Cass Lake Museum & Lyle's Logging Camp
Museum and Camp
The Cass Lake Museum & Lyle’s Logging Camp are two sites holding the past pioneer logging artifacts. Within Lyle’s Logging Camp, it includes replicas of old equipment used by passed loggers as well as six building sites made by retired forester, Lyle Chisholm, that contain past used tools and photographs. Next to the Camp, the Cass Lake Museum is held in the formerly used railroad depot. There they hold numerous amount of historical artifacts on the Ojibwe tribe as well as photos and displays of the daily pioneer lifestyle during the 1800s.
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(218) 335-6723
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Hours: May 26-October 1
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Free Admission
<a href="http://www.casslake.com/history.html">www.casslake.com/history</a>
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PO Box 548
Cass Lake, MN 56633
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Hubbard County Historical Society and Museum
Historical Society and Museum
The Hubbard County Historical Society and Museum is situated in the county’s first courthouse, with each room featuring a different aspect of early life in Hubbard County. In the Ira Benham Resource Center, located on the first floor of the museum, it hosts as the site for all of the Society’s archives, photos, and information on genealogy research. Some of the information that they have include birth and death records, censuses from 1885 to 1905, enterprise newspapers from 1882 to 1890, funeral home and cemetery records, naturalization records, marriage and obituary records, plat books, and WWII Military scrapbooks. They also hold information on the Ojibwe tribe including information on their past treaties, a Chippewa Half-Breed Scrip, a White Earth Land Lists of 1911 and Indian Allotment List and Numbers. Among their exhibits, the Society and Museum include other sites such as a Pioneer cabin, a one-room School House, a room on High School Memory featuring past year books, a Communication Room featuring old typewriters and switchboards, farming tools, Native American artifacts, and vintage textiles.
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(218) 732-5237
historicalmuseum@arvig.net
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Hours: May through September: Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 am – 4:30 pm
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Free Admission
<p><a href="http://www.hubbardcountyhistory.org/">www.hubbardcountyhistory.org</a> </p>
<p><a href="http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnhchs/index.html">www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mnhchs/index</a></p>
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P.O. Box 327
Old Country Courthouse 301 Court St
Park Rapids, MN 56470-6127
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Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum
Museum
The Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum is dedicated to the lakes, boats, boat builders, and the history of different boats within the Alexandria area. The museum features a historic look into the boat making business, going back to 1885 and includes artifacts such as boat making tools and machinery that people used during that time period. They also include vintage replicas of the first boats ever made, as well as past photos and histories about the first builders, themselves. They also have access to the Grand Hotels & Resorts, which holds past information on what the accommodations used to host for people in the early 1900s. They also have the Minnesouri Club’s Summer Porch, which was built by a conjoined club to better improve the social culture of its members. Featured on the grounds are a variety of boat shows, community educational programs, and musical events in the garden.
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(320) 759-1114
bruce@mnlakesmaritime.org
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Hours: May 15th – October 15th: Monday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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Free Admission
<a href="http://minnesotalakesmaritimemuseum.org/">www.mnlakesmaritime.org</a>
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205 3rd Avenue W
Alexandria, MN 56308
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Ulen Historical Museum
Historical Museum
The Ulen Historical Museum helps preserve the history and culture of Ulen, MN. Of its exhibits, it includes an extensive doll collection, a replica of a pioneer home, a sports memorabilia wall with signed autographed artifacts from Minnesota’s best known athletes, a military exhibit that features photos and past uniforms and a monthly traveling exhibit from the Minnesota Historical Society.
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(218) 596-8884
visitor@ulenmuseum.com
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Hours: May - October, Friday - Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Admission for Adults is $3, Senior $2, Students $1 and Children are free.
<a href="http://www.ulenmuseum.com/">www.ulenmuseum.com</a>
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P.O. Box 403
35 1st St NW
Ulen, MN 56585
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Polk County Historical Society
Historical Society and Museum
The Polk County Historical Society has been collecting and preserving the inspiring story of the people of Polk County for 75 years. Books, maps pamphlets, newspapers, pictures and other objects have been collected. The museum.s authentic exhibits show how Valley pioneers lived, the tools and implements they worked with, the clothes they wore, the utensils and furnishings they used in their homes and countless other articles related to other aspects of their lives. The museum was located at the old McKinley School for several years and in 1976 was moved to its present location, the former Glendenning building on the east side of Crookston.
The main museum, a large modern structure, contains a well furnished kitchen, living room and bedroom, a general store, doctor’s office, barber shop. Beauty shop, communications center (telephone and switchboard center), a 50 year old model electric train and musical instruments. Here too, stands a square piano made in Boston, and an amazing assortment of ladies hats. Antique tools, and many old records, including newspapers on microfilms, dating back to the mid 1800’s, cemetery locations and names of persons buried there. There is also a chapel and a composite of furnishings from several churches.
