rice county historical society

The Rice County Historical Society has a turbine from the H.H. King Flour Mill. Sue Garwood discusses the mill’s many incarnations, and its fiery demise. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KDHL YouTube channel and kdhlradio...

Robert Hutchinson, captain of Company C of the 6th Minnesota Voluntary Infantry, brought back the company battle flag after the Civil War. The flag has been donated to the Rice County Historical Society. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KDHL YouTube channel and kdhlradio...

We meet Grace McKinstry, an internationally known painter, who lived in Faribault in the late 1800s and early 1900s. She had works exhibited in the Paris Salon, and her paintings can been seen at the Rice County Historical Society in Faribault, the Minnesota Historical Society and the Minnesota State Capitol in St...

In this week's episode of A Look Back, Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, tells us how the Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park came into existence. The process spanned 1890-1944, and continued to evolve through the present day...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, shares some of the museum's information about area fires and firefighting equipment. The museum has fire logs, with entries on each fire stretching back to the earliest days of the Faribault Fire Department...