#minnesotahistory — Public Fediverse posts

🐴🦥🐘🐪 #FossilFriday — Horse incisor & molar from Brown County

Brown County keeps delivering Ice Age finds — horse molars, mammoth tusk, and pelvis fragments from local gravels. Three New Ulm horse molars are already headed for radiocarbon dating, with more finds coming.

Lost Bones #7 is out this week and updates on Lost Bones #4 (the horse project) were previously posted:

https://marcusbrandel.substack.com

#Pleistocene #Equus #Mammoth #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience #RadiocarbonDating

Today in History, 1931: Family deported from Canada to Fargo raises local, state and international issues – InForum

On this day in 1931, a family of eight became the center of a cross-border custody dispute involving…
#Canada #familydeportedcanada1931 #minnesotahistory #Mrs.I.G.Russellcanadiangovernment #northdakotahistory #todayinhistory
https://www.europesays.com/canada/166237/

Today in History, 1931: Family deported from Canada to Fargo raises local, state and international issues – InForum https://www.byteseu.com/2270818/ #Canada #FamilyDeportedCanada1931 #MinnesotaHistory #MrsIGRussellCanadianGovernment #NorthDakotaHistory #TodayInHistory

#FossilFriday The final tooth—12 of 12—is SMM P2024.5.1, a lower molar found at Mississippi Gateway Regional Park (Brooklyn Park, MN) in 2023.

Twelve 3D printed reproductions of the molars are also underway and are now receiving their final paint touches. Once complete, the original specimens will be carefully packed and shipped to UC Irvine’s W. M. Keck Carbon Cycle AMS Facility (KCCAMS) for radiocarbon dating.

#LostBones #Pleistocene #Equus #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

MinnPost: Rondo in Roblox pairs St. Paul time-travel with modern verve. “Residents, historians and storytellers have shared the story of Rondo, a historically Black neighborhood in St. Paul slashed by the midcentury construction of Interstate 94, in many ways. There have been documentaries, works of historical fiction, memorials and even a themed version of Monopoly. And now there’s what […]

🐴🐘🐪 This tooth survived the end of the Ice Age in a gravel pit. 🦷

Found 5 miles east of Montevideo, this lower horse molar may have belonged to one of the last Equus roaming Minnesota before their disappearance from North America. It’s tooth 10 in the 12 specimen project tracing Minnesota’s Ice Age horses.

Follow the whole 12 tooth journey in Lost Bones #4 thru the link in my bio.

#LostBones #FossilFriday #Pleistocene #Equus #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience #RadiocarbonDating

Racket MN: MN Ice Abduction Memorials, Mapped . “If you spent any time in a city or town impacted by Operation Metro Surge this past winter, then you probably came across a few ICE abduction alerts…. These memorials weren’t created to last, but a group of public historians at the University of Minnesota have sought to document and preserve the tributes via a user-generated online archive.”

#lostbones #FossilFriday 🐂🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃Today’s fossil comes from along the Minnesota river near Granite Falls, Minnesota: a possible Cretaceous age Inoceramus (or Platyceramus)—the giant clam. Housed at the Yellow Medicine County Historical Society & Museum.

If you’d like to explore more, check out these links:

The Museum: www.co.ym.mn.gov/county-museums

Cretaceous Minnesota: https://substack.com/home/post/p-194648239
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#MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience #YellowMedicineCounty #CitizenScience #NotAI

🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🍃 This striking left bison femur was discovered in Glenwood, Minnesota, during maintenance of the now-defunct ski hill in Barsness Park. The specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 1999.

https://popecountymuseum.com

#GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene specimens and their stories of discovery and preservation.

Pipestone County Star: Museum launches online newspaper archive. “The Pipestone County Museum launched a digital newspaper archive in February that can be accessed through the museum’s website… at no cost to users. For now, the archive has all copies of all newspapers published in Pipestone County from 1879 to 1916. That includes 50,831 pages from 11 different newspapers.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/13/pipestone-county-star-museum-launches-online-newspaper-archive/

Lost Bones #4 (A Dip with the Sea Creatures)
#LostBones #Pleistocene #Mammoth #Equuscaballus #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-4-a-dip-with-the-sea-creatures

🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃This crusty chunk of bison skull and horn core was discovered within the city limits of Glenwood, Minnesota, along a creek running through Barness Park.

