Stay connected with the St. Louis County Historical Society! We publish a newsletter each month in addition to our quarterly publication Rootprints . Click here  to read our January 2026 issue. If you want to be added to our email distribution list, please click to subscribe  or email us at history@thehistorypeople.org . (Image: Chester Park Skiing, Duluth, Minnesota, 1929. Photographer Rodney F. Paine, courtesy UMD Katherine A. Martin Library, originally collected by SLCHS)

A fairly universal attribute, and sometimes a necessity of Veterans life, is sports. Typically, sports are considered a leisurely activity for civilians, but it is also an enjoyable activity that can help break up the military regiment for Veterans. It is also encouraged by service leadership as it helps in the conditioning of a soldier and/or sailors especially when they are not actively engaged in their military duties. In our area of the country, with its wintery weather s

Antique Appraisal 2026 Next Event: January 21, 2026, from noon to 3PM Register in person before 2:30PM. FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVENT DETAILS: Bring your antique/collectible item for a free appraisal to the St. Louis County Depot at 506 West Michigan Street, Duluth, Minnesota . The St. Louis County Historical Society has arranged for Denny Mager of Northern Specialty, an expert in antique appraisal, to be at your service beginning at noon in the Union Lounge (outside of t

St. Louis County Historical Society began its first e-newsletter last spring! Click here to read our December 2025 issue. If you want to be added to our email distribution list, please send us a message to subscribe or email us at history@thehistorypeople.org .

Ely Young of Hermantown Awarded 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship by the St. Louis County Historical Society  The St. Louis County Historical Society is pleased to announce the winner of its 2025 Mike Colalillo Medal of Honor Scholarship. Mr. Young wrote his winning essay about his great aunt, Shirley Hedin (nee, Armstrong), who landed on the cover of LIFE Magazine in 1943 as part of the Women’s Land Army.   Ely Young, a 2023 Hermantown High School graduate , is

Tuesday, December 9, 2025, 5:30PM Free and open to the public St. Louis County Depot Lake Superior Railroad Museum 506 West Michigan Street Duluth, MN 55802 Veterans Memorial Hall, a program of the St. Louis County Historical Society, and the Lake Superior Railroad Museum announce their next event in the local history presentation series, History in a Pint . The presentation “Hold the Line” , will feature storyteller/author Darrell Pedersen , the 2024 winner of the Northeast

Click the link below to view our Winter 2025  issue of Rootprints , the Society's newsletter. Printed copies will be mailed to our members . Monthly E-newsletter If you are interested in receiving the Society's monthly e-newsletter, please sign-up to be on our email distribution list .

Join the St. Louis County Historical Society  and Veterans Memorial Hall  for our signature dinner event, the 20th Annual Remembrance Dinner . This year, as we celebrate 250 years of our armed forces, we are honored to feature a keynote address from longtime Northern News Now Meteorologist and Reporter, Dave Anderson . Event Details Date: Thursday, December 4, 2025 Time: 5:00 PM Social Hour, 6:00 PM Dinner, 7:00 PM Program Location: The Great Hall of the St. Louis County D

St. Louis County Historical Society is Participating in the 17th Annual Give to the Max Fundraiser November 1-20, 2025. Protecting Our Legacy: Why History Needs You Now   The St. Louis County Historical Society holds over 13,000 unique artifacts, including military service medals, vital pieces of our mining legacy, and irreplaceable Ojibwe cultural items. They are tangible proof of your ancestors' stories and the physical evidence of our regional history.  But collecting hist

11AM-3PM on Saturday, November 22, 2025 Free and Open to the Public St. Louis County Depot 506 West Michigan Street Duluth, Minnesota 55802 The St. Louis County Historical Society (SLCHS), under the guidance of the SLCHS American Indian Advisory Committee, is proud to announce its annual Native American Heritage Day from 11AM to 3PM on Saturday, November 22, 2025 , at the St. Louis County Depot (506 W Michigan St, Duluth, MN 55802). The event is free and open to the public.