Winter 2013

Learn more about the end of the US Dakota War and what helped aid Lincoln’s orders for the execution.

Winter 2019

Take a look at the airplane crash on Pemberton school in 1931

August 1988

Please take a look at the update on the cemetery project

April 1990

Please take a look at 5th Annual Heritage Dinner

August 1986

Please take a look at the events recorded in an 1885-86 Mankato City Directory

December 1985

Please take a look at Christmas traditions in Blue Earth County from 100 years ago

Winter 2018

Mankato has had a hospital in town since 1888. Learn more about these medical facilities through this article.

Summer 2014

Please take a look at the note about our “Minnesota Disasters” traveling exhibit

November 1972

A look on the past 100 years in Mankato.

Spring 2015

Please take a look at the article about the 1965 flood of Minnesota River

October 1981

How Nora Reedfield became a self-made business woman.

Winter 1999

Please take a look at the history of Mt. Kato

June 1985

Please take a look at the memoir from the day of the steamboat excursion in 1908

January 1995

Please take a look at the history of Lake Crystal

March 1991

Please take a look at two Sioux chiefs named Good Thunder and their great contribution to the area

Spring 2013

Learn more about G. A. Dahl and how a photograph of him was shares across the country.

Summer 2012

Take a trip down memory lane by looking back at some of the stores that were once on Front Street.

January 1981

A year in review summary about the Hubbard House and it’s activities.

October 1985

Please take a look at the village of Good Thunder, a blooming town between 1881-1912

*Please note that this newsletter was published in 1985, and the language used in the article may no longer be appropriate nor reflect the value of Blue Earth County Historical Society

May 1983

Annual Meeting Summary

September 1989

Please take a look at the workshop of Arnoldus Gruter

Winter 2004

Please take a look at the archaeological research in Cambria

July 1988

Please take a look at Beauford Township

July 1995

Please take a look at Blue Earth County Fair

Summer 2002

Please take a look at the settlement in Blue Earth County

February 1989

Please take a look at the update on Blue Earth County Heritage Book

March 1993

Please take a look at Blue Earth County History Series

Fall 2011

Please take a look at the article about the local monuments and landmarks

June 1987

Please take a look at the history of newspapers in Blue Earth County

Winter 2010

Please take a look at the article about the settlement of pioneers in Blue Earth County

Spring 2024

Learn more about the headlines and people on the Homefront that made world War II possible.

Winter 2022

Take a step back in time to learn more about what would become Union School

May 1991

Please take a look at the Minnesota soldiers and troops from Blue Earth County during the Civil War

Winter 2007

Please take a look at the Summer Hills wall mystery

February 1985

Please take a look at the limestone terrace that floors a large part of Mankato to Kasota

Spring 2020

Take a look back at the history of Camp Fire Girls in Blue Earth County.

Spring 2020

Take a look at Camp Fire Girls in Mankato during the 1950s-60s

Spring 2016

Please take a look at BECHS’s role in preserving and sharing the history of the county

Fall 2002

Please take a look at the history of the parades in Mankato and Eagle Lake

Spring 2012

Learn more about how census records can be useful while doing family history research.

Spring 2005

Please take a look at The Century Farm program

Fall 2017

Please take a look at two college-related protests and Minnesota State University, Mankato

December 1986

Please take a look at the history of Christmas celebrations in Amboy

December 1984

Please take a look at the Christmas memories from 1937

November 1986

Please take a look at the Mankato Cigar Company

October 1984

Please take a look at the history of the clamming industry on the Minnesota River

April 1987

Please take a look at Young Historian started in 1986

October 1990

Please take a look at the information on the BECHS Heritage Center Exhibit Gallery

June 1990

Please take a look at the update on BECHS Cemetery Project

March 1990

Please take a look at the farewell message to Pam Johnson, a former BECHS staff member

June 1989

Please take a look at Kevin Sweere’s work for the Eagle Scout Service Project as well as for the development of the Heritage Center at BECHS

November 1989

Please take a look at the update on the 1989 Blue Earth County Cemetery Project

June 1992

Please take a look at curatorial notes about preserving family photographs

Summer 2001

Please take a look at the history of Mapleton as the Curling Capital in Southern Minnesota

April 1988

Please take a look at the note from BECHS about the relocation of the center

December 1987

Please take a look at BECHS’s development task force

Summer 2005

Please take a look at local diners and restaurants in Blue Earth County

July 1982

The directors rolltop adding more quilts, staff changes and a new museum at the shop.

