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 This site is currently under construction. Eventually, I hope this to be a place where Minnesota can remember and/or learn the story of Dan Patch. The story of his years here shortly after the turn of the last century is something that Minnesota needs to know about and not forget! When I was about 10 years old in the 1960's I read Fred Sasse's book, "The Dan Patch Story" and even though it all happened long before my time, I've had the Dan Patch bug ever since. Hopefully this site will help to keep the story alive, though judging by the popularity of Dan Patch memorabilia and the other Web sites that have sprung up about the subject, it is far from dead. I would also like to drum up some interest in having a marker or something finally be erected at the site of the International 1:55 Stock Food Farm - something that has apparently never been done during the last 100 years, though I can't imagine that it hasn't been attempted. Hmmmm... a fairly good-sized piece of vacant land that is both historically significant and lies on a flood plain... what a perfect place for a park dedicated to the memory of Dan Patch. I have heard that there is some talk about doing just that. I hope so... the brush grows thicker on the land with each passing year. So does the likelihood of the land being developed, even if it is on a flood plain. Dan Patch is buried there somewhere. There should at least be a spot for a historical marker set aside. I have tried to be as accurate as possible with the information on this site, but this story has been kicking around for so many years that it is sometimes hard to find accurate information. For example, some accounts I've seen have had M. W. Savage dying the day after Dan Patch died. Other accounts have him dying 2 days or 4 days later. When the man died is still not clear to me. I guess I'll have to go down to Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis, find his grave, and find out for myself. There is one antique site that I found on the Web that claims they have an official Dan Patch watch for sale. They also claim he was a Kentucky Derby winner. Needless to say, there is lots of stuff out there that is wrong. I have already had to change some of the dates and times on the site, and it hasn't even been up for a month! Please let me know if you see anything here that you know is not accurate. Please enjoy your visit, and be sure to bookmark this page as I will be gradually adding more and more to it. |
| "1:55" thanks to Chuck Nelson, Museum Curator for the Minnesota Masonic Homes, for the excellent reference material he loaned to me for creating this site, and Lisa Thorpe, Web Coordinator for the Minnesota Masonic Homes for putting me in contact with him. The Bloomington campus of the Minnesota Masonic Homes is located across the river from the stable site and was the site of Savage's summer home. |
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