Outside buildings include a large collection of farm machinery of all kinds including about 20 different antique tractors in running condition, a Fairchild single seater airplane used for crop dusting, a collection of many fire fighting trucks and other items, an 1870 log house, two room log house built in 1881, a one room school house (all completely furnished), a blacksmith shop and a church dating back to the late 1800’s (also completely furnished).
We do provide genealogy research services and other historical document research for a donation of $10.00 per hour.
Ann Muir
(218) 281-1038
polkcounty@q.com
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Hours: Noon to 5:00 pm Tuesday - Sunday.
June 1 through Sept 30
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P.O. Box 214
US 2 East
Crookston, MN 56716
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Prospect House and Civil War Museum
Museum
The Prospect House is a Georgian-style mansion, the former home of the Civil War veteran “Cap” Colehour and contains a wide variety of Civil War artifacts and personal belongings of the Colehour family. Both the house and the grounds are open to visitors.
Contact: Abby Bizzett-Johnson
(218) 864-4008
prospecthouse2@arvig.net
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Hours: May 2 – Labor Day: 10:30 am – 12:30 pm & 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm, After Labor Day to May 1st: Wednesday – Saturday 10:00 am – 5:00 pm & Sunday 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Admission for Adults is $5, Students 13-18 years old $3 and free for any Children 12 and under.
<a href="http://www.prospecthousemuseum.org/">www.prospecthousemuseum.org</a>
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403 Lake Avenue North
Highway 78
Battle Lake, MN 56515
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Red Lake County Historical Society
Historical Society and Museum
The Red Lake county Historical Society works to preserve the history of Red Lake County, starting with the first settlers and their earliest settlements. Much of the information can be found on a CD entitled, “A History of Red Lake County,” produced by the Historical Society and available for sale. Some of the histories that they Society includes within its research is the formation of the county, histories on past settlers from the townships, information on the prohibition period within the county, and early lifestyles of the pioneer settlers.
Contact: Ann Healy or John Thibert
(218) 253-2237
3thibert@gvtel.com
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Hours: Call to make an appointment
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Free Admission
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18779 115th Ave.
Red Lake Falls, MN 56750
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Sebeka Historical Society
Historical Society and Museum
The Sebeka Historical Society holds a city museum, which is dedicated to the preservation of early Finnish settlers. It is housed in an historic cabin, and collections include vintage clothing, antique furnishings, early radios and cameras, and other family memorabilia from the late 1800s to early 1900s. The other buildings on site include the Anderson Pioneer Store, the first store in Sebeka, and Jefferson Highway, which used to be the essential highway for travelers, reaching from New Orleans, Louisiana to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The society’s vision is to “recycle the town’s history, taking things that may no longer have a functional use, but provide a rich context of the area’s heritage.”
Contact: Betty Lake
(218) 837-5322
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Hours: Memorial Day - Labor Day
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Free Admission
<a href="http://www.sebeka.com/AboutUs/history.html">http://www.sebeka.com/AboutUs/history.html</a>
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62529 County Highway 8
Sebeka Park
Sebeka, MN 56477
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Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers
Association and Historical Organization
The Lake Itsasca Region Pioneer Farmers organization has preserved historic rural within their community in Bagley, MN. The main attractions that they promote include logging memorabilia, a 95-year-old sawmill, and historic lumber tools from the late 1800s to early 1900s. As well, they also have a 100 year old schoolhouse, an auditorium picture gallery featuring pictures from the early 1900s, and other creative events including shingle, lath, and broom making. The Lake Itasca Region Pioneer Farmers also have an annual three-day reunion event during the third weekend in August and a County Old-time music show on Saturday nights.
Contact: Bob Bildin
President: KErry Winkelmann
(218) 657-2233
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Hours: June – August: Saturdays 10 am – 12 pm
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Free Admission
<a href="http://www.itascapioneerfarmers.com/">www.itascapioneerfarmers.com</a>
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25387 Stockyard Road
Bagley, MN 56621
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Traverse County Historical Society
Historical Society and Museum
The Traverse County Historical Society includes a museum, which is located in the old Milwaukee Railroad depot and portrays life in the early 20th century from both personal and economic perspectives. Collections include old sewing machines, farm equipment, and merchandise from old stores. The society also has access to online resources for a guide to genealogy, including birth and death records, marriage records and census records, all starting from the early 1880s. Among other records, the museum includes probate records, taxation records and county maps, all from the late 1800s to early 1900s.
Contact: Clarence Jelich
(320) 563-8520
cjuelich@frontiernet.net
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Hours: Memorial Day – Labor Day, Wednesday – Sunday 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm & Holidays: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Admission for Adults is $1 and Children $.25.
<a href="http://www.exploreminnesota.com/things-to-do/2794/traverse-county-historical-society-museum/">www.exploreminnesota.com/things-to-do/2794/traverse-county-historical-society-museum/</a>
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601 First Avenue South
Corner of Broadway Ave. and Trail Street
Wheaton, MN 56296
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