Lake City Historical Society

Looking ahead: Help wanted at the Lake City Historical Society

Jan 3, 2018

Lake City Historical Society has a mission to promote, preserve, and educate. Ongoing initiatives have been the development of historical narratives about Lake City’s founders and noteables. A second DVD is underway and includes pioneer minister/school master Rev. Silas Hazlett, steamer captain L...

Future uncertain for funeral coach from 1894

Dec 6, 2017

With nearly 60 years in the funeral business, Lake City’s Augie Schleicher certainly qualifies as the “go-to guy” in arranging final resting places. Yet, as he scales down his day-to-day involvement in the business, he ponders the future resting place for an old “friend,” one he helped rescue from...

Our memories in stone - Grace Bartlett

Nov 9, 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...

Our memories in stone - Richard W. Neal

Sep 7, 2017

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...

Preservation group cleans gravestones

Jul 27, 2017

Laura Lettink of Northern Bedrock Historic Preservation Corps (NBHPC) with the Elmer Lewis grave stone she cleaned. Elmer was the son of Peter Gludt, owner of Gludt Harness Shop in Lake City for many years. Both Peter and Elmer were accidently electrocuted at home on Feb. 17, 1911. NBHPC is...

‘Wave’ crust recedes

Jun 14, 2017

Max Cora, owner of Cora Metal Works in Red Wing, puts the finishing touches on cleaning the bronze plaque attached to The Wave water ski sculpture and fountain in Ohuta Park. A heavy mineral crust had formed on the plaque since The Wave was erected in 1976, and the Lake City Historical Society...

Trio cleans veterans’ grave markers

May 31, 2017

Memorial Day was honored by the Lake City Historical Society. Some members spent the early morning at Lakewood Cemetery cleaning grave markers of veterans of the Civil War, WWI, and WWII. Pictured are members Linda Hoellbacher (left) and Constance Anderson. Not pictured is Dave Dueholm, program...

Letter: Heritage Trees link past, present, future

May 11, 2017

To the editor: In the summer of 2012, my wife and I were visiting her home town of Medicine Hat, Alberta, when we saw a small brochure with information about a Heritage Tree Trail. The brochure featured seven trees, in Medicine Hat, with brief descriptions of each. The trees were located in...