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I'm a retired physician currently living in mostly in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but also a home in Red Wing, Minnesota.

Peter Clark James takes his right to vote with the utmost seriousness.

If he's not in New Mexico, as you heard him, he lives between New Mexico and Minnesota, he votes absentee.

During the 2020 election, Peter was in Minnesota waiting for his New Mexico mail-in ballot.

I was up in Red Wing, and I didn't get my mail ballot from New Mexico by Friday before the Tuesday election.

I drove 1,200 miles back to Santa Fe to vote in person.

Patty called cast her first ballot in 1976.

Stone, another uncle to young Arthur, died in the West.

His widow is living at Red Wing in Minnesota.

Her maiden name was Cynthia Gray, formerly from Stanbridge.

Her late husband, Stephen W.

Were said Stone alive, he would know all about Arthur's family.

I think Stone's widow or daughter, now young lady, must know all about the family.

As I said before, they are residing at Red Wing, Minnesota.

I have been faithful in your service and regret that I could not accomplish more than I have done Have the kindness to write me upon receipt of this, and let me know what is the present situation of affairs.

And then from mid to late October, you should take a drive through the Richard J. Dorrer Memorial Forest.

I haven't heard of that forest before, but it's along the bluffs of the Mississippi River and southeastern Minnesota near Red Wing.

So that sounds nice.

And honestly, every time I hear a fall colors, I always think of Northern Minnesota, but I've never been down there for them.

[upbeat music] I'm Carrie Miller from Minnesota Public Radio.

Welcome to the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing for a conversation about voting.

This event is sponsored by the Duff Endowment Fund.

When we invited tonight's guest many, many months ago, we knew we'd be meeting on the eve of the midterm elections and that access to voting would be a hot topic.

... because, uh, it's not all bad news.

I'm Carrie Miller.

You're listening to a conversation at the Sheldon Theatre in Red Wing, sponsored by the Duff Endowment Fund.

Our guest is Carol Anderson.

While he's doing that, I wanted to take you on a little drive.

And we're going to do that by hopping in the old Ford Club Connect van and driving way in the heck up from Detroit all the way up to the top of Minnesota, near Red Wing, Minnesota.

And being a hockey fan, you'd think I'd like that.

And we found a show that's called Mustangs at the Island.

And thank God they moved out.

here's a guy who did come up to me and say is it going to rain you'll notice there's several convertibles of this little you know this little conglomerate here if you want to get a seven up car you gotta you gotta top down on the yellow two yellow mustangs over there everybody's got the top down we did by 11 o'clock think that the the clouds were parting the sun started to come out it did keep the car count they didn't quite make 300 but A little over 200 cars.

But the fact that people wanted to get together at this beautiful place, Mustangs at the Island, at Treasure Island in Welsh, just outside of Red Wing, it was really great to see people.

Yeah, it was a little warm, so they dropped the top and held with it.

It was just an interesting show about something that's been around this country for a long time and is still in this country.

And I'm going to go later on into some of my Red Wing history, which is right your neighbor in Red Wing, Minnesota.

And our friends.

And my first pair is Russell's and my second pair of Russell's and my third pair of Russell's.

When you guys were on Reed's podcast, I'd love to hear that history lesson again, and it may take a few minutes, but from some of the famous people, the infamous people to like, and how the whole company got started.

Cause I think that's, it's like a very interesting story.

And some of the, and I'm kind of a, you know, a fan, like if I hear about somebody like Well, when the movie Jeremiah Johnson came out, if he had Red Wing boots on or if he had Russell boots on or if he had whatever, I would have bought them.

Like, because with certain people wear certain things, you know, but give us a little history of the company.

Lorraine Johnson occupies a distinctive piece of the history of Texas professional wrestling because her career connected several important elements of the territory era, the National Women's Wrestling Circuit, the NWA Championship structure, the rise of women's tag team wrestling in the 50s, and the develop of the Lubbock Wrestling promotion.

Although Johnson was born in Red Wing, Minnesota, West Texas became one of the most important chapters of her life and career.

Through her marriage to wrestler and promoter Nick Roberts, her involvement in Lubbock Wrestling, and the birth and early development of her daughter, Nicola Roberts, who later was famous as Baby Doll, Lorraine Johnson became part of a wrestling family that would leave a lasting mark on Texas wrestling.

She was already an accomplished wrestler in her own right before her association with West Texas.

And then we looked for probably like six months or so.

And then a friend of mine down in Red Wing, so our hometown is Red Wing, Minnesota.

I do a lot of business down there.

And he just approached me.

How did that go for you guys? Finding the tenant was easier than I thought.

We didn't really have to post it on any online source.

One of our partners... family friend, you know, this tenant was just finishing up medical school and was going to live in Red Wing.

So, you know, so even all the upgrades we did upstairs, She lives downstairs.