People

• Who Was Lenny Burton?
• William Hampton Budd
• Harry M. Serle
• Frank A. Day—Newspaperman
• Before the Weather Channel…
• Albert L. Ward
• Frank Wade
• Where's the Mayor?
• Carrol M. Shanks
• Dr. Orville P. Chubb
• Percy Wollaston
• Who’s Who in Martin County’s Past
• Frank & Al – Local Characters to be Remembered
• Pioneer Physicians in Martin County Dr. David Hunt
• Pioneer Physicians in Martin County Dr. Henry Rice and Dr. Bixby
• Pioneer Physicians in Martin County: Dr. Ferdinand Hunt and Dr. George Harnden
• Pioneer Physicians in Martin County: Dr. Walter J. Richardson, Dr. Malcolm Farrish, and other Pioneer Physicians
• Annabel Webb - The "Voice of Fairmont"
• The Fowler Family Of Truman
• Claude Swanson - A Memorable Sentinel Journalist
• George Murray - Pioneer Farmer
• Karl Lindstaedt - Local Showman
• Maud Brodt - Local Leader in Public Service
• Local Contributors to Rock and Roll
• The Theater Men of Fairmont  -  Billy Hay & W.L. Nicholas
• A Martin County Pioneer-Henry Ledebur
• Einer Nelson-Mr. Fairmont
• W. L. Nicholas – Theater Man
• A Fairmont Mayor Remembered
• The Brotherhood Dream
• The Luvs
• The Marvelous Marauders Experience
• The Big Band Era - Lynn Kerns
• Almost Famous - Paul Wilson
• The Family of John Allison
• The Major - Arthur M. Nelson
• Women in Martin County History
• The Disappearing Pastor
• An Unsung Hero - Luella Keithahn
• Henry Rippe & The Rippe Mansion
• Lt. George Winzenburg & "The Drip"
• Police Chief Gus Haase
• Jim McNulty - Colorful Manager of the Fairmont Martins of the 1950s
• Charlie Nicholas - "Furrin" Car Specialist
• A Martin County Entrepreneur – R. J. “Bob” Wallace
• Cora M. Fuller - Minnesota's First Licensed Female Pilot
• Martin County Sheriffs Part One - 1857 to 1898
• Martin County Sheriffs Part Two - 1899 to 1931
• Martin County Sheriffs Part Three - 1931 to 1978
• Benjamin Franklin, the Unfortunate Soldier
• Lloyd Alsworth - Pioneering Pilot
• Actress Gail Garber
• The Four Horsemen of Martin County
• The Forgotten Commissioner, Fred Miller
• Georgia, On My Mind - Georgia Meister
• The Arnesons - Bob & Mary
• Remembering Marv Carlson
• Dale Gardner, Astronaut
• John Livermore - If at first you don't succeed...try, try again!
• Pauline Welcome - Others First, Self Last
• Albert L. Ward's Early History of the County
• Mabel Hall - Ahead of her time

 

Places

• Allison’s Horse Parlors
• Lost Town Dedications
• The Poor Farm
• The Foster House
• Fort Fairmount
• Interlaken Park
• Fairmont Business College
• Gomsrud Park
• The Day Farm
• What’s For Dinner?
• The Boynton Ranch & Dan Patch-A Martin County Mystery
• Early History of Martin County and Fairmont
• Fairmont’s Industrial Revolution-Fairmont Railway Motors
• From Henry Ford to Fairmont Ford – A Century of Progress
• Hazel Who......?
• The Changing Face of Retail - The Wolf-Habein Stores
• Saloons From the Past
• Business Remembered – Gone But Not Forgotten
• William Budd Elementary School
• The A & W Drive In Restaurant
• Hotels in Fairmont, Part 1
• Hotels in Fairmont, Part 2
• The Martin County Fair
• Epicenter Of Entertainment In East Chain
• Fairmont's Union Bus Depot
• Martin County's Twin Cities
• Martin County's Second City - Lakeside Cemetery
• Imogene
• Corner Grocery Stores
• Fairmont's Carnegie Library
• Sherburn - A Bit of History
• The Feed Bag Drive-In Restaurant
• Park Street Grocery – A Glimpse of Times Gone-By
• Community Treasures - Sylvania Park and the Band Shell
• Remembering Fairmont's Youth Center
• Fairmont's Second High School
• Pop & Ice Cream - Crystal Bottling Company & Nelson's Ice Cream Company
• Livingston Cabin
• Fairmont Canning Company
• Fairmont Fire Department Over 100 Years Ago
• History of Fairmont's Early Schools
• Airlines in Fairmont
• Fairmont Brewery
• Koenig's - A store ahead of its time
• Fairmont Community Hospital: 1927 - 1970s
• Fredstrom's
• Fairmont Medical Clinic: Early History
• Fair Mount Ski Slope
• Tower Shopping Center
• The Safari Lounge Controversy
• Fairmont Opera House History
• The Mansion in the Country
• The Jackson Road
• JCPenney

