Affiliated with Dakota County Historical Society
www.dakotahistory.org
A Non-Profit 501(c)3
Inc. 1995
Welcome to the Rosemount Area Historical Society. Please browse the buttons above to learn more about our group and the history of Rosemount, MN.
Check out the "For Sale" tab to find out how to purchase the new book "Rosemount: From the River to Space."
Rosemount Area Historical Society Special Events
March 2017
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and Dakota County Robert Trail Library
Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068
" Outhouse Archaeology"
Presenter: Gerald Mattson & John Loch, local historians
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January 2017
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and Dakota County Robert Trail Library
Thursday, January 12, 2017 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN 55068
"The Stratherns - Rosemount's Founding Family"
Presenter: Maureen Geraghty Bouchard, local historian
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November 2016
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and Dakota County Robert Trail Library
Thursday, November 10, 2016 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
"Rosemount Polio Hospital"
Presenter: John Loch, local historian
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September 2016
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and Dakota County Robert Trail Library
Thursday, September 8, 2016 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
"The Story of the Dewey Watch Fund"
Rosemount Schoolboy's idea of Presenting a Special Watch to Admiral Dewey -
Hero of the Spanish American War -
Becomes a National Schoolkids' Campaign
Presenter: Maureen Geraghty Bouchard, local historian
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Rosemount Area Historical Society at the
Dakota Aggregates Open House
Thursday, September 8, 2016 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
15950 Station Trail, Rosemount
see www.dakotaaggregates.com for more info
View Gopher Ordnance Works Diarama
and Question & Answers about the GOW site by
the Rosemount Area Historical Society
Books & DVD will be available for sale
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March 2016
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and The Friends of the Robert Trail Library
Thursday, March 10, 2016 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
Title: Minnesota Lake Superior Shipwreck Tales
Presenter: Gerald “Jerry” Mattson, local historian and Great Lakes shipping buff.
Hear the stories along with a visual presentation about a few of the many shipwrecks along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior. One of the worst places to be for a ship in trouble on the Great Lakes was along Minnesota’s rocky shoreline. There are approximately 350 major shipwrecks in Lake Superior and about 50 of these lie along the coast of Minnesota. The talk will include many underwater shipwreck photos.
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January's Presentation Was Such
A Success - We Have Scheduled Another Date
February 2016
Gopher Ordnance Works Presentation
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and The Friends of the Robert Trail Library
Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
Have questions about the WWII arsenal in Rosemount & Empire?
Your questions could be answered by Rosemount Historians,
Maureen Geraghty Bouchard & Gerald Mattson
View our diarama of the site
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January 2016
Gopher Ordnance Works Presentation
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and The Friends of the Robert Trail Library
Thursday, January 14, 2016 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
Have questions about the WWII arsenal in Rosemount & Empire?
Your questions could be answered by Rosemount Historians,
Maureen Geraghty Bouchard & Gerald Mattson
View our diarama of the site
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November 2015
History Presentation
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and The Friends of the Robert Trail Library
Thursday, November 12, 2015 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library
14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
"Bioarchaeology: Reading History from the Skeleton"
Presentation by Marcia Regan, PhD.
Focusing on Native Americans, this presentation will explain what information can be obtained about individuals from the analysis of bones.
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History Book
"Rosemount: From the River To Space"
by Maureen Geraghty Bouchard
Will be available for $35.00 at:
Rosemount United Methodist Church
Holiday Bazaar
Fellowship Hall
14770 Canada Ave, Rosemount MN
Saturday, November 21, 2015 from 9 - 2
Also available for sale
Gopher Ordnance Works DVD - $10.00
Great Holiday Gifts - Don't forget to include a Membership with the Rosemount Area Historical Society, affiliated with Dakota County Historical Society
(application also available online)
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September, 2015
The First of Many History Presentations
Presented by the Rosemount Area Historical Society
and The Friends of the Robert Trail Library
Come join us on Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 6:30 at the Robert Trail Library, 14395 So. Robert Trail, Rosemount, MN
Septembers presentation will be presented by, John Loch, one of Rosemount’s local historians.
"The Connection between a German WWII Rocket Scientist, Rosemount Aeronautical Laboratory and Rosemount Engineering."
"This presentation will provide a link between five subject matters: Rudolph Herman a German rocket scientist working on the V2 rocket during WW II, Dr. John Ackerman and the beginnings of the University of Minnesota Aeronautical Engineering Dept., Rosemount Aeronautical Laboratory, and creation of Rosemount Engineering. Instruments created by Rosemount Engineering are found on all United States aircraft and missiles flown today and has become an international corporation." If you enjoy local history, this presentation is a MUST.
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WWII RE-ENACTMENT- Saturday & Sunday, May 16 & 17, 2015
Come see us at the WWII Re-Enactment at Dakota City Heritage Village in Farmington. We will be located in the Drug Store.
View our diorama of the Gopher Ordnance Works built in Rosemount/Empire that produced white smokeless gunpowder for WWII.
For more info go to: www.dakotacity.org/events
