Voices From the Past Cemetery Walk
History at a Distance 2020
Thank you to everyone who attended Voices From the Past Oct. 10 - 11. Your courteous compliance with our safety guidelines, enthusiasm and support are greatly appreciated! For those of you that could not make the Walk, felt safer to not attend in person, or simply want to see it again...here is your chance! Educators and families can also use this film and the activity ideas below for a virtual field trip (recommended for 6th grade and older).
We decided to make the online filmed version free!
BUT...your donations are extremely helpful and important. We would appreciate any help you can give by donating before or after you view. Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who attended Voices From the Past Oct. 10 - 11. Your courteous compliance with our safety guidelines, enthusiasm and support are greatly appreciated! For those of you that could not make the Walk, felt safer to not attend in person, or simply want to see it again...here is your chance! Educators and families can also use this film and the activity ideas below for a virtual field trip (recommended for 6th grade and older).
We decided to make the online filmed version free!
BUT...your donations are extremely helpful and important. We would appreciate any help you can give by donating before or after you view. Thank you!
Create A Character and More
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Hey, kids of all ages, who were some of your favorite Winonans that you saw at Voices From the Past? Print and color the person and make them into someone for our history. What would they wear? Would they have any accessories that relate to the stories they told? Take a photo of your creations and share them with educator@winonahistory.org to be posted on Facebook.
Other Family Fun & Home School Activities:
Draw a comic strip based on one of the people portrayed. They can depict one of the stories the person told or draw a series of pictures that tell about who that person was.
Find an object in your home that could represent one or more of the people portrayed. Discuss why you chose that object. How does it relate to the historical person or a story they told?
Create a journal entry for one or more of the people you saw portrayed. What would they date their entry? What 2-3 facts could that person tell about themselves? Was there a significant event that happened to them or a larger historical event that happened while they were alive? Part 2 - Now it’s your turn! We are all living at a historic time now. What would you tell people of the future about COVID-19 in a journal entry? How has the effects of COVID-19 affected you? (School, being with friends, cancelled vacations, do you know anyone who is/was sick?) You can also share it at History as it Happens.
Draw a comic strip based on one of the people portrayed. They can depict one of the stories the person told or draw a series of pictures that tell about who that person was.
Find an object in your home that could represent one or more of the people portrayed. Discuss why you chose that object. How does it relate to the historical person or a story they told?
Create a journal entry for one or more of the people you saw portrayed. What would they date their entry? What 2-3 facts could that person tell about themselves? Was there a significant event that happened to them or a larger historical event that happened while they were alive? Part 2 - Now it’s your turn! We are all living at a historic time now. What would you tell people of the future about COVID-19 in a journal entry? How has the effects of COVID-19 affected you? (School, being with friends, cancelled vacations, do you know anyone who is/was sick?) You can also share it at History as it Happens.
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Winonans Portrayed at the 2020 Walk:
Gustave (1826-1890) & Dora Anger (1839-1925) Gustav and Dora were German immigrants. Gustav operated a butcher shop in Winona for many years. The Anger Block on Walnut Street bares his name.
Lewis Kitzman (1851-1926) As a youth, Lew survived the Sioux Uprising of 1862 in western Minnesota. He eventually settled in Winona & worked for the railroad. Ironically, his son Fred was killed trying to hop a train.
Alice S. Quincey (1857-1878) was orphaned as a child and raised by a childless couple in Winona and Mantorville. Her life was brief – she died of consumption a mere six months after her marriage.
Mary Campbell (1842-1880) was born in New York. Mary made her living as a servant girl and dressmaking. She is buried in Potter’s Field. Like many of the folks buried there, we do not know much about her.
James W. Stovall (1837- 1919 ) was born in Decatur, Alabama, as a slave. He served in the Union Army as a cook. He mustered out in Chicago and came to Winona because he had a brother here. James opened a restaurant and eventually bought several properties here. He was active in the Republican party and attended several presidential inaugurations.
Nancy E. Young Strayer (1839-1896) & her daughter Emily Strayer Hulbert (1861-1951) Samuel Strayer, the husband/father of these women died during the Civil War in January 1863, as a POW. Nancy never remarried. She received a widow’s pension & worked as a dressmaker to support her daughter and herself. Emily became principal of Madison School
Sheriff William H. Dill (1822-1895) & Rebecca Moore Allen Dill (1826-1887) William was Marshall, alderman & 8 yrs as sheriff. He was part of a posse who pursued James gang after the Northfield robbery.
Cleanatha Peck Lewis (1820-1893) and Euretta W. Wallace (1813-1885) are both buried with family, but neither has a grave marker. Both women were widowed and proponents of the Temperance Movement.
