Wabasha County Historical Society

Annual meeting, book signing part of Read’s Landing Museum’s end-of-season event

Oct 4, 2023
Oct. 8, 2023 will mark the end of 2023 Wabasha County Historical Society, Reads Landing School Museum season. The annual meeting will be at 1 p.m., which is open to the public. At 2 p.m., the public is also invited to attend a presentation and book signing by Olaf Danielson, author of several books...

Chief Wabasha I descendent visits Reads Landing museum

Sep 27, 2023
Chief Wabasha I was born in 1718 in what is present day Minnesota. He befriended King Louis XV and encouraged trade between the French and Dakota Nations. There are many generations of decendents of Chief Wabasha 1. One of the numerous decendents, Georgia Walters of Duluth, Minn., visited the...

Child recreates ‘Swede’s’ football photo

Aug 16, 2023
Oscar “Swede” Ostrom grew up in Reads Landing and attended Reads Landing School. His mother also taught at the school. Upon retiring, Swede moved back to Wabasha and became an active and dedicated Wabasha County Historical Society Board Member. He spent many hours volunteering at the Reads...

Museum gets a new coat of paint

Aug 2, 2023
As with any structure, care has to be taken to preserve its integrity. Peeling paint became prevalent on the outside trim, window sills and frames and cupola at the Wabasha County Historical Society’s Reads Landing School Museum. Featherstone Painting of Red Wing has taken on the project of...

Children hold spelling bee in school museum

Jul 26, 2023
A future teacher from Hutchinson, Minn. conducted a spelling class with her mother and brother as students sitting at the school desks in the Reads Landing School Museum. She would say a word and her students would use chalk and print the work on a slate, then hold it up for their teacher to see....

Museum has a history of its own

Jul 5, 2023
Wabasha County Historical Society, Reads Landing School Museum is housed in the oldest surviving Italianate style brick schoolhouse in Minnesota. It is on the National Registry of Historic Places. There are three floors displaying artifacts and information of the history of Wabasha County. The...

Sixth graders visit school museum

May 24, 2023
When the Reads Landing School was in session, there was a tradition of the students posing on the steps for a school picture. The Wabasha St. Felix sixth graders, taught by Abigail Hall carried on the tradition. May 10, was a regular class day for the students at the Wabasha County Historical...

‘Grumpy Old Men’ writer appears at Grumpy Old Men Festival

Mar 1, 2023
Feb. 24 and 25 marked the 30th annual Grumpy Old Men Festival in Wabasha, Minn. Brenda Pearson of Turning Waters Bed and Breakfast hosted a benefit Dinner with Mark Steven Johnson, writer of the movie “Grumpy Old Men.” Mark wrote it in twelve days specifically for Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau....

Recipe column features ‘cherished’ recipes

Oct 5, 2022
On Sept. 25, the Wabasha County Historical Society held a vintage baking social at the Reads Landing school museum, where visitors could taste some baked goods made from cherished family recipes. People who didn’t attend the event can still get a taste, if they are willing to put in a little work....

Reads Landing museum season ends with open house on Sunday, Oct. 9

Oct 5, 2022
In conclusion of the 2022 season at the Reads Landing School Museum, Wabasha County Historical Society is hosting an open house Oct. 9. There is free admission and all members and public are invited. Scheduled that day is the annual meeting at 1 p.m. This includes an overview of the past...

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