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…
View More Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop BagLegacy 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…
View More Legacy Funding Input Meetings“Year by Year” Events in History
I had a call this morning from a researcher wanting a timeline of events from the past several decades. The researcher didn’t want a timeline…
View More “Year by Year” Events in HistoryOnline Resource for Early Minnesota Maps
While doing research for an upcoming newsletter article, I found another interesting online resource. This one shows digitized images of early Minnesota maps down to…
View More Online Resource for Early Minnesota MapsCollections Carousel – Dairy Queen Spoon
This small pale pink plastic spoon from the Dairy Queen in Little Falls, Minnesota, was manufactured by Lind Plastic Products of Chicago, Illinois. The spoon…
View More Collections Carousel – Dairy Queen SpoonSpooky 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,…
View More Spooky Coincidences All Too CommonCollections 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…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade CarPast Weather Research
I’m conducting research for a future newsletter story and part of that research includes looking at past severe weather events. As it turns out, the…
View More Past Weather ResearchCollections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family Photograph
This unidentified studio photograph belongs to a collection of photographs and miscellaneous items from the family of Stanley Herum. The photograph possibly shows Stanley and…
View More Collections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family PhotographAdditions to the Website
I’ve been busy for the past couple of hours adding past newsletter articles to the website. Quite a few of them, in fact. While we…
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