AM 1240 WJON » Stearns History Museum http://wjon.com Sun, 26 May 2013 00:41:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 World War II Era Exhibit Opens Saturday at Stearns History Museum http://wjon.com/176533/ http://wjon.com/176533/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 05:20:18 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=176533 An exhibit that explores the accomplishments, sacrifices, and the challenges of the Greatest Generation opens tomorrow (Saturday) at the Stearn History Museum. It's titled "Minnesota Homefront, World War II" and is a traveling exhibit on loan from the Minnesota History Center.

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]]> http://wjon.com/176533/feed/ 0 Minnesota History Center Miniature Retrospective of Central Minnesota Life Comes to Stearns History Museum [VIDEO] http://wjon.com/miniature-retrospective-of-central-minnesota-life-comes-to-stearns-history-museum-video/ http://wjon.com/miniature-retrospective-of-central-minnesota-life-comes-to-stearns-history-museum-video/#comments Sun, 16 Dec 2012 06:20:39 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=155793 It really is a small world after all - at least at the Stearns History Museum. "Memories in Miniature" is a new exhibit containing hand-made replicas of St. Cloud area life.

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]]> http://wjon.com/miniature-retrospective-of-central-minnesota-life-comes-to-stearns-history-museum-video/feed/ 0 Stearns History Museum Offering Access to Ancestry.com http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-offering-access-to-ancestry-com/ http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-offering-access-to-ancestry-com/#comments Fri, 30 Nov 2012 06:19:05 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=150923 You'll now have access to even more family history records at the Stearns History Museum. Starting tomorrow (Saturday), they'll be offering Ancestry.com to its members and visitors.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-offering-access-to-ancestry-com/feed/ 0 ancestry.com Stearns History Museum To Host Halloween Historia http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-to-host-halloween-historia/ http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-to-host-halloween-historia/#comments Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:00:27 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=143621 The Stearns History Museum is hosting Halloween Historia from Noon until 4:00 p.m.today (Saturday).

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-to-host-halloween-historia/feed/ 0 Stearns History Museum Begins Search for New Director http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-begins-search-for-new-director/ http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-begins-search-for-new-director/#comments Thu, 04 Oct 2012 17:15:38 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=137443 The Stearns History Museum and Research Center is in need of a new Executive Director. Former Director Charlene Akers stepped down last month, after three years on the job.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-begins-search-for-new-director/feed/ 0 http://stearns-museum.org/ Stearns History Museum Celebrates Museum Day Live! http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-celebrates-museum-day-live/ http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-celebrates-museum-day-live/#comments Sat, 29 Sep 2012 05:01:52 +0000 Ashli Gerdes http://wjon.com/?p=136128 ST. CLOUD - The Stearns History Museum is participating in the eighth annual Museum Day Live (today) Saturday.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-celebrates-museum-day-live/feed/ 0 http://stearns-museum.org/ Stearns History Museum Hosting Science Group http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-hosting-science-group/ http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-hosting-science-group/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 05:02:27 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=103951 If you're looking for something to do indoors with the kids this weekend, the Stearns History Museum has a free event.

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]]> http://wjon.com/stearns-history-museum-hosting-science-group/feed/ 0 Letter Referring to Titanic Surfaces in St. Cloud [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/letter-referring-to-titanic-surfaces-in-st-cloud-audio/ http://wjon.com/letter-referring-to-titanic-surfaces-in-st-cloud-audio/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:25:24 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=91470 This Sunday the world will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. At the time of the tragedy, St. Cloud's first family had more than just a passing interest.

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]]> http://wjon.com/letter-referring-to-titanic-surfaces-in-st-cloud-audio/feed/ 0 Looking Back at the Past, 1940 Census Date Released [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/looking-back-at-the-past-1940-census-date-released-audio/ http://wjon.com/looking-back-at-the-past-1940-census-date-released-audio/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2012 17:38:40 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=88669 This is an exciting day for genealogists and history buffs. The federal government is releasing the data from the 1940 census. John Decker is an archivist at the Stearns History Museum. He says it's especially interesting for the people who were alive in 1940 for them to see the information about themselves.

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]]> http://wjon.com/looking-back-at-the-past-1940-census-date-released-audio/feed/ 0 Photo from my grandma Hazel's Cafe in Danube, Minnesota (Jim Maurice) New Stearns History Museum Exhibit Honors A Century of Girl Scouts [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/new-stearns-history-museum-exhibit-honors-a-century-of-girl-scouts-audio/ http://wjon.com/new-stearns-history-museum-exhibit-honors-a-century-of-girl-scouts-audio/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 21:22:48 +0000 Abby Faulkner http://wjon.com/?p=82518 It's been a century since the Girl Scouts of America were founded, and the Stearns History Museum is recognizing this milestone with a new exhibit.

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]]> http://wjon.com/new-stearns-history-museum-exhibit-honors-a-century-of-girl-scouts-audio/feed/ 0 Abby Faulkner Historic Figures Come Alive at Stearns Museum [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/historic-figures-come-alive-at-stearns-museum-audio/ http://wjon.com/historic-figures-come-alive-at-stearns-museum-audio/#comments Thu, 01 Mar 2012 20:57:58 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=79980 Sam Pandolfo, Alice Wheelock Whitney, and other prominent St. Cloud residents gathered at the Stearns History Museum today (Thursday). Actually, it was just current residents playing those iconic characters in our city's past.

