This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 3 by Ames Sheldon Remarkable advances in heart surgery were forged at the Variety Club Heart Hospital at the University of Minnesota during the 1950s. This is the hospital [...]
This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 2 The Rollling Stones at their first Minnesota concert, Big Reggie's Danceland, Excelsior, June 12, 1964. Photo by Mike Waggoneer by William Burleson When the Rolling Stones came [...]
This article was originally published in Hennepin History Magazine, 2022, Vol. 81, No. 2 AMONG many University of Minnesota scholarships is one named after Wen Ping Pan, a Chinese American athletic champion who came to the US in 1914 to follow his dreams [...]
September 6, 2022 Karen Cooper has had a prominent place in the recent journey of Hennepin History Museum, contributing to the success and vitality of the Museum through financial support, scholarly contributions, and programming. Understanding that the Museum needs a stronger [...]
July 28, 2022 Looking down Washington Avenue across Nicollet and Hennepin in 1886, with the Nicollet House on the left. Image from HHM archives. Though it has long since been demolished, the Nicollet Hotel was once the pride of [...]
July 28, 2022 The Glen Lake Sanatorium East Cottage, with fresh air tent. 1920.Courtesy of Hopkins Historical Society. What a marvel for scientists in the late 19th century to actually see what they theorized was making people ill. The [...]
July 1, 2022 Questions and questionable answers from the Dagny Dietrichson Collection at HHM Written by Michele Pollard, HHM Archivist A lot of questions come up during processing. A number of records don’t seem connected at first, but as processing goes [...]
June 30, 2022 by Sue Dorweiler If you set out to raise more than $1,000,000 for your community, how would you do it? Maybe you’d do what the folks in Hamel, Minnesota, did more than 40 years ago when they held [...]
June 29, 2022 The Museum is announcing a new program to provide the tools, training, guidance, and inspiration for our members and the public to experience their own personal family stories. Radical Roots: New Approaches to Family History is a multi-faceted [...]
May 27, 2022 To find Excelsior’s segment of the Yellowstone Trail, head west on Highway 7, turn right on Eureka Road, right on Mann Lane, right on Seamans Drive. You’ll practically be back on Highway 7 as the road curves [...]
