Diverse Radio for Minnesota’s Communities
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
17 Unique Stations from Border to Border
1933 – Charles Albert “Charley” Bender was a clerk at a downtown Philadelphia sporting goods store. But twenty years ago, the 49-year-old, originally from the White Earth Reservation, was one of the greatest hurlers to ever pitch ball for the Philadelphia Athletics. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
1925 – Back when Vera Gammon was a student at Faribault’s school for the blind, the St. Paul girl, who’d lost sight and hearing age four, had been touted as Minnesota’s Helen Keller for her skill at speaking and writing. Now she was meeting the legend herself—Helen Keller—at the St. Paul Hotel. Here’s Britt Aamodt.
Polk County Historical Society Board Member Steve Hannah is a former Fisher, MN farmer and faculty member at University of Minnesota Crookston. Steve offers more information about the importance of the railroad in Polk County’s development in this episode of Hometown History.
Polk County Historical Society Board Member Steve Hannah is a former Fisher, MN farmer and faculty member at University of Minnesota Crookston. Steve covers the evolution of technology in rural Minnesota, from electric lights to the telephone, in this episode of Hometown History.
Polk County Historical Society Board Member Steve Hannah is a former Fisher, MN farmer and faculty member at University of Minnesota Crookston. Steve covers the essential role of the railroad in the development of northwest Minnesota in this episode of Hometown History.