Elizabeth Lynch Schuler (1883-1918) like two of her brothers, Elizabeth was a physician, who sadly died in Oct 1918 – during the influenza epidemic.
Martha J. Thompson (1838-1926) and James Thompson (1829-1891), Martha was involved in her church, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote.
Gov. Samuel R Van Sant (1844-1936) and Ruth Hall Van Sant (1848-1928) Sam was a steamboat man and the 15th Governor of Minnesota. He was the only Minnesota Governor from Winona.
Gerald Tarras (1923-1981) was the sole survivor of his hunting party in the 1940 Armistice Day blizzard. His father Carl, brother Ray & his father’s friend, Bill Wernecke, were with him & died of exposure. He was rescued by aviator, Max Conrad.
Helen Keller Mahlke (1910-2005) and Fred Mahlke (1902-1989) Fred’s family operated the Mahlke bakery for years. Fred following in his family’s path ran a Confection Shop. His true passion involved fishing and hunting, he and Helen ended opening the Capitol Bait Shop.
Ruth Fakler Reynolds Lucas (1920-1999) as Miss Winona in 1938, she oversaw the “Greeter Girls” at the Hostess House & was Pancake Queen.
Harriet J. Kelley (1917-2006) and Merritt W. Kelley (1912-1994) were siblings and photographers. From the tragedies of train wrecks and floods to the joys of Steamboat Days and sporting events “One Shot' Kelley’s photography , as well as Harrriet’s, captured funny faces, wild motion, beautiful scenery and daily life of Winonans in the mid 20th century.
Lewis Kitzman (1851-1926) As a youth, Lew survived the Sioux Uprising of 1862 in western Minnesota. He eventually settled in Winona & worked for the railroad. Ironically, his son Fred was killed trying to hop a train.
Alice S. Quincey (1857-1878) was orphaned as a child and raised by a childless couple in Winona and Mantorville. Her life was brief – she died of consumption a mere six months after her marriage.
Mary Campbell (1842-1880) was born in New York. Mary made her living as a servant girl and dressmaking. She is buried in Potter’s Field. Like many of the folks buried there, we do not know much about her.
James W. Stovall (1837- 1919 ) was born in Decatur, Alabama, as a slave. He served in the Union Army as a cook. He mustered out in Chicago and came to Winona because he had a brother here. James opened a restaurant and eventually bought several properties here. He was active in the Republican party and attended several presidential inaugurations.
Nancy E. Young Strayer (1839-1896) & her daughter Emily Strayer Hulbert (1861-1951) Samuel Strayer, the husband/father of these women died during the Civil War in January 1863, as a POW. Nancy never remarried. She received a widow’s pension & worked as a dressmaker to support her daughter and herself. Emily became principal of Madison School
Sheriff William H. Dill (1822-1895) & Rebecca Moore Allen Dill (1826-1887) William was Marshall, alderman & 8 yrs as sheriff. He was part of a posse who pursued James gang after the Northfield robbery.
Cleanatha Peck Lewis (1820-1893) and Euretta W. Wallace (1813-1885) are both buried with family, but neither has a grave marker. Both women were widowed and proponents of the Temperance Movement.
Elizabeth Lynch Schuler (1883-1918) like two of her brothers, Elizabeth was a physician, who sadly died in Oct 1918 – during the influenza epidemic.
Martha J. Thompson (1838-1926) and James Thompson (1829-1891), Martha was involved in her church, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and in the National American Woman Suffrage Association. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution which gave women the right to vote.
Gov. Samuel R Van Sant (1844-1936) and Ruth Hall Van Sant (1848-1928) Sam was a steamboat man and the 15th Governor of Minnesota. He was the only Minnesota Governor from Winona.
Gerald Tarras (1923-1981) was the sole survivor of his hunting party in the 1940 Armistice Day blizzard. His father Carl, brother Ray & his father’s friend, Bill Wernecke, were with him & died of exposure. He was rescued by aviator, Max Conrad.
Helen Keller Mahlke (1910-2005) and Fred Mahlke (1902-1989) Fred’s family operated the Mahlke bakery for years. Fred following in his family’s path ran a Confection Shop. His true passion involved fishing and hunting, he and Helen ended opening the Capitol Bait Shop.
Ruth Fakler Reynolds Lucas (1920-1999) as Miss Winona in 1938, she oversaw the “Greeter Girls” at the Hostess House & was Pancake Queen.
Harriet J. Kelley (1917-2006) and Merritt W. Kelley (1912-1994) were siblings and photographers. From the tragedies of train wrecks and floods to the joys of Steamboat Days and sporting events “One Shot' Kelley’s photography , as well as Harrriet’s, captured funny faces, wild motion, beautiful scenery and daily life of Winonans in the mid 20th century.
