Douglas County Historical Society MN

Official account. Douglas County Historical Society, MN. Organized in 1976. Your friendly source for local history & research.

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Today we are featuring the story behind one headstone on our list to be cleaned & cared for at the Volunteer Cemetery Clean Up - Fahlun Cemetery event this Saturday, June 11, starting at 9am. Be aware, Helen’s story includes tragedy.

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Please join us for a Community Volunteer Project helping to clean up at Fahlun Cemetery near Nelson, MN, on Saturday, June 11, at 9am: https://t.co/opn15St4UW

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Sure is starting to feel and look like summer out there!
Who remembers the Lake Henry swimming beach (with the water wheel!) at City Park in Alexandria, MN? When we posted this last summer, many of our followers were surprised the wheel wasn't responsible for more broken bones...

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Psst! Don't forget, we are still raising money to help historic headstones and cemeteries in Douglas County here: https://t.co/7cVBnk8fqH

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Wow! Look at what we found at the end of the rainbow! The real #treasure is local history! (And friendship, of course!)
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A HUGE thank you to our amazing volunteers who came out this week to help with Spring Cleaning! Everything is looking great!

#dchsmn #springcleaning #douglascountymn #alexandriaMN #alexMN #minnesota #greaterMN #westcentralmn #mnmuseums #centralMN #mnhistory

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Check out this #Titanic story revealing the #DouglasCountyMN #history connection on our website today:

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#alexandriaMN #exploreAlexMN #dchsmn #mnmuseums #mnhistory #localhistory

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[Image description: Scan of an antique photo showing a child cuddling a young chicken close to their face with a grassy background. A blurry white chicken can be seen running away on the right side of the image, and an open paint can is in the foreground]

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Feeling like spring chickens with the sunshine today! Spring cleaning, decided to update our prof pic w/ this recently donated image from a Henry Moen family scrapbook, donated by Pamela Fine
#dchsmn #springcleaning #douglascountymn #alexandriaMN #alexMN #minnesota #mnmuseums

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[Image Description: An antique photograph of the brick-building lined, packed dirt main street (called Broadway) of Alexandria, MN in the 1910s. A street car, which has been spliced into the photo by the original photographer, is apparently moving towards the photographer.](5/5)

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Have you ever heard about the street car service that ran in Alexandria? If you have... You've been fooled by a joke more than a hundred years in the making! (1/5) #dchsmn #douglascountymn #AprilFools #downtownAlx #downtownAlexMN #downtownAlxMN #alexandriaMN #alexMN #minnesota

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The 'background' of this photo is the intersection of 7th Ave and Broadway, looking north. The street car in this image was spliced in by the creator, possibly W. O. Olson.(4/5)

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Another snowy spring day... Seems like a great time to remember the aftermath of the March 1985 Blizzard, Alexandria, MN. https://t.co/zBMEy3OA3w via @YouTube #mnhistory #dchsmn #minnesnowta #ExploreAlexMN #AlexandriaMN

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🍁🍂 Fall Colors at Noonan Park in Alexandria, Minnesota - 9/30/21 🍂🍁 https://t.co/WCiiC14emm via @YouTube
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Just posted a photo @ Copper Trail Brewing Company https://t.co/tX2G0DWPOd

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Yesterday's fresh layer of snowfall gave us a chance to see what kind of wildlife likes to hang around the Historical Society. How many of these tracks do you recognize? @ Douglas County Historical Society MN https://t.co/tsan1DMW65

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Just posted a photo @ Noonan Park https://t.co/aN7lgzVHdj