Archive for the 'History' Category

Einer Mickelson, Flying Tiger

February 25, 2008

We invite you to read Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941-1942 by Daniel Ford. The Fergus Falls Municipal Airport is named for Fergus native and Flying Tiger member, Einar “Micky” Mickelson. Formally called the American Volunteer Group, members of the Flying Tigers were World War II aviators who flew missions protecting traffic [...]

Sherm wonders…

February 20, 2008

Please contact him with any information that would be helpful: Hello, I am looking for ancient viking artifacts in otter tail county?
How and where do we create a blog for this here?
I am doing Ancient Viking research and looking for mooring stones and stories of sightings of ship remains by early settlers.
thanks
sherm
http://www.hilgren.com/
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/AncientVikingsAmerica/

Jacob O. Lundh, photographer and hardanger fiddle maker

July 3, 2007

Jacob O. Lundh had a photography studio in Henning between 1892 and 1895; between 1895 and 1900 he was in Battle Lake. Clair Haugen is interested in him and would like to contact anyone who knows anything about him or has studio photographs with “J.O. Lundh” printed on them. Contact him by posting to [...]

Fergus Falls Tornado 1919

May 7, 2007

After what happened in Kansas this weekend we can’t help but remember the tornado that destroyed two-thirds of Fergus Falls on June 22, 1919. We have published a book “The Great Fergus Falls, Minnesota Cyclone of June 22, 1919″ by Lance E. Johnson about the tornado. It is available in our gift shop or via [...]

Making History Fun!

April 18, 2007

We have been using this tag line for some time and we would like comments/suggestions/like to know what you think. Check out our website www.otchs.org and see if you think we are Making History Fun! and suggest more ways we can do just that. Does this tag line mean that most people don’t think history [...]