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History of the Historical Society

The first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Dan Patch Historical Society, a Minnesota non-profit corporation, was held on March 24, 1992 at 7 PM at the Savage Public Library. Officers elected were:  Del Stelling, president; Mark McNeill, vice-president; Joe Cade, treasurer; Janet Williams, secretary.  Other members of the board were: George Augustinack, Bill Olson and Hugh Cardenas.  Annual dues were set at $15.  This first order of business was to have a booth at Heritage Days (preceding the current Dan Patch Days) to generate interest and to sell memberships.  The logo and bylaws were adopted.

The mission as adopted in 1994 was: To collect, preserve and disseminate information about the horse, which achieved national fame in the early 1900’s and its owner, Marion W. Savage, for whom the city has been named.    Our goal was always education.  We wanted to have all of our residents aware of our rich history and have done that through tirelessly giving talks at all of the schools, service organization and to have a museum for all to enjoy.



​Related Article:  25 years of the DPHS


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