The Blizzard of 1888

One of the most spectacular and harrowing events in the history of the Great Plains was the Blizzard… Read More

Fairmont Army Air Field

Fairmont Army Air Field, located 3 1/2 miles south, was one of eleven army air force training fields… Read More

Fairmont Creamery Company

The Fairmont Creamery Company was incorporated March 29, 1884, as a stock company by Wallace Wheeler… Read More

Fillmore County, 1871-1971

The first homesteads were filed in 1866 by William O. Bussard and William C. Whitaker along the West… Read More

Exeter, 1879-1979

The first settler in Exeter Township, Fillmore County was Warren Woodard, who built the first house in… Read More

The Pioneer Chapel and Cesky Bratri Cemetery

Many immigrants in Glengary Township and the surrounding area were Catholics of Czech and Irish descent.… Read More

Fairmont Army Air Field

Construction began on the Fairmont Army Air Field September 17, 1942. Located east of here, it was one… Read More

Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery

Stockholm Lutheran Church and Swedish Cemetery, located one mile south and one-half mile west of here,… Read More