Spring 2010

Please take a look at the note about our Research Center

January 1985

Please take a look at the tradition of dressing infants

July 1987

Please take a look at the history of newspapers in Blue Earth County

August 1985

Please take a look at the history of breweries in Mankato

September 1985

Please take a look at the history of breweries in Mankato

Fall 2022

Learn more about the breweries in Mankato. Originally published in the August and September 1985 issues of the Historian.

February 1988

Please take a look at the history of the City Hotel

March 1988

Please take a look at the history of the City Hotel

Winter 2024

Take a look back at some of Mankato’s early theaters and well known musicians.

Summer 2004

Please take a look at the history of the resorts on Madison Lake

Fall 1999

Please take a look at the history of West High School and East High School in Mankato

Fall 2015

Please take a look at the history of electricity infrastructure in Mankato

July 1980

Endowment fund is about to be established for BECHS.

Summer 2016

Please take a look at the note about “everything old is new again” and BECHS’s mission

September 1990

Please take a look at the updates from BECHS

July 1982

A fair in Garden City.

Fall 2009

Please take a look at Jack Madsen’s memoir on the fall harvest in his childhood

February 1986

Please take a look at the history of farming and indigenous people

*This newsletter was published in 1986 and may no longer be appropriate or reflect the current value of Blue Earth County Historical Society

August 1975

The first district historical assembly, housecleaning, displays, national historic site.

September 1987

Please take a look at a study of traditions surrounding recreational fishing in the state

Fall 2018

Author Tim Pulis takes on his journey to learn more about early aerial photography.

Summer 2020

Take a look at the history surrounding Fort Le Hillier and present-day locations.

Summer 2020

Learn more about the history of Fort le Hillier and the stories that surround it.

June, August 1973

Writing about Frank Cord’s life and how the museum will be going through a restoration stage.

November 1993

Please take a look at Glenn Allyn, a historic Mankato car dealer

July 1984

Please take a look at the message from BECHS director

May 1992

Please take a look at the value of historic relics and BECHS’s role

Winter 2006

Please take a look at the history of Greek immigration in Mankato

December 1990

Please take a look at the story of George W. Cummings, a Blue Earth County Civil War veteran

September 1988

Please take a look at the conservation grant awarded from the Institute of Museum Services

August 1987

Please take a look at Grasshopper Plague from 1873-1877

January 1973

Extending BECHS services, members and extending the museum to Warren Street.

January 1987

Please take a look at a small village, Judson

February 1987

Please take a look at the Judson Valley School District

March 1986

Please take a look at Halley’s Comet in 1910

Winter 2011

Please take a look at the note about the 110th anniversary of the Blue Earth County Historical Society

January 1994

Please take a look at George G. Meade, a civil war veteran who fought in the Battle of Gettysburg

Summer 2000

Please take a look at the article about the Blue Earth County Fair

May 1989

Please take a look at the exhibition celebrating National Women’s History Month

Fall 2016

Please take a look at our “Fur Trade in Minnesota” exhibit

April 1989

Please take a look at the Norman Family who provided a rich heritage to Blue Earth County

April 1979

Upcoming events and revisiting Hickory Street.

Spring 2007

Please take a look at historical clothing and textiles

Winter 2009

Please take a look at Historical Society’s 20 years of presence and impact

Summer 2019

Take a look at the history of The Mankato Post Office and Federal Courthouse

Summer 2021

Take a look back at Camp Patterson on Lake Washington.

Summer 2021

Take a look at the history of Camp Patterson

Spring 2002

Please take a look at the history of Minneopa Cemetery

July 1985

Please take a look at horse racing enjoyed in Blue Earth County

March 1992

Please take a look at Juliette Gordon Low, a founder of Girl Scouts

Spring 1997

Please take a look at the event at Hubbard House for the summer of 1997

March 1973

The Hubbard Milling Company and Rensselaer Dean Hubbard’s story.

