History 21 The Podcast - 6.21 Manomin: The Lost County

Today the Cities of Fridley and Columbia Heights hold a geographical secret - they were once part of their own County, separate from Anoka County. Join Rob Zelenak from the Fridley Historical Society as he shares the story of Manomin, Minnesota’s Lost County. How it came to be, and why it disappeared from the maps after just 12 short years.

Hosts Rebecca Desens, ACHS Executive Director, and Sara Given, ACHS Volunteer Coordinator

Fridley Historical Society

The Fridley Historical Society was founded in 1985 for the purpose of saving Fridley District 23 School from demolition. This historic schoolhouse is located adjacent to Hayes Elementary School. As a non-profit organization that receives no public funding, the maintenance and operation of the museum and Society operations are funded primarily through memberships and local fund raisers.

Keep an eye out for their events throughout the year that showcase the history of Fridley, and stop by their museum to walk through the exhibit spaces.

Fridley Historical Society

Anoka County Library Minute

Check out these scary titles for Halloween!

Juvenile Nonfiction

Horror in Minnesota by Jennifer Wendt (E133.1 WEN)

Juvenile Fiction

The haunted playground by R. J. Palacio (E PAL; Libby)
The bellwoods game by Celia Krampien (J FICTION KRA; Libby)
Can you escape a haunted museum? :an interactive paranormal adventure by Megan Cooley Peterson (J FICTION [YOU CHOOSE])
There's no way I'd die first by Lisa Springer (YA FICTION SPR; Libby)

Adult Nonfiction

Ghostly tales of Minnesota by Ruth D. Hein (133.1 HEI; Libby) (Minnesota Author)
Minnesota hauntings: ghost stories from the land of 10,000 lakes by Ryan Jacobson (133.1 JAC; Libby)

Adult Fiction

All hallows by Christopher Golden (FICTION GOL; Libby)
Haunted nights : a Horror Writers Association anthology by Lisa Morton (FICTION HAU; Libby)
My dark passenger by McKenzie Rae (HORROR RAE; Libby)
Halloween season by Lucy A. Snyder (FICTION SNY)
Kill creek: a novel by Scott Thomas (FICTION THO; Libby)
Exquisite corpses. Volume one by James Tynion, IV (GRAPHIC TYN; Libby)

Adult A/V