History

Help sought for Lake City Airport display

Sep 26, 2018

Lake City Historical Society is assembling artifacts and history about the Lake City/ Frontenac Airport. A display will be created for public viewing. The public is being asked for help in loaning items or history for a temporary secured display. Objects, stories, clothing, model airplanes from...

Church plans 150th birthday party

Sep 19, 2018

Christ Episcopal Church in Old Frontenac will hold a sesquicentennial celebration on Sept. 29 and 30. The newly restored church will be open from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 29. Events that day include a Christ Church open house, live music, hand-crafted beer and punch, a free community...

History roundtable kicks off Sept. 12

Aug 22, 2018

The Lake City Public Library and the Lake City Historical Society are sponsoring a new history roundtable, beginning Sept. 12 from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. and continuing on the second Wednesday of each month at the Lake City Public Library. Moderator Wayne Quist will lead the group in examining...

Walkers learn about Old Frontenac and early settlers

Aug 8, 2018

Wednesday, Aug. 1, the Walking Lake Pepin (WLP) group walk was in Old Frontenac. Jim Schreck led the walk taking the group down the gravel roads where James “Bully” Wells first established a trading post before 1850 and pointing out the hunting lodge and early residences of the Garrard family who...

Lakewood Cemetery offers a look into the past

Jul 25, 2018

Last Wednesday, the Walking Lake Pepin walkers met at the home of Paul and Wanda Myers on Pine Grove Lane and took a walk around the neighborhood and into Lakewood Cemetery. As the group walked through the cemetery Lois Borner pointed out some of the grave sites of the early settlers of Lake City;...

Reads Landing museum opens for season May 19-20

May 16, 2018

Wabasha County Historical Society will have its 53rd season opening weekend May 19 and 20, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Reads Landing School Museum. Admission is free with donations accepted throughout the weekend. “The museum offers visitors a great opportunity to get in touch with the heritage...

Letter: Outhouse, privy, biffy - by any name it still smells the same

May 3, 2018

To the editor: Having always lived in town it was quite an experience for me to use an outhouse. Each one was different but they all had a bench with a hole. Sometimes there were two holes, one for adults and one for children. Most of them were just plain wood but some had a small window and even...

Capacity crowd gathers to hear history author

Apr 26, 2018

About 100 people listen as Lorry Wendland (far right) tells the story behind the stories of the 19th century pioneers in her new books “19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - The Rest of the Story,” and “Genealogy of a Village - 19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota.” Wendland’s presentation was the...

New books chronicle 19th century Old Frontenac

Apr 18, 2018

When Lorry Wendland moved to her home on Lake Avenue Way in Old Frontenac in 2000 she decided to read up on the village’s history. Two things struck her. First, a lot of the information she was reading was contradictory. Second, she didn’t feel like the town’s 19th century pioneers were being...

History teacher: New book offers definitive history of Old Frontenac

Apr 11, 2018

“19th Century Frontenac, Minnesota - the Rest of the Story,” is an epic undertaking by Lorry Wendland that is a minutely detailed history of the quaint river town of Old Frontenac, the small historic village that nestles along the Mississippi River about 70 miles south of St. Paul. This history is...