Finland MN Historical Society Heritage Site Creation & Vision for the Future
On January 21st, 1986, 18 Finland Minnesota families convened the first annual meeting of the newly created Finland Minnesota Historical Society. Their founding goal was to preserve a 40 acre homestead that had been, after years of vacancy, acquired by Lake County as a condition of tax forfeit. Later that year, in December, Lake County officially deeded the 40 acre John Pine Homestead to the Society. Since that time a relatively modest group of volunteers has enabled both the vision and the Heritage Site to grow.
The Finland Minnesota Historical Society’s vision for the Heritage Site is to provide area residents and visitors, from near and far, with the opportunity to both celebrate and experience the settlement history of eastern Lake County, with special emphasis and focus on the region’s pioneer families.
The vision is to be accomplished by adding a number of structures to the site, original when available or replicas when not, to enable the Heritage Site to conduct living history programs which will, as much as possible, reflect and celebrate the early pioneer life of eastern Lake County.
For information about surrounding areas visit: www.wtfinland.com ; www.heartofthenorthshore.com ; http://friendsofthefinlandcommunity.org/ ; and www.wolf-ridge.org
Read About The History of Finland, Minnesota:
Keeping Our Heritage
FINLAND THRESHING ASSOCIATION
Page 28 – Keeping Our Heritage The Association bought the machinery from John Williamson. Williamson lived where Rose Dubbin live[d in 1976]. At a meeting dated October 28, 1918 the original members were: Victor Sampson, Evert Hakkarainen, Mrs. Otto Moisio, John Haveri, John Nikula, John Larka, William Huuskonen, Wilpus Tikkanen, Ed Jarvinen, Adolph Leppanen, Ben…
GREETA’S MEMORIES (Greeta Haveri’s Memories of Teaching in Finland)
Excerpt from the 1976 publication of “Keeping Our Heritage Finland, Minnesota 1895-1976”. Greeta’s Memories In the fall of 1921 I came to Finland to teach at the Finland School – a one room school with 32 pupils in eight grades. Coming from St. Paul, Finland looked like the end of the world to me. In…
Memories of Hulda Beck (Wilhunen) as translated from Finnish
I was five years old in 1903 when my parents, Andrew and Elvira Beck, petitioned for a homestead of 160 acres in what is now Finland. In the spring of 1904 we left Duluth on the ship “America”
FINNISH HISTORY
Excerpt from the 1976 publication of “Keeping Our Heritage Finland, Minnesota 1895-1976”.This publication is available for purchase at the Gift Shop at the Finland Minnesota Heritage Site. The Finns were late in coming to America. The first wave of immigrants came from 1880 to 1900. The second wave arrived after 1900, continuing until after 1920.…
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