Fall 2019

Take a look at the history of the Hunt House on South Second Street, Mankato

Spring 2006

Please take a look at the immigration story of R. D. Hubbard, a historic entrepreneur in Mankato

January 1986

Please take a look at four figures who contributed to CAMP FIRE in Mankato

Summer 2011

Please take a look at the history of the bronze statue of a soldier in Lincoln Park – the commemoration of local Civil War veterans

Spring 2011

Please take a look at the history of Blue Earth County and the Civil War

Fall 2012

Learn more about the genealogical journey to learn more about Mrs. Rablin, an early Blue Earth County pioneer.

Fall 2007

Please take a look at the history of Indian Creek, the outlet for Indian Lake

Summer 1974

Ben Keenen and living on Indian Lake.

November 1982

Events that correlate to Christmas and Thanksgiving.

Fall 2023

Learn more about the history of the Kato Ballroom and the legacy it leaves in Mankato.

Spring 2001

Please take a look at Brett’s building

Sumer 2017

Please take a look at the local transportation history with a look at Mankato’s two streetcar companies

November 1984

Please take a look at the earliest woman’s club in Mankato

May 1987

Please take a look at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Preservation Week

Winter 2005

Please take a look at the history of Lebanese Immigration to Mankato

Fall 1996

Please take a look at automobile licensing in 1908

January 1978

A summary of life at the Hubbard House.

January 1980

A look at life at the Hubbard House this past year.

January 1982

A review of life at the Hubbard house for the year 1981.

January 1979

A summary of life at the Hubbard House.

Winter 2023

Learn more about the 100 Years of history within the walls of Lincoln School.

October 1989

Please take a look at the collaboration between BECHS and Mankato Rotary Club to honor the cast and crew of Mankato’s own full-length feature motion picture filmed in 1965.

Summer 1996

Please take a look at the centennial celebration of Mankato Art History

Summer 1999

Please take a look at the Mankato Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Anthony Wayne Chapter

Winter 1998

Please take a look at the historic blizzard in 1909 and 1951

Winter 2001

Please take a look at the state teacher training school in Mankato

Fall 2000

Please take a look at Grace Christian School

Spring 2018

Take a look back at Mankato’s first city ordinance dealing with sidewalks.

April 1986

Please take a look at the history of the Mankato Street Railway

January 1993

Please take a look at the history of Mankato’s fire department

Summer 2009

Please take a look at the history of Mankato’s carp market

October 1995

Please take a look at “Closing Time” from Marian Anderson

March 1984

Please take a look at the performance of MINNESOTA MEMORIES: Common Folk and Quiet Heroes

February 1991

Please take a look at Maud Hart, a writer and poet, in Mankato

January 1983

Membership perks

Summer 2007

Please take a look at the history of mills in Blue earth County

May 1984

Please take a look at the update on the indexing project of the obituaries

Spring 2019

Take a look back at some prohibition era stories!

Winter 1975

Emy Frentz, board member of BECHS saved the Victorian facade.

Summer 2023

Learn more about the Mankato Music scene from the 1960s and 1970s

Spring 2003

Please take a look at how Mankato businesses and local professionals started their career

September 1991

Please take a look at the programs at BECHS

October 1977

Upcoming events and new exhibits at the museum.

September 1992

Please take a look at the two new exhibits about Dakota and Ojibway, and toy tractor collection

October 1979

October 1979

July 1979

Upcoming events of the week.

April 1976

With the financial support of The Hubbard Milling Company, BECHS Newsletter is back.

November 1994

Please take a look at the article about he farm condition in Blue Earth County

May 1990

Please take a look at the Heritage Center construction

November 1991

Please take a look at Mankato Normal School and Old Main Village

November 1990

Please take a look at Old Main Village which was originally a building of Mankato Normal School

Spring 2008

Please take a look at how to learn the date when old photographs were taken by identifying historic clothing

Summer 1997

Please take a look at the small village in southern Minnesota in 19th century, which is known as Eagle Lake today

