 You're listening to the BBC NewsHour here on MPR News. 1862 in Winona, a raucous Independence Day celebration causes a big old fire in downtown Winona, Minnesota. Hannibal Choate, he was a retail and banking magnate in Winona and builder of the Choate Building and many more things there. He kept members of the fire department by his store to save his business by supplying them with whiskey. And his business was the only one saved. I would have helped him, too.