United States > Minnesota > Brown County > New UlmThe Grand Hotel on Minnesota Street in New Ulm, Minnesota in the Past Five Years Local Merchants on the Main Street Have Restored the Fronts of Many of the Old Buildings and Painted the Brickwork as It Had Been in the Past. The Town Was Founded in 1854 by a Company of German Immigrants. It Is a Farming Area That Has Changed From Quite Small Family Farms to Larger Units. They Are Still Operated by Families, But Two Or Three Generations at Once.