Huge THANK YOU for Donors to Cemetery Care & Aid Program!
We have so many thank yous and acknowledgements to offer this – combined with a SNEAK PEEK at some of the cemetery repairs and cleaning that's been completed! Please join us in offering a special & enormous THANK YOU to those
Next Thursday, 8/18/2022: DCHS on KXRA, LIVE & PUBLIC Show: A “Fair” Bit of History from the Douglas Co Fair
We only do the show LIVE and IN PUBLIC once a year, folks! This is your chance! Come see us LIVE, IN PERSON and ON AIR at the KXRA Booth at the Douglas County Fair! Fair admission is required. The show will be
Helen Victoria Green: WWI Nurse Headstone to be Cleaned this Sat. Jun 11
Today we are featuring the story behind one headstone on our list to be cleaned & cared for at the Volunteer Cemetery Clean Up - Fahlun Cemetery event this Saturday, June 11, starting at 9am. Be aware, Helen’s story includes
Help Save Douglas County’s Historic Headstones
Last autumn, vandals seriously damaged more than a dozen of the oldest and most fragile headstones at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria. Since then, DCHS has been searching for ways to help our local historic cemeteries – after all, our history
The Early Floods of Nelson, MN
We thought these historic Douglas County photographs seemed appropriate for today’s rainy weather… In its early days, the town of Nelson was plagued by dramatic flooding. High water levels would overflow the ditch north of Nelson and then collect in the
Podcasts available!
The Douglas County Historical Society has something fun and new available - podcasts on local history subjects! You can follow the links below to listen to the first three episodes below, or visit dchsmn.org/podcasts A Little Bit About Big Ole Today we're going
DCHS seeks qualified professional for roofing project – Bid Specs Posting
BID SPECS - DCHS Roof 4.21.2022 - Click here for a PDF of the Bid Specifications Bid Specifications - 4/21/2022 Roofing Project On The NRHP Designated Knute Nelson House Douglas County Historical Society, Alexandria MN This write up identifies work to be performed
Easter Decorations in Congregational Church, ~1899-1900
Easter Decorations in Congregational Church, ~1899-1900 The man behind the pulpit in the third photograph is Rev. William Henry Medlar, who was the minister from ~1898-1903, and lived with the Purdon family during that time. This church building was located at the
110 years ago today – Titanic Sinks with A. O. Holverson Aboard
110 years ago today, late on April 14, 1912, the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic struck an iceberg. Among those that perished was Alexander Oscar Holverson, who had grown up in Urness and Alexandria in Douglas County, MN. One of Mr. Holverson’s
Were there streetcars on Broadway in Alexandria, MN?
Have you ever heard about the street car service that ran in Alexandria, MN? If you have