History

WILLMAR — A piece of history chugged into town Saturday with a visit by the Milwaukee Road No. 261, a steam locomotive restored to the heyday of the steam-powered train. Spectators waited in a cold rain Saturday morning for a sight of the train, which was carrying more than 300...

The Chippewa County Historical Society hosted the ninth annual "Horse Power Event" at the Swensson Farm Saturday which featured demonstrations of vintage farm machinery pulled by teams of draft animals as well as other agricultural exhibitions and activities.

ATWATER — This year's Atwater Threshing Days will feature a machine dating back to the turn of the century: a steam engine. A family from Buffalo, all licensed in running steam engines, will be demonstrating the engine at the 27th annual Atwater Threshing Days, which begins...

Daniel Hoisington of Hoisington Preservation Consultants looks over the historic buildings Friday in Willmar's downtown to gauge the historical...

WILLMAR -- In 1844, Salve Tallakson and two of his children moved from Grimstad, Norway, to the United States, eventually ending up in Willmar. On Friday, Tallakson's descendants, along with descendants from his second wife, Bertha Kiland's, family, visited Willmar to learn about...

MORTON -- Franky Jackson had no idea he would make history of his own when he accepted the position as director of the Renville County Historical Society and Museum in Morton. As a Dakota and member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton tribe in South Dakota, Jackson, 40, was told that he became...

WILLMAR — When it’s time to talk about the Great Depression in teacher Ann Hendershott’s eighth-grade history class, it’s time to grab an iPad. Hendershott’s iBook on the Depression covers the same material as her students’ textbooks and adds audio files, videos and photo...

LONDON (AP) -- The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been unearthed, a British auction house said Friday. By CASSANDRA VINOGRAD Associated Press LONDON (AP) -- The violin played by the bandmaster of the Titanic as the oceanliner sank has been...

WILLMAR — The 75th anniversary of the Willmar War Memorial Auditorium was allowed to go unnoticed last year, but there is a chance to make up for it. This can be the year that Willmar celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Richard Haines mural it holds, and let the world know about...

To appreciate how prized this collection of World War II aircraft is, know this: The new, 15,000-square-foot brick-faced hangar that holds them...

A permanent historic site marker is dedicated Wednesday on the location of the Acton Battlefield near Litchfield where a battle between U.S. soldiers and the Dakota Indians took place in 1862 during the U.S. - Dakota Conflict.

Over twenty vintage tractors take part in a plowing event Saturday on a field north of Olivia. The West Central Antique Power Collectors sponsored the antique plowing bee.