On November 4th, the students traveled to the Crow Wing County Historical Society Museum in Brainerd. They went on a tour of the museum, the late 1800s county jail, and even a guided tour of the sheriff’s residence, learning of the history around the area. The entire house has been restored since it was first built, but it was made as historically accurate as possible. The students learned about the sheriff’s families who lived in the residence, discovering the sheriff’s wife was responsible for the cooking for all of the prisoners. The life of a sheriff’s family was very different from the average household considering a mere wall separated them from the prisoners. There were various items on display in the museum, including: Native American artifacts, portrait copies from Freeman Thorpe, logging and lumberjacking tools, baseball memorabilia, and two of the women’s jail cells. The students were engaged in the tour, learning all they could about early residents of Crow Wing County.
By: Jessica Avila & Thalia Aguilar
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June 2020
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