History
FIC2012.0213
from the collection of
Title
The Oak Dale Trail and Cy Thomson Hormel ConnectionDescription
The Oak Dale Cy Thomson Hormel Connection manuscript is about the creation of the Oak Dale Trail through Iowa and Minnesota which passed between the Oak Dale Park and Oak Dale Farm which carried the LeRoy, Minnesota address for many years. It includes the story of Cy Thomson crime of embezzlement of the Geo. A. Hormel & Company, the discovery of his crime and arrest covering the years of 1906 - 1922.Cy Thomson, R. J. Thomson, Ransom J. Thomson, Ransom Josiah Thomson