Monthly Archives: February 2012

One Noose, Two Beams, Same Story

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

Like PBS’s History Detectives? Read on. ***** Roughly a decade ago, a Blue Earth County Historical Society volunteer took a historian into the back room of their Mankato, Minnesota facility and unwrapped a huge wooden timber. The volunteer said it was … Continue reading →

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Reading Through Dakota Eyes: Woolworth Interview

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

An interview with Alan Woolworth on the development of  Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Dakota War of 1862, edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R. Woolworth (Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1988). In February, 2012, Alan re-read our … Continue reading →

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Reading Through Dakota Eyes

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

This post introduces a series on the book, Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Dakota War of 1862, edited by Gary Clayton Anderson and Alan R. Woolworth, published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press in 1988. In the 21st … Continue reading →

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Read Many Stories

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Carrie Zeman

150 years after an event as thoroughly-studied as the U.S. Dakota War of 1862, it is hard to find a fresh angle, a new point of view that makes even scholars question what they think they know. Mary Butler Renville’s A … Continue reading →

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