Meeker County Museum at the G.A.R. Hall

For several months after the US-Dakota War of 1862, fear of continued hostilities between the Dakota and settlers remained. As a result, several forts and a military presence could be found across parts of Minnesota. This included Meeker County, specifically at the Pipe Lake Fort in Cedar Mills Township. Among the horseshoes, belt buckles, nails, and even pieces of a stove is a small copper shield engraved with the name of HJ Lasher.

If you were to look at a map of Danielson Township, you would find the sole community of Rosendale. About a mile and a half west of Rosendale was School District # 50, often called the Rosendale School.

Upstairs in the museum are what at first glance might appear to be regular chairs. One is a child’s highchair and the other a simple,...

In the early afternoon of July 25, 1909, a memorable sight appeared in Grove City as between 200 and 300 members of the 3 rd Battalion,...