Nearly nine centuries after Leif Ericsson established the first settlement of Europeans in North America, several hundred of his Icelandic countrymen left their native land to make their homes in the Minneota area. First of the Icelanders to . . . — — Map (db m207252) HM
The ruins of the Tracy Elementary School and the splintered Tracy Tornado Tree (right) show the tornado's destructive power.
The Tracy Tornado Tree
has endured as a symbol of the indomitable spirit of Tracy's people in . . . — — Map (db m235418) HM
Photo by Eric Lantz
On June 13, 1968, the city of Tracy stood poised on the brink of oblivion.
On that hot and humid Thursday evening, an F5 tornado plowed a path of utter destruction thru the heart of Tracy. . . . — — Map (db m235416) HM
