I just learned about a couple of resources that will help you celebrate your historical event or sesquicentennial:
Shadows of the Old West travels across America performing reenactments and wild west shows, with or without livestock, and portrays a wide variety of historical personas and old west characters.
Midwest Mounted Reenactors brings cowboys and horses to your [...]
On this date in 1857, the Minnesota Territorial Legislature appropriated $30,000 for the expenses of a constitutional convention of 108 delegates, about $650,000 in today’s dollars. The convention was another step towards statehood.
Anoka County, Minnesota is celebrating its Sesquicentennial this year, and this weekend, May 18-20, is one of their major event times. (See http://www.ac-hs.org/sesqupdates.htm) I was fortunate enough to be at the County Government Center on Friday afternoon when the Wagon Train arrived. I was standing next to an Ox-cart, an antique replica of one of [...]
Hi everyone. This is Jane, your Sesqui Director reporting from St. Paul that today Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and his staff unveiled the Sesquicentennial Edition of the Blue Book, the official Legislative Manual of the State of Minnesota. The 2007-2008 edition commemorates the 150th anniversary of Minnesota Statehood and has a great collection [...]
