Paul and Pamela Krause arrived in the Twin Cities in 1968 after Paul changed job locations, being traded from Washington to the Vikings for linebacker Marlin McKeever and a seventh-round draft choice.
Odd trade in retrospect, considering Krause was a second-round draft choice (18th overall) out of Iowa in 1964 and, as a free safety, he had 28 interceptions in four seasons for Washington.
"We lived in Bloomington for a year, and then we bought 40 acres in Lakeville in 1969," Krause said this week. "It was just countryside, with a lake on the property. We built our house on five acres and there were 20 home lots.