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Dan Patch

From racetrack wonder to household name

A popular social, cultural and gymnastics society

“Safety bicycles” bring social change (and shorter skirts)

Maker of hardy, Northern-grown garden seed

Keeping time for Minnesota trains and businesses

Underground on the Range

The Train for Grain

Crisis on the Mississippi

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Gregg, Oren Cornelius (1845-1926) In the 1880s, agricultural education in Minnesota was in trouble: farmers would not travel to the Twin Cities for classes, and university students...	First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment The First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry Regiment holds a special place in the history of Minnesota. It was the first body of troops raised by the...
Lincoln Mill, Anoka Minneapolis became known as the "Flour Milling Capital of the World" in 1880, but smaller towns in Minnesota also had successful flour mills. In...	Northrup, King and Company With its lavishly illustrated seed catalogs and store displays, Northrup, King and Company became a household name at the turn of the twentieth...
Kelley, Oliver Hudson (1826-1913) Oliver Hudson Kelley was a "book farmer," a man who had learned what he knew about agriculture from reading rather than from direct experience....	State Board of Health Established, March 4, 1872 During the mid-to-late nineteenth century, Minnesota faced public health issues such as poor sanitation and disease epidemics. To address these...
Socialist Opera House, Virginia On January 30, 1958, a headline in the Virginia, Minnesota, Mesabi Daily News declared: "Remodeling Plans for Old Opera House Will Leave...	Handicraft Guild At the turn of the twentieth century, Minneapolis became a national center for the arts movement known as Arts and Crafts. The city's Handicraft...