Few current Jewell County residents remember what Saturday nights were once like in Mankato when the stores were all open late and the town was filled with shoppers. Saturday nights were the social highlight of the week when people gathered to do their trading, perhaps eat out, go to a movie and do lots of visiting.
The late Maime Boyd, a longtime member of this newspaper’s staff, wrote a column each week based largely upon who she saw and talked to on Saturday night in Mankato.
Today’s residents will have an opportunity this Saturday to experience a bit of what Saturday nights used to be like...
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