In September 1959, Coon Rapids played a role in promoting détente between the United States and the Soviet Union, when area resident Roswell Garst hosted Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev on his farm.
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However, the NLX will turn north at Coon Creek Junction in Coon Rapids to enter the Hinckley Subdivision, which it will follow to Boylston Junction between Foxboro and Superior, Wisconsin.
His campaign, headquartered in a motel in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, was a resounding failure, despite corporate sponsorships by heavy hitters Lipton Tea and Absolut Vodka.