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History of Vining |
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The following history of Vining was taken out of “History of Otter Tail County” which was written by John W. Mason and published by B.F. Bowen & Co., Inc. in 1916. The village of Vining is located in the northeastern part of Nidaros Township on the branch line of the Northern Pacific running between Wadena junction and Fergus Falls. It was laid out by L.R. Lathrop in the fall of 1882 for Ole and Anna Johnson, J.E. and Johanna Geysler and Andrew T. & Ann K. Lund. When a number of citizens interested in having the town incorporated took a census on March 17, 1909, they found 210 inhabitants scattered over the 760 acres, which they asked to be included within the incorporated village. A petition was presented to the commissioners on March 23, 1909 asking for a special election on the question of incorporation. This petition was signed by the following legal voters of the proposed incorporated village: Charles A. Lund, Ole T. Nyhus, O.A. Lund, Andrew T. Lund, Ole C. Olson, Lander Manson, Harry Olson, T.H. Froslie, G. Gulbranson, Edward Lund, Carl F. Berg, Christ E. Berg, A.B. Trana, Andrew Walseth, George Monson, H.R. Hogenson, Andrew Gunderson, John Fundrud Jr., Richard Haagenson, Nils N. Kloystad, Hans Christenson, William Timroth, John A. Timroth, M.S. Nyberg, J.F. Olson, H.A. Lund, John O. Hoff and Oscar Anderson. The petition was granted and the election set for Tuesday, April 20, 1909. The vote showed that there were only 9 voters in the village out of 40 opposed to incorporation. Vining is now a village of about 225. There are 2 Norwegian Lutheran Churches in the village. There is at present a bank, hotel, creamery, but the chief industry of the town is the buying and selling of grain and the trade along this line has risen to such proportions that it requires 3 elevators to take care of the season’s crops. This is good evidence that the farms are very productive. The elevators are owned by the Andrews Grain Company, the Farmers Elevator Company and Thorvold H. Froslie. A.B. Trana is the present agent. There are 4 summer resorts, which have been platted since 1902, namely: Sunny Side, Nirvana, Fox Park and Camp Idlewood. |
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