Archive - 2006
Holiday Hours and Repair
Submitted by hayes on Fri, 12/22/2006 - 04:59.The Northfield Historical Society will be closed on December 24 and 25. We will open on December 26 at 10:00 a.m. We will also be closed on December 31 and January 1. We will open on January 2 at 10:00 a.m.
NEW Birds Eye View!!!
Submitted by hayes on Thu, 12/07/2006 - 05:16.The first Bird's Eye View of Northfield since 1888 will be available for people to order at the Northfield Historical Society, tomorrow during Winter Walk. We are the only place in town that will be selling the prints!
Winter Walk and Holiday Specials
Submitted by hayes on Tue, 12/05/2006 - 00:46.
December 7th, 2006, the place to be for Winter Walk is the Northfield Historical Society. The Defeat of Jesse James Days Committee will take your picture with the James-Younger gang and the best part is, its FREE!! The pictures will be taken from 6-9 p.m. Also on hand will be John J. Koblas, local author and Jesse James expert, he will be signing copies of his books. Victoria Kasten the genius behind the Mighty Stallion books for children will be on hand to sign copies of her books as well. We will also have on hand Derk Hansen, who is the famed wildlife and western artist, that created the series of prints on the attempted raid by the James-Younger gang. Derk will be unveiling a new print and signing copies of his prints as well! In addition, we will be giving free tours of the museum from 4-6 p.m.!
While you are at the museum be sure to check out our special holiday offers as well as our NEW merchandise.
A Winter picture from the past
Submitted by hayes on Sat, 11/11/2006 - 02:28.
(Click the picture for a larger image)
A little Election Day History
Submitted by hayes on Tue, 11/07/2006 - 22:18.
Since it is Elections Day, I would like to give you some Election Day history.
Election Day is the Tuesday on or after November 2nd.
November was selected because the harvest work was done.
Tuesday was selected because many people had to travel the day before to reach the polling place. Since most people did not travel on Sunday for religious reasons, they did not want it to be on a Monday.
They did not want Election Day to fall on November 1st because it is All Saints Day.
They did not want Election Day to fall on the first of the month because many shop keepers did their books for the preceding month on the first.
So there are some quick facts about Election Day. Now I want to tell you a story and how I am connected to a Presidential election.