We would like to invite you to visit The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com Thanks to a tip from Lois Willand (Thank you, Lois!) we have just posted information about an article which appears today in the Metro section of the Minneapolis Star Tribune. (It's about the Brown County poorhouse, to which people also went from Sibley, Watonwan, and Blue Earth counties.) For those of you new to our site, DIRECTIONS: At the homepage (link above)click on POORHOUSES BY STATE and then click on MINNESOTA on the Table of States. Then scroll down to the Links section. You will see this article marked with a big yellow NEW arrow. There are other pages on our site which may help you gain more perspective on poorhouses. They are linked (to the left) off the homepage and include: HISTORY page, LETTER TO GENEALOGISTS, and FEATURED ARTICLES. The POORHOUSE STORY will only grow as a result of suggestions and submissions by readers like you. So feel free to e-mail us; just PLEASE do it OFF-list. (We announce on so many e-mail lists that we cannon maintain those subscriptions after the announcement.) Hope you enjoy the article and the site! Thanks, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)