History
Someone please save the jail
Oct 30, 2024
I am very sad today. The reason is every time I see the old jail house, I realize we are about to lose it. This makes me very sad and I wish I could save it myself, but I don’t have the means to do it. We are losing too many of our charming and historic parts of Lake City! This means a lot to me....
Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days is Sept. 28-29
Sep 25, 2024
Agricultural history will be on display this weekend at the annual Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days festival Sept. 28-29 at the Dwain and Marilyn Gerken Farm in rural Lake City.
“The Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days Group is composed of many people, from every age group with different...
Corn shocked as Corn Shredding Autumn Days festival nears
Sep 18, 2024
Volunteers were out shocking corn recently at the Dwain and Marilyn Gerken farm near Oak Center in the run-up to the Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days festival planned for Sept. 28-29.
“The Corn Shredding Autumn Harvest Days Group is composed of many people, from every age group with different...
The resonance of history
Jul 3, 2024
History is not something to be ignored; it is the narrative of humanity. Everything and everyone has come from what we were, and so will everything that will be.
Recognizing the significance of history has made me realize its profound impact on shaping our world today. From the rise and fall of...
Walkers visit burial mounds
Jul 3, 2024
On Wednesday evening June 26, the Walking Lake Pepin (walkinglakepepin.com) group walkers travelled from Underwood Park down 10th Street to visit the site of Indian burial mounds on 10th Street near Mounds Court.
Katie Himanga, forester and local historian, was invited to talk to the walkers and...
History Matters essay contest winning essays announced
Jul 3, 2024
Two Lincoln High School scholars were recognized on Thursday, May 8, for their winning essays in the “Why History Matters” essay contest sponsored by the The Lake City Historical Society.
First place winner Natalie Anderson was presented with a Certificate of Excellence and $300 for her essay “...
Old Settlers meet April 13
Apr 3, 2024
The 147th annual Meeting of the Greenwood Prairie Old Settlers Association will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Green Prairie Place Chapel.
The original Old Settlers Association held their first meeting on Feb. 28, 1877, according to a news release. It was at...
Why save the cottonwood tree?
Feb 14, 2024
I’ve been a “river rat” since my folks bought our home at 219 Park Street in 1942-43.
The home was in the family until 1997 when my stepmother died, so I guess that means I have spent most of my life under that old cottonwood in Ohuta Park.
I wish I could know all that this tree could tell us...
Peters to give two talks on local National Guard camp history
Sep 27, 2023
The Lake City Public Library invites the public to two book talks led by local author and resident Andru Peters.
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m., Peters will discuss his book “History of Camp Lakeview National Guard Training Camp 1881-1931,” specifically the role of steamers and their impact on...
Current Hwy. 61 construction comes a century after camps created to build it
Aug 9, 2023
The Florence Township History Center has information about a project that created State Route 3 (later incorporated into U.S. Hwy. 61) a century ago. But it’s a little harder to access these days because of another construction project on the road.
“This farmland, 160 acres, was awarded to Harvey...
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