Virginia, Minnesota

The students of Mr. Holmes' 5th Grade class at the Roosevelt Elementary School in Virginia, Minnesota, spent the month of January, 1995, choosing locations in and around their town, visiting the sites, interviewing people, and then writing articles about what they learned.

Our Virginia essays:

  • About Virginia
  • Aysta Dairy
  • Canelakes
  • County Courthouse
  • D.W. & P. Railway
  • East Range clinic Ltd.
  • Giant's Ridge Ski Area
  • Iron Mining
  • Kaleva Hall
  • Laurentian Divide
  • Mine views
  • Motels and Snowmobiles
  • Northern State Bank
  • Olcott Park
  • Olcott Park Greenhouse
  • Roosevelt School
  • Virginia Heritage Museum
  • Virginia Public Library
  • Virginia Reacreation
  • Virginia's Lakes


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    dlb January 1997