Bertha

History

Bertha was platted in 1891, and named for Bertha Ristau, an early settler and wife of John Ristau who established the town's first Post Office in his log cabin store in 1880. Bertha was incorporated in July 1897. During the mid 1920s, Bertha was the home of a semi-pro baseball team known as the Bertha Fishermen, which included players Elmer Brandell and John Donaldson during the 1925 season. Donaldson threw a no-hitter in Bertha on May 30, 1924, striking out 20 batters.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all land.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Crow

  Corvus brachyrhynchos C.L.Brehm, 1822 · Aves
  215
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  160
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  157
• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  136
• Canada Goose (canadensis Group)

  Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  123
• Black-capped Chickadee

  Poecile atricapillus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  108
• Sandhill crane

  Grus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  104
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  98

Most recent

• M 2.5 — 2011-04-29
  Minnesota