Tag: Renville county
Editor’s Note: In honor of #ChocolateMousseday I wanted to share my favorite recipe for making a quick mousse (no separating eggs involved). The recipe was found in a Taste of Home magazine years ago. Reminder when cataloging your… Read More
Editor’s Note: While organizing in the Research Library I located this newspaper clipping. See below for the letter submitted by Mr. Gilbert in 1974. The letter shows how much pride we can have in our hometowns and counties…. Read More
Editor’s Note: Deleuda est Olivia translation: Olivia must be destroyed! The Renville County Union was published in Bird Island and would later on November 20, 1903, would be named the Bird Island Union. To the People of Renville… Read More
Baumgarten, Mona Lynn Burgstahler, Beth Michelle Burgstahler, Joel Denton Dobberstein, Jody Ann Ewert, Merrellen Jencine Fredrickson, Keri Jo Glaeser, Craig Warren Hillman, Lisa Ann Inselman, Kelly Jean Kadelbach, Teresa Ann Krumrey, Bradley Kenneth Kubesh, Kathleen Louise Moore, Amanda… Read More
Object of Soldier Organization is to Foster Americanism and Support Constitution. During the past few weeks, there has been some talk of organizing a post of the American Legion at Franklin but no action has so far been… Read More
The Renville County Historical Society needs your help to add to the Research Library’s Yearbook Collection. Yearbooks, platbooks, and phonebooks are key pieces of preserving the history of who lived in the area and when.
Category: Bird Island, Buffalo Lalke, Danube, Education, Fairfax, Franklin, Hector, High School Sports, History, Home Page, Minnesota, Morton, Olivia, Renville, Renville County Schools, Sacred Heart, Schools, Yearbook Tags: Education, Renville county, Schools, Yearbooks
Very, fortunately, we escaped the tornado of last Friday, although one of the hardest storms that we have ever had, accompanied by rain and hail struck this place on that day at about 3 o’clock P.M., lasting about… Read More
Category: Bird Island, Bird Island Township, Cairo Township, Cyclone, Minnesota, Renville County, Tornado, Weather, Wellington Township Tags: Bird Island, Bird Island Blizzard, Bird Island Township, Cairo Township, Cyclone, Renville county, Tornado, Weather, Wellington Township
Funeral at Olivia Today For C. A. Heins Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock this Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church in Olivia for Chas. A. Heins, 80, of St. Paul and a well known former resident… Read More
Category: Company H, Funeral, History, Military, Minnesota, Obituary, Renville County, Spanish-American War Tags: Company H, Funeral, Obituary, olivia, Olivia Canning Company, Olivia Times, Renville county, Spanish-American War
J. M. Peckinpaugh Dies at Midale Midale – There passed away at his home in Midale James Peckinpaugh, one of the oldest and best-loved residents of Midale. James Marion Peckinpaugh was born Nov. 24, 1857, at Leavenworth, Indiana…. Read More
Category: Company H, Funeral, History, Military, Minnesota, Obituary, Renville County Tags: Company H, Funeral, Militar, minnesota, Obituary, olivia, Renville county
Capt. Samuel R. Miller, Aged 90, Died Monday, Funeral Rites Today War Veteran and Pioneer Attorney Dead Olivia’s Oldest and an Esteemed Citizen Answers Last Bugle Call on January 12th S. R. Miller, Olivia’s oldest and an esteemed… Read More
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Cocoa Cappuccino Mousse Recipe
Last Updated: April 6, 2020 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: In honor of #ChocolateMousseday I wanted to share my favorite recipe for making a quick mousse (no separating eggs involved). The recipe was found in a Taste of Home magazine years ago. Reminder when cataloging your… Read More
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Category: Family History, Minnesota, Recipe, Renville County Tags: family history, minnesota, Recipe, Renville county, renville county historical society
The New Renville County Court House published in a Minnesota Newspaper circa July 1901
Posted: April 1, 2020 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: While organizing in the Research Library I located this newspaper clipping. See below for the letter submitted by Mr. Gilbert in 1974. The letter shows how much pride we can have in our hometowns and counties…. Read More
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Category: County Seat Battle, Courthouse - Olivia, Minnesota, Olivia, Renville County, Minnesota Tags: Courthouse - Olivia, olivia, Renville county
BIRD ISLAND MUST WIN! DELEUDA EST OLIVIA! published in the Renville County Union newspaper on October 5, 1900.
