People are mourning the loss of the Dam Store in Rapidan, Minnesota.
The beloved store was demolished Friday before it could be claimed by the rushing Blue Earth River. On Saturday, local residents Eric and Louise Henderson visited the rubble of the former store.
“I watched one of my best friends lose everything,” Louise said. Her great-grandfather, Jorgen Nelson, started the Dam Store in 1910 by selling sandwiches to the workers building the dam.
Jim Hruska bought the store in 1972, and he and his family have run it ever since.
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“It’s not about us, it’s about this family that built a business for 50 years,” Louise added.
The Blue Earth River consumed the…
