Winona County Historical Society http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:04:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Fire Steamer Parade http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=1358 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=1358#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 03:04:32 +0000 Jennifer.Weaver http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=1358 Title: Fire Steamer ParadeLocation: Along Third StreetDescription: The Winona Fire Department’s 1904 horse drawn fire steam engine pump wagon will make its way from the East End Fire Station to its new home at the Winona County History Center. Come and watch this beautiful piece of equipment as it is pulled by horses down . . . → Read More: Fire Steamer Parade]]> Title: Fire Steamer Parade
Location: Along Third Street
Description: The Winona Fire Department’s 1904 horse drawn fire steam engine pump wagon will make its way from the East End Fire Station to its new home at the Winona County History Center. Come and watch this beautiful piece of equipment as it is pulled by horses down Third Street starting at 10 a.m.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2011-07-12

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=1358 0 Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=527 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=527#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:40:22 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=527 Title: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk Location: Woodlawn Cemetery Description: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk Tours start with the Trolley tour at Noon and the last group will leave the gate at 3 p.m. Admission is taken at the gate and is $7 for adults, $5 for students 13 and . . . → Read More: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk]]> Title: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk
Location: Woodlawn Cemetery
Description: Voices From the Past: Woodlawn Cemetery Walk
Tours start with the Trolley tour at Noon and the last group will leave the gate at 3 p.m. Admission is taken at the gate and is $7 for adults, $5 for students 13 and older and $3 for children 12 and younger. The Trestor Trolley will take a group through the cemetery at Noon and at 3 p.m. from the front gate of Woodlawn cemetery each day. Please reserve your seat by calling 507-454-2723 ext. 0 prior to the event, space is limited.
Start Date: 2010-10-09
Start Time: 12:00
End Date: 2010-10-10
End Time: 15:00

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=527 1 Story of Music, Stories from Home http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=525 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=525#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:37:24 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=525 Title: Story of Music, Stories from HomeLocation: Winona History CenterDescription: Story of Music, Stories from Home Internationally acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon and award winning poet and essayist Gary Holthaus team up to offer a unique new program called “Story of Music, Stories from Home.” Pelon plays a variety of instruments ranging from lute, lyre, . . . → Read More: Story of Music, Stories from Home]]> Title: Story of Music, Stories from Home
Location: Winona History Center
Description: Story of Music, Stories from Home
Internationally acclaimed musician Lauren Pelon and award winning poet and essayist Gary Holthaus team up to offer a unique new program called “Story of Music, Stories from Home.” Pelon plays a variety of instruments ranging from lute, lyre, and concertina, to recorders, gemshorn, and electric wind instruments. Holthaus reads from his work and that of others. Both the music and the readings offer unique perceptions of the natural world, and celebrate our sense of place, community, and home. Cost is $10 per person.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-09-23

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=525 0 WWII Memories with Lefty Lee http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=524 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=524#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:36:10 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=524 Title: WWII Memories with Lefty LeeLocation: Winona History CenterDescription: WWII Memories with Lefty Lee The Society and the Civil War Round Table present a program with Darol “Lefty” Lee and his memories of WWII and fighting at Iwo Jima. Earning the Bronze Star for valor in combat, two Purple Hearts and nine other ribbons, . . . → Read More: WWII Memories with Lefty Lee]]> Title: WWII Memories with Lefty Lee
Location: Winona History Center
Description: WWII Memories with Lefty Lee
The Society and the Civil War Round Table present a program with Darol “Lefty” Lee and his memories of WWII and fighting at Iwo Jima. Earning the Bronze Star for valor in combat, two Purple Hearts and nine other ribbons, Lee has many stories of his heroing time as a Marine. This program is free and open to the public.
Start Time: 19:00
Date: 2010-09-09

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=524 0 Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=523 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=523#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:25:46 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=523 Title: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of EdenLocation: Winona History CenterDescription: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden By John Steinbeck Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts of two generations of brothers; the first being the kind, gentle . . . → Read More: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden]]> Title: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden
Location: Winona History Center
Description: Food For Thought Book Chat: East of Eden
By John Steinbeck
Spanning the period between the American Civil War and the end of World War I, the novel highlights the conflicts of two generations of brothers; the first being the kind, gentle Adam Trask and his wild brother Charles. It is a symbolic recreation of the biblical story of Cain and Abel woven into a history of California’s Salinas Valley.
Start Time: 12:05 PM
Date: 2010-10-27

