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MON - FRI: 10AM - 5PM
Additional Summer Hours:
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Othertimes available by appointment.

Rice County Historical Society Annual Meeting & Banquet

Posted on: Oct 6 2022 by admin

Thursday, October 27th at 5pm, at the Faribault American Legion

The Rice County Historical Society’s 2022 Fall Banquet and Annual Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 27, at the American Legion (112 5th St NE) in Faribault.

Morristown Feed Mill

The banquet will begin with a social hour at 5:00; dinner will be served at 6:00. There will be a brief business meeting as required by our bylaws at 7:00, followed by a program, “The History of the Morristown Mill and the Morristown Historical Society.”

Dinner will be a center-cut stuff pork chop, red skin garlic mashed potatoes, and green bean almandine with an apple crisp desert catered by the Faribault American Legion. The cost is $25 for RCHS and Chapter members and $30 for non-members.

Tickets can be purchased at the RCHS Museum, 1814 Second Ave. NW, and from RCHS board members, or reserved with pay-at-the-door by calling the museum at 332-2121 by October 20th.

The Dakota 38 and the American Dream

Posted on: Sep 20 2022 by admin

Thursday, September 22, 2022

Join us at the Rice County Historical Society on Thursday, September 22 at 7pm for our program, “The Dakota 38 and the American Dream” with Todd Finney.

Finney will share a telling of history from a First Nations perspective on early American history on the plains. Specifically, he will be discussing the Dakota 38, who were hung in Mankato during the US-Dakota War of 1862, and the annual Dakota 38+2 Memorial Ride.

As a descendant of Wahpekute ancestors (the band of Dakota that lived in what is now Rice County), Finney brings a unique perspective on the history of this time period and how it is portrayed.

This program is free and open to the public thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center. If you are interested in attending we strongly encourage you to call in advance.

The program will be held at the Rice County Historical Society Museum at 1814 2nd Ave NW., Faribault., MN 55027.

To reserve your seat, please call the RCHS Museum at (507) 332-2121.

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The US-Dakota War: 160th Anniversary

Posted on: Aug 8 2022 by admin

With Tim Madigan

Thursday, August 25, 2022, at 7pm at the Rice County Historical Society

Winter Warrior statute in Mankato
Winter Warrior statute in Mankato

Please join us for a program on the US-Dakota War presented by Tim Madigan, on Thursday, August 25, at 7pm.

Madigan, a lifelong student and former teacher of history, will address a tragic time in Minnesota history that involved a civil war within a civil war. He will lay out the time frame of the war and explain the various events leading up to the US Dakota Conflict, which resulted in the deaths of hundreds of Native Americans, settlers, and soldiers in 1862 in Minnesota. There will also be a discussion of the leading players and groups in the event.

Madigan is a lifelong student of history. His professional career has spanned public education and management in Minnesota, including teaching classes on the 1960s for the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium and serving as an adjunct instructor at MSU Mankato. Tim lives in the Faribault, MN area.

This little-understood war was the most dramatic event in the history of Minnesota and is worth exploring in more depth.

To reserve your spot please call RCHS at 507-332-2121.

This event is free and open for all thanks to a grant from the Minnesota Humanities Center.

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Take Me Out To The Ball Game: Minnesota Twins vs. Los Angeles Angels

Posted on: Aug 8 2022 by admin
Minnesota Twins Logo

Saturday, September 24, 2022 6:10pm, Target Field, Minneapolis

Join RCHS for an evening of fun as the Minnesota Twins take on the Los Angeles Angels. Your ticket buys you a seat in a reserved box at Target Field. Tickets are $50/person. Seats are limited!

Please pick up your tickets prior to the game at the RCHS museum (1814 NW 2nd Ave., Faribault, MN 55021). To purchase your tickets contact RCHS at 507-332-2121.