January 1990

Please take a look at the Annual Christmas Open House

May 1985

Please take a look at the history of BECHS

May 1988

Please take a look at Palmer Family

Summer 1998

Please take a look at parks and recreational activities in Blue earth County

March 1994

Please take a look at the history of Eagle Lake as a mature village in 1882-1892

July 1989

Please take a look at the article about research on a house’s history

August 1989

Please take a look at research on a house’s history

Spring 2000

Please take a look at the relation between Le Sueur and indigenous communities on the land

August 1984

Please take a look at county fairs in Blue Earth County

Winter 2000

Please take a look at Roberta Womke’s essay about her family’s immigration story from Germany

Summer 2008

Please take a look at the important role of elevators in the small county’s agriculture

July 1992

Please take a look at the quilt collection at BECHS

September 1983

Quilting Society meeting.

September 1982

A voice of an intern and their experience at BECHS.

September 1982

A reflection on an internships experience at BECHS.

Winter 2015

Please take a look at the history of Blue Earth County during World War II

January 1984

Please take a look at BECHS’s accomplishments in the previous year

Spring 1998

Please take a look at the history of Mankato State University, known as Minnesota State University, Mankato today

May 1993

Please take a look at Mankato’s role as a railway hub in the western prairie

Spring 2009

Please take a look at Sarah Christie Sevens, the first woman county superintendent for Blue Earth County

November 1988

Please take a look at the photos from BECHS’s recent programs

July/August 1983

County Fair

Spring 2014

Please take a look at the history of Seppmann Mill

Fall 2008

Please take a look at the smaller communities that graced Blue Earth County over the years

Fall 2010

Please take a look at the history of Sibley Park

December 1991

Please take a look at this fairy tale from Germany

January 1988

Please take a look at the prehistory of Sothern Minnesota

*The article was published in 1988, and the language used in the article may no longer be appropriate or reflect the current value of BECHS

Winter 2008

Please take a look at the history of South Bend Township

November 1983

Special events in November

April 1983

Spring Cleaning

October 1992

Please take a look at the significance of steamboats back in the mid-1800

Winter 2014

Please take a look at the history of the City Drug Store and the area of town known as the slough

Fall 2021

Was the Yaeger Schoolhouse really haunted or what really happened?

Fall 2021

Take a look at the Yaeger schoolhouse mystery

Winter 2016

Please take a look at the history of education in Blue Earth County

Spring 2021

Take a closer look at three parks in Mankato: Lincoln, Washington, and Tourtellotte.

Spring 2021

Take a look at the history of three of Mankato’s Parks: Lincoln, Washington and Tourtellotte.

Fall 2013

Learn more about the some of the streets in Blue Earth County and who they’re named for.

Winter 2021

Take a look back at the Sibley Park Dam and its intended purpose.

Winter 2021

Learn more about the history of the Sibley Park Dam

Spring 1999

Please take a look at the story of Minnesota country school teachers

August 1990

Please take a look at the differences in preservation work between the US and Europe

July 1990

Please take a look at the preservation work of historic houses

Spring 2004

Please take a look at local music history around John R. Andrews’s work in Blue Earth County

Fall 2020

This article is a reprint of the July 1986 main article of the Historian.

Fall 2020

Take a look at the reprinted article from July 1986 Historian about the Minnesota River.

July 1986

Please take a look at the great bend of the Minnesota River

June 1991

Please take a look at the Benjamin D. Pay Family in Mankato

August 1991

Please take a look at the explosion caused by the old civil war relic in Mankato

Fall 2001

Please take a look at the BECHS’s 100-Year Anniversary

April 1992

Please take a look at the history of the Carlstrom Family in Mankato

April 1981

Stonework of the Carnegie Library.

July 1977

The reconstruction of the Carriage House is now complete.

September 1972

A festive event to mark the opening of the school and fall season: The Crafts Show.

March 1989

Please take a look at the significant role that stagecoach played in early Blue Earth County.

March 1995

Please take a look at the Dethloff family of Amboy, Minnesota

May 1995

Please take a look at Soldier’s Monument in Lincoln Park

April 1991

Please take a look at the Frederick Family of Madison Lake

Summer 2003

Please take a look at the note about the garden of Hubbard House and the Carriage House

October 1987

Please take a look at the general store business in Good Thunder

November 1987

Please take a look at the general store business in Good Thunder

June 1986

Please take a look at the springs located in LeRay Township

Winter 2012

Learn more about the history of the Grand Army of the Republic in Minnesota.

