Todd County Historical Society

Our Museum hours are Wednesday, Thursday and Fridays from 11:30 to 4:00 pm. If the weather is bad or extremely cold, please call ahead to make sure we are open. Our telephone number is 320 533 1447.  Also, if you would like to visit us on days that we are normally not here, please call ahead as we will gladly open for you, if possible, to come in. We will also come in early on the days that we are here. If we don’t answer on the regular museum phone, our cell numbers are: De-320-533-0286 we will arrange a time with you.

Year Name Location Date of Original Purchase
1976 Ronald R. & Carmen Arnold Long Prairie 1875
1976 Esther Moore & Sons Osakis 1873
1976 Howard & Dennis Tyrrell Browerville 1873
1977 Alma Bundy Osakis 1870
1977 Darrell Stenmoe Osakis 1875
1978 Wendell & Lucille Olson Long Prairie 1878
1980 Loren Hughes Osakis 1867
1981 Joseph C. Johnson Osakis 1868
1981 Raymond L. & Nora A. Mikkelson Osakis 1881
1982 Jack E. Costello Grey Eagle 1870
1982 Earl R. & Lynn W. Erickson Verndale 1882
1982 Iris L.(Woodman) & Lyle E. Evers Grey Eagle 1882
1983 Gordon Holm Sauk Centre 1882
1983 Dale Katterhagen Browerville 1879
1984 Charles Robert Hector Osakis 1884
1984 David M. Jacobson Sauk Centre 1883
1984 Alden N. Johnson Osakis 1881
1986 David J. & Georgetta Kohlhase Bertha 1883
1986 Vernon Macho Browerville 1878
1987 Rudolph May Browerville 1887
1988 Sylvester & Helen Botzet Osakis 1888
1988 Louis Lenk Browerville 1888
1988 Edward W. Zappe Browerville 1874
1990 John Kroll Long Prairie 1890
1990 Harrison & Crystal Lowe Long Prairie 1886
1991 Allan & Leanne Becker Long Prairie 1881
1991 Florian Hynnek Browerville 1891
1991 Ray & Lucy Marthaler Osakis 1891
1991 Richard & Ruth Peterson Long Prairie 1891
1991 Mrs. Virgil N. Sliter Hewitt 1887
1991 Arthur T. Swanson Long Prairie 1891
1992 Sandra & Richard Barrett & Rexeiser Little Sauk 1879
1992 Kenneth & Elaine Carlson Eagle Bend 1892
1992 Royce M. & Dorothy A. Johnson Long Prairie 1888
1992 Raymond Mau Long Prairie 1892
1992 Herman & Shirley E. (Hanson) Sorenson Osakis 1883
1992 Morris H. Titrud Clarissa 1892
1993 Fred A. Katz Bertha 1892
1993 Roy & Joan (Rapp) Lee Long Prairie 1893
1993 Paul H. & Lois Pischke Sauk Centre 1893
1993 Verne & Janice Smith Motley 1892
1993 Rodney & Bertha Westergren Bertha 1892
1994 Olga Branum Clarissa 1890
1994 Stanley & Virginia Brichacek Browerville 1889
1994 Mabel S. Skoglund Eagle Bend 1892
1994 Agnes Woge Clarissa 1892
1996 Wayne & Donna Hansmann Sauk Centre 1895
1996 Donald & Rebecca Jackson Eagle Bend 1891
1996 Larry L. & Lavonne A. Wegner Bertha 1896
1997 Richard & Judith Decker Bertha 1890
1997 Reinhardt & Florence Haase Bertha 1883
1997 Norman Kleinschmidt Jr. Long Prairie 1894
1998 Denis & Kathleen Dueker Osakis 1898
1998 Karen & Norval Hustoft Sauk Centre 1898
1998 William & Tammy Maschler Browerville 1898
1998 Robert & Roselyn Motl Browerville 1898
1998 Paul Reinbold Long Prairie 1898
1999 Joseph, Mary & Robert Lamusga Browerville 1888
1999 Sidney A. & Rita M. Lyon Grey Eagle 1889
1999 William F. Marty Grey Eagle 1883
1999 Michael & Josephine Maschler Browerville 1882
1999 Herbert & Rosemarie May Browerville 1889
2000 Robert & Lavonne Haburn Osakis 1895
2000 Duane & Shirley Laumeyer Long Prairie 1899
2000 Ervin & Nelda Schlichting Bertha 1900
2001 Charles & Joann Jackson Eagle Bend 1901
2001 Audrey & Warren Jacobson Clarissa 1901
2001 Gerald Lenk Browerville 1900
2001 Duane & Linda Peterson Eagle Bend 1900
2003 Charles & Maryann Anderson Hewitt 1902
2003 Bernard & Dorothy Voge Robbinsdale 1890
2003 Walter & Hazel Wiese Verndale 1897
2004 Richard Baron Browerville 1883
2004 Joan Arndt, Joyce Quam Rydberg Hutchinson 1904
2005 Philip & Marlene Larson Osakis 1905
2005 Dale & Arliss Lovelace Verndale 1884
2005 Gerald & Allen Roerick Freeport 1904
2006 Jeffrey & Elizabeth Brown Browerville 1884
2006 Adam & Sharon Uecker Grey Eagle 1905
2007 Theodore & Judy Kramer Long Prairie 1907
2007 Larry & Linda Paskewitz Browerville 1907
2007 Robert & Katherine Williams Sauk Centre 1906
2008 Glenn & Geneva Pesta Long Prairie 1908
2010 Frank & Agnes Chihos Clarissa 1910
2010 Anthony & Debra Clasemann Long Prairie 1910
2010 Robert & Lynnae Hager Browerville 1907
2011 Bernice (Paul) Merle Farber Osakis 1911
2011 Robert & Christine Feieranbend Grey Eagle 1910
2011 David & Beverly Zinter Long Prairie 1900
2012 Herman, Otto & Marlan Weickert Bertha 1891
2012 Wayne, Craig & Kirk Voge Bertha 1912
2013 Earl & Shirley Venske Verndale 1913
2014 Scott & Sheila Becker Staples 1914
2014 Gerryl Didier Osakis 1911
2014 Mary Ann, Walter, Kevin & Kirk Ehnes Eagle Bend 1914
2014 Robert E. & Marcella E. Gaugert Staples 1913
2014 Donald Klinkhammer Long Prairie 1914
2014 Lee & Mary Martinek Browerville 1908
2015 Joe Brichacek Browerville 1912
2015 Ron Hengemuhle Long Prairie 1913
2015 Earl & Shirley Johnson Bertha 1914
2015 Joe & Judith Marte Browerville 1913
2015 Bruce & Annette Sadlemyer Carlos 1913
2015 Aloysius & Beverly Wettstein Long Prairie 1914
2016 George & Geraldine(Spychalla) Jagush Browerville 1915
2017 David E. & Celeste I. Kyar Hewitt 1917
2018 Kenneth & Wanda Rosenow Long Prairie 1918
2019 Anne Nalewaja Willow Hill Farm Browerville 1919
2020 William & Julie Berscheit Grey Eagle 1919
2020 Richard & Louise Eltgroth Sauk Centre 1919
2020 Jerome Hartman Bertha 1920
2020 Zastrow Farms, Roger & Tom Long Prairie 1920
2021 Lawrance & Sharon Iverson Osakis 1916
2021 Thomas & Carol Miller, Miller Farm West Union 1920

