The Root Cellar
Series produced by KSRQ
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Jim and Jan Strandlie explore Minnesota history and northern Minnesota arts, culture, and folklore in this weekly show from KSRQ, Thief River Falls.
Jim and Jan Strandlie explore Minnesota history and northern Minnesota arts, culture, and folklore in this weekly show from KSRQ, Thief River Falls.
45 Pieces
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With the onset of the Civil War, a voluntary infantry was started. Minnesota ranked as a state with one of the highest enlistment rates. The infant...
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 16:01
Jim talks about how three African-Americans from Duluth were lynched. Some are surprised to learn that Minnesota had a very active KKK. Duluth was ...
- Added: May 12, 2010
- Length: 17:32
Jim speaks about the Strandlies' trip to Spain, Italy and Greece. Also in the show -- Minnesota's Famous Wrestlers: Vern Gagne was a profesional wr...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 14:32
Cass Gilbert was responsible for designing the Minnesota capital building. Jim tells of Gilbert's architectural talents.Also in the Show: Robert Gi...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 12:37
Glaciers moved through what is now Minnesota over 10,000 years ago. The glaciers left an interesting landscape that dominates our physical environm...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 15:32
Jim tells of how local and international trade in Grand Portage, MN contributed to the state's history. Grand Portage is located on the north shor...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 17:07
Greyhound Bus Lines got its start in Hibbing, Minnesota in 1914. It remains today an inexpensive and convenient way to travel. Also in the show: We...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 17:51
Hazelton Recovery Center started out in a small farm house in Center City, Minnesota. It's now an international provider of addiction treatment. It...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 09:15
The Guthrie Theater first opened in 1963 in Minneapolis. Jim tells how it got started, the unique construction, and how it brought the national art...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 16:42
Jeffers Petroglyphs is where Minnesota history begins. More than 2,000 rock carvings were made about 5,000 years ago in the southwestern part of th...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 14:47
Jim tells of the history of 4-H, an international organization that has influenced thousands of Minnesota youth with the life skills programs it of...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 16:46
Hunting is a favorite pasttime of many Minnesotans. In the early 1900's, "market hunting" resulted in hunters wrecklessly shooting ducks to ship t...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 16:26
Sankta Lucia is an Italian saint that gave to the poor. When there was a famine in Sweden, Santka Lucia gave food to the poor farmers. The traditio...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 17:24
Jim speaks of his and Jan's travels to Michigan and how people are actually "surfing" the waves of Lake Superior. Another trip took the couple to T...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 19:54
In 1927, Charles Lindberg flew over the Atlantic from New York to Paris, making him Minnesota's first 20th century international celebrity. Also in...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 16:44
Is there really a Santa Claus and what does he have to do with Christmas? Virgina Handlin wrote to the New York Sun many years ago asking the truth...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 10:03
As part of the St. Hilaire, Minnesota Lions Club, Jim and Jan Strandlie attended a Lions Club convention at the Minneapolis Convention Center. Ther...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 14:58
Minnesota is recognized as one of the healthiest places to live. The Mayo Clinic is known for doctors studying new techniques, groups of specialist...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 01:45
Jim makes a trip to Michigan to make maple syrup with his son. One of oldest agricultural comodities in the U.S., it takes 40 gallons of sap to mak...
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 13:18
Rootcellar: Memphis & Watkins & Palin
- Added: May 10, 2010
- Length: 13:52
