Tag: Minnesota history

• Notes from the heartland (Part 5: Home)

  

  I am home now after my road trip, a road trip long enough to permit some reflection. If you’ve read my previous posts, you won’t be surprised that I’ve been reflecting on our place in history. We Americans are living in a challenging time right now in terms of historical storytelling. Challenging but not unprecedented.…

  Jesse Rude

  November 11, 2025

  Miscellaneous

  Cherokee, Dakota, Dakota War, history, Ho-Chunk, identity, indigenous history, Iowa, Mankato, Minnesota, Minnesota history, Muscogee, musing, Native America, Nebraska, Oklahoma, settler colonialism, The U.S. Civil War, Trail of Tears, U.S. history, Winnebago, Wisconsin history

• Center of the world

  

  My dog Spence and I journeyed to the center of the world on Wednesday. We’re back, and we thought we’d tell you a little about it. Minnesota’s indigenous people have passed down a variety of creation stories. Several of these speak of humankind’s origins at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. This land…

  Jesse Rude

  September 8, 2025

  Miscellaneous

  Bdote, Dakota, Dakota War, Dred Scott, Fort Snelling, Ho-Chunk, Local history, Minnesota history, MISLS, Prairie du Chien, Upper Mississippi, War of 1812, Wisconsin history