Spotlight on the Collection…“Native American Arrowheads”
  Saturday, May 15th – 2-3 P M
Museum Meeting Room
An arrowhead is a tip, usually sharpened, added to an arrow to make it more deadly or to fulfill some special …

 
Historical Walk In Schaefer Prairie
      Sunday, May 30th-2-4 PM
Native Prairie Seed Packet Fundraiser!
Directions:  From Glencoe, drive west on US 212 for seven miles, turn south on Nature Ave. opposite County Road #4.  Drive 0.5 mile to …

Bergen Township Lost Towns: 
The Lost Town of Thornton…
Founded: 1886
Location: Section 5 of Bergen Township
Thornton was basically a logging camp in the Big Woods next to the railroad. On July 20, 1886, the Bergen Town Board …

Acoma Township Lost Towns:
The Lost Town of Clear Lake…
Founded: 1912 ???
Location:  100 yards from Clear Lake in Acoma Township.
 The Clear Lake Store was built in 1912 about 100 yards from Clear Lake in Acoma Township.  …

Acoma Township Lost Towns:
The Lost Town of Cedar City…
Founded: 1857 ???
Location: In the North West Corner of Acoma Township.
Not much information is known about Cedar City. It was located on Cedar Lake in the northwest …

Acoma Township Lost Towns:

The Lost Town of Acoma…
Founded: 1857
Location:  About six miles West of Hutchinson on 200th  Street, near the intersection of 200th Street and Yacht Ave.
If you would visit the site today, there is …

Bear Lake Store in 1889

Through the years, McLeod County has seen many pioneer settlements flourish, to only later decline and fade away.  Twenty eight different villages and towns in all have shared this fate, each …