Preserving Britt’s past: a community’s mission
BRITT – A rural community with no main street or city center to rally around can often lose its grip on its historical beginnings. This is what some people in Britt were afraid might happen to their community. So, in 2006 some Britt residents got together to address the problem. Full Story
Homesteading in Britt
(From the BCHS archives. Story told in the late 1940s-early 1950s.) Full Story
Remembering Roman Glinski and the Strawberry Garden
BRITT - Prior to settling in the Britt community Roman Glinski lived on his farm adjacent to the C.W. Stahl farm at Gheen, MN and he was the builder of the Novak Store now located kitty corner east of the old co-op store on Highway 53. Full Story
By George, it IS Washington's Birthday!
Editor’s note: Finally, I have found what appears to be THE true story about the federal holiday conflict: Is it Washington’s Birthday or is it Presidents’ Day? Google searches turned up conflicting accounts, so I dug a little deeper and found this piece published in 2004 in Prologue Magazine, a publication of the U.S. Full Story
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