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Click on picture to read the article from the Wadena Pioneer Journal printed in 1981.

County Seat battle

Bitter county seat fight

Wadena fires

Twenty man force —fights Wadena’s fires in the 1920’s

Sebeka settlers

Scandinavian and Finnish pioneers called Sebeka “Home Sweet Home”

Early Post office

Post Office— moves to its present location in 1935

Sebeka flood

Sebeka flood of 1946

new water tower

Population increase necessitated new water tower

more postcards and photos of the past

See our historic photos page for more postcards and photos of the past

 

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