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

A look at two spinning wheels at the Meeker County Museum and the stories they tell.

Litchfield’s “Big Hunt” was a popular fall event that was held at least a dozen times from 1871 through 1891.

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.