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The Twin City Scenic Company and the Historic Auditorium in St. Croix Falls
As I eagerly await the restoration and re-opening of our historic municipal Auditorium in St. Croix Falls, I am collecting stories and building a timeline of the Auditorium’s many uses over the years. Ironically, the Auditorium’s shortest-lived era was its intended...
Clinton’s Retreat at Lutefisk Point
In searching for Addie Clinton Few’s summer cottage, I couldn’t help but wonder- Is it Lutefish or Lutefisk Point? Looking back through maps and newspaper articles it is called both. Today the land along the Apple River, one mile north of Cameron Bridge in Lincoln...
A Letter From Battle Creek Sanitarium, January 8th 1909
The following letter was written by St. Croix Falls resident, Mary Lovila Baker, to her husband, Major J.S. Baker, during her stay at the state-of-the-art Battle Creek Sanitarium. Major Baker was sent to St. Croix Falls in 1874 to manage the land holdings of U.S....
Camp DuGhee in the St. Croix River Valley
Earlier this year, the Editor of the Ramsey County History publication recommended that I read the biography of Fredrick L. McGhee: A Life on the Color Line, 1861-1912 written by Historian Paul D. Nelson. The book, published in 2002 by the Minnesota Historical Society...
A St. Croix Falls Landmark: The Palmer-Schafer House
I’m not originally from St. Croix Falls. I grew up in River Falls, Wisconsin, another small town south of here. When I visualize what is unique about my hometown, I think about the historic buildings and homes there. My grandparents lived across the street from the...
The Silverbrook Mansion and the St. Croix Valley Country Club
https://youtu.be/3yUQXVS3azk On October 27th, The St. Croix Falls Historical Society and the St. Croix Falls Public Library hosted a presentation of research by Haley Prochnow on the Silverbrook Mansion and its time as the St. Croix Valley Country Club. The...
