STREET SCENE WITH SIDEWALK SHOPPERS IN THE FALL AT NEW ULM MINNESOTA. THE TOWN IS A COUNTY SEAT TRADING CENTER OF 13,000 IN A FARMING AREA OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY A GERMAN IMMIGRANT LAND COMPANY THAT ENCOURAGED ITS KINSMEN TO EMIGRATE FROM EUROPE. POPULATION STABILIZED AT 8 TO 9,000 BETWEEN 1900 AND 1945. THEN GREW SLOWLY AS MANUFACTURING FIRMS ARRIVED. IN THE 1960'S THE BUSINESS DISTRICT WAS RUN DOWN, BUT WAS REVITALIZED WITH COMMUNITY SUPPORT

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