 

Events

• Blizzards in Martin County
• Blizzards and Snowstorms in Martin County - 2009
• National Corn Husking Contest
• Sherburn Bank Robbery
• The Grasshopper Years
• Tuttle-Carver Fight of 1862
• Truman Twine Days
• Paving Fairmont’s Streets
• The 1898 Klondike Gold Rush & Martin County
• Tornado of 1936
• A Slough of Controversy
• The Big Fire of 1914
• Headlines…From the Past!
• Remember When, in the 1940's . . . . . . . .
• Remember When, in the 1950's . . . . . . . .
• Remember When, in the 1960's . . . . . . . .
• Remember When, in the 1970's . . . . . . . .
• Remember When, in the 1980's . . . . . . . .
• Remember When, in the 1990's . . . . . . . .
• 1973 - The Year of Revolving Door in Fairmont
• The Good Old Days
• Donaldson’s All-Star Baseball Team at Hand’s Park
• Opening Night at The Fairmont Opera House
• News of The Day – From the Distant Past
• The 1918 Flu Pandemic and Martin County
• Martin County Bank Robberies
• Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940
• The College That Never Was
• Its a Jungle Out There! Hoboes Driven Out Of Fairmont
• Disastrous Fires
• Although Underdogs, Raiders Were Decisive Winners - Sherburn, 1970
• Blizzards and Snowstorms in Martin County - 2013
• Sweet Shop & Interlaken Fires
• King Korn Days
• Memorial Day 2014
• Homecoming in Decades Past
• The McCartneys Visit Fairmont
• A Look Back In Time - The 1950s
• Winter of 1936
• Martin County's 1st Murder - Dead Man's Slough
• Martin County Fair

 

Miscellaneous

• A History of Education in Martin County
• Fairmont Social Life in the 1880s
• The Voice of Martin County - KFVN Radio
• KKK in Martin County
• A Soldier’s Story
• The British are Coming
• POWs in Martin County
• The Swamp Angel
• Martin County in the Spanish-American War
• The First Fairmont Railway Motor Car
• The Early History of Martin County
• Fairmont Martins Baseball
• The History of Martin County Sheriffs
• History of Fairmont's Triathlon
• A Glimpse of Martin County’s Past
• No Wife, No Job - Could That Be Discrimination?
• A Legendary Fire Truck
• Comparing Martin County in 1920 & Today
• The Legend of the Sisseton Oak
• The Sentinel
• Aviation in Martin County
• Historical Bits and Pieces
• The Lakester's Car Club
• Water, Water Everywhere. . . .And Not a Drop to Drink!
• Back to School
• Jiggs, the Lost Dog of Truman
• Memories of Christmas Past
• Fairmont's Maritime History
• And The Times They Are A-Changin’
• KKK in Martin County's History
• March Madness
• MCHS Veteran Video Project
• Fairmont Town Ball - 1930s
• The Museum Table - Shrouded in Mystery
• Prohibition and the Local Response
• Ice Harvesting
• Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
• Orphan Train
• Remembering People and Places
• The "Hello" Girls/Fairmont Telephone Co.
• Martin County Mysteries Part 1
• Martin County Mysteries Part 2
• Martin County Mysteries Part 3

All photos are courtesy of the Martin County Historical Society's archives and copyright of the MCHS and its respective sources