“Live Music Tonite”

“Live Music Tonite”

“Live Music Tonite.” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 1996.

Black and white photograph of the six officials and volunteers, known as the “Madelia Seven,” who captured the Younger brothers outside Madelia on September 21, 1876.

“Madelia Seven” who captured the Younger Brothers

The six officials and volunteers, known as the “Madelia Seven,” who captured the Younger brothers outside Madelia on September 21, 1876. Left to right: George A. Bradford, James Glispin, W.W. Murphey, Charles A. Pomeroy, Benjamin M. Rice, S. J. Severson, Thomas L. Vought.

“Man-Nam” (sculpture by Paul T. Granlund)

“Man-Nam” (sculpture by Paul T. Granlund)

"Man-Nam," a sculpture by Paul T. Granlund on the grounds of the Minnesota governor's residence, 1974.

Painting titled "Mending The Net" by Herbjorn Gausta

“Mending the Net”

Painting by Herbjorn Gausta titled “Mending the Net,” ca. 1900.

“Minnesota Kick Butts Day” button

“Minnesota Kick Butts Day” button

Pinback button with illustration of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox used to promote “Minnesota Kick Butts Day,” an event held to support people quitting smoking. Manufactured for the Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition, 1999.

Color image of the he 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team, 1980.

“Miracle on Ice” hockey team

The 1980 United States Olympic Hockey Team, 1980.

“Mother’s Memory Quilt,” 1929

“Mother’s Memory Quilt,” 1929

Peterson wrote this poem from a hospital in Arizona for his mother while she was gravely ill in Minnesota in hopes that she would see it in the Chicago Tribune. She didn’t live to see “Memory Quilt;” it was coincidentally published on the day of her funeral. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

“Norval Morrisseau”

“Norval Morrisseau”

Gene Ritchie Monahan’s oil-on-canvas painting of Norval Morrisseau, an Anishinaabe artist known as the “Picasso of the North.” Oil on canvas, 1969. 20 x 16. Used with the permission of Jean E. Monahan Kelly.

“Nothing Will Matter,” 1930.

“Nothing Will Matter,” 1930.

Originally published in March of 1930, “Nothing Will Matter” displays Peterson’s frequent themes of lost love and melancholy. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.

“Off the Reservation (or Minnesota Nice)”

“Off the Reservation (or Minnesota Nice)”

“Off the Reservation (or Minnesota Nice).” Oil-on-canvas painting by Jim Denomie, 2012.

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