Susan Garwood's blog

Rice County and the Gunflint Trail: an unexpected connection

We received a call recently from a researcher who was looking into the history of the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota.  While doing her research she found some curious connections to a Michael Cook who was from Faribault, MN.  She asked if we could provide information on when exactly he lived here, which houses he participated in constructing during that time (her resea

It's a Blog!

On behalf of the Rice County Historical Society (RCHS) Board of Directors, I am delighted to be writing this, my first blog. It wasn’t long ago that our technology was as historic as the collection and so it is exciting to be moving into the Web 2.0 world.

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