Dr. Kemper Cowgill and his wife Nancy relax in their Brownsville home overlooking the Mississippi.           Photo by Daniel McGonigle

It was the first year the Big Mac was sold. President Johnson was on television notifying the American public that he would not be seeking a second term in office. Simon and Garfunkel had a hit on the radio with “Mrs. Robinson,” as did The Beatles with “Hey Jude.”

Large bright “barn quilts,” like this one on located on the side of Harold and Dorothy Hendel’s barn in rural Caledonia, may become a tourist attraction for the area.
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The Caledonia Area Chamber of Commerce (CACC) is looking at various ways to bring more tourism to the Houston County seat. Many Southeast Minnesota communities have experienced an economical resurgence because of the ever-growing tourism industry. And many of the tens of thousands of tourists flocking to Lanesboro, Rushford, Harmony, and Houston are looking for new areas to explore.

Don and Bonnie Robley, at right, and Gary Meiners, are shown in the new Bluff Country Meats store in Caledonia.

During the past decade a number of businesses have left the downtown Caledonia district to relocate along the Highway 44/76 business corridor. The reasons for the business relocations are numerous…larger lots to construct new buildings, more room for larger parking lots, more visibility and potential customer traffic because of the highway.

The Caledonia Area High School SADD Chapter sponsored a mock crash Thursday morning in the pouring rain. The high school student body witnessed the results of a two-vehicle alcohol-related accident invovling six high school students following the prom. In the photo above Kelsey Connor, at left, and Jenna Schmitz react when they realize Ryan Goetzinger just died of injuries suffered in the accident. At right, Bobbi Jo Schuttemeier and Elyse Welscher displayed varying emotions, as they sat in a driving rain. 

(Photos by Charlie Warner)