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This is my first post in quite a while, as my web site has been going through a lot of changes.  My webmaster is working very hard at getting our web platform switched over to a new one, and he is amazed at the amount of information we have accrued so far.  Even more amazing…

My webmaster tells me that my web site needs to be renewed for a second year.  What does that mean?  Why, of course, it means that one year has come and gone!  I would like to take this opportunity to talk a little about the past year and some of the neat things I have…

I learned a significant amount of information this month about early Minnesota institutions. The most famous one is the Minnesota capitol building, which recently underwent a renovation. Before this facelift was completed, the crew doing the renovation contacted me to find out what I knew about the brick used in the building. There is very…

The process of adding additional historical Minnesota brickyard locations to this web site is really coming along nicely.  I saw one source claim that nearly every growing frontier town in the state of Minnesota had a brickyard at some point.  I can tell you without a doubt that this statement is an exaggeration.  However, there…

I will be starting a new feature this month, called “Brick Structure of the Month.”  In this section, I will detail a special Minnesota (or possibly a bordering state, as I know some of the Minnesota bricks went to other states too) brick structure(s) that either I have visited and photographed OR someone else submits…

There has been a bit of a break between my posts here on the MN Bricks website. I have been very busy researching and putting together a book about the Chaska, Minnesota, brickyards. In regard to that topic, I have set up a new website at www.chaskabrick.com. In putting together the Chaska brick book, I…