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HISTORIC KNIFE RIVER

2025 Newsletter

WINTER RAILROADING
By Todd Lindahl – KRHCC Historian & Archeologist

2024 Newsletter

GB LEIGHTON VISITS JULEBYEN 2024
SINGS WITH CAROLERS AT DEPOT

VIKING SHIP MOVED TO SITE OF NEW HOME

HISTORY OF THE LARSMONT COMMUNITY

FIRST STEP TAKEN IN BUILDING VIKING SHIP SHELTER

THE GHOST MINES OF KNIFE RIVER

CELEBRATE! KRHCC COMPLETES ITS RESTORATION GOALS

CRUSADER II GETS AN ENGINE – AND IT’S NO STRANGER TO KR

KNIFE RIVER AND INLAND SPORT FISHING

KNIFE RIVER ROADS AND TRAILS

WILL KNIFE RIVER BE ABLE TO KEEP ITS COMMERCIAL FISHING HERITAGE?

2023 Newsletter

JULEBYEN’S 10TH ANNIVERSARY – HOW WE GOT HERE.

“TREES, TRAINS, TRADITIONS” &
SURPRISE!

FUTURE OF KNIFE RIVER MARINA IS ANYONE’S GUESS

THE MYSTERY OF THE HIDDEN SPITTOON.

HUGH RICHARDSON AND HIS “TIN LIZZIE.”

“THEY PLAYED A PART’
By Roberta Sve

THE REAL RESCUERS OF CRUSADER II

FIVE NEW EXHIBITS PRESENT KR’S COMMERIAL FISHING HISTORY –

THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF SMELTING

MARCH BREAK-OUT!

WELCOME TO MOOKOMAANI-ZIIBI, MN 55609

HILL FAMILY MEMBERS DROP IN ON THE KRHCC; FILL IN BLANKS ON CRUSADER II HISTORY – AND MUCH MORE.

2022 Newsletter

1,416 TRAIN RIDERS, 2,832 RIDER CONTACTS – WOW!

KR DEPOT READY TO GREET 2,000 JULEBYEN RIDERS

SLAB POURED FOR COMMERCIAL FISHING EXHIBIT.

“DON’T MESS WITH KR.”

A BIG MONTH FOR THE KRHCC AND KR.

VIKING SHIP MOVE TO KNIFE RIVER IS HISTORIC EVENT

THE GREAT FLOOD OF JUNE 2012

WOODWORKER HONORS GRANDPARENTS WITH LOVING HANDS.

KNIFE RIVER’S “RAILROAD HERITAGE WALL”

WORK BEGINS ON FISHING EXHIBIT THIS SPRING

NOW IT’S CRUSADER’S TURN!

EDNA G. CREW MAKES ICY RESCUE OF KR FISHERMAN

2021 Newsletter

VIKING SHIP A BIG HIT AT JULEBYEN; WILL BE IN KR FOR AWHILE

KRHCC’S “TREES. TRAINS. TRADITIONS.” A BIG SUCCESS

KRHCC IN RACE AGAINST OLD MAN WINTER!

“EXPLAIN THE LEASE THE KRHCC HAS WITH THE RAILROAD AUTHORITY – AND WHAT ARE THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF THE KRHCC?”

HAVE YOU ORDERED YOUR “BEST SWEET CORN EVER?”

MEMORIAL TO LAKE COUNTY VETERANS SET IN PLACE AT THE KRHCC

MEMORIAL DAY 2021 FLAGPOLE DEDICATION – A MEMORABLE DAY FOR KNIFE RIVER

TODD LINDAHL SCORES ANOTHER BIG PRIZE FOR DEPOT

KR CAN BOAST OF HOSTING LAKE SUPERIOR’S FIRST AMERICAN SHIPWRECK

LIGHTHOUSE CONSIDERED FOR KNIFE ISLAND

KRHCC ON SHORT LIST AS FUTURE SITE OF VIKING SHIP “LEIF ERICKSON”

JANUARY SINKING OF FISH TUG LEADS TO INCREDIBLE TALE OF SURVIVAL

2020 Newsletter

DECEMBER 8, 1941, KR GOES TO WAR

VETERAN’S DAY 2020 IN KR WILL BE REMEMBERED AS HISTORIC, MEMORABLE AND FOR MANY, DEEPLY MOVING

KRHCC IN RACE AGAINST OLD MAN WINTER!

“EXPLAIN THE LEASE THE KRHCC HAS WITH THE RAILROAD AUTHORITY – AND WHAT ARE THEIR EXPECTATIONS OF THE KRHCC?”

A FLAGPOLE FOR KR’S HISTORICAL FOCAL POINT

“PICNIC TRAIN” RIDERS GIVE CANDY KITCHEN A “MUST VISIT” PRIORITY

SINKING OF THE MORRELL BROUGHT TRAGEDY TO KR FAMILY, GRIEF TO KNIFE RIVER

KRHCC AWARDED TWO MORE GRANTS

KRHCC RECEIVES CL&P “ROUND-UP” GRANT

SOMETIMES LIFE GETS IN THE WAY OF OUR PLANS.”

PLAN FOR BEST USE OF DEPOT SITE TAKING SHAPE – COMMENTS WELCOMED

KRHCC HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING – SETS 2020 WORK PLAN

2019 Newsletter

DEPOT DEPUT DELIGHTS JULEBYEN FESTIVAL-GOERS!

DEPOT “COMMISSIONING” A MILESTONE AND CELEBRATION

Countdown to Julebyen 2019

DEPOT DEPUT DELIGHTS JULEBYEN FESTIVAL-GOERS!

DEPOT REBUILD STRIVES FOR HISTORICAL ACCURACY

FOR FIRST TIME IN 120 YRS., DEPOT IS SQUARE AND LEVEL

KRHCC WELCOMES MONA LINDEN TO ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ALSO AS CFO

KRHCC Off To Fast Start!