The Red River Ox Cart is featured in this Artifact Spotlight from Prairie Public TV. Patty Benson talks about the hi story of the oxcart, what they were like, and how they were used. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/JOdeVbuQ28I

****There is now a second piece and you can watch that here: https://youtu.be/9pDA_H52cSs

**** Lakeland Public TV has a program "The Metis and the Oxcarts of the Red River" and you can view that here: https://lptv.org/local-show/the-metis-and-the-red-river-ox-carts

Welcome!

Come. . . and browse... You can see a mammoth’s teeth and bones, a general store, the Setterlund Runestone, a 1909 REO, a barber shop, an Ox Cart, a model of Fort Pomme de Terre, a birch bark canoe, and numerous other pieces. Or, you can research your family through the archives of old newspapers, family histories, census records, plat books, or cemetery records.

Don’t leave without seeing the Veterans Memorial Hall honoring the many service members from Grant County.

Entry is free, although donations are welcome.

So come…browse…explore…reminisce…and come back again.

HOURS:

Memorial Day through Labor Day: Monday – Friday, 10 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm. Saturday, 10 am to 2 pm

October through May: Monday – Friday, 10 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 4 pm.

If coming another time, please call for an appointment.

Entry is free, although donations are welcome.

DIRECTIONS:

The Grant County Historical Museum and Veterans Memorial Hall is a half block east of the junction of US 59 and MN 79 in Elbow Lake, MN. You can click on the Elbow Lake map for a larger image.