Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member, or tune in to WILD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Available recordings will be linked to the Wild 102 “Looking Back in Time” page for the rest of the story. If the audio is not available the entire week’s story will be printed. Recorded […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – July 2022
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member, or tune in to WILD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Starting this month recordings will be linked to the Wild 102 “looking Bac in Time” page for the rest of the story. Recorded July 2022 July 3, 2022: It won’t be long before the […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – June 2022
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member, or tune in to WILD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Starting this month recordings will be linked to the Wild 102 “looking Bac in Time” page for the rest of the story. Recorded June 2022 June 5, 2022: As part of a project to […]
Summer Explorers Youth Programs
Summer Explorers kids’ crafts @ the Roseau County Museum Download upcoming classes here Kick off the summer with The Magic Village Show Tuesday, June 7, 1:00 pm Laugh, gasp, and have a TON OF FUN with magic, comedy, escapes, and his ventriloquist doll. An event with the Roseau Public Library and their summer reading […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – May 2022
Listen here to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member or tune in to WiLD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Recorded May 2022 May 1, 2022: Last week I read a little about Ingvard Sunset, a former curator of the Roseau County Museum. His son Vernon wrote a family history and explained their […]
MN History Contest Held
The NW Minnesota Sixth Grade History Contest was held on April 27th. Six area schools participated by taking a Minnesota history test at the Roseau City Center. The contest has taken place for 41 years and is compiled by the Roseau County Historical Society. Trophies and cash awards were presented to the top six students. The […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – April 2022
Listen here to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member or tune in to WiLD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Recorded April 2022 April 3, 2022: In a Roseau Times-Region from May 4, 1972, nearly 50 years ago, comes a story of Galena Starren at 86 years old. She lived another 15 years […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – March 2022
Listen here to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member or tune in to WiLD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Recorded March 2022 March 6, 2022: The Roseau County Museum was recently given a book for its collection by Jim Stordahl. The book is called Tourney Time and has short stories about each […]
Shelving Project Request Proposals
The Roseau County Historical Society is looking to increase its storage. We are currently seeking Requests for Proposals from shelving companies. Learn more Here
Klefstad Clinic of Greenbush
Lloyd Klefsted was born and raised in Duluth, where he graduated from St. Olaf. He attended medical school at Western Reserve University in Cleveland. During WWII, Dr. Klefstad was a ship’s surgeon. Helen graduated as a dietician while in Cleveland. Dr. and Mrs. Klefstad arrived in Greenbush on December 10, 1947, in a Ford […]
County Blizzard March, 1966
County’s Worst Blizzard Hits Here from the Roseau Times-Region March 10, 1966 “Fifteen inches of snow and winds up to fifty miles an hour ties up the entire area. An “old-fashioned blizzard” of unprecedented proportions struck Roseau County last week bringing practically every form of activity to a complete halt by Friday. The band of […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – February 2022
Listen here to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member or tune in to WiLD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Recorded February 2022 February 6, 2022: The Roseau County Museum has a new book in its collection called Tourney Time, a collection of stories about 75 years of Boys’ High School Hockey Tournaments. […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings on Wild102 – January 2022
Listen here to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member or tune in to WiLD 102 Radio Sunday mornings. Recorded January 2022 January 2, 2022: If anyone listening attended the Old-Fashioned Christmas Open House at the Pioneer Farm west of Roseau in early December, you saw a number of old buildings that […]
Roseau County Creameries
During the turn of the century, when Roseau county was in its infancy, many of the early settlers had a few dairy cows. They soon discovered an abundant supply of good grazing and hay meadows. As their herds grew, there came a demand for marketing their surplus butter. They were bringing their home churned […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – December 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded December 2021 December 5, 2021: I’ve been reading from a book I came across at the Roseau County Museum which told about innovators and influencers in the agriculture industry of the Northern Plains. One of the first chapters interviewed Bob Bergland and […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – November 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded November 2021 November 7, 2021: Today I’ll continue reading from a document from the Roseau County Museum, which is titled “A Study of Three Chippewa Families at Warroad, Minnesota and their Historical and Cultural Contributions”. It was a thesis by Grace Landin […]
Indoor Christmas Tree Walk
The museum is looking so festive. We welcome you to come and view the creatively decorated trees by county groups for the Indoor Christmas Tree Walk. While you are looking around remember you can vote monetarily for your favorites. The top 3 trees with the most donations win a cash prize with the remaining proceeds […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – October 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded October 2021 October 3, 2021: While looking at some of the history volumes at the Roseau County Museum, I came upon a spiral bound book by Grace Landin dated May 1972, which was a thesis for her Master of Science in Education […]
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