On September 15, 1902, Litchfield’s Commercial Club voted to form the Litchfield Glove Factory with the hope of expanding the town’s manufacturing industries. The money for the venture came from local citizens. As the idea got started, there were seventy-five shares available at $100 each, for a total of $7,500. This would soon be expanded to $15,000. It was estimated the factory would employ thirty to forty people and bring in $50,000 a year. Workers at the Litchfield Glove Factory,...

Harvey Township could be considered the most “rural” of all of Meeker County townships, with no towns, villages, or community hubs within its borders. Even churches were scarce in the township. Schools, on the other hand, were a different matter. By 1884, there were over 70 schools across Meeker County, with five in Harvey Township and two more to form shortly after. Students, teacher, and parents at School District 29, c. 1951 Among these Harvey Township schools was District 29, located in...

One of the more interesting aspects of history is that there is always more to learn. When the Museum started to look into the history of the Litchfield Fire Department, we thought it might be a straightforward story, but like often happens with history research, the more we learned, the more questions we found. Litchfield Fire Hall, c. 1905 In September 1870, the Litchfield Hook and Ladder Company was formed. Historically, a hook and ladder company had few resources to extinguish fires....