Martin County Historical Society

Online Tour - Hunt Room

The Hunt Room, named for Dr. Roscoe Hunt who donated the museum’s current building to the MCHS, is filled with a variety of historical artifacts and displays. One display features several of the tools the early Martin County settler William Budd (For whom the school, street, and lake are named) owned, used, and worked with in early Martin County. We also have an Annabelle Webb display that shows the former KSUM personality’s eccentric hats and a painting of her. There is also both a dentistry section and a medical section, each with examples of tools that would have been used. We also have a Ku Klux Klan uniform displayed, an object from Martin County’s darker past. As well, there are many old typewriters and cameras, which are a far cry from the modern equivalent! The Hunt Room has a wide variety of objects throughout the room as well from antique toys to an x-ray machine to a picture of Fairmont’s own Miss Minnesota, Marlys Lee Reed Stanley. Head to the Hunt Room for an interesting and varied display of more historic objects!