Lake City Historical Society

Historical Society welcomes students to City Hall

Jun 12, 2024

The exemplary students of James Heise’s AP U.S. History (APUSH) class visited City Hall last Wednesday and were given a warm welcome by ex-Mayor Katie Himanga of the Lake City Historical Society and current Mayor Mark Nichols. Katie and fellow LCHS board member Anne Tabat spoke briefly about...

Historical Society lends phone to Bluff View student

Jun 12, 2024

Following the visit to City Hall by Lincoln High School students, the Lake City Historical Society sent an early telephone from our collection (circa 1900 and used by the Dwelle Telephone Company) to represent them at Bluff View Elementary’s Living History event. Fifth grader Rachel Plank...

Students to visit historical society

May 22, 2024

The Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) is expecting some of our favorite people to come by Friday, May 24, during our Open Hours event at City Hall from noon to 3 p.m. Students from Mr. Heise’s AP U.S. History classes will visit us to become better acquainted with the City Hall, the LCHS...

Next Historical Society Open Hours is May 14

May 8, 2024

The Lake City Historical Society will host an Open Hours event next Tuesday, May 14 from noon to 3 p.m. in the second floor ballroom in City Hall. The “Fish Stories” display set up during the Governors Fishing Opener will be in place and board members will be on hand to review what we learned as...

About 40 people attend historical society’s member appreciation event

Apr 24, 2024

About 40 people gathered at City Hall on Friday, April 12, for the Lake City Historical Society’s (LCHS) Member Appreciation Night. Following a short Membership Meeting to approve this year’s slate of board members, guests were treated to an extensive buffet provided by this year’s Board and...

Conversations in history at the historical society

Apr 17, 2024

When the Lake City Historical Society hosted its Open Hours event last Tuesday we presented Voices from the Past in the form of recordings of past residents. As could be expected, these stories sparked conversations that could be described as Voices of the Present—reflecting on the past. And while...

Voices from the past at Lake City Historical society

Apr 3, 2024

At next week’s Lake City Historical Society Open Hours event you will be able to hear lost voices from the past telling stories of lives lived and events that shaped our community. They include Ben Simons talking about the harbor and the fishing pontoon, Hattie Brown talking about working as...

Historical society member appreciation set for April 12

Mar 27, 2024

Lake City Historical Society (LCHS) Board Member Katie Himanga reprised her popular presentation on the Sioux Half-Breed Reserve at Lake Pepin and early Lake City history with additional information and insights at a well-attended presentation at City Hall on Friday, March 22. This is the first...

Fish tales at Lake City Historical Society

Mar 6, 2024

Bring your “First Fish” photo or your “one that got away” story to the Lake City Historical Society Open Hours next Tuesday, March 12. We’ll be setting up a Lake Pepin display at City Hall for the Governor’s Fishing Opener on May 10-11. We have some great historical photos and stories of...

Historical society seeks history sleuths, gossips and caretakers

Feb 28, 2024

At last Friday’s Open Hours Event at the Lake City Historical Society (LCHS), the Collections Committee brought out items from their archives to inspect, document and repack using archival materials purchased with money donated recently from the American Legion Post 110. The public was invited to...