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4 unusual facts about Owatonna


Alexander Chambers

He died in San Antonio, Texas with the rank of colonel in the 17th U.S. Infantry Regiment and was buried in Owatonna, Minnesota.

Cybex International

The company has over 600 employees and their products are manufactured in their two manufacturing facilities, located in Medway, Massachusetts, and Owatonna, Minnesota.

Minnesota State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children

The Minnesota State School for Dependent and Neglected Children was located in Owatonna, Minnesota from 1886 to 1945.

Van Allen Building

In addition to mentioning the work that Sullivan was doing for him, Mr. Shaver mentioned Sullivan's Transportation Building at the 1893 World Columbian Exposition, the Auditorium Hotel and Carson Pirie Scott in Chicago, with special mention of the National Farmer's Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota and the fact that Mr. Sullivan was decorated for his work by the French government.


George Washington Morse

In 1858, Washington Morse along with D. B. Parsons and J.H. Abbott was commissioned by the government of Minnesota to establish a State road from Waterville to Owatonna.


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