rice county historical society

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, shows off the 1924 LaFrance fire truck, purchased by the city of Faribault after St. Mary’s Hall burned in 1924 after being struck by lightning.     New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio.com each ...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, gives a tour of the one-room schoolhouse on the Historical Society grounds. The school retains some of its original features, including the stove, kerosene lamp and blackboard.     New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio.com each ...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, gives an overview of the various historical activities children can experience during the Rice County Fair, including mowing the lawn, washing clothes and shucking and grinding corn...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, gives a tour of the log cabin, and its contents, on the Historical Society grounds. The cabin was built by Sever Vold in 1856 and housed as many as six people at one time in its two rooms...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, introduces Alexander Faribault, for whom the city of Faribault is named, and tells of his early life and selection of the location for Faribault. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

Sue Garwood, director of the Rice County Historical Society, explains how the Chicago Rock Island Railroad straightened the Straight River through Faribault rather than build bridges over it. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

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 KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

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 KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...

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...

Sue Garwood, Rice County Historical Society director, introduces us to Ara Barton, the Rice County Sheriff who took custody of members of the James-Younger Gang after their raid on Northfield, Minn., in 1876. New episodes featuring Rice and Steele county history are posted to the KRFO-AM YouTube channel and krforadio...