{"id":1781,"date":"2020-03-03T02:46:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-03T02:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?p=1781"},"modified":"2025-08-26T02:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T02:13:24","slug":"home-of-the-spud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/2020\/03\/03\/home-of-the-spud\/","title":{"rendered":"Home of the Spud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big Lake is the home of the Spud. Whose farms are we missing? Let&#8217;s get some photos of their sacks (even if they&#8217;re new)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1345-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"959\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/img_1345\/\" class=\"wp-image-959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1345-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1345-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/IMG_1345-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"767\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewings-potatos-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"549\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/ewings-potatos\/\" class=\"wp-image-549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewings-potatos-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewings-potatos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewings-potatos-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewings-potatos.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"691\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewing-potatos-691x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"548\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/ewing-potatos\/\" class=\"wp-image-548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewing-potatos-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewing-potatos-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewing-potatos-768x1137.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/ewing-potatos.jpg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/duchenes-potatos-795x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"546\" 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width=\"916\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/52942920_10213562982570069_5588891657811525632_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1785\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/52942920_10213562982570069_5588891657811525632_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1785\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/52942920_10213562982570069_5588891657811525632_n.jpg 916w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/52942920_10213562982570069_5588891657811525632_n-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/52942920_10213562982570069_5588891657811525632_n-768x805.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 916px) 100vw, 916px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/44856233_10212806696023378_5069616204621021184_o.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1786\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/44856233_10212806696023378_5069616204621021184_o.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1786\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/44856233_10212806696023378_5069616204621021184_o.jpg 750w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/44856233_10212806696023378_5069616204621021184_o-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28166273_10211202095949379_5509496208508653900_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1787\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28166273_10211202095949379_5509496208508653900_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1787\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28166273_10211202095949379_5509496208508653900_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28166273_10211202095949379_5509496208508653900_n-300x285.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">&nbsp;the plate was just recently found in a storage shed on someone else&#8217;s farm. The Howe family was found, and it was returned.<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28379048_10211199941535520_9169824645959853544_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1788\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28379048_10211199941535520_9169824645959853544_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1788\" class=\"wp-image-1788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28379048_10211199941535520_9169824645959853544_n.jpg 800w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28379048_10211199941535520_9169824645959853544_n-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28379048_10211199941535520_9169824645959853544_n-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1789\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1789\" class=\"wp-image-1789\" srcset=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28336359_10211199942175536_8447254157522815438_o.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"143\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28378559_10211199941135510_4630631045143420434_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1790\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/28378559_10211199941135510_4630631045143420434_n.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/?attachment_id=1790\" class=\"wp-image-1790\"\/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Big Lake is the home of the Spud. Whose farms are we missing? Let&#8217;s get some photos of their sacks (even if they&#8217;re new)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":1782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-businesses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1781"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1793,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1781\/revisions\/1793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biglakemnhistory.org\/option1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}