{"id":6,"date":"2014-09-19T19:20:38","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T19:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lahs1857.wordpress.com\/?page_id=1"},"modified":"2025-08-02T15:39:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T15:39:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/?page_id=6","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_182\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-image-182 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Children-300x273.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Children-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Children.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children view items on display at the History Center<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">OUR PURPOSE<br \/>To preserve and celebrate the area\u2019s history<\/span><\/h2>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: square;\">\n<li>\n<h3>an <u>active accession process<\/u>, accepting, storing, and displaying documents, photographs, books, clothing, equipment, and other artifacts, which already account for over 10,000 items<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>accessible two-building <u>museum space<\/u> for our collection<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><u>assistance to individuals<\/u> with La Crescent history research or family research<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><u>community outreach<\/u> that includes speaking to community groups, collaborating with other organizations and businesses, assisting with Applefest and other special events, and historical walking tours<\/h3>\n<hr \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CONTACT US<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Our museum spaces are usually open on posted days and hours between Memorial Day and Labor Day and also during Applefest.<br \/>We are staffed entirely by volunteers.<br \/><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Please call or email to request a group tour or if you need individualized assistance with local or family research.<\/span><\/h4>\n<h3><strong>STREET ADDRESS:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 328 South Third St.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>MAILING ADDRESS<\/strong>:\u00a0 PO Box 193; La Crescent MN 55947<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>PHONE:<\/strong>\u00a0 507-895-1857<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>EMAIL:\u00a0 <\/strong>lahs1857@gmail.com<strong><br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><strong>WEBSITE:<\/strong> https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>Facebook<br \/><\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>\u00a0<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/LAHS-By-Laws-approved-2019.pdf\">LAHS By-Laws approved 2019<\/a><br \/><em>Updated\/approved by membership 6 April 2019<\/em><\/h3>\n<h1>BOARD OF DIRECTORS<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Holding office through April 2026<\/strong><br \/>Heather Hulett<br \/>Kate Garfin<br \/>John Fuchsel<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holding office through April 2027<\/strong><br \/>Peter Klug<br \/>Don Thesing<br \/>Robert Heth<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holding office through April 2028<\/strong><br \/>Regina Chihak<br \/>Linda Tikal Gasper<br \/>Open<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_197\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Heritage-House-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-image-197 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Heritage-House-2012-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Heritage-House-2012-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Heritage-House-2012-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Heritage-House-2012-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-197\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">History Center and Apple Museum 328 So 3rd St.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Our offices are in the History Center, a two-story yellow frame house once owned by the Smith Grubber Company and rented by its employees (see photograph below).\u00a0 The Smith Grubber Company made stump pullers; we have one on display.<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_208\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-208\" class=\"wp-image-208 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house-300x186.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house-1024x634.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/1-Company-house.jpg 1076w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-208\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Smith Grubber company house<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>OPEN Saturdays 1-4 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OUR PURPOSETo preserve and celebrate the area\u2019s history an active accession process, accepting, storing, and displaying documents, photographs, books, clothing, equipment, and other artifacts, which already account for over 10,000 items accessible two-building museum space for our collection assistance to individuals with La Crescent history research or family research community outreach that includes speaking to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1458,"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/1458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacrescenthistory.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}