Crosby, Minnesota
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Crosby is a city in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,360 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Brainerd Micropolitan Statistical Area. Crosby is adjacent to its twin ci
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Karl Emil Nygard
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Karl Emil Nygard was an American politician who became the first Communist mayor in the United States when he was elected president of the village council of Crosby, Minnesota, in 1932.
Crosby, Minnesota
…On February 5, 1924, a new tunnel was blasted too close to nearby Foley Lake, and water rushed in, killing 41 miners. In the 1932 local elections, Karl Emil Nygard was elected president of Crosby's Village Council, making it the first city in the United States to have a Communist mayor. 27-year-old Nygard won by…
Article on Nygard by Sender Garlin in the Daily Worker on October 19, 1933