A GRADE SCHOOL, NAMED FRANKLIN, NOW CLOSED, LOCATED IN RIVERSIDE PARK IN NEW ULM, MINNESOTA. IN THE EARLY DAYS THE PARK WAS A LANDING FOR RIVERBOATS. SITUATED IN THE OLDEST SECTION OF TOWN, IT IS CALLED GOOSETOWN BY LOCALS BECAUSE MANY OF THE RESIDENTS RAISED GEESE IN THE 1800'S. THE PARK ABUTTS THE CLOSED FLOUR MILL AND THE MINNESOTA RIVER. NEW ULM WAS FOUNDED IN 1854 BY A GROUP OF GERMAN IMMIGRANTS WHO NAMED IT FOR THE CITY OF ULM IN THE DANUBIAN DISTRICT OF WURTTEMBERG, GERMANY

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