by johnso24 | Aug 4, 2017 | Downtown Northfield
Archer House Joy Riggs The Archer House is the oldest hotel in Northfield today, but it was not the first one built here. Earlier hotels had been wood-frame structures that were more like rooming houses. In 1877, James Archer, an innkeeper from Hastings, Minnesota,...
by johnso24 | Aug 2, 2017 | St. Olaf College
Alumni Pledge Jeff M. Sauve For several decades, newly minted St. Olaf graduates stood in a ring, clasping hands while stating the Alumni Pledge in Norwegian, “Enig og tro indtil Manitou falder (United and loyal till Manitou falls).” The phrase was derived...
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