MN History

Cecelia McKeig has been passionate about local history for as long as she can remember. She's written several books about area locales such as Remer,…

Stories of a great aunt traveling by train from northern Minnesota to the Twin Cities to attend demonstrations and lectures dedicated to the women's…

Wherever there were Finns there were co-ops…Fins got settled here and they realized that the economic conditions didn’t work in their favor. They began to…

David Treuer's latest book is described as an 'essential, intimate story of a resilient people in a transformative epoch'. Treuer brings his skills of…

The Minnesota Historical Society's traveling exhibit "1968" is currently on display at the Beltrami Historical Society. It will be in Bemidji until March.…

One hundred years ago this week, October 12th, 1918, wildfires swept across fifteen hundred square miles of St. Louis, Carlton, Pine and Aitkin counties,…

In our July series we'll take up the topic of immigration with our liberal commentator Aaron Brown and conservative Chuck Marohn. They look at their…

Mary LahrSchier's book "From Apples to Zinnias: the Northern Gardener, 150 Years of Garden Wisdom" is a treasure trove of hints, suggestions, anecdotal…

John Bauer and Heidi Holtan spoke with Ian Dunshee, historical archivist with the Hill Annex Mine State Park about his work on cataloging the oral…

Infrastructure can mean a lot of things - roads, sewers, power, broadband. This week we begin our Dig Deep series with liberal Aaron Brown and…