Roseau County 150

We would like to invite you to participate in an upcoming exhibit by nominating any events, people, places, and things you feel have made a difference in our county and perhaps beyond.

The exhibit will go on display by the beginning of 2008 in conjunction with the Minnesota Sesquicentennial.

To submit a nomination, e-mail the historical society at rchsroseau@mncable.net Enter the topic (event, people, place, or thing) and the name, give a short informative description of why you think it should be nominated. For an example see the the Minnesota Historical Society 150 site, where you may enter a nomination at the state level at http://www.mnhs.org/forms/MN150Pblc.htm

Ideas for Roseau County's Exhibits for Minnesota Sesquicentennial

 Agriculture

1. Dairy Days
   1. Local Dairy Days
   2. County Dairy Princess and NW Dairy Princesses
   3. Dairy Winners
2. General Agriculture
   1. Threshing changes
   2. Dairy
   3. Crops
3. King Agassiz leaders
   1. Sheldon Snooky Erickson
   2. Art Brandli

 Places

1. Hayes Lake State Park

2. Lake of the Woods

   1. Commercial Fishing

   2. Boars and ships

3. Roseau Lake Bottom Badger

4. Roseau  River Wild Life Refuge

5. Towns
   1. Badger
   2. Greenbush
   3. Malung
   4. Roosevelt
   5. Roseau
   6. Strathcona
   7. Wannaska
   8. Warroad

Events

1. Ice Fishing Contests
2. Immigration
3. Native American Pow Wows
4. Roseau Co. Centennial
5. Roseau County Fair
6. Shake at the Lake
7. Snomocade

 Industry

1. Byfuglien Trucking
2. Central Boiler and Central Fireplace
3. Christian Bros Hockey Sticks
4. Heatmor
5. Intercept
6. Marvin’s Windows and Doors
7. North Star Trucking
8. Polaris
9. QC Techniques
10. Techniques

 Miscellaneous

1. Assisted Living
2. Cable
3. Cell Phones
4. Computers & Printers
5. Day Care
6. Education (Interactive)
7. Fur Trade
8. Gambling
9. Internet
10. Price scanning at the grocery stores
11. Postal Delivery
12. Rollerblades
13. Rural Electricity
14. Rural Schools and School Consolidation
15. Telephone Service
16. Television
17. Transportation
    1. Airplane
    2. Automobile
    3. Trucks
    4. Railroads

 People

1. Alan Hetteen, Edgar Hetteen, and David Johnson - Polaris Industry Founders
2. Edward Erickson, Roseau Co. Commissioner, held office longest of any commissioner
3. George Marvin
4. Maxine Penas, MN State Rep from Badger, MN
5. Mike Holm, MN Sec. of State
6. Robert Bergland, US Sec. of Agriculture, Carter Adm.
7. Sieur de La Vérendrye, Explorer and Fur Trader

 Sports

1.      Broten Bros - Neal Broten, Aaron Broten and Paul Broten

2.      Cal Marvin

3.      Bob Harris, Golf

4.      Christian Bros - Bill Christian and Roger Christian

Christian Bros Hockey Sticks

5.      High School Hockey State Champion Teams

6.    Megan Taylor, Roseau Women’s HS Basketball – Most Points in Minnesota for Minnesota State League of High School Basketball

7.      1960 Olympic team players from Roseau Co. (Squaw Valley)

a.      Roger Christian

b.      Bill Christian

8.      1980 Olympic team players from Roseau Co. (Lake Placid)

a.      Neal Broten

b.      David Christian

9.   Ice Skating performances

 Weather

1. Roseau Flood
2. Warroad Tornado

Year-to-date Nominations:

I nominate Annette Hermansen for all her hard work and relentless support for the library and Friends of the Library.  I have not been around while the new library complex is being built but I can imagine her hand has been involved.  She had wonderful ideas and if I, as Library Director, felt I did not want to go a certain way, she would respect my wishes and move on to something else.  While I was in Roseau, the Friends of the Library won the award for Outstanding Friends of the Library and it was well deserved and Annette was instrumental in putting together the scrapbook and applying for the award.

 

Thank you for contacting me.

 

Ellen Bergerson

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I... would like Bob Bergland nominated for this exhibit for so many obvious reasons.  He has been an outstanding leader and contributor to all of us on a local, regional, national and global level.  Because of his extensive contributions, I don't think a Roseau County Exhibit would be complete or even accurate without this gentleman.     Thank you  ~ 

Gail Hallie

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I would like to nominate the founding fathers of Polaris Industries, Allan Hetteen, David Johnson and Edgar Hetteen.  Without their invention of the snowmobile, the city of Roseau and the surrounding area may have never flourished like it has the past over the past 50 years.  It has been an economic boon to the entire northwestern part of the state and has helped diversify our population with many new people moving in to our area from not only other states but other countries.  They did really put Roseau on the map with their creativity and determination!

 Pam Hetteen, Roseau