It was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020 and is now displayed alongside several other bison skulls from the area.

https://popecountymuseum.com
✨ https://linktr.ee/lostbones

#GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Mammoth #ColumbianMammoth #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

🐴 #Minnesota #FossilFriday 🐂🐘🦥🐪🐟🍃 A beautiful horse upper molar recently discovered by a friend near New Ulm, MN. Based on its preservation, it may date back to the Pleistocene. This find has been donated to the Science Museum of Minnesota for further study.

#NewUlm #Pleistocene #LostBones #Equus #Horse #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

✨ For the incredible story of Columbian mammoth specimens found near New Ulm, check out Lost Bones #3 here: https://linktr.ee/lostbones.

🐂 #LostBones #FossilFriday 🐘🦥🐴🐪🐟🍃Check out this beautiful crusty chunk of bison horncore and skullcap discovered near Barsness Park, Glenwood, Minnesota. This specimen was donated to the Pope County Historical Society in 2020.

https://popecountymuseum.com

@popecountymuseum @PCMuseum #GlenwoodMN #Pleistocene #Bison #Bisonbison #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

See the link in my profile for more Pleistocene museum specimens and their sorties of discovery and preservation.

Lost Bones #3 (Can't Spot the Bison Teeth for the Gravel)

https://open.substack.com/pub/marcusbrandel/p/lost-bones-3-cant-spot-the-bison

#LostBones #FossilFroday #Pleistocene #Mammoth #Mammuthuscolumbi #MinnesotaHistory #Paleontology #CitizenScience

🐘 #lostbones #FossilFriday🦥
Mastodon specimens are fairly rare in Minnesota. Two of the state’s specimens, a molar found near Alexandria and a partial pelvis found near Kensington, are currently housed at the Runestone Museum in Alexandria. The museum also holds the controversial Kensington Runestone, an artifact proposed to provide evidence of pre-Columbian trans-Atlantic contact in MN.

https://runestonemuseum.org

#Mastodon #MinnesotaHistory #Pleistocene #Paleontology #LostBones #CitizenScience

Check out my review of @cyncollins Complicated Fun: The Birth of Minneapolis Punk and Indie Rock, 1974-1984
#musichistory #minnesotahistory

https://strangersights.com/complicated-fun-the-birth-of-minneapolis-punk-and-indie-rock-1974-1984-by-cyn-collins/

This is a detail from a larger panoramic photograph of #RushCity, #Minnesota taken by E. E. Ometh in 1909 and shows the #NorthernPacificRailway station and water tower.

The picture is from the collection of the #LibraryOfCongress Prints and Photographs Division, digital id: ds 02516 //hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ds.02516

#trains #NorthernPacific #MinnesotaHistory

Nice profile on radical leftist #MN Governor Elmer Benson: .“‘Floyd Olson used to say all those things,” one capitalist complained, “but this son of a bitch Benson really believes them.’” https://jacobin.com/2023/09/elmer-benson-governor-minnesota-farmer-labor-party-executive-action-strikes-national-guard #Minnesota #MNHistory #MinnesotaHistory #LaborHistory #History

This is a detail from a larger panoramic (20"x119") photograph, "Battery of Switch Engines, Rice's Point Yard, #NorthernPacificRailway taken in 1914 in #Duluth, Minnesota by #PeterSchawang.

The picture is from the collection of the #UniversityOfMinnesota - Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library.

#trains #NorthernPacific #SteamLocomotive #MinnesotaHistory

Not only did Gov. Olson fight the Klan, corrupt businesses and monied special interests, he was also kind of a smoke show. #MNHistory #MinnesotaHistory #MNleg

When legislators tied up Depression relief bills in the legislature in April 1933, #MN Governor Floyd B. Olson warned: "I shall declare martial law. A lot of people who are now fighting the measures because they happen to possess considerable wealth will be brought in by the provost guard. They will be obliged to give up more than they are giving up now." Picture by me, quote from https://spartacus-educational.com/USAolsonFB.htm #Minnesota #MNHistory #mnleg #MinnesotaHistory #USHistory #History

Thanks #JoshBiber from #MinnesotaHistory for talking with us about the lost towns which used to exist in Hennepin County! #Spotlight Interview! https://soundcloud.com/user-587903571/josh-biber-a-complete-guide-to-the-ghost-towns-of-hennepin-county

On today's (2/8) show - Plow me! Aldi closes and haters come to hate. Iowa Politics' Jeff Stein on the #SOTU. Brett's SB pick and food options! Will bad traffic close the Renaissance Fest? #MinnesotaHistory's #JoshBiber on lost Hennepin County towns. https://soundcloud.com/user-587903571/the-matt-mcneil-show-february-8-2023