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=523 0 Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All! http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=522 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=522#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:22:15 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=522 Title: Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All!Location: Winona History CenterDescription: Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All! with Nicholas Ozment WSU English instructor and freelance writer Nicholas Ozment will present an overview of this ever-expanding holiday in all its aspects: from the innocuous (kids in costumes, grinning Jack-o-lanterns), to the spine-tingling fun (haunted houses, scary . . . → Read More: Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All!]]> Title: Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All!
Location: Winona History Center
Description: Hallowe’en: The Spook-Spookiest Season of All!
with Nicholas Ozment
WSU English instructor and freelance writer Nicholas Ozment will present an overview of this ever-expanding holiday in all its aspects: from the innocuous (kids in costumes, grinning Jack-o-lanterns), to the spine-tingling fun (haunted houses, scary movies), to the darkly profound (historical archetypes and antecedents). You’ll leave with some Hallowe’en candy and a better understanding of why the holiday is more popular than ever.
Start Time: 12:05 PM
Date: 2010-10-20

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=522 0 Food For Thought Book Chat Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=521 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=521#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 08:08:18 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=521 Title: Food For Thought Book Chat Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great DepressionLocation: Winona History CenterDescription: Food For Thought Book Chat Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression by Mildred Armsstrong Kalish Kalish’s memoir of her Iowa childhood, . . . → Read More: Food For Thought Book Chat Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression]]> Title: Food For Thought Book Chat Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Location: Winona History Center
Description: Food For Thought Book Chat
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
by Mildred Armsstrong Kalish
Kalish’s memoir of her Iowa childhood, set against the backdrop of the Depression, captures a vanished way of traditional living and a specific moment in American history in a story both illuminating and memorable. Kalish lived with her siblings, mother and grandparents-seven in all-both in a town home and, in warmer weather, out on a farm. From Publisher’s Weekly.
Start Time: 12:05 PM
Date: 2010-09-22

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=521 0 Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=520 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=520#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:59:20 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=520 Title: Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane SibleyLocation: Winona County History CenterDescription: September 15 Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley with David Grabitske Learn how Sarah Jane Sibley, wife of Minnesota’s first governor, used her training, skills, and relationships to manage . . . → Read More: Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley]]> Title: Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley
Location: Winona County History Center
Description: September 15
Six Miles from St. Paul: The Family and Society of Sarah Jane Sibley
with David Grabitske
Learn how Sarah Jane Sibley, wife of Minnesota’s first governor, used her training, skills, and relationships to manage a complex household and lead the state’s first historic preservation movement despite challenges of distance and chronic illness in the Civil War era. Winonan Charles Berry was the state’s first attorney general, and documented one December weekend of Mrs. Sibley’s hospitality. Sarah Sibley appointed Berry’s wife Frances to be one of the lady managers to raise money to preserve historic George Washington’s Mount Vernon. Grabitske is a historian who worked for the Daughters of the American Revolution at the Sibley Historic Site in Mendota. He currently serves on the board of the Friends of the Sibley Historic Site.
Start Time: 12:05 PM
Date: 2010-09-15

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=520 0 Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=519 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=519#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:58:10 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=519 Title: Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker Location: Winona County History Center Date: September 1 Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker with Kim Vandersee The presentation will focus on the man who was behind the camera, Ben Huntley. Although most who know of the Huntleys can recall the . . . → Read More: Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker]]> Title: Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker
Location: Winona County History Center
Date: September 1
Ben Huntley: More Than an Early Winona Film Maker
with Kim Vandersee
The presentation will focus on the man who was behind the camera, Ben Huntley. Although most who know of the Huntleys can recall the photographs and films that featured Ben Huntley’s wife, Myrtle, few have gone into examine the contributions Ben Huntley made to the film industry in Winona. The presentation will feature Ben Huntley’s film career in Winona from roughly 1910 to 1925 and how he helped films and movie theaters gain popularity around the Winona and surrounding areas during this time period.

Start Time: 12:05PM
Date: 2010-09-01

]]> http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?feed=rss2&p=519 0 Bar Exam http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=242 http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=242#comments Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:30:37 +0000 admin http://www.winonahistory.org/wordpress/?p=242 Title: Bar Exam Location: Downtown Winona Description: Visit historic downtown Winona bars Start Time: 18:00 Date: 2010-09-01

We will be visiting various Winona bars and learning about their history.

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Location: Downtown Winona
Description: Visit historic downtown Winona bars
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2010-09-01

We will be visiting various Winona bars and learning about their history.

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