a school for girls, administrated by the Nation Youth Administration. The board approved this motion, four to one, on December 14, 1939, setting the date for the school to be open as January 15, 1940. There were currently fifteen “patients” in the county home. The lone dissenter, J.P. Kragh, with support from a lawyer, W.R. Werring and a local wealthy farmer, C.O. Gilfillan, was able to have the decision reversed two weeks later. In March 1940, the commissioners turned the county poor farm records over to Gilfillan, who offered to conduct a study “to get the most out of the property” at his own expense. His goal was that “some plan could be worked out to relieve the taxpayers of this burden to some extent and at the same time afford adequate care for the aged and unfortunates who are now county charges”. On July 2, 1940 Gilfillan offered to pay Redwood County eighteen hundred dollars yearly for “the care and maintenance…of bedridden inmates, old men and women and other worthy needy who are inmates”. Some remodeling was done to move the county poor farm away from its function as a poor farm toward its future as a Homes for the aged, and its capacity increased to approximately thirty six people. During the time period until 1967 it was known at the Redwood County Home. At this time an elevator was added and more beds to increase the capacity to forty eight and with the new licensing requirements it became the Redwood County Nursing Home. References Barnes, G. (1932). Deed Record 82. Redwood County. Bolton & Menk, Inc. (August 16, 1995). Parcel Inquiry. Redwood County. Byers, A.G. (1886). The administration of poorhouses and jails. The official proceedings of the annual meeting: 1886. (pp. 31–36). National Conference on Social Welfare. Curtiss-Wedge, F. (1916). The history of Redwood County Minnesota. Chicago: H.C. Cooper Jr. & Co. Day, P. (2009). A new history of social welfare(6th ed.). Boston: Pearson. Evacuation of colony waits: County getting rent until new homes are found. (1937, July 22). The Redwood Gazette. p. 4. Jarchow, M. (1986). Like father, like son: The Gilfillan story. St. Paul: Ramsey County Historical Society Parker, F. (1907). Deed Record 54. Redwood County. Redwood County Commissioners. (January 3, 1889). Commissioners proceedings (official). Redwood County Records. Redwood County Commissioners. (April 18, 1899). Commissioners proceedings (official). Redwood County Records. Redwood County Commissioners. (July 8, 1907).