This was the plaintive cry in the Carletonian newspaper on Oct. 22, 1932, from the so-called “Goatrophy” which had been awarded for the first

The last thing I expected during the Defeat of Jesse James Days in September of 2005 was to be singing karaoke with a descendant

After the devastating fire ravaged Northfield’s Archer House in Northfield last year on November 12-13, a television reporter asked me as a Northfield historian

From February 2007 to December 2016, I wrote 119 “Historic Happenings” columns for The Entertainment Guide. What have I been doing since my last column?

When I last wrote about Laura MacKenzie for our annual music issue of June 2013, I said, “You cannot be much more of a

If you filled in the blank with the word “Monkees,” this story will resonate through the soundtrack of your mind for days to come.

“We’ve already started three colleges and have the logs cut for four more.” An early 19th century letter from an Ohio settler to a

Since the 2016 election season is in full throttle, this seems like a good time to revisit a historic happening involving a presidential candidate

“The overture is about to start. You cross your fingers and hold your heart. It’s curtain time and away we go. Another opening of