McLeod County History Museum

04/15/2026

Thanks to everyone who attended our Genealogy Group yesterday.Special thanks to Sarah Lockwood for her presentations and for spending time answering all the questions.

04/09/2026

04/06/2026

Two events coming to MCHS next week!
April 14: Genealogy event with Sarah Lockwood "Tracing your immigrant ancestors"10am-2pm
April 17: Lessons of the Holocaust with Brad Wilkening (partnered with Hutchinson Public Library) 1pm.

03/16/2026

MCHS will be closed tomorrow, Monday, due to weather conditions.

03/13/2026

Save the date…

02/25/2026

*Soon to be gone, but never to be forgotten.*
Jorgenson Hotel under construction in 1917, along Main Street in Hutchinson

02/19/2026

MCHS will be closed today due to road conditions in the area.

02/13/2026

MCHS would like to extend our condolences to friends and family of Robin Kashuba. Robin was a volunteer and board member with the MCHS for several years. We'll miss her humor, love of dogs, and love of history!

02/13/2026

Be sure to head over to Glencoe to where our friends, The Glencoe Historic Preservation Society is hosting local author and former county sheriff, Scott Rehmann as he speaks about his book!

02/12/2026

Dorman Musgrove and Henry Cigmars - the two drifters who killed Sheriff Joseph Rodgers in 1896 and were later hanged on "hangman's bridge" in Glencoe by a local lynch mob.