This morning we awoke to clear skies and sunshine... by the time we reached our car to leave our hotel, it had clouded over and the wind was blowing fiercely. Trees were blowing over and limbs falling everywhere. Last night, I did some research online and found that many of the ancestors that I have on my mother's side of the family were buried in cemeteries within a few miles of where we slept last night in South St Paul. So, we charted a route that took us to Hillside Cemetery in Minneapolis, then SE to Ft Snelling National Cemetery, and finally back about 60 miles SE to Potsdam, MN to Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery, which we passed last night. After visiting the cemeteries, we circled back to St Paul via the Great River Road on the eastern bank of the Mississippi River just inside the border of Wisconsin (two states to go). When we crossed the river at Wabasha, MN, the oldest city in MN. Then we came back into MN at St Paul. Then we turned north and then east as we headed towards Fargo, ND to eventually reach Lewistown, MT. Along the way, we passed through Red Wing, MN and visited Red Wings Shoes Museum, where we saw the worlds biggest leather boot!
Fall is here in MN...
I found the grave sites of my Great Grandparents Tradup... and many of his brothers and sisters...
A beautiful view of the city from the cemetery...
This is the grave site of my grandfather's brother, August Tradup, in the National Cemetery...
Back in corn country, we found Emmanuel Lutheran Cemetery...
Next to the old church (still in use today)...
This is the grave site of my great-great-grandfather Ludwig Tradup...
... and this is the grave site of the man who started it all in the US, my great-great-great-grandfather Ludwig Tradup. Ludwig is the only Tradup that ever migrated from Germany to the United States and every Tradup in the USA is one of my ancestors or relatives!
This is a view from across the highway of the church and cemetery...
These are some big pumpkins!
A very nice monument and tribute in Wabasha...
Ask Deb?
No explanation needed...
Tonight we stopped in Fergus Falls, MN and will head through ND tomorrow and hopefully make it to Lewistown, MT... the birthplace of my father.
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