DCHS Closed – Friday, October 7, 2022
Hello! DCHS will be CLOSED Friday October 7, 2022, ALL DAY for gutter work and roof construction. Please expect further closures in October as construction work progresses. We apologize for any inconvenience. Thank you!
A Glimpse at Educator Gwen Lindahl Sweet’s Photo Collection
Today we’re sharing photos collected by Gwendolyn “Gwen” Lindahl Sweet, an educator with a decades-long career helping students in Douglas County, MN. Gwen held a decades-long career teaching in many of Douglas County’s schools, as well as other schools outside of
The DCHS Holiday Bake Sale Returns!
***If you would like to donate treats to the Bake Sale: Please call ahead and let us know what you'll be bringing. Please drop off the goods you are donating, packaged & ready to sell, at DCHS on Weds, November 30th or
Historic Photo: Douglas County’s 1926 Exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair
For Day 6 of the #MNStateFair, let's revisit 1926! This photograph shows the Douglas County agricultural exhibit at the Minnesota State Fair in 1926. From the Alexandria Citizen News, September 2, 1926: "Oh, isn’t that pretty,” was repeated thousands of times during
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