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Regional history

Regional history

Is Iowa the Fairest?

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 11, 2011, 1:30 PM Aug 11, 2011

Iowa isn’t the hip State Fair that Minnesota is.

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Regional history

Lessons from the Apostle Islands

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 10, 2011, 2:46 PM Aug 10, 2011
2

What happens when you try to balance human and natural history?

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Regional history

The life and times of St. Anthony Falls

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2011, 10:31 AM Aug 3, 2011
6

For some reason, this is one of those days when a reminder that things that predate us and our institutions will likely continue after we’re an archeological dig, is oddly comforting.

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Regional history

End of the line for Lake Calhoun?

Bob CollinsBob Collins May 20, 2011, 10:39 AM May 20, 2011
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Should the name be changed?

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Regional history

Minnesota’s underwear

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 22, 2011, 10:33 AM Mar 22, 2011

A new book trailer from the Minnesota Historical Society Press has certainly opened our eyes to the fact underwear advertising was a lot more interesting in Minnesota’s relative youth.

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Arts & Culture · Five by 8 · Regional history

On Arthur Hoehn (5×8 – 3/14/11)

Bob CollinsBob Collins March 14, 2011, 7:09 AM Mar 14, 2011
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The first announcer, the unsung heroes of journalism, the tsunami video, Minnesota lawmakers want to roll back stateworker bennies, and the editing of the anti-NPR video.

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Regional history

Edgar Hetteen

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 14, 2011, 11:25 AM Feb 14, 2011
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The man who invented snowmobiles in Minnesota has died.

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Regional history

Johnny Cash and the Iron Range

Nate Minor December 9, 2010, 11:05 AM Dec 9, 2010

The Beatles in Bloomington. Buddy Holly in Duluth. Johnny Cash in Eveleth?

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Regional history · Weather

The winds of heck

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 9, 2010, 12:40 PM Nov 9, 2010
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A monk at St. John’s Abbey remembers one of the worst storms in Minnesota history, which occurred 70 years ago Thursday.

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Regional history

A look at the ‘alien enemy’ camps

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 20, 2010, 12:05 PM Sep 20, 2010
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A story about the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II brings a flurry of e-mails.

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Regional history

Meeting Miss Mitchell

Bob CollinsBob Collins July 15, 2010, 11:34 AM Jul 15, 2010
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A tour of Minnesota’s only flying B-25.

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Regional history

Carl Larson, 1914-2010

Bob CollinsBob Collins February 12, 2010, 5:06 PM Feb 12, 2010
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Both brothers, considered living history in northwest Minnesota, have died within the last three months.

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Regional history · War

The story Wally couldn’t tell

Bob CollinsBob Collins November 12, 2009, 4:30 PM Nov 12, 2009
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A World War II veteran finds out late in life, that he didn’t have to suffer with PTSD.

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Regional history

On Norman Borlaug

Bob CollinsBob Collins September 13, 2009, 7:41 AM Sep 13, 2009
2

There aren’t many people who can legitimately be considered the greatest human, but Borlaug is one of them.

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Crime and Justice · Regional history

Flying drunk

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 3, 2009, 10:23 AM Aug 3, 2009
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A former Northwest pilot revisits the time he and his crew flew their flight drunk.

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