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              July 14, 2025
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            • Holgate Speaks: Making A Difference In Aberdeen

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              July 9, 2025
              Holgate Middle School teachers Carolyn Geyer and Mia Fries asked their 7th grade language arts students one question: Who has... …Read More »
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              When the leaves change color and begin to crunch underfoot, it’s a telltale sign that a favorite Aberdeen tradition is... …Read More »
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              October 14, 2024
              Then: And Another Fire Downtown Aberdeen has certainly experienced its fair share of devasting fires, but each resulted in something... …Read More »
            • Then & Now: 000 Block Of South Main Street

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              August 10, 2024
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              A Sermon in Stones

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A Proud Legacy: The Park Place Hotel

I try to tell stories of Aberdeen’s built environment here in Aberdeen Magazine that you can read about, then actually... Read more »

July/August 2024
By Aberdeen Magazine


Then & Now: 000 Block of South Main Street

Then – A Day in the life in 1911 The photographer who took this is standing in the intersection of... Read more »

July/August 2024
By Aberdeen Magazine


Then & Now: The Sherman Hotel

Then – A Social Hub of the Hub City In 1881, a family came to Aberdeen named Ringrose. They were... Read more »

March/April 2024
By Aberdeen Magazine


Taken for Granite

The Sioux Quartzite Outcrop Trail Quartzite is one of the region’s most unique features, but Jim Kersten only started to... Read more »

November/December 2023
By Aberdeen Magazine


Then & Now: A Snowy 200 Block on S. Main

Then – A Snowy Mess on Main Street On Sunday, January 3, 1897, Aberdeen began to be pelted with a... Read more »

May/June 2023
By Aberdeen Magazine


Beautiful: The Country School Experience in Brown County

One hundred ten years ago, superintendent M.M. Guhin launched the first commencement exercises for eighth-grade graduates of Brown County rural... Read more »

May/June 2022
By Aberdeen Magazine


Happy Birthday Aberdeen! Established 1881? 1880? 1882? 1883?

Most people haven’t noticed that 2021 is Aberdeen’s 140th birthyear. Previously we have celebrated the Golden Jubilee (1931, 50 years),... Read more »

July/August 2021
By Aberdeen Magazine


The Legacy of Senator James Kyle

Imagine a hot, 1890 Fourth of July political rally. All the gentlemen in their coats, ties, and hats; women in... Read more »

March/April 2021
By Aberdeen Magazine


Between Pandemics

By now, most of you have heard the incredible story of how the Presentation Sisters conceived a strategy to move... Read more »

March/April 2021
By Aberdeen Magazine


The Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round ‘Til They Fall Off

Public Transportation in Aberdeen. For about Aberdeen’s first 70 years, there was a lot of interest in private public transportation—that... Read more »

May/June 2020
By Aberdeen Magazine


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