MSUM students are digging up the past at Clay County ghost town
By Drew BergJune 27, 2025 HAWLEY, Minn. — Just four miles northeast of Hawley, the remnants of a once-bustling railroad town are resurfacing, thanks to a summer archaeological dig by Minnesota State University Moorhead students. Winnipeg Junction, established in 1887, was a small town built at the crossing of Northern Pacific’s east-west route and a line heading north into Canada. When […]