Dawson Gnomes
Clip: Season 11 Episode 12 | 10m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Learn about the origin story of GnometownUSA.
Since 1988, the community of Dawson has been honoring citizen leaders by making a 3-foot tall concrete gnome statue in their likeness and placing them in public spaces throughout the town. Ruth Solem and Sharilyn Bates tell the story of how “GnometownUSA” came to be and Loren Femrite gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the statues are made.
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Dawson Gnomes
Clip: Season 11 Episode 12 | 10m 2sVideo has Closed Captions
Since 1988, the community of Dawson has been honoring citizen leaders by making a 3-foot tall concrete gnome statue in their likeness and placing them in public spaces throughout the town. Ruth Solem and Sharilyn Bates tell the story of how “GnometownUSA” came to be and Loren Femrite gives a behind-the-scenes look at how the statues are made.
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Postcards is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS
Production sponsorship is provided by contributions from the voters of Minnesota through a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund, Explore Alexandria Tourism, Shalom Hill Farm, Margaret A. Cargil Foundation, 96.7kram and viewers like you.