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]]> http://wjon.com/historic-figures-come-alive-at-stearns-museum-audio/feed/ 0 Looking Back: St. Cloud's Gig Young Won an Oscar in 1970 http://wjon.com/looking-back-st-clouds-gig-young-won-an-oscar-in-1970/ http://wjon.com/looking-back-st-clouds-gig-young-won-an-oscar-in-1970/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:52:13 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=78137 The Academy Awards for this year's top movies will be handed-out tomorrow (Sunday), but did you know a St. Cloud native has won Hollywood's top prize in the past?

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]]> http://wjon.com/looking-back-st-clouds-gig-young-won-an-oscar-in-1970/feed/ 0 1969 photo of Gig Young from the film 'The Shoot Horses Don't They' courtesy of the Stearns Hisory Museum 'Disasters' Exhibit Opens Saturday at Stearns Museum http://wjon.com/disasters-exhibit-opens-saturday-at-stearns-museum/ http://wjon.com/disasters-exhibit-opens-saturday-at-stearns-museum/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:19:42 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=69777 Last summer we experienced some powerful storms here in Central Minnesota, but they were nothing compared to some of the disasters of the past.

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]]> http://wjon.com/disasters-exhibit-opens-saturday-at-stearns-museum/feed/ 0 St. Cloud railroad after the 1886 cyclone, courtesy of the Stearns History Museum St. Cloud's First Female Officer Hired – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/st-clouds-first-female-officer-hired-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/st-clouds-first-female-officer-hired-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:14:24 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=58979 St. Cloud’s first female police officer, Ruby Danielson, began her work on this date, December 15th, in 1945.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-clouds-first-female-officer-hired-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Steven Wright Sinclair Lewis Wins Nobel Prize – on 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Sat, 10 Dec 2011 13:30:37 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=55782 On this date, December 10th, in 1930, Sauk Centre native Sinclair Lewis became the first American to be awarded a Nobel Prize for Literature.

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]]> http://wjon.com/sinclair-lewis-wins-nobel-prize-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Sinclair Lewis (Stearns History Museum) Elizabeth Cady Stanton Visits St. Cloud – on 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/elizabeth-cady-stanton-visits-st-cloud-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/elizabeth-cady-stanton-visits-st-cloud-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:54:20 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=55768 On this date, December 5th, in 1872, prominent abolitionist and women’s rights activist Elizabeth Cady Stanton visited St. Cloud to deliver a lecture titled “The Coming Girl.

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]]> http://wjon.com/elizabeth-cady-stanton-visits-st-cloud-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Photo from Library of Congress Char-Gale Plant Opened – On 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/char-gale-plant-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/char-gale-plant-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 12:45:23 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=54621 During the war, Char-Gale helped contract items for the war effort, and just one week before Pearl Harbor and eight short days before the United States entered the war, Char-Gale opened a plant in St. Cloud.

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]]> http://wjon.com/char-gale-plant-opened-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 Stearns History Museum Eugene McCarthy Runs for President – on 'This Date in Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/eugene-mccarthy-runs-for-president-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/eugene-mccarthy-runs-for-president-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:38:30 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=54613 On November 30th, 1967 Eugene McCarthy declared he was running for president; he ran on a platform that consisted of an anti-Vietnam war platform. This was directly opposite current President Lyndon B. Johnson’s platform.

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]]> http://wjon.com/eugene-mccarthy-runs-for-president-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 4th of July at Watkins, MN - in front of Salzl Blacksmith Bldg, 1965 Eugene McCarthy shaking hands with Bev Bates of St. Boniface High School Marching Band (Cold Spring, MN). Others in photo include: Bab Harris (Cold Spring - Band Director); Marcie Schroeder-Dold (Richmond); Fred Backer (Watkins); Police Chief - George Loch (Watkins) Stearns History Museum Armistice Day Blizzard – on 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/armistice-day-blizzard-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/armistice-day-blizzard-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 12:48:28 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=50182 Blizzard is a word that brings fear, excitement, danger and awe to those who have experienced one. Today marks the anniversary of the Armistice Day Blizzard. This storm has been called the worst storm that this state has ever seen

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]]> http://wjon.com/armistice-day-blizzard-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/feed/ 0 The Soo Line between Albany and Holdingford (Stearns History Museum) Gagliardi Becomes Winningest Coach – On 'This Date In Central Minnesota History' http://wjon.com/gagliardi-becomes-winningest-coach-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/ http://wjon.com/gagliardi-becomes-winningest-coach-on-this-date-in-central-minnesota-history/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:41:43 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=49244 John Gagliardi began coaching collegiate football at Carroll College in Montana. In 1953, after 4 seasons at Carroll, he became the head coach at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, where he has remained ever since. Gagliardi, who turned 85 on November 1st, has had a very success head-coaching career covering more than six decades.

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