In today’s Untold Story of Central Minnesota, we travel way back in time to one of the original farmsteads in central Minnesota, the William W. Warren and MacDougall farmstead.  Arts & Cultural Heritage Producer Jeff Carmack joins SCSU Anthropolgy Professor Rob Mann and his class on the dig, which is just three miles west of Royalton about a half mile off Hilton Road.  Warren was the author of the History of the Ojibway People, and this area was once a crossroads of trade along the river and ox road with a blacksmith and post office.  The MN DNR is preparing for prairie restoration around the site, allowing for the further preservation of the area. 

For those interested in a tour of the dig, the Morrison County Historical Society is arranging for groups to meet on Thursday and Friday, June 16^th and 17^th. 

This program has been funded through the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund and the Legacy Amendment.

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