This was Brainerd
JUNE 23
20 years ago (1985)
June Dinsmore of Brainerd won championship flight medalist honors in the first annual Mille Lacs Country Club Women's Golf Tournament.
30 years ago (1975)
Brainerd youngsters turned out to relax at Gregory Park and watch the Brainerd Parks and Recreation Department's annual "pet show and turtle races."
40 years ago (1965)
Allocations of $600 from the Brainerd Recreation Board and $300 from Northwest Paper Co. has launched a drive to try to restore Memorial baseball park to its 1949 majesty.
60 years ago (1945)
A plant of rhubarb measuring 65 inches overall with a 34-inch stalk and 36- inch leaf spread was raised in the garden here by Fred H. Kimball, 1008 South Sixth Street.
80 years ago (1925)
Tourists came flocking to Brainerd today. The brown license plate of Nebraska mingled with the blue of Wisconsin.
100 years ago (1905)
It will be cheaper than staying at home to go to the Brainerd Opera House tonight. The Irving French Co. in "Runaway Wife" with prices of 15, 20, 25 and 30 cents.