2022 Mark & Deb Sieben Farm Burtrum 1910

Todd County Century Farms

The sixth annual Todd County History Day will be held on Saturday, October 3, 2015 at the Browerville Community Center beginning at 10:30 a.m. The Day will include historic quilts from the six historical societies/museums on display with a story about each quilt. Following lunch at 11:30 a.m. a program will be presented at which each of the historical societies will give a brief history of their quilt. On display will also be the Riverside Ladies Aid 1938 quilt. A book will be available telling the history of the women that embroidered blocks for the Riverside Ladies Aid 1938 quilt and a brief story and picture of the other quilts being displayed by the county historical societies. The public is invited to learn about this aspect of Todd County history.

Long Prairie Todd County Argus: January 12, 1876 through November 29, 1917
Long Prairie Todd County Tribune: June 6, 1918 through March 2, 1922
Long Prairie Democrat: August 15, 1902 through February 28, 1908
Long Prairie Leader: May 6, 1891 through December 2012
Bertha Herald: October 14, 1915 through July 8, 1920
Bertha Herald: October 1, 1942 through October 30, 1975
Browerville Wave: May 1, 1903 through August 7, 1903
Todd County Progressive: April 11, 1940 through April 24, 1941
Browerville Blade: May 1, 1941 through December 28, 2012
Clarissa Todd County Independent: January 5, 1907 through March 4, 1910
Clarissa Independent: March 11, 1910 through July 28, 1992
Clarissa Independent News Herald: January 7, 1998 through 2007
Clarissa Independent News Herald: 2009 through 2012
Eagle Bend News: July 17, 1941 through October 25, 1984
Eagle Bend News Herald: October 31, 1984 through July 29, 1992
Eagle Bend Independent News Herald: August 5, 1992 through December 31, 1997
Grey Eagle Gazette: February 13, 1941 through June 22, 1977
**Grey Eagle Gazette 1908 (partial) to prior to 1941 in bound copies in Grey Eagle Library
Hewitt Banner: February 6, 1941 through March 23, 1944
The Presto Change(Staples): April 18, 1891 through February 20, 1892
Staples World: February 27, 1892 through December 27, 1928
Staples World: January 1929 through December 2012

