History

The inscription reads: "Susan. A Christianized Dakota girl murdered by the Ojibwa [sic] Indians, June 12, 1856. [Aged] 10 years." Photo: Kevin Featherly.

01/18/2015 0

Little Susan

“The past is never dead,” Faulkner wrote. “It’s not even past.” Today my preacher, the Rev. Myron Andes, gave a talk ... [Continue]

This is what I think is the former Cloverdale School east of Hinckley, Minn. I'd love verification if anyone can provide it. Photo: Kevin Featherly.

10/25/2014 0

Abandoned School?

I am having trouble verifying that this is what I think it is—an abandoned one-room school in tiny Cloverdale, Minn. There is reference attached to ... [Continue]

10/03/2014 0

Walk Off! (1924 Edition)

You must watch this…. A thing of rare beauty, it is. The Library of Congress recently discovered in its film archives a near pristine reel of ... [Continue]

'Losing Tim' author Janet Burroway signs a book for a reader at the Loft Literary Center, Aug. 15, 2014. Kevin Featherly's mini-documentary on the book debuts Oct. 6. Photo: Kevin Featherly

10/02/2014 0

Coming Monday: ‘Losing Tim’ Mini-documentary

I wanted to notify everybody that the video project I did for Adam Wahlberg’s Think Piece Publishing debuts Monday, Oct. 6. It is a short film ... [Continue]

Jetliner over Minneapolis. Photo: Kevin Featherly.

09/11/2014 0

9/11

It was 10 years ago today. Three years after 9/11. I was in New York for a national Society of Professional Journalists conference. Before I left the ... [Continue]

06/24/2013 0

Six Days to Gettysburg

One hundred-fifty years ago today: Even as the Confederate Army was swarming around central Pennsylvania on June 24, 1863—six days before the ... [Continue]

09/25/2012 0

Photo of the Day

My good friend Adam Wahlberg and I sat together today for lunch at Kieran’s Irish Pub in downtown Minneapolis, where I snapped this image. Sure ... [Continue]

04/04/2012 0

I Want Google Glasses (History Edition)

The tease video for the new Google glasses is OK. There is a lot of nifty stuff there. Watch for yourself. But none of this is what I want the ... [Continue]