Koochiching Museums

Missionary, traveler, and newspaper reporter Mr. Rodgers tried fishing in the early afternoon of July 19, 1898 from the shore of The...

While Missionary Rodgers and Jeremiah Johnston strolled through the Reserve, they came across an old Indian sitting under a shade tree...

Jeremiah and the Missionary Rodgers strolled through the Reserve passing by the burial grounds, they passed three graves that Mr. Rodgers...

Those who were Christian Indians were like most denominations, varied personalities who came from different backgrounds. According to...

Jeremiah Johnston convinced Chief Blackbird that if a Church was built on the site of his father’s home it would be seen as a monument to...

Jeremiah Johnston convinced Chief Blackbird that if a Church was built on the site of his father’s home it would be seen as a monument to...

Orrah Jr. was so diminutive at birth that he fit in the palm of his father’s hand, hands so tiny they were translucent. Orrah and Violet...

We're all kind of smug about history and our generations place in it, but how about the “Mound Builders”? They were here before the rest...