Mind the Gap
By Kristin Matzke For thousands of years, the human race has built structures to surmount many obstacles of the [...]
Mankato’s Holstein Barn
By Hilda Parks J.C. Marlow arrived in Mankato in 1914, an eager young man with a job to do, [...]
Blue Earth County Established in 1853
In late January 1852, Parson K. Johnson and Henry Jackson, along with a few other men, set out from [...]
Steamboat on the Minnesota
By Hilda Parks Steamboats once plied the Minnesota River, as far as the Upper Sioux Agency below Granite Falls, [...]
Christmas of 1885
Holiday traditions have not changed much in the past 130 years. December in Blue Earth County in 1885 was [...]
Spanish Flu killed Over 100 People in Blue Earth County
By Ryan Harren In March and April 1918, people across the United States began coming down with influenza. While [...]
Let’s Cook With Gail
By Hilda Parks Do you know anyone who learned to cook along with Gail Palmby and her recipes, published [...]
Local 4-H Groups over 100 Years Old
By Win Grundmeier A.B. Graham was credited with founding 4-H clubs in Ohio in 1902. In 1912, T.A. Erickson, [...]