The Murray County Historical Society invites the public to attend its December Dinehart Lunchbox Lecture on Thursday, December 8 in the 4-H building on the Murray County Fairgrounds in Slayton starting at noon. The cost of the talk is $3.00 per person or Historical Society members get in free. Attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch. Refreshments and light snacks are provided.
This month’s lecture will feature historian Daniel Peterson to talk about his newest book “The Story of Walnut Grove, Minnesota 18732022.” The new publication is the A-Z history of the small southwest MN town made famous by author Laura Ingalls Wilder but is similar in its birth and growth to most of the small towns built along the railroad. 662 pages cover everything from the history of the town dump to horse racing! This presentation will cover some of the unique events that occurred along with how this community ties to the others in our part of the state. Dan Peterson is a homegrown author, historian, and genealogist. He worked the first part of his career helping victims of crime in a four-county area before becoming a teacher and coach at Westbrook-Walnut Grove Public School for ten years. He has been active in the community as a volunteer EMT, a board member at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, and town historian. Health issues have caused him to limit some activities but enjoys arrowhead hunting, tracing people’s genealogy, and trying to be a good human being!
Prefer not to or can’t attend in-person? The presentation will also be live streamed on the Murray County Historical Museum’s Facebook page. If you can’t watch it live, the live streamed video will also be recorded and saved on our Facebook page to watch at your leisure. Visit our Facebook page at: https://www.facebook. com/murraycountymuseum.
For more information about this and other museum events, call 507-836-6533 or email museum@ co.murray.mn.us.
