The Roseau County Museum is gearing up for the 5th Annual Indoor Christmas Tree Walk. We invite county organizations, groups, businesses, daycares, friends, individuals, etc., to decorate a tree. We supply artificial trees and lights on a first-come basis. You decorate with your unique decorations. The trees must be decorated by November 20. There will […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – September 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded September 2021 September 5, 2021: A tragedy in 1926 led to the new leadership of the Standard Oil station in Roseau. The Roseau Times-Region of July 2, 1926, told the story. Finding of the body of Axel Sundin, Standard Oil agent here, […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – August 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded August 2021 August 1, 2021: Recently at the Roseau County Museum, I decided to look back at some old newspapers from about the time Roseau County was newly organized, about 125 years ago. There were a lot of advertisements for businesses in […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – July 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded July 2021 July 4, 2021: I shared these newspaper stories with you 7 years ago, but it’s the perfect day to read them again. Have a safe and fun 4th of July. Many of the small communities had their own celebrations of […]
Pesticide Testing done on the Taxidermy
Recently Midwest Art Conservation Center was here testing pieces of our taxidermy for heavy metal and organic pesticides through an MNHS Heritage Partnership Program grant consisting of Lake of the Woods County Historical Society, Warroad Heritage Center, and Roseau County Historical Society. The assessment will focus on the use of pesticides and their potential hazard […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – June, 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded June 2021 June 6, 2021: We don’t think so much about them these days, but in 1944, cattails became an important crop here, and men, women, and children were going out into lowlands to pick the free crop. Harvesters were gathering good wages […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – May, 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded May 2021 May 2, 2021: The Community Hall in Badger was built in 1931 to replace the structure that previously had burnt during a devastating fire in 1927 that took out what was called the Sjoberg Block. One of the buildings that […]
Summer Explorers – Cancelled
We have made the tough decision to not have our weekly youth event, Summer Explorers, this summer with much discussion. We look forward to starting this event again in 2022. Many factors played into this decision, but we feel for everyone one this was the best path to take this year as everything is just […]
MN History Contest Held
The NW Minnesota Sixth Grade History Contest was held on May 5th. Seven area schools participated by taking a Minnesota history test at the Roseau City Center. The contest has taken place for 40 years and is compiled by the Roseau County Historical Society. Trophies and cash awards were presented to the top six students. […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – April 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded April 2021 April 4, 2021: This is Sheila Winstead speaking on behalf of the Roseau County Historical Society. When my oldest son was graduating from high school, he applied for some scholarships for college and one of them was a Vernon Pick […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – March 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded March 2021 March 7, 2021: A short time ago, I was in the Roseau County Museum looking at some old newspapers to find new stories to read on this broadcast. Across from me sat Mike Hetteen looking through a large collection of Polaris […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – February 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded February 2021 February 7, 2021: One hundred years ago, in April 15, 1921, issue of the Roseau Times-Region, a story told about a fellow from the Moranville area who had gotten himself into some trouble. Sheriff O. A. Rice returned on Wednesday […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – January 2021
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded January 2021 January 3, 10, 17, 24, &, 31, 2021: Listen to the rest of Jean’s stories, January 31 story concludes the history. Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her […]
Opening Soon
We have missed our visitors here at the museum. We are getting closer to opening. The original opening date was supposed to be January 11, but due to unforeseen circumstances, we will have to push back the date a week. We will be ready to wow you starting January 19. We will have regular hours […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – December 2020
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded December 2020 December 6, 13, 20, & 27, 2020: Sheila continues reading from Jean Haugtvedt’s auto-biography for the month of December. Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her daughters, Marlys […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – November 2020
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded November 2020 November 1, 8, 15, 22, & 29, 2020: Roseau County Museum recently received a copy of the autobiography of Jean Duncan Robinson Haugtvedt from one of her daughters, Marlys Olson. It’s very well-written and interesting. I’ll read some parts of […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – October 2020
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded October 2020 October 4 & 11, 2020: One of Moranville Township’s schools was written about in the Warroad Pioneer on November 29, 2000. It was Isabelle Weitemier’s memories of school days in Moranville. Here is her story: I attended District 82, commonly […]
Sunday Morning Radio Readings – September 2020
Listen to the Weekly Radio Readings by Sheila Winstead, RCHS Board Member Recorded September 2020 September 6, 2020: It’s time for school to start again. I hope all goes well for whatever method of school your family will be using this year during this time of Covid-19. Recently I posted some photos on FaceBook of […]
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