Recent content from Curt Brown
St. Cloud professor's book paints nuanced look at enslaved woman freed in Minneapolis
Author Christopher Lehman has unearthed a surprising character long overlooked in Eliza Winston's story: President Andrew Jackson.
Paying overdue tribute to his grandmother, a Minnesota farmer recarves family history
Man honors hardworking women on family gravestone.
Civil War officer brought formerly enslaved family to Minnesota
Simon and Flora Boggs lived in Mantorville for 30 years.
Two Minnesota children in 1870 were lost in the woods, but not to history
A granite marker has replaced the lilac bushes in the farmyard where the children were buried.
Saving brewery ruins just the latest preservation project in historic Mantorville
Jane and John Olive help lead preservation efforts in the southeastern Minnesota community.
Bogus Ghost Dance scare spooked Roseau County settlers in 1891
Ojibwe leader Mickinock kept the settlers' livestock fed and watered after they fled in panic.
From New Ulm to Bataan: A fallen Medal of Honor recipient is remembered
U.S. Army Capt. Bill Bianchi is the only soldier from Brown County to receive the military's highest honor.
A century-old selfie rekindles a Howard Lake farmer's story
Emil Gabbert lives on, via Instagram.
Remembering Albert Lea's fallen cop, more than a century after run-in with an angry father
An Albert Lea police sergeant stumbled upon the story in the archives of the Minnesota History Center in late 2019.
Remembering the lucky life of WWII gunner, cribbage champ and tuba player Ed Zieba
The son of Polish immigrants worked at the Salem Lutheran Church Dining Hall at the Minnesota State Fair and was an Aqua Jester.