Winter 2017

Please take a look at our two temporary exhibits at the History Center: “Winter Wonderland” and “A Witch Bows to No Man”

November 1992

Please take a look at the history of Minnesota

February 1992

Please take a look at the history of the Red Jacket Mill and the Read Jacket Bridge

September 1994

Please take a look at the history of horse and buggy

July 1993

Please take a look at Mankato’s short life as an automobile manufacturing center

Fall 1997

Please take a look at the Hubbard family

January 1977

An update on the Hubbard House.

July 1976

The Hubbard House is now listed in the National Register which means it’s now eligible for federal-grants-aid for historic preservation.

August 1992

Please take a look at Iroquois Mythology from indigenous nations

Summer 2006

Please take a look at the literary heritage of Blue Earth County

Fall 1998

Please take a look at the article about Chemical #1

Spring 2022

The History of the Mankato Post Office and what people remember of the building.

March 1985

Please take a look at the history of Mapleton Township

April 1985

Please take a look at the history of Mapleton Township

April 1980

A summary of who the Mayer Brothers were.

October 1991

Please take a look at the mystery of Emerald Green Park

Fall 2004

Please take a look at the mystery of the Yaeger Schoolhouse ghost

Fall 2014

Please take a look at the Works Progress Administration under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s

June 1988

Please take a look at the history of the railroad expansion in Blue Earth County

January 1989

Please take a look at the history of railroads in Mankato

April 1978

The Hubbard Milling Company and Mapleton’s 100th anniversaries of it’s agribusiness.

September 1986

Please take a look at the settlement history of Medo Township

Summer 2010

Please take a look at the photograph taken during the construction of the Rapidan Dam

July 1981

The story of two families.

May 1994

Please take a look at the Twilight Garden Club volunteers

Sumer 2015

Please take a look at the history of Minnesota Vikings Training Camp in Mankato

July 1994

Please take a look at Anna Wieckings, a historic teacher in Mankato

October 1988

Please take a look at Alma Wagen, Little Windmill Climber

Winter 2003

Please take a look at the history of Winnebago tribe’s resettlement in Blue Earth County

October 1980

Theater in Mankato.

September 1993

Please take a look at Mapleton’s Opera House and Company

Fall 2005

Please take a look at the story of Blue Earth County Women Veterans

December 1988

Please take a look at the update on the campaign for Heritage Center remodeling

October 1978

Upcoming events, Century Farms, Lake Crystal Historical Society event and more.

July 1978

Upcoming events of the week featuring a new exhibit.

November 1985

Please take a look at the history of Victory Highway connecting Mankato and Mapleton, which was constructed during the WWII era.

December 1992

Please take a look at how important volunteers are at BECHS

Winter 2002

Please take a look at the historical role of Rapidan in Blue Earth County

December 1989

Please take a look at the discovery of waxed paper at BECHS

March 1987

please take a look at BECHS’ appreciation message to our generous volunteers

October 1976

An eventful week of warmth and also writes about the Carriage House Diary.

Spring 2023

Learn about the long history of the School Sisters of Notre Dame and Good Counsel Academy in Mankato.

January 1992

Please take a look at some misconceptions about BECHS

Summer 2013

Learn more about the history behind the names of the places in Blue Earth County

Fall 2006

Please take a look at the sketches drawn by Anders Anderson

Spring 2017

Please take a look at the history of transportation and our annual fundraiser, “Surrounded By History”

Fall 2003

Please take a look at the biography of Albert Schippel, an architect in Mankato

January 1991

Please take a look at Van Garren, a highly respected person of color, who lived in Mankato
*Please note that this newsletter was written in 1991 and the terms used in the article may no longer be appropriate.

Winter 2020

Take a look at the different clubs for women in Blue Earth County.

Summer 2022

Learn more about the history of the first FarmFest and the World Ploughing Contest

Summer 2018

Learn more about Fred Carlson’s letters that he wrote home during World War I.

February 1990

Please take a look at the announcement on Young Historians Workshop, themed around Valentine’s Day