An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling, part two – a reprise

May 5, 2017

2017 note: This is part two of my story from the end of the last legislative session about bond funding for the restoration of Historic Fort Snelling. The Minnesota Historical Society is trying again this year. o O o In part one, I described the bonding request from Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota Historical […]

by Steve Timmer

An unapologetic love letter to Historic Fort Snelling, part two

June 4, 2016

In part one, I described the bonding request from Historic Fort Snelling and the Minnesota Historical Society to the Legislature for a new visitors’ center and the renewal and re-imagining of the site. I included some photos of fort activities involving young people. Here are some more photographs that I have taken over the years. […]

by Steve Timmer

What’s in a name?

June 25, 2015

There was a letter I wrote in the Star Tribune on June 24th. Here it is: About that well-known lake in southwest Minneapolis A June 23 letter writer says about John C. Calhoun that “[c]ertainly he was wrong on slavery,” but it was a trifle when compared to Calhoun’s other accomplishments, apparently. The letter writer also […]

by Steve Timmer

Repealing the Civil War

June 27, 2013

One Supreme Court decision at a time

by Steve Timmer