Our History

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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We share stories from Our History during the Morning Show

Not his-story or her-story... Our History


39 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
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It's Black History Month, and many Minnesotans assume African Americans didn't play a large roll in in MN History...WRONG! Barry Babcock, a local h...

Bought by KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle, KFAI Minneapolis, and WTIP


  • Added: Feb 10, 2010
  • Length: 12:02
  • Purchases: 3
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Barbara Bunch, local historian and volunteer for the Itasca County Historical Society, has put together an exhibit about the history of the Suomi a...

  • Added: Mar 09, 2010
  • Length: 13:28
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Bill Marshall, local historian, remembers Chief Busticogan and other people and events in North Itasca County/Minnesota history.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2010
  • Length: 17:20
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Local historian Barry Babcock on the remarkable life of Jack Tanner. In the 1790's Jack Tanner was kidnapped by Indians. He was eventually adopted ...

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 16:04
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Waldo Wattles, Underwear and Red Alert: Historian, Cec McKeig, on the History of Bemidji, 1940 - 1960

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 14:57
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Andrea LeVasseur, Archeologist and Historian at the Chippewa National Forest, talks about the history of the Supervisor's Headquarters in the CNF a...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Mar 25, 2010
  • Length: 14:23
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with Brian Vroman, Philosophy Instructor at Itasca Community College, about the history Ku Klux Klan in Itasca County in the 1920s.

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 08:46
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Wanda Hoyum, the Director of the Beltrami County Historical Society, talked about the history of Lake Julia Sanatorium.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2010
  • Length: 12:49
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The history of Mary Gibbs and Itasca State Park & her showdown with the lumber industry as told by historian Dr. Janet Rith-Najarian.

  • Added: Apr 21, 2010
  • Length: 18:07
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John Berquist of Eveleth has been telling stories and performing traditional music of Scandanavian-Americans for almost 40 years. Here’s a story fr...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WTIP


  • Added: Apr 29, 2010
  • Length: 04:50
  • Purchases: 2
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Local historian, Barry Babcock, tells the story of how the young Ojibwe leader, Hole-In-The-Day, intervenes to save the Schoolcraft expedition in 1...

  • Added: May 12, 2010
  • Length: 13:54
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Federal Court rulings in 1988 and 1999 upheld the off-reservation fishing, hunting and gathering rights of many Ojibwe people in Wisconsin and Minn...

Bought by WTIP


  • Added: May 21, 2010
  • Length: 05:57
  • Purchases: 1
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98 year-old Anna Nordgren talks about growing up in Bovey, MN with her Finnish immigrant parents.

  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 16:22
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Barry Babcock talks about the Dakota war of 1862, a tragic event for all sides.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 21, 2010
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 2
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The history of Hibbing High School with local historian Dan Bergen and photographer Larry Ryan.

Bought by KVSC and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 19:10
  • Purchases: 2
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We talk with Gino Nicolelli about the history of the Greyhound Bus Line.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 26, 2010
  • Length: 12:24
  • Purchases: 1
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We talk with Diane Schwanz about the back to the land movement in Debs, MN in the 1970's.

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jul 28, 2010
  • Length: 21:55
  • Purchases: 1