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Explore "minnesota history" with insightful episodes like "50. Glass eyeballs and other curious artifacts found in Northland historical societies", "49. Lasting legacy of the Victory Chimes, 125-year-old schooner Duluth loved and lost", "47. Iron Range priest's passion for polka led him to pope", "44. The man who attempted to build a 200 mile highway single-handedly" and "6. 3M's rocky beginning in Two Harbors" from podcasts like ""Northlandia", "Northlandia", "Northlandia", "Northlandia" and "Northlandia"" and more!

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50. Glass eyeballs and other curious artifacts found in Northland historical societies

50. Glass eyeballs and other curious artifacts found in Northland historical societies

In episode 50 of Northlandia, Teri Cadeau digs into the Northland's historical societies and sees the interesting artifacts they hold.

You can find the weekly column for Northlandia, which features articles, photos and sometimes video, at duluthnewstribune.com/topics/northlandia.

The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

enFebruary 13, 2024

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49. Lasting legacy of the Victory Chimes, 125-year-old schooner Duluth loved and lost

49. Lasting legacy of the Victory Chimes, 125-year-old schooner Duluth loved and lost

In episode 49 of Northlandia, Jay Gabler joins to talk about the Victory Chimes, a 125-year-old wooden sailing ship, which had a brief but impactful stay in Duluth in the '80s.

You can read the article for Jay's story here. You can find the weekly column for Northlandia, which features articles, photos and sometimes video, at duluthnewstribune.com/topics/northlandia.

The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune. If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

enFebruary 06, 2024

47. Iron Range priest's passion for polka led him to pope

47. Iron Range priest's passion for polka led him to pope

In episode 47 of Northlandia, Teri Cadeau looks into the origin of polka mass on the Iron Range and how it gained an audience with the pope.

You can find the weekly column for Northlandia, which features articles, photos and sometimes video, at duluthnewstribune.com/topics/northlandia.

The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune.

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

enJanuary 23, 2024

44. The man who attempted to build a 200 mile highway single-handedly

44. The man who attempted to build a 200 mile highway single-handedly

In episode 44 of Northlandia, Jimmy Lovrien looks into the history of the northland man who tried to build a Duluth-Fargo highway all by himself.

You can find the weekly column for Northlandia, which features articles, photos and sometimes video, at duluthnewstribune.com/topics/northlandia.

The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune.

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

enJanuary 02, 2024

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6. 3M's rocky beginning in Two Harbors

6. 3M's rocky beginning in Two Harbors

In episode 6 of Northlandia, we explore the history behind the 3M Birthplace Museum in Two Harbors, MN.

The Northlandia podcast is a product of Forum Communications Company and is brought to you by reporters at the Duluth News Tribune. You can find the weekly column for Northlandia, which features articles, photos and sometimes video, at duluthnewstribune.com/topics/northlandia.

If you enjoy this podcast, please consider supporting our work with a subscription at duluthnewstribune.news/podcast. Your support allows us to continue providing the local news and content you want.

enApril 08, 2023

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On This Day in History - 1977

On This Day in History - 1977

THE DOUG CLAASSEN STORY Today we remember the service and sacrifice of Chief Doug Claassen from the Hayfield Police Department in SE Minnesota. It was today in 1977 that would change the course of Chief Claassen's life and the the lives of his survivor family members forever. Click this link for a preview. You can find his complete story at www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.comor anywhere you listen to podcasts. NEVER FORGOTTEN!

OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL PODCAST

enApril 30, 2022

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On This Day in History - 1977

On This Day in History - 1977

THE DOUG CLAASSEN STORY Today we remember the service and sacrifice of Chief Doug Claassen from the Hayfield Police Department in SE Minnesota. It was today in 1977 that would change the course of Chief Claassen's life and the the lives of his survivor family members forever. Click this link for a preview. You can find his complete story at www.officerdownmemorialpodcast.comor anywhere you listen to podcasts. NEVER FORGOTTEN!

