haha nice comment bri! lmao

I’m 15 and I think this is truly amazing. I live in Isanti County in Minnesota and I have been thinking for a while now about getting some people and equipment together and going on a “Ghost Hunt”.

For those of you who want to know where this siting is I can tell you. I use to live in Brainerd and one of my good friends told me this story and when I asked her what Tavern she told me so here is the answer “The Blue OX”

OK, YOUR MOM… Indian’s as in Native Americans, not Indians from India!

To those saying white people tricked the Natives and stole their land…whatever! If you want to call peopel dumb, then call the people who traded land for alcohol dumb. HELLO! Not to mention I think the ”white” people have paid for this land over and over. Every reservation I have seen is trashed. I don’t see this land being taken care of very well. But all I hear is “They stole our land so we deserve to live here free, not take care of our land, make our homes look like dumps and laugh our assses off all the way to the bank with our government checks!”

This is just what I see for the majority. Not all Native’s are this way, but it’s the ones that use and abuse that give a bad name. One of my best friends is Native American and he works hard and is ashamed of the way many of his people treat the land they live on.

BOOOYA! The people who have ‘taken’ your land have paid for it over and over and over and over…So quit your bitching and take care of the land you are so upset about losing!

Response to B.S. Does that stand for (Brain’s Small) by chance? The white people never tricked anyone. They lied and broke promises and are still doing it today.There are these things called treaties that were signed way before you fell out of the monkeys butt. If you were to look into the real history of the United States you would see it! P.S learn some grammar B.S

There are a few things I would like to point out…

(1) There was never (and never will) be land to own. It was NEVER ours (Native Americans or ‘whites’) to own in the first place, thus no one can “own” it.

(2) sure there may be some bad apples in the Native community, but do you not forget about the bad apples in the white community also? We are all equal, non are better then others. Everyone has a right to be who they are… some just mis-use that right. Like those who are judgemental of people they have NEVER met.

(3) There has been one promise kept by the government… and that is the promise of the reservation… and that in itself is a long shot becasue the reservations given to the individual Nations were and still are getting cut down in size today.

The american public and governments are very biased towards Native peoples and that is a sore spot that needs to be worked on I think…

Now about the haunting. I believe every word of it and yes many “different” people have been killed because of the color of their skin or how they talk.

This is to B.S. I couldn’t agree with you more. First off if we were like every other civilization we would have killed indians off but we didn’t. We gave indians land, we gave indians money, we gave indians the exclusive right to casinos, and we granted indians sovereignty. So why do I keep hearing them whine? Nobody alive today took any land away from any indians. White people should stop taking responsibility for it because white people today have took nothing from the indians of today.

If you want to talk about treaties and old laws, wasn’t there something like if you see more than 5 native americans together it was concidered a war path and you could kill them? I thought I heard something to that effect. I may be wrong and if I am I know someone will correct me.

All I have to say is Bulls*it. Been to the Last Turn many a times and there are absolutely no ghosts in it. However, the apartment above it could be haunted. A kid got shot to death in the apartment a few years ago over a dumb playstation of all things.

umm yeah this is to ALL the people who are dissing the whites…um yeah just to tell you all…u shouldnt be dissing whites…im a white person…i think the last thing our nation needs is to be separated…okay well its too late for that soo idk w/e …but umm yeah im from Brainerd…and i always wanted to visit a haunted place near me…so ill definatley have to check this place out…i think its terrible that those people murdered those indians..but remember..those people are from back then…this is now…not ALL white people kill…just like not all indians…scalp heads or whatever soo stop dissing the white..its not nice..

I have to agree with some of the point made on the comments. Like how no one can “own” land, very true. I live only 10-20 mins away from a reservation and yes there are bad people who come from there that moved into the town i live in but i also ahve many awsome friends from there. It is just like “white” people as well too. I must say this story creeped me out i dont wanna go to get my surgery now there haha. but heres sumthing to think about..no where NO WHERE does it say that “white blacks mexicans asian indians” or any race, can degrated people for color of skin or for even being fat to skinny to mean or anything we are all gods children he looks at us all the same way..why cant we?

To the comment Joie made. Actually, the kid who got shot above a bar was above Tropical Nights, not The Last Turn. And to Joanna, I’ve never heard of The Blue Ox being haunted but the tavern in this story is definitely referencing The Last Turn. It’s a true story and like I said in my first post, I know several people who have and still do bartend there and yes, it is haunted.

I live in Brainerd and worked at The Last Turn Saloon years ago and do remember strange things going on late at night after closing usually chairs being moved when you leave the room, noises, and an uneasy feeling in the very back away from the business area where the store room was, I always hated to go back there even with someone else you just felt like you were’nt welcome in there. Whether or not this is related ot the story I dont know, never heard it before. There is a story on the back of the menu there that talks about the old location, a hanging tree out front, and one of the last hangs in the town but I dont recall it mentioning indians. If you get a chance to stop in give it a read its very interesting. I do know that the Last Turn is the oldest bar in the city dating back to the 1800’s so to find it haunted would not suprise me a bit. On a side note the original location is only a block from what was the Brainerd National Bank that was robbed by Baby Face Nelson in 1933,

I cannot believe after all these years, people continue to be so prejudice. I am half white and half Native, and have felt the repercussions of hate from both sides. No matter what happened in the past, the important thing is that we learn from our mistakes and move on. Regardless, we all exist now, all races, and we need to make a better world for our children, so they do not endure the pain and suffering any of our ancestors have.

Ive been past this place SO many times with out knowing this story. I live in Brainerd. And i beleive this for sure. Ive heard some storys about it and it kinda freaks me out….:[ haha but its pretty shweet!

Ive been past this place SO many times with out knowing this story. I live in Brainerd. And i beleive this for sure. Ive heard some storys about it and it kinda freaks me out….:[ haha but its pretty shweet!!!

Omg,That creeps me out. =)

Dynasty is dumb

I used to date a guy that lived above the Last Turn Saloon. Weird stuff happened there, trust me, the Last Turn is haunted.

I grew up near Brainerd, never knew this was haunted! Will have to check it out when I go back to the area to visit family at Christmas time! Good excuse for my fiance and I to escape the family for a few hours! lol!