Minneapolis Explorations
Learn more about Minneapolis by following the links below:
Grow A Beard!Address:
Email Address: otcomu@networksplus.net About this Exploration: Young Grace Bedell wrote to Abraham Lincoln and
told him that he would be more attractive if he grew a beard. The future president wrote her a letter (stored in the Delphos State Bank vault) and grew a beard. He was elected U.S. President in 1860! Probably made him win!
There is a marker to commemorate this exchange in the Delphos town square.
Grace married and moved to Delphos, Kansas, with her husband, Billings. The house they lived in is still standing and is being preserved for future museum space.
More can be learned through the Ottawa County Historical Museum (Open Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m.-5 p.m.).
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