Posted: March 20, 2020 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Editor’s Note: Deleuda est Olivia translation: Olivia must be destroyed! The Renville County Union was published in Bird Island and would later on November 20, 1903, would be named the Bird Island Union. To the People of Renville… Read More
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Category: Bird Island, Bird Island Union, County Seat Battle, Minnesota, Olivia, Renville County Tags: Bird Island, County Seat Battle, olivia, Renville county
1986 Laker Graduates Buffalo Lake High School
Posted: March 10, 2020 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Baumgarten, Mona Lynn Burgstahler, Beth Michelle Burgstahler, Joel Denton Dobberstein, Jody Ann Ewert, Merrellen Jencine Fredrickson, Keri Jo Glaeser, Craig Warren Hillman, Lisa Ann Inselman, Kelly Jean Kadelbach, Teresa Ann Krumrey, Bradley Kenneth Kubesh, Kathleen Louise Moore, Amanda… Read More
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American Legion and Its Purposes published in the Franklin Tribune September 18, 1919
Last Updated: January 3, 2020 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Object of Soldier Organization is to Foster Americanism and Support Constitution. During the past few weeks, there has been some talk of organizing a post of the American Legion at Franklin but no action has so far been… Read More
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Category: American Legion, Franklin, Franklin Tribune, Minnesota, Uncategorized Tags: American Legion, Franklin Tribune, military, minnesota, Renville county
We NEED Renville County School Yearbooks (Annuals)! UPDATED 3/13/2026
Last Updated: March 13, 2026 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
The Renville County Historical Society needs your help to add to the Research Library’s Yearbook Collection. Yearbooks, platbooks, and phonebooks are key pieces of preserving the history of who lived in the area and when.
Category: Bird Island, Buffalo Lalke, Danube, Education, Fairfax, Franklin, Hector, High School Sports, History, Home Page, Minnesota, Morton, Olivia, Renville, Renville County Schools, Sacred Heart, Schools, Yearbook Tags: Education, Renville county, Schools, Yearbooks
Tornado published in the Bird Island Blizzard July 21, 1881
Posted: December 18, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Very, fortunately, we escaped the tornado of last Friday, although one of the hardest storms that we have ever had, accompanied by rain and hail struck this place on that day at about 3 o’clock P.M., lasting about… Read More
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Category: Bird Island, Bird Island Township, Cairo Township, Cyclone, Minnesota, Renville County, Tornado, Weather, Wellington Township Tags: Bird Island, Bird Island Blizzard, Bird Island Township, Cairo Township, Cyclone, Renville county, Tornado, Weather, Wellington Township
Charles A Heins, Olivia Times July 8, 1954
Posted: December 3, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Funeral at Olivia Today For C. A. Heins Funeral services were held at 2:30 o’clock this Thursday afternoon at the Methodist church in Olivia for Chas. A. Heins, 80, of St. Paul and a well known former resident… Read More
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Category: Company H, Funeral, History, Military, Minnesota, Obituary, Renville County, Spanish-American War Tags: Company H, Funeral, Obituary, olivia, Olivia Canning Company, Olivia Times, Renville county, Spanish-American War
James Marion Peckinpaugh, The Leader Post, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada May 17, 1939
Posted: December 3, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
J. M. Peckinpaugh Dies at Midale Midale – There passed away at his home in Midale James Peckinpaugh, one of the oldest and best-loved residents of Midale. James Marion Peckinpaugh was born Nov. 24, 1857, at Leavenworth, Indiana…. Read More
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Category: Company H, Funeral, History, Military, Minnesota, Obituary, Renville County Tags: Company H, Funeral, Militar, minnesota, Obituary, olivia, Renville county
Samuel R Miller, Olivia Times, January 18, 1931
Posted: December 3, 2019 by Renville County Historical Society Leave a Comment
Capt. Samuel R. Miller, Aged 90, Died Monday, Funeral Rites Today War Veteran and Pioneer Attorney Dead Olivia’s Oldest and an Esteemed Citizen Answers Last Bugle Call on January 12th S. R. Miller, Olivia’s oldest and an esteemed… Read More
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