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   Talmud Torah, St. Paul

   Creator: Laura Weber | Key Date: 1956 | First Published: January 12, 2015

   Three Hebrew schools were founded in St. Paul between 1880 and 1920—the era of peak Jewish immigration to the city. Each had its own constituency and neighborhood. After much negotiation, they joined forces in 1956 and took the name Talmud Torah of St. Paul.

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   Traveling Libraries

   Creator: Molly Huber | Key Date: 1900 | First Published: June 6, 2011

   Before 1899, few Minnesotans had access to free public libraries. But in that year, the state legislature began funding a system of traveling libraries that were sent to underserved communities in all parts of the state for only the cost of shipping.

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   Walker, Thomas Barlow (T. B.), (1840–1928)

   Creator: Molly Huber | Key Date: 1862 | First Published: June 6, 2011

   In the 1850s and 60s, Thomas Barlow (T. B.) Walker worked his way through school and into Minnesota's lumber industry, where he became unusually successful. He later helped found two of Minneapolis's significant cultural organizations: the public library system and the Walker Art Center.

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   Winona Normal School

   Creator: Greg Gaut | First Published: June 5, 2019

   The Winona Normal School was Minnesota’s first teacher-training school when it opened in 1860. The school fostered many innovations, including the state’s first “model school” program, a kind of laboratory school for training teachers. Over the years, the normal school evolved into a four-year state college and then into Winona State University.

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