Discover the historical significance of Choctaw Code Talkers in World War I, pioneering the use of native languages as a formidable military weapon.
Are there people and organizations you care about and want to help financially? Learn strategies for leaving a legacy.
If you believe in the importance of gathering, preserving, and sharing Nicollet County history, please consider making a gift on Give to the Max Day on November 16.
Fifty years later, JFK & LBJ: A Time for Greatness reveals President Lyndon B. Johnson's remarkable journey as an unlikely champion of Civil Rights, exploring his transformative role through rare footage, secret tapes, and personal accounts
War of the Worlds explores how Orson Welles’s ingenious use of the new medium of radio struck fear into an already anxious nation.
The public is invited to join the meeting of the Nicollet County Historical Society Board of Directors.
Visit the museum for free! Explore the exhibits, make farm animal masks with kids, and take a walk around the Traverse des Sioux trail.
The public is invited to join the meeting of the Nicollet County Historical Society Board of Directors.
Through the eyes of women athletes who changed the system, the new two-hour documentary Groundbreakers celebrates 50 years of female excellence in sports. Hosted by sports icon and champion of equality Billie Jean King, the film weaves together the first-hand stories of eight icons to discuss how Title IX and their own achievements forever changed the course of women’s sports.
Join us for the NCHS Annual Business Meeting on Sunday, March 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the Treaty Site History Center in Saint Peter.
In July 2022, NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released its first images, looking further back in time than ever before to show our universe in stunningly beautiful detail. But that was just the beginning: With tons of new data and spectacular images flooding in, Webb is allowing scientists to peer deep in time to try to answer some of astronomy’s biggest questions. When – and how – did the first stars and galaxies form? And can we see the fingerprints of life in the atmospheres of distant worlds–or even within our own solar system?
Author Cindy Wilson will introduce us to the amazing family of railroad surveyor Charles Wood Irish, along with stories from her new book that have an area connection.
