12 July 2010

Fergus Falls [Minnesota] State Hospital

Myths & Legends: Stories from the Fergus Falls State Hospital

Today's Fergus Falls Daily Journal carried a bit of history of this hospital for the insane and an announcement about a presentation this Friday. "Join the Otter Tail County Historical Society for Myths & Legends: Stories from the Fergus Falls State Hospital on Friday, July 16, 6:30 p.m. on the State Hospital campus. The third Minnesota State Hospital for the Insane was opened in Fergus Falls in July 1890."

Click here to read the full story.
Click here to search the catalog for the many records and histories that are housed at the Minnesota Historical Society.

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