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Permalink Reply by Dan Alsdurf on August 25, 2009 at 3:17pm

These are good questions Hugh. Having lived here about 17 years myself I find it interesting how little local history is known or at even acknowledged.

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Permalink Reply by Ken Larson on August 28, 2009 at 7:01am

Try the library at the City Hall. The lady who runs it will help you explore. The Hastings Library also has a special section on the history of Hastings, including old newspaper clips and the like. Dakota Indian History is part of that file.

Dick Reisner at the meat store downtown (the only one with a suspension sign) is a wealth of information. His family has run the store since the turn of the century.

Directly behind the American Legion along the Mississippi you will find a marker of the high water mark in the last flood in the 60's. It is as high as a telephone pole.

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Permalink Reply by Hugh McColl on August 28, 2009 at 1:22pm

I'll check out your recommendations, thank-you, Ken!

Ken Larson said:

Try the library at the City Hall. The lady who runs it will help you explore. The Hastings Library also has a special section on the history of Hastings, including old newspaper clips and the like. Dakota Indian History is part of that file.

Dick Reisner at the meat store downtown (the only one with a suspension sign) is a wealth of information. His family has run the store since the turn of the century.

Directly behind the American Legion along the Mississippi you will find a marker of the high water mark in the last flood in the 60's. It is as high as a telephone pole.

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