Closeup of Volunteer Fire Department Lieutenant Wallace "Whitey" Wolf at a Large Brush Fire. He Works as a Mechanic at the City's Repair Garage. New Ulm Is a County Seat Trading Center of 13,000 in a Farming Area of South Central Minnesota. It Was Founded in 1854 by a German Immigrant Land Company That Encouraged Its Kinsmen to Emigrate From Europe. Population Has Grown Steadily Since 1950 with the Arrival of Several Manufacturing Firms 10/1974 by Bruce Bisping for DOCUMERICA