Delano Herald Journal

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Boxell family reunites, tours HL house where murders took place



HOWARD LAKE, MN – The descendents of W.T. and Rachel Boxell’s 14 children reunited Aug. 26 at Memorial Park in Howard Lake, and were able to tour the house in which the murders of W.T. and his second wife, Lydia took place more than 115 years ago. W.T. and his young wife, Lydia Oliver Boxell, were murdered with an axe […]

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