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The first property owner was Wm. B. Dodd. The fourth property owner, Adolph Bornemann, was born in Traverse des Sioux in 1862. His father, Bernhard, a journalist from Germany, came to Traverse des Sioux in 1856, built a hotel, and raised sheep. In 1869, the Bornemanns moved to St. Peter, where Bernhard established the first woolen mill in southern Minn. and built a hotel. Adolph owned a machine and iron shop near the steamboat landing and was active in community affairs. Helen Bornemann, a school teacher for 46 years, was the fifth owner. The original house, the rear 4 rooms, was moved from Traverse des Sioux after the Sioux Uprising in 1862.
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