We have several events coming up this spring at the Lyon County Museum. All the events listed below are free will donation and open to the public. For any questions on the upcoming programs, please let us know at 507-537-6580. We hope to have great attendance at all of these spring events.

April 1-April 5: Artifact Mix-up at the Museum. Visit the museum during this time to find artifacts in unusual exhibits. For example: would a laptop be in the covered wagon? Find all the artifacts to enter a drawing for a prize.

Tuesday, April 8, at 6:30 p.m.: Cindy Wilson: “We Suffered Much: Charles Wood Irish and the Dakota Territory Railroad Survey of 1879-1881” program.

Tuesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m.: Frank Sachs: “Rise and Fall of the Berlin Wall” program.

Thursday, April 17: Annual meeting and program at the Museum. 5:30 p.m.: Complimentary food and beverages, 6 p.m.: Business meeting, 6:30 p.m.: Anita Talsma Gaul: “Pioneer Women in Southwest Minnesota, 1880-1915” program.

April 17-April 19: Easter Scavenger Hunt at the Museum. Count the plastic eggs and rubber bunnies hidden around the museum for treats!

Tuesday, May 6, at 6:30 p.m.: Lew Shaver: “From the First Brick: It Changed My Life” program. Lew spent 26 seasons as head coach of the SMSU wheelchair basketball team from 1969 to 1995.

Tuesday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m.: Tom Tourville: “Bands and Ballrooms of Southern Minnesota” program.

The photograph featured this week from the Lyon County Museum’s collection shows Petrea Hoff tending to her chickens. Petrea (Petrina) (Petra) Severson Sigurdson Hoff was born on Sept. 5, 1869, in Iceland and passed away on June 6, 1952, in Marshall. She is buried at Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church Cemetery in Minneota. She immigrated with her family to the United States around 1880. They settled in Lincoln County. She married Stephen (Stefan) Josefsson Hoff on March 18, 1892. After their marriage, they lived in a few places around Minneota and later in Minneota. They had a son, Joseph Carlin James Hoff, who was born in 1914.

This photograph was chosen in honor of Women’s History Month along with our upcoming program on April 17 on “Pioneer Women in Southwest Minnesota, 1880-1915”.

The Lyon County Historical Society (LCHS) is a nonprofit, member-supported organization. LCHS operates the Lyon County Museum at 301 West Lyon Street in Marshall. The Lyon County Museum is open year-round to visitors. To contact us, visit our website: www.lyoncomuseum.org, call: 507-537-6580, email: director@lyoncomuseum.org, or on our Facebook page.