Bertha Berglin Moller: one of Minnesota’s most passionate and fiery woman suffragists
Following passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, Moller continued her activism by advocating for the Equal Rights Amendment and women’s labor rights.
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Attorney Samuel H. Morgan was the organizing force behind some of Minnesota’s most popular state and regional parks
In the 1950s, Minnesota communities — like others across the United States — began to expand beyond the boundaries of city centers into newly formed suburbs. Suburban sprawl led to a widespread interest in preserving open spaces.
For forty years, Walker, Minnesota’s International Eelpout Festival celebrated the state’s ugliest fish
In January 1980, an estimated 800 people turned out on frozen Leech Lake for the first International Eelpout Festival to compete for the trophy awarded for the largest eelpout caught.
Hired as senior architectural draftsman in St. Paul in 1915, Clarence Wigington became the nation’s first Black municipal architect
Wigington’s works include the Hamline and Minnehaha playground buildings, Harriet Island Pavilion and the Highland Park Water Tower.
‘As a liar he is a phenomenon’: Alonzo J. Whiteman’s journey from Duluth businessman to career criminal
Born to a wealthy family, Whiteman would go on to earn renown as a forger and con man.
Brian Coyle was the first openly gay person to be elected to the Minneapolis City Council
One of Coyle’s biggest achievements was the 1991 passage of Minneapolis’s Domestic Partners Ordinance, which allowed same-sex and different-sex couples to register as domestic partners.
Minnesota author Maud Palmer Hart Lovelace drew on her Mankato childhood for her popular ‘Betsy-Tacy’ series
Lovelace published thirteen Betsy-Tacy books between 1940 and 1955.
How owners broke the 1903 Minneapolis flour mill strike
The breaking of the strike cemented the power of the Minneapolis Citizens Alliance, a group of business owners who banded together to limit workers’ rights.
The life of Dominick Argento, Minnesota’s composer
Argento recognized by his fourth year teaching at the University of Minnesota that Minneapolis would be his home for the rest of his life.
Austin, Minnesota’s Hormel company pioneered the ‘direct buying’ model of meatpacking
When George Hormel founded the company, large processors relied on centralized operations — mostly in Chicago.
Minnesota’s current state capital building is actually its third
The capitol construction made use of cutting-edge technology for the time, such as steam-powered hoists.
The lumber baron behind Minneapolis’ Walker Art Center and public library system
Thomas Barlow Walker worked his way through school in a number of professions before gaining knowledge of northern Minnesota forests through a tip.
Minneapolis doctor Charles Malchow’s frank book about sex landed him in prison
Promotional materials for the book ran afoul of the Comstock Act, which made using the U.S. mail to distribute obscenity (including specifically any information about abortion) a felony.
Minnesota pilot Elizabeth Wall Strohfus fought for veteran recognition for American women who flew during World War II
Women Airforce Service Pilots didn’t receive recognition for their service for many years.
Cottonwood County’s Mountain Park sits on a site used by people for more than 3,000 years
The area has provided clues about the lives of a group of people who remained relatively isolated from Upper Mississippi trade networks.
The history of Bemidji’s lakeside public library
The building is located on the banks of Lake Bemidji in Library Park.
What happened to Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson’s squad car in 1979?
The incident is considered one of the most credible UFO encounters in American history.
In 1937, the People’s Lobby took over the Minnesota Senate chamber
The protesters had gathered to insist on a $17 million aid package for the unemployed.
As a fur trader and translator — and one of the first Black men born in present-day Minnesota — George Bonga moved between many different worlds
Around 1802, George Bonga was born to an African American father and his Ojibwe wife.
What made Joe Huie’s Café a Duluth institution for more than two decades
Owned by an enterprising Chinese immigrant, the restaurant served classic American Chinese, authentic Chinese, and down-home American food to a broad swath of customers with humor and hospitality.
