In southern Minnesota, New Ulm hangs on to a colorful heritage.

From: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, MN) | Date: May 30, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Beth Gauper

NEW ULM, Minn. _ There are few towns more conspicuously American than New Ulm, Minn.

Laid out by the town founders, its wide streets follow an orderly grid toward downtown, where cars park at an angle in front of boxy brick businesses and meat-and-potatoes cafes.

There are softball games and Friday-night fish fries and many friendly people. It's the epitome of small-town America _ and yet this is a town famous for being German.

There are hints, for sure. On a lonely plaza downtown, the carillon bells of a concrete-and-brick Glockenspiel chime ...

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