History of Crookston, in the Heart of the Red River Valley MNopedia Articles

In our proposal, we expected to increase knowledge of our local history and to make that history, and our collections, more accessible to a broader audience. We also hoped to encourage more local history buffs to become members of our PCHS organization, encourage more people to visit our organization's website and local museum, and to help teachers meet education standards through local history stories. We are pleased to share that many of these outcomes have already happened and will continue as our remaining articles are published. Our project has been written up in the local newspaper (see attachments) and we spoke about our work at the recent Minnesota History Whatever event. We have also shared articles on the Polk County Historical Society Facebook page, where the first nine published articles were some of our most popular posts, garnering 17,195 impressions, 227 likes, 63 shares, and 12 comments. We also plan to share our articles and the MNopedia resource with local teachers this school year.