Views From an outsider

Views From an outsider

learning about Dassel and it's glorious history

  • Moving to Dassel
  • So Tell Me a Story of the Town that Could.
    • Where is Dassel anyway, and what about that corn?
  • The Kingston Foot Bridge
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  • The Big Top in a Small Town.

    Imagine the excitement when a circus comes to town.  In the days before flyers are posted on poles and buildings, and appear on kitchen tables, having been brought home with eager hope for a trip to the Big Top! Children hum with anticipation, pulling out any possible coins they may have saved over the year. […]

    Joyce

    April 29, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History
    circus, Dassel
  • Ah! The Fair Days of Summer.

    As a child I remember street fairs in the small town where I was raised. These street fairs were magic. Ferris wheels reached to the sky, cotton candy, games of chance, little ducklings in ponds, watermelon eating, pies, produce, tables of sparkling jars of canned goods and preserves, and barns full of farm animals. The […]

    Joyce

    April 22, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History
    county fairs, street fairs, summermagic
  • Kragelugn

    Kragelugn is the name of a beautiful Swedish Tile Stove.

    Joyce

    March 23, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History, Kragelugn, Swedish Stove
    collinwood township, Dassel, Dassel History, Dassel Village, Meeker County Minnesota, Midgard, Swedish Stove
  • Oh, That Mushroom!

    The first time I drove through the town of Dassel I immediately noticed the tiny little gas station on the north corner of First Street and Highway 12. The building was built back in 1931 by Lewis (aka Louis) Belin. Lewis began operating the station with a lease from White Eagle Oil Corportation. Lewis was […]

    Joyce

    March 5, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History, Mushroom Building, old gas stations
    Dassel, Mushroom Building, The Belin Family.=, U.S.S Lindsey, White Eagle Oil Corporation
  • Lake Washington was hopping

    Recently someone asked me if I knew anything about Lake Washington in Meeker County. I had to say, “nope, I know nothing’. From The Lake Washington Improvement Association I learned some geographical facts. “Lake Washington is located between the cities of Dassel and Darwin in Meeker County, Minnesota.  The lake covers 2,639 acres with 10.6 […]

    Joyce

    February 11, 2022
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  • Take me out to the ball game

    News that three games of the town ball state championship will be held at our Dassel Ball Park in 2022 brought visions of sunshine dancing in my head. Our team, then called the Dassel Nine, started out in 1880. Baseball of the time was typically held between local teams. It was just too darn hard […]

    Joyce

    February 2, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History, Town Baseball
    Dassel, town ball
  • That Canoe.

        Way before European settlers came to the Dassel area, way before Dassel, back in 1030 or so BCE this area was inhabited by the Woodlands People. The Woodlands People were a creative and civilized group who created small, sometimes temporary, settlements along the waterways and lakes of the area. Among their talents was […]

    Joyce

    January 11, 2022
    Dassel, Minnesota History, Indigenous Peoples of the Area
    dugout canoe, Woodlands People
  • Dassel’s First Flag & Seven Sisters

    Dassel’s First Flag & Seven Sisters

    1869 was the year of many firsts for Dassel.  Our small settlement was platted this year by the St Paul and Pacific Railroad. St. Paul and Pacific railroad known known as The Great Northern reached Dassel this year.  James H. and Chas A. Morris opened our first general merchandise store.  James H. Morris built a […]

    Joyce

    December 21, 2021
    Dassel, Minnesota History
    flag, fourth of Juy, railroad, seven sisters
  • The Kingston Foot Bridge

    The Kingston Foot Bridge

    Now this is not quite Dassel although Dassel township boarders Kingston’s’ so I am taking a liberty here. A few years ago, I met a wonderful gentleman named Oscar, who lived on his family’s farm along the Crow river in his youth. His best friend, Lloyd, lived across the river, also on his family’s farm. […]

    Joyce

    December 8, 2021
    Dassel, Minnesota History
    Footbridge, Kingston townshiop
  • Where is Dassel anyway, and what about that corn?

    Where is Dassel anyway, and what  about that corn?

    Dassel is located in Meeker County Minnesota, just off the intersection of Highways 12 and 15. We are about 30 miles south of St Cloud, 60 miles west of Minneapolis, and 15 miles north of Hutchinson. So, we are situated in a prime location. Dassel was platted in 1869 by the St Paul and Pacific […]

    Joyce

    December 2, 2021
    Dassel, Minnesota History
    Corn Palace, Dassel

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