War

During the 1950s, residents in small towns around Minnesota knew little about just how important they were to Cold War defense. In fact, Farmington, Isanti, and Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, were all home to Army installations holding deadly nuclear missiles. MN90 producer Marisa Helms takes a look at how the city of Saint Bonifacius is memorializing its role in Cold War history. [Read Transcript...]

The cattails you'll find in roadside ditches might not look like anything special. But as MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers, in the 1940s in northern Minnesota, those reed-like plants helped the war effort and represented a good source of income for local residents who would harvest and cash in on their fluff. [Read Transcript...]