some FREE fun and win prizes
while you’re at it. Just one free
card per
person –
if you
c a n
r e a d
n u m -
b e r s
you can
play -
there’s
no age
l i m i t !
Join us
at any
t i m e
f r o m
n o o n
until 2:00; we’ll try to get 20 games
played.
Rem ember: it’s FREE, one card
per person; play as many games
you’d like; if you can read numbers
- you can play. Join Sandy and the
“Crazy Bingo” crew at the Vet’s
Tent on Saturday, June 29th. It
promises to be a fun afternoon!
Scott Lieser
signs pro
contract
with the
Milwaukee
Brewers
The Early Civilizations ofTodd and Surrounding
Counties
Continued on page 12
Former Browerville and St.
Cloud State alumni Scott Lieser
signed a professional baseball
contract with the Milwaukee
Brewers. Lieser recently com-pleted his final season at St.
Cloud State that saw the right-
handed pitcher set many school
records including three no-hit-
ters. Lieser went 10-3 with a 2.71
ERA in his senior season for the
Huskies. He threw 83 innings, struck out a team-high 66 and walked a team-low 11 among the Huskies’
starters. Lieser recently left for Arizona to begin his first season with the Brewers rookie team located in
Phoenix. Lieser added, “I want to thank everybody in the surrounding communities for their support
throughout the years and their continued support as I continue to chase my dream.”
Com e vi sit Br owerville Heritage Day s
Jun e 28 - 30. som ething for ever yon e!
This image is a depiction of what an early settlement in Todd County may have looked like.