History Day
is way more than a day! Students 6 - 12th create special historical research projects and compete at School, Regional, State and National competitions each spring. Learn more about History Day in Minnesota and check out some local topic ideas and resources.
Winona County Topic Ideas
- Telephones Come to Winona or another County City!
- Local Protests - Save the Courthouse!, Teacher Strike, Local War Protests, and more.
- Mable Marvin - continued letter writing among First Minnesota Civil War veterans until all had passed away.
- Civil War Letters of Jane and Charlie Ely, Catherine and Charley Goddard, Matthew Marvin, and others.
- KWNO - Winona First Radio Station
- Emergency! - How 911 Came to Winona
- Steamboat Coming - Signal Cannons and other River Communications
- History of the Mail Service in Winona County
- Winona County Newspapers
- German, Polish and other Language Newspapers
- The Mendota Treaty
- Cave Drawings and Early Civilization Communication - Lamoille Rock Shelter Drawings