Minnesota’s First Hutterite Colony Established Near Graceville in 1956
It Happened Here, By Judy Beckman Welcome to a new series of local stories from the past. These stories will come from your questions. This newspaper gets inquiries from readers asking for details about a story that happened maybe years ago. Often, they can’t remember just when the incident took place, nor any of the details. Or, they know only some of the story. Our part will be to research the newspaper files to get the “rest of the story.” In 1956, Minnesota’s first Hutterite colony was started on 1,850 acres near Graceville. Land for the colony was purchased from L.A. Weesner, Clyde Reeves and L.M.Bauman for $211,000. The colony was organized under South Dakota laws and paid the same real estate and personal property taxes as other corporations.
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