Abercrombie Trail by Candace Simar
Birdie by Candace Simar
Birds of MN Audio CD by Stan Tekiela
Birds of MN Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
Blooming Prairie by Candace Simar
Chickadee’s Message by Douglas Wood
Critters of Minnesota by Ann E. McCarthy
Days on the Family Farm by Carrie Meyer
Frog in the House by David Mather & Stephanie Mirocha
Frozen by Mary Casanova
His Name was Merle by Lynda Converse
Honor the Grandmothers(Dakota & Lakota Women tell their stories) by Sarah Penman
Hot Dish Heaven by Ann L. Burckhardt
Last Full Measure by Richard Moe
Memory of Trees by Gayla Marty
Minnesota Barns by Will Weaver, Photography by Doug Ohman
Mishomis Book(Voice of the Ojibway) by Edward Benton-Banai
MNI Sota Makoce by Gwen Westerman and Bruce White
Murder in Minnesota by Walter N. Trenerry
Philbrook History by L.E.Huff
Pomme de Terre by Candace Simar
Red River Trails by Roda R. Gilman, Carolyn Gilman & Deborah M. Stultz
The Haymakers by Steven R. Hoffbeck
Trees of Minnesota Field Guide by Stan Tekiela
Wildflowers of Minnesota by Stan Tekiela

Arnold Family (Memoirs-My First 25 Years, Long Prairie)
Batcher and Melugin
Berscheit, John Family
Biermaier, Emma John (My Little Emka)
Blais Family (2 books)
Bous ll Family
Bridges – Hamlin Families
Brooks & Waters Families
Brown Family
Cebulla Family
Chlup-Bures-Cekal-Jelinek Families
Claseman Family (located on top of the shelf)
Cline, Peter and Michael
Cline Pioneer Family
Cline, William Family
Cowdery Genealogy
Crabtree-Delsing Family ( Memoirs-The Life of a Midwest Country Girl)
Czech-Bartylla-Buhl Families
Dahlman, L.A. Family
Deering-Spot Clan
Denny Family
Drayna, George Family
Drayna, Michael Family
Drayna, Peter Family
Eriksdotter-Sisters (Three Sisters from Nordmark)
Fischer, Louis and Pauline
Fisher, Henry and Annie
Freie-Guentzel/Tesch (August)-Peterson (Andrew)
Grosenick, Johan and Augusta
Hansen, Michael Family
Harkcom, James l and ll
Harckom, William lll and lV
Heffron, Lewis and Marion Family
Heiling, Puhr, Maschler, Traid Families
Heiling, Frank and Julia Maschler Families
Hengemuhle-Gothman-Strack Families
Jacobson, The David Jacobson Family Century Farm
Jambor, John Family
Jeppeson and Strobeck Family
Joarnt, Charles Family
Johnson-Peterson Family
Johnson Brothers (Civil War)
Kendall-Gelette Family
Kotval, Kopecka Family
Koval, Peter Family
Kuhne Family
Lanphear Family
Larson Family
Laumeyer, George John family
Lawin and Werner Family
Lawin-Werner-Woell Families
Lekvold Family
Lenz and Kopp Family
Lewis and Sutton Family
Lucas Family
Lunser Family
McColley, Sadie Family
Madigan Family
Martenson (Military 2011)
Masonic Family
Mayerchak, Gail Crabtree (Growing Up in Todd County)
Meeder, Philippe Family
Merrett Family
Moen, Andreas Family
Motzko Family
Nanik Family
Nesslein Family
Neumann, Frank Family History 1860-1893
Neumann, Frederick (Fred) Family History 1822-1901
Neuman, Frank Anthony Family 1891-1950
Nickerson, Levi Wilson Family
Nimmo, Mary Cummings (When Grandma Was a Little Girl)
Patzoldt Family
Pollok Family
Prill, Edward Frederick Family History 1895-1971
Pulkrabek Family
Recktenwald F. Family
Recktenwald, Peter Family
Reichert, George J. Family
Reichert, George M.
Reichert, Ignatius Family
Reichert, Robert Family
Rohde, Ella Bertha (Fuller Olin)-Memories of Other Days
Sargeant, S. S.
Schomaker Family
Schultex Family
Schultz, Edward Martin Family History 1806-1971
Smith, Kingsley Family
Spieker, Franz J. Family
Strack, Valona Family
Stratsmeyer Family (Vol. 1 & 2; plus addendum)
Thornbloom, Iver Carl Family
Triebenbach Legacy
Troug, Mrs. August (The First 20 Years of my Life 1896-1915)-top shelp
Vangstad, Mikal Olsen Family
Warzecha Family
Weller, Sarah Family
Wheeler Family
Wieland, John F. Family

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Joe and Mary Pesta

Frank and Ragnhild Pesta 2/13/1923

Original log cabin before 1919

John, Barbara, Frank and Ragnhild Pesta and family

Farm photo early 1940’s

Farm photo 2010

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Century Farm Certificate 1996

Wegner Farm Centennial

Wegners celebrate 100 year old farm article

Wegners celebrate 100 year old farm article continued

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History of Wiese Family farm

August Jasmer Family and House

August Jasmer hen house

Farm photo 7/4/1918

House 8/24/1938

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Jay and Stella Tyrrell

Howard and Marlys Tyrrell

School District 59 students

Souviner of School District Batavia #54

Truman Tyrrell’s letter home during Civil War April 19, 1865

Jay Tyrrell’s receipts

Jay Tyrrell’s receipts

Jay Tyrrell’s receipts