The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-09-02
From Mondays Daily

Hospitality was the foreword ex.
pressed by Major Albert Pfaender.
Mayor l.. A. Fritsche and other
townspeople who represented New
Ulm when they met and entertained
the members of the Mankato Histori-
ca society and its friends at New
Ulm Saturday afternoon.
Twenty seven cars carrying about
1870 people left the M. c. A. Of this
city Saturday. One group OF cars
left about 1880. o'clock, and the Other
group lett at two o'clock. 1t was
agreed upon that the cars which
reached certain eros roads first,
should let the other group know they
had passed by sprinkling confetti.
one group obediently stopped, and
performed the ceremony, when upon
reaching the New Ulm bridge they
met with great surprise by seeing
that the other group had preceded
them and had forgotten their promise.
However. 1t was a happy gathering
in New Ulm.
Ulm citizens led by Major Pfaender,
met the society on the bridge, and
after providing the occupants OF
each car with copies of the places to
be visited, the entire company went
to Hauenstein's soft drink plant,
where the major welcomed the So
ciety then into Hunters rest, and on
to Schell's soft drink plant, candy
factory and deer park. Here every
one left the cars and wandered
around the grounds admiring the
beautiful gardens and grounds which
have been modelled after German
! gardens. Down below the gardens
the deer shyly viewed the sight seers
| The call went out that refreshments
were to be had in one OF the build
ings so everyone quenched their
thirst, with cooling drafts of near
bosr. Some individuals were seen to
slyly slip back for another thirst
quencher, and still others quietly
wendell their way to the water fau-
Get, while the glass Of near beer pro-
vided for them, was passed to some
willing friend.
Flowers and Grape Vineyards
After admiring the old fashioned
flowers and grape Vineyards, the WISH
tors left for New Ulm where they
were driven past the Union hospital,
Turner Hall park, opera house and
gymnasium. The log cabin was point
ed out which was built by Junior
pioneers in honor Of the early set
tiers. The Indian monument erected
| to the memory of those who fell In
the Sioux Indian massacre and bat.
ties Of New Ulm. August 1862, was
monument erected by the National
Herman Sons lodge in honor of Her
man, or Arminius, liberator of leu
tonic tribes from Roman Dominion.
In the battle of Varus in Tueteburger
forest lowered high above the Wis
itors as they gazed into the valley of
the Big Cottonwood where an old In
dian trail is still to be seen. The
next places of interest were the st.
Alexander hospital and home for the
aged, and the stone which marks
the place where a accommodating par
ty during the Indian siege was ain.
| pushed on their return. Catholic
church properties were next viewed,
and then the home of Alex Schwen-
dinger, decorator and artist Of the old
school, which has an old fashioned
sun dial on one side of the house.
This residence is built after the typi-
cal german homes, with painted de-
signs and windows of the old type as
visited were the Lutheran school
house which is just being built, the
Armory, and the old post office. This
was an outpost during the Indian
siege in 1862. Port holes on the
north side through which rifles and
shot guns were aimed, could be seen
The city hall was admired, and then
the visitors were shown the site OF
the former Erd building which was a
place Of refuge for women and chill
dren during the Indian siege. Pow
der was stored in the basement and
the fuse attached, ready to blow UP
the building IL the Indians captured
the city. At one time a stove pipe
was placed in the roof of the building
to initiate a cannon, and explosions
made. with an anvil to scare the
Indians.
The last two places visited were
the City lighting and heating plant
and the Eagle Roller mill.
The Old Log Cabin
| The occupants Of the cars went
back to Turner park and were
shown inside Of the log cabin, built
by the Junior pioneers.
The room of the cabin is filed with
old Indian and pioneer relics which
have been donated by members and
friends of the society. On the walls
on brass plates are printed the
original founders of the city.
Beside the cabin is a boiler of the
boat Otter which used to ply up anG
] down the Minnesota river. It had
lain in partial ruin, until rescued by
the Pioneer society who took 1t to New
Ulm, and made of it one OF then
priced mementos of the days of
! strife and warfare.
Thomas Hughes, president of the
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