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Goodhue County Historical Society

    June 10, 2019
    Sisters to share Holocaust stories and film at History Break
    Lili Chester and Sylvia Fine, sisters whose parents were both Holocaust survivors from Lodz, Poland, will speak during Goodhue County Historical...
    community/eventsJune 10, 2019 - 12:00pm
    May 27, 2019
    Goodhue County Historical Society sesquicentennial exhibit opens May 31
    A new exhibit, "Celebrating the Society: 150 Years at GCHS," opens May 31 at the Goodhue County History Center, 1166 Oak St. A free public reception...
    community/eventsMay 27, 2019 - 11:00am
    April 16, 2019
    History Break focuses on women in the Civil War
    The Goodhue County Historical Society History Break at noon Wednesday, April 17, is about women in the Civil War, presented by Vickie Wendel.
    community/eventsApril 16, 2019 - 11:37am
    April 1, 2019
    History of Red Wing medical community being gathered
    Dr. William Wells is gathering information about people and places that contributed to the history of medicine in Red Wing. The goal is to write...
    community/historyApril 1, 2019 - 4:00pm
    March 15, 2019
    Patty Brown and Katie Hardyman Morem hold a cake as people snap photos Wednesday, March 14, 2019, after the two were named to the Red Wing Women's Hall of Fame. Anne Jacobson / RiverTown Multimedia play button
    Sharing the love: 3 inducted into Red Wing Women’s Hall of Fame
    Work relentlessly with an eye toward the community's future. That mantra emerged as speakers talked about the three 2019 inductees to the Red...
    community/eventsMarch 15, 2019 - 5:00pm
    February 24, 2019
    Program at Red Wing Public Library blends history and art
    Goodhue County Historical Society and ArtReach will hold a morning history story time 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 8, at the Red Wing Public Library Foot Room. Families listen as Children's & Teen Services Librarian Megan Seeland reads "Rhoda's Rock Hunt" by Molly Beth Griffin.
    community/eventsFebruary 24, 2019 - 1:20pm
    February 7, 2019
    Goodhue County Historical Society turns 150
    The Goodhue County Historical Society — the oldest county historical society in Minnesota — observes its sesquicentennial this year...
    community/nonprofitsFebruary 7, 2019 - 5:00am
    January 12, 2019
    FDR coming to annual history meeting Jan. 13
    Goodhue County Historical Society will hold its annual meeting 2-3:30 p.m., Sunday, Jan.13, at the Goodhue County History Center, 1166 Oak St. Following the meeting, Gary Stamm will portray Franklin Delano Roosevelt. "Inside FDR" is a potpourri of topics from the "man himself" that...
    community/nonprofitsJanuary 12, 2019 - 5:00am
    January 11, 2019
    Architecture, classicism vs. romanticism - History Break, Jan. 16
    The Goodhue County Historical Society History Break this month will be "Classicism vs. Romanticism: How Two Competing Architectural Theories Shaped Red Wing's Built Environment in the 19th and Early 20th Centuries." The event will start noon Wednesday, Jan. 16, at the history center....
    community/eventsJanuary 11, 2019 - 12:00pm
    January 4, 2019
    Submitted photo. Author Jacqueline West.
    Family Fun Day: Mysteries at the Museum, Jan. 5
    Goodhue County Historical Society invites families to start the New Year on the right page during free Family Fun Day noon to 3 p.m. Saturday,...
    community/nonprofitsJanuary 4, 2019 - 6:28pm
    November 14, 2018
    Richard Spiller, local potter, used a potter’s wheel for guests to view while he created small jugs used to pour liquids during the 2016 Give to the Max Day. RiverTown Multimedia file photo
    Maximize giving on Give to the Max Day
    Red Wing and communities throughout Minnesota are preparing for Thursday, Nov. 15 — the 10th annual Give to the Max Day. Give to the Max...
    community/nonprofitsNovember 14, 2018 - 11:30am
    November 10, 2018
    A possible Nonpartisan League organizer poses next to his auto with an NPL magazine cover posted on the car door. Photo courtesy of Fred Johnson
    WWI fears infected the homefront 
    The battles of World War I, which ended 100 years ago tomorrow, were fought abroad, but that does not mean there was no hostile activity on...
    entertainment/booksNovember 10, 2018 - 12:00pm
    November 7, 2018
    Red Wing native Gordon Krantz is donating what may be the only copy of a “false alarm” Extra edition of the Daily Republican to the Goodhue County Historical Society. Ruth Nerhaugen / Contributor
    Extra! Extra! Armistice Signed: 100 years ago, the RE prematurely called the end of WWI
    One hundred years ago today, Red Wing's Daily Republican newspaper rushed to print a one-page Extra edition announcing that the World War would...
    community/historyNovember 7, 2018 - 11:00am
    October 30, 2018
    Explore the fur trade through art
    The Goodhue County Historical Society and artist Richard Spiller will hold a multi-generational art workshop 1-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, at the history center. A child and an adult registered together will work collectively to compose watercolor art out of snowshoe frames and line...
    community/eventsOctober 30, 2018 - 12:00pm
    October 24, 2018
    Solve the 'History Mystery' in Cannon Falls
    community/nonprofitsOctober 24, 2018 - 5:37pm
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