History

More signs of renewal at Wabasha County history museum

Sep 28, 2017

A few years ago, the Wabasha County Historical Society Reads Landing School Museum went through an appearance improvement with the exterior restoration funded by a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society. Now again it is sporting a new look. Through the contribution from Rodney Florin, initial...

Cruise will focus on Sea Wing Disaster

Sep 21, 2017

The Goodhue County Historical Society (GCHS) invites the public to take part in a history cruise focusing on the Sea Wing Disaster. The two-hour cruise will take place aboard the Pearl of the Lake, departing from Lake City on Sunday, Oct. 1, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 each and are...

Rarities evaluated at historical society antique road show fundraiser

Sep 21, 2017

“I have never seen anything like that” was frequently heard at the Wabasha County Historical Society’s Antique Roadshow at the Reads Landing School Museum on Sunday, Sept. 17. Attendees came from Minneapolis, Red Wing, Winona, Lake City and Wabasha, Minn., as well as Pepin and Cochrane, Wis. A...

Our memories in stone - Richard W. Neal

Sep 7, 2017

The Lake City Historical Society has an on-going project to restore the legibility of stones marking the graves of people relevant to the early history of the community. (Checks to support this work should be mailed to LCHS, PO 245, Lake City, MN 55041.) For this issue of the Graphic, the featured...

Cruise history aboard paddlewheeler

Sep 6, 2017

The Goodhue County Historical Society invites the public to take part in a History Cruise focusing on the shoreline from Lake City to Old Frontenac. The three-hour cruise will take place aboard the Pearl of the Lake, departing from Lake City on Sunday, Sept. 17, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Tickets are...

Student flag art takes 3rd in state auxiliary contest

Aug 31, 2017

The Lake City VFW Auxiliary 8729 sponsored a patriotic art contest for sixth grade students at Bluff View Elementary in April. The theme was “So proudly we hail, the history of the United States flag.” Riley Forbes won first place. His art advanced to the first district competition, which it also...

Historic group tours historic home

Aug 17, 2017

There aren’t too many houses in Lake City older than the Lake City Fire Department. According to the department’s Facebook page, it was established in 1869. One such house was the site of a department training exercise Tuesday night. Just after 6 p.m. firefighters gathered with their hoses in front...

Our memories in stone - Henry and Emma Selover

Aug 10, 2017

The Lake City Historical Society has an on-going project to restore the legibility of stones marking the graves of people relevant to the early history of the community. For this issue of the Graphic, the featured gravesite is of Henry Selover (b. 1838, d. 1925) in Lakewood Cemetery.  

Historical society working to restore Lake City grave stones

Aug 10, 2017

Two years ago, Dave Dueholm took the role of Lake City pioneer Raymond Hanisch in the Memorial Day cemetery tour sponsored by the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS). Hanisch, an Austrian immigrant who came to Lake City in 1869, was best known in the community as owner of an opera house on Center...

Civil war music talk is July 16 in Reads Landing

Jul 13, 2017

Wabasha County Historical Society will host the presentation “Music in the American Civil War: Developing American Culture” on July 16. This presentation by Abigail Hall will begin at 2 p.m. at the Reads Landing School Museum. Hall is a senior at Viterbo University majoring in history and music...