2022 DELANO KINDRED ANNUAL MEETING and REUNION
The 2022 Delano Kindred Annual Meeting and Reunion was held in Delano, Minnesota, on September 16th and 17th. This was the first meeting the Delano Kindred has ever held in a town named "Delano."
Delano was a railroad town. Originally named Crow River, it was platted in 1868 when the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad completed the extension of rail lines to the settlement. The general superintendent of the railroad at the time was Francis Roach ("F.R.") Delano, and he is credited with planning and completing that rail segment.
Unhappy with the name "Crow River", residents voted to change the name of the village to "Delano" in honor of F.R. Delano, Delano Kindred President Tom Delano's great, great grandfather. Delano was incorporated in 1876.
For a brief report on our 2022 Reunion and Annual meeting, click here; and click here to check out the front page article about the Delano Kindred in the September 23, 2022 issue of the Delano Herald Journal.
The two-day agenda was as follows, with links provided to video recordings of each session:
There were no recordings made of the Walking Tour of Delano or of the dinner presentation on Saturday evening by Becket Soule.