In 1909, a series of escalating Halloween pranks led to a Jersey cow becoming a Douglas County icon. The pranks began on Halloween evening - Sunday, October 31st, 1909 - when (presumably) a group of ne’er-do-wells deposited a boat

Scarecrow voting is OPEN! https://dchsmn.org/scarecrow2022/ Vote for your favorite scarecrows located on the lawn at the Douglas County Historical Society! We thank our six special scarecrows and their makers for helping us to make this a fun fall season. Our scarecrows this year

Thank you all your for your flexibility during the roof restoration project! We have a couple big updates on extending the scarecrow contest deadline and further closures. We can't wait for you to drop off your scarecrows for DCHS's -- Annual

Hello! DCHS will be CLOSED ALL WEEK [ Mon. 10/17 - Fri. 10/21 ] for on-going Roof Restoration.

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!

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

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

    Archival Footage from DCHS of the March 3-4, 1985 Blizzard, recorded in Alexandria Minnesota. Volunteers Sheila and Sharon recorded footage of the massive piles of snow and talk to local residents who are out and about on the snowy streets.

Announcing our Scarecrow Contest Winners!   In FIRST PLACE we have

Here we are! Click the link below to find our Hotdish Bake Along Silent Auction which will be open until 8pm on June 1st!   https://dchsmn.betterworld.org/auctions/hotdish