Elder Tales: From Minnesota’s Pre-Statehood Fur Trade Era
Project Details by Fiscal Year
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$520
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2016
End Date
June 2016
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Ramsey
Project Overview
Told by Duke Addicks, a Minnesota based storyteller, the tales from Minnesota's Fur Trade Era comes to life. Come listen to “Pig’s Eye” Parrant and how he got into the whiskey business and started what is now the City of St. Paul. Then travel with Marguerite Bonga, the first settler of African ancestry and a powerful fur trader, along the Red River cart trail.
Project Details
46 participated
Competitive Grant Making Body
Project Details: 2016 Fiscal Year
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$520
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$520
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)
The audience will thrill to the storytelling talents of Duke Addicks while enjoying learning a little bit of Minnesota history, all while enjoying a little social engagement.
Measurable Outcome(s)
The audience were thrilled with the storytelling talents of Duke Addicks while they enjoyed learning a little bit of Minnesota history, all while enjoying a little social engagement. (3/22 - 9 people)(4/19 - 9 people)(5/24 - 16 people)(6/21 - 12 people)
Source of Additional Funds
Duke Addicks
Project Manager
First Name
Ken
Last Name
Behringer
Organization Name
MELSA
Street Address
1619 Dayton Avenue, Suite 314
City
Saint Paul
State
MN
Zip Code
55104
Phone
651-645-5731
Email
ken@melsa.org
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