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Welcome, Minnesota: Horse and Human Drinking Fountain

One side for one, one for the other.

Address:
Dugan St., Welcome, MN
Directions:
On Dugan St./CR 25 a few blocks west of Hwy 263.
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Horse and Human Drinking Fountain

Unfortunately, the water is shut off and the drinking fountain is now inoperable. Still a neat oddity.

[Harmon, 06/30/2023]

Water for horses and humans.

Horse and Human Drinking Fountain

The town's Horse and Human Drinking Fountain is off of 1st Street, not 2nd.

[Deepa Whipple, 08/28/2016]

Horse and human drinking fountain.

Horse and Human Drinking Fountain

A drinking fountain for the use of both horses and humans was erected in Welcome, MN, a town of 741 people, in 1914 - horses drink from the street side and humans drink from the sidewalk side.

[Jim Boylan, 06/25/2009]

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