Heritage Group North, Inc. (HGN) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization based in Pine River, Minnesota. The purpose of HGN is to explore the history of the greater Pine River area and to share and interpret that heritage in ways that promote public appreciation of the past, stimulate heritage tourism, and fuel local economic development. A current focus of HGN is to revitalize the area of the Pine River Switchyard (the town's old railroad "switchyard") that occupies a highly visible area near the center of the community. HGN has taken steps to "switch" that unused space into something exciting and attractive. The former railroad mainline at the Pine River Switchyard is now a celebrated state trail, the Paul Bunyan Trail.

     

Please volunteer to help out this month - e-mail us at - volunteer@heritagegroupnorth.org

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Also, check out - www.pineriverhistory.org

May 22nd, 2010 - the Exterior of the building is almost complete.  Alan & Pat Johnson, Joan Helms and Phylis Helms were at the Depot this morning helping get the interterior boards prepared to be installed next weekend.  The electrical and insulating should be completed this week.

  

Photo taken April 30th, Thanks to Paul's Large Garage for painting the signs and Caleb Peterson for helping Jerry install them this evening!

GREAT NEWS - On March 31st we were informed that we were awarded the 'Minnesota Beautiful Grant' from the Central MN Initiative Foundation and Valspar Corporation.
    
We were awarded 55 Gallons of Valspar paint that will be used to paint the exterior of the caboose, both inside and out of the Horse-drawn Fire Engine Display Structure (to be built late April / early May) and the interior of the Depot. We will be meeting with the Valspar paint tech to go over our needs and what finishes the paint will be applied to, and then the paint will need to be picked up in the cities around May 1st! With that in mind, now we need to start planning to prep the caboose, then the interior of the Depot before we can apply the paint. Please join us at the Legion Club at 5:00 on April 20th for our next HGN meeting to discuss these projects.

    

Valspar paint can be purchased locally at Gardiner's Hardware Hank.  Please let Gary & Janice know that you were referred by Heritage Group North's website!