Archive - Jun 2006

Here are some pictures of what has been going on at NHS this summer so far.

Lots of construction, National History Day Champions and many other things.

Two eighth grade students, Eric Chien and Grant Bemis from Breck School in MInneapolis won the National History Day Competition in Washington D.C. by creating a comprehensive and historically accurate display depicting the Northfield citizen's stand against the infamous James/Younger Gang.

As a result Northfield is in the international spotlight!

Following is their personal process paper describing how they came about the subject matter, the research and the display. Their project will be on display at the Northfield Historical Society in July. In the meantime photographs of the display and these talented historians will be posted on this site within the next week.

In 2010 the United States will commemorate the sesquicentennial of the Pony Express. A year later, the country will observe the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War. Neither event will startle residents of St. Joseph, the Missouri town that launched the Pony Express in 1860 and saw the murder of Confederate Bushwhacker Jesse James.

The 4th of July is coming very fast!!! This year the Northfield Historical Society has planned a pretty big event. Including music, food, a bike race, kiddy carnival and baseball. To see the calendar of events click here. One change to be noted is a Vintage Baseball game will take place at the foot of Old Main at 1 p.m. on the 4th of July. If you would like to help NHS, donations are still being taken for the event.

Wednesday (6/7/06) the historical society store construction started. As you can see the store will look much diffrent. I will keep posting pictures as the construction continues.