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Site name: Waraju Distillery
Nearest town: New Ulm; State/country: Minnesota; Type of site: Historic steam distillery (whiskey); Date of site: 1860s; Collaborators: Brown County Historical Society.
Type of survey: Resistivity; Instrument: Geoscan Research RM-15; Prospection depth: 1 m; Sampling interval: 1 x 0.5 m; Area surveyed: 40 x 20 m; Date of survey: 5/99.
Comments: The Waraju distillery was built in 1860 as one
of the first
pioneering industries in New Ulm, by H.A. Subilia. During the
Dakota (Sioux) War of August,
1862, it was sacked and burned (along with many other buildings)
when the Dakota attacked the
settlers of New Ulm. In the 1970s the ruins were leveled and
landscaped.
Today, all that remains is the original chimney as a monument to
that time of tragedy for
all involved. The resistivity data clearly reveal that much of
the original structure
of the Waraju Distillery remains beneath the earth, with many of
the principal walls indicated
and closely corresponding to the original dimensions of the
building.
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