PLEASE NOTE:

The books "Dakota Trials" and "Eight Days in August"  are still in publication.

We will post it on the website when they are available.

You will be able to purchase these books online in our BCHS Store or at the BCHS Museum.

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The BCHS has many more books on the U.S.-Dakota War and other subjects. Visit our Museum Today!

Summer Hours

Monday - Friday 10:00am-4:00pm  Saturday 10:00am-3:00pm

Research Library Hours

Monday - Friday 10:00am-4:00pm* Saturday 10:00am-3:00pm

*Research Library will be closed over lunch hour 12:00-1:00pm

Research Library Charges

Visiting the Research Library in Person:

$3.00 admission charge, includes touring the museum

OR -

$20.00 fee for answering research letters with a limit of 1 hour or research per letter.

Copies - 25 cents per page

    A German Town - Exclusively at BCHS -  A History of New Ulm, Minnesota by Daniel Hoisington. $19.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Abercrombie Trail; A Novel of the 1862 Uprising by Candace Simar. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

Birch Coulee; The Epic Battle of the Dakota War by John Christgau. $16.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  Calling This Place Home; Women of the Wisconsin Frontier by Joan M. Jensen. 518 pp, 2006. $34.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Charles E. Flandrau and the Defense of New Ulm, edited by Russell W. Fridley, Leota M. Kellett and June D. Holmquist. New Ulm, Brown County Historical Society, 1962. $9.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  Dakota Life in the Upper Midwest, Samuel W. Pond. $15.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  Dakota Dawn by George F. Michno. $32.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Dakota Uprising: A Pictorial History by Curtis A Dahlin with Biographies of Photographers by Alan R Woolworth.  $39.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Dakota War of 1862, Minnesota's Other Civil War, by Kenneth Carley, Minnesota Historical Society Press. $22.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

     Dogs in the Hot Moon, Lt. T.J. Sheehan and the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862 by Michael Sheehan. $16.95 plus tax if applicable

 

    Early Brown County; by Leota M. Kellett, Brown County Historical Society, 1966. $4.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  From the Deep Woods to Civilization; by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), 206 pp, 1916. $10.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

German-Bohemians, The Quiet Immigrants; by La Vern J Rippley & Robert J. Paulson, 279 pp, 1995. $21.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

Held in Captivity; Experiences Related by Bernard Juni of New Ulm as an Indian Captive During the Indian Outbreak in 1862. $2.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Henry Hastings Sibley: Divided Heart by Rhoda R. Gilman. $32.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Hermann from Legend to Symbol; Revised Edition 2009. $2.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

 Leavenworth Rescue Expedition, by Gary Wiltscheck, 2011. $12.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux by Gary Clayton Anderson. $17.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Made in Brown County Cookbook; by Brown County Historical Society; 1996. A collection of old and new recipes, of stories and memories, and of the history of the food prepared by the people of Brown County. $9.95 plus tax if applicable.



    Make it Minnesotan!; by The Minnesota Sesquicentennial Cookbook Committee; 2008. 150 Years of Recipes and Stories from Minnesota Kitchens. $10.00
plus tax
if applicable.

 

    Marking Time; an Illustrated Guide to Brown County's Sites of Historical Interest; Now includes gps coordinates. A publication from the Brown County Historical Society. Compiled & Illustrated by CJ Carmichael Brown. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Memories of New Ulm; by Rudolph Leonhart; translated from German and edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. In 1861 Rudolph Leonhart accepted a teaching position in the German-American community of New Ulm, Minnesota. Unknowingly, it placed him in the midst of one of the most significant events in American history - the U.S. - Dakota Conflict of 1862. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Millions of Cats; by Wanda Gag. Newbury Honor Book. $15.95 plus tax if applicable.

Choices

 

    New Ulm in Word and Picture; J.H. Strasser's History of a German-American Settlement (1892). Translated from the German Edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann in collaboration with Frederic R. Steinhauser. $9.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Nothing at All; by Wanda Gag. Caldecott Honor Book. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  The New Ulm Pioneer and the Indians by John LaBatte translated by Elwin Rogers.              $9.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Peace Seekers, Indian Christians and the Dakota Conflict. Lac Qui Parle Mission 1835-1854, Minnesota Historical Society. Dr. Elden Lawrence  Ehanna Wichoham Oyake. $20.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    A Personal Narrative of Indian Massacres 1862; by Mrs. L. Eastlick. $7.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Quest for the Lost Roman Legions; Discovering the Varus Battlefield; by Tony Clunn. Hardcover $37.50 plus tax     Softcover $22.95 plus tax if applicable.

Choices

 

 Recollections and Memories of August 17th, 1862: The Day Before the Dakota War; by Corinne L. Monjeau-Marz. $6.99 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Return to Shetek; The Courage of the Fool Soldiers DVD. Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. 90 minutes run time. Two powerful stories from the past transform present day relations between the descendents of Native Americans and white settler families of 1862. $25.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Signs of Life; Lebenszeichen. The Correspondence of German POWs at Camp Algona, Iowa 1943-46; by Michael Luick-Thrams. $19.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Sioux Uprising in Minnesota, 1862: Jacob Nix's Eyewitness History by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. $12.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Sketches; by Anton Gag. Annotated by Julie L'Enfant. $9.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Snippy and Snappy by Wanda Gag. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Translated and Illustrated by Wanda Gag; $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Swords into Plowshares Minnesota's POW Camps during World War II by Dean B Simmons; forword by George H. Lobdell. $23.95 plus tax if applicable

 

    Stories & Reflections: from an Indian Perspective by Dr. Elden Lawrence  Wookiye Kaga. $20.00 plus tax if applicable.

 


    Tales from Grimm; translated and Illustrated by Wanda Gag. $16.95
plus tax
if applicable.

 

    More Tales from Grimm; translated and Illustrated by Wanda Gag. $16.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Dacotah History Hotel - 1859 to 1972 by Gareth D. Hiebert. $5.99 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Dakota Indian Internment At Fort Snelling, 1862-1864 by Corinne L Monjeau-Marz. $19.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

   Through Dakota Eyes,  Anderson/Woolworth. $17.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    The Indian's Revenge by Reverend Alexander Berghold, edited by Don Heinrich Tolzmann. $14.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  The Soul of the Indian; by Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), 1911. $10.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Trails of Tears $24.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Wanda Gag; The Story of an Artist; by Alma Scott. $9.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

    William Pfaender and the German American Experience; by Hans Müller and Annette Hofmann, Grady Steele Parker, editor. $7.95 plus tax if applicable.

 

  Words of War; Alexander Ramsey's; by Corinne L. Monjeau-Marz. $5.00 plus tax if applicable.

 

    Brown County History Map. $2.95 plus tax if applicable. Will be shipped folded

 

    150th Anniversary of Brown County Commemorative Coin. Two sided. 2  inches in diameter. $10.00 plus tax. (Number of coin may not be 118)

Shipping & Handling

1-2 Books/Items $5.95

3-5 Books/Items $11.95

6+ Books/Items $15.95

All items are shipped Priority thru the U.S. Postal Service

507-233-2616 or officemanager@browncountyhistorymnusa.org

 

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You can now order online!

To send a check or money order you can use the Order Form                                                                                                            Note: Prices may change without notice.

Visit our new website devoted to the 150th Anniversary of the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.

www.browncountydakotawarcommemoration.com

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