Atlas of Historical County Boundaries

Another online resource has come to our attention, this one via the Minnesota Historical Society’s Local History News e-newsletter. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries…

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Newspaper Research Tip

I’ve been researching the construction of the Highway 10/371 bypass around Little Falls, patiently flipping through each issue of the Little Falls Daily Transcript between…

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Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop Bag

The Odd Shop got its start in 1929 when Ida Caroline McCauley and her niece, Clara (McCauley) Guerin, organized the Guerin McCauley Company.  The company…

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Legacy Funding Input Meetings

In November 2008 the citizens of Minnesota voted to pass the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment as part of the Minnesota Constitution. The Legacy…

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Spooky Coincidences All Too Common

I’m currently researching the construction of the Highway 10 / 371 bypass around Little Falls, Minnesota. The process seems to have been long and involved,…

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Collections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade Car

This slick-looking four-door Chrysler sedan, shown on Broadway Avenue East in Little Falls, Minnesota, is decked out with advertising for a fairly new restaurant in…

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