OFFICER DOWN MEMORIAL PODCAST

enApril 30, 2022

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Minnesota Stone Cutters

Minnesota Stone Cutters

The Minnesota State Capitol is a must-see building. Allison Herrera tells us all about the men who built it...by hand.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 29, 2020

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Minnesota's Homegrown Communist, Gus Hall

Minnesota's Homegrown Communist, Gus Hall

Born on the Iron Range to Finnish immigrant parents, Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg) grew up in a rich brew of socialism and political activism. MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers how Hall’s early life set the stage for him to become the longtime leader of the American Communist Party and a perennial Presidential candidate on the Communist ticket.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 28, 2020

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Minnesota's Most Able Attorney

Minnesota's Most Able Attorney

To say that Frederick McGhee had a remarkable life would be an understatement. Born into slavery, he became the first African American attorney to practice in MN. He was among the founders of the NAACP. He argued against separate but equal laws in 1910, nearly forty years before Plessy vs. Ferguson. MN90 producer Allison Herrera tells us about his legacy.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 27, 2020

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Minnesota's Deadliest Snowstorm

Minnesota's Deadliest Snowstorm

When you’re in the middle of it, every blizzard seems like the worst blizzard. But the Armistice Day Blizzard of 1940 really was one of Minnesota’s most lethal storms, primarily because there was so little warning.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 26, 2020

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Michael Koppelman and the 11-Billion-Year-Old Gamma Ray

Michael Koppelman and the 11-Billion-Year-Old Gamma Ray

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 25, 2020

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The First Case of Spanish Flu

The First Case of Spanish Flu

The Spanish Flu descended on Minnesota in 1918, at a time when the world had no effective answer to major pandemics. The state's disjointed response had mixed results, but helped future health workers decide how to prepare for infectious outbreaks. Produced for Ampers by Art Hughes.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 22, 2020

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Minnesota Broadcaster’s Pioneering Use of Satellites

Minnesota Broadcaster’s Pioneering Use of Satellites

The invention of the satellite newsgathering truck by lifelong Minnesota broadcaster Stanley S. Hubbard was met with skepticism when he first demonstrated it in 1981. But as MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, nowadays every T-V station that has a meaningful news operation has a satellite newsgathering truck. No matter where news is happening or when it’s happening, we can all watch it live thanks to Mr. Hubbard.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 21, 2020

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Last Flight of the Queen

Last Flight of the Queen

Carole Lombard was the queen of 1930’s screwball comedies, and she was married to Clark Gable. The two Second Lieutenants from Minnesota never expected to end up on a night flight with her, and, says Britt Aamodt, never expected it to be their last.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 20, 2020

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Young JFK Hits the Airwaves

Young JFK Hits the Airwaves

In 1940, John F. Kennedy was 23 and sick, which explains his visit to the Mayo Clinic. But he was also a newly published author. Britt Aamodt has the story behind JFK’s radio interview at KROC-AM

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 19, 2020

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Attacking an Epidemic without a Plan

Attacking an Epidemic without a Plan

In 1872, the Minnesota State Board of Health was created to coordinate sanitation and disease control statewide. And by 1918, the average lifespan for Minnesotans was inching up—until September when Spanish flu arrived. No one had anticipated an outbreak like this so there was no plan in place. Britt Aamodt has the story.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 18, 2020

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Hazeltine National Golf Club

Hazeltine National Golf Club

Totten “Tot” Heffelfinger was an amateur golfer who worried that Minnesota’s golf courses were becoming too small and cramped for a new era of hard-hitting pro golfers. What was needed was a bigger, better course. Britt Aamodt investigates the origins of Hazeltine National Golf Club

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 15, 2020

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Minnesota's GLBT Champion

Minnesota's GLBT Champion

Allan Spear accomplished a lot in his three decades in the Minnesota Senate. But it’s the 1993 Minnesota Human Rights Act that he would call his “proudest legislative victory.” MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel finds out how one of the first openly gay Americans serving in elected office made Minnesota proud.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 14, 2020

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A Druggist in a Time of Influenza

A Druggist in a Time of Influenza

James Douglas Falconer might have chosen to become a vet like his dad Thomas. Instead, the young man from Alexandria, Minnesota, trained as a druggist. September 1918, Falconer started his new job at Rexall Drug Store in Marshall—in the very month Spanish flu appeared in Minnesota. Suddenly, the 29-year-old found himself on the frontlines of an epidemic that had no cure. Yet that didn’t stop customers from lining up. Britt Aamodt has the story.

MN90: Minnesota History in 90 Seconds

enMay 13, 2020

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