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About the Pennington County Historical Society

The Pennington County Historical Society was incorporated on December 1, 1938. The society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the discovery, preservation, and dissemination of knowledge about the history of Pennington County and to relate it to the history of the State of Minnesota.

2011 Board of Directors:

Neil Peterson – President
Pat Swanson – Vice President
James Dalager – Treasurer
Fern Williams – Secretary
Faye Auchenpaugh
Donna Myhrer
Dale Wennberg

The first Board of Directors:

W. W. Prichard
Henry C. Eckland
Agnes Israelson
Paul A. Lundgren
Lincoln Arnold
Mary V. Shaw
Mrs. J. M. Bishop

Jim Dalager, Charles Naplin, Faye
Auchenpaugh, Pat Swanson, Fern Williams, Odette Bendickson, Caryl Bugge,
Not Pictured: Penny Langland and Dale Wennberg.

Membership Categories:

Individual $15
Family $30
Business $45
Benefactor $75
Pioneer $150 and over

Mailing Address:
Pennington County Historical Society
P. O. Box 127

Thief River Falls, MN 56701

Telephone Number: 218-681-5767

About Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village

PEDER ENGELSTAD PIONEER VILLAGE
825 Oakland Park Road; PO Box 127
Thief River Falls, MN 56701
Phone: (218) 681-5767
Email: pchstrf@mncable.net

Open every day Memorial Day through Labor Day, 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Admission: $5.00 (children 12 and under free with paid adult). Memberships available.

Guided tours available by appointment.

The Pennington County Historical Society, which was chartered in 1938, owns and maintains the Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village. The Village was dedicated on August 8, 1976. Located on the edge of Thief River Falls, Minnesota, the Village offers the public a unique opportunity to walk through a replica of a northern Minnesota pioneer town with vintage gardens, as it might have been 100 years ago.

Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village, named after a local Norwegian immigrant, houses many artifacts from the past displayed in nineteen buildings. The buildings include a museum, two railroad depots, a one-room schoolhouse, a church, log houses, a general store, a two-story Victorian house, a blacksmith shop, and a barber shop. Many pieces of farm machinery are also on display, and an extensive research collection of print materials is available for use.