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 .