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Lac qui Parle County – 150 Years of History, Vol. 1
by Jon Willand with Lois Willand, Mary Krugerud, Karen Murdock and Val Escher

Published 2021

Trade paperback bound

351 pages
$30.00
$10.00 shipping/handling


The Vikings Bold
by Jon Willand

The story of the stolen courthouse.
Spiral bound, 46 pages
$20.00
$5.00 shipping/handling

The Quilts of Lac qui Parle County
Published by the Lac qui Parle County Historical Society, 2016
Edited by Barbara Tarcza

A photographic look into the quilts in our collection and the quilts loaned to us for our 2016 exhibit.

Trade paperback bound
8.5”x11”
136 pages, 270 full color photos
$25.00
$5.00 shipping/handling


The Churches of Lac qui Parle County 
Inspiration Through the Lens

Published by the Lac qui Parle County Historical Society, 2018

Spiral bound
11” x 8.5”
61 pages
Includes color photos of the exterior and interior of all 25 churches open in Lac qui Parle County in 2018. Photography by Kelly Lund.

$20.00
$5.00 shipping/handling


 Set in Stone

Celebrating 150 years of Lac qui Parle County by highlighting some of its earliest pioneers
Spiral bound
38 pages
84 individual stories
$10.00
$5.00 shipping/handling


 The Development of Elementary Education in Lac qui Parle County
Bernice Nelson Halvorson

A thesis written by Bernice Nelson Halvorson for her Master of Science in Education degree at Mankato State College in 1967.

Spiral bound
87 pages
$15.00
$5.00 shipping/handling


The Lac qui Parle History Show

On August 27, 28, and 29, 2021, the Lac qui Parle County 150 Anniversary Committee, along with the Lac qui Parle Players, presented The Lac qui Parle History Show at the Prairie Arts Center. The play was a somewhat humorous and always enlightening look at 150 years of Lac qui Parle County history.

Get your own copy on a DVD or Flash Drive
$10.00
$5.00 shipping/handling


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Robert Bly Commemorative Medallion

$17
$3.00 Shipping/handling