Libraries

2010-02-10 11:23:07 By: Anita the Archivist

Caledonia Public Library
231 E. Main St.
Caledonia, MN 55921-1321
Phone: (507) 725-2671
Web Address:http://www.caledoniamn.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={B58C8B43-26ED-48D7-BCE9-505F4468778A}
Email: calpl_dir@selco.lib.mn.us

Hokah Public Library
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 503
Location: 57 Main St.
Hokah, MN 55941
Phone: (507) 894-2665
Web Address: http://cityofhokah.com/library.aspx
Email: hokpl_dir@selco.lib.mn.us

Houston Public Library
133 S. Grant St.
Houston, MN 55943
Phone: (507) 896-7323
Web Address: http://houston.govoffice.com
Email: egibson@selco.info

La Crescent Public Library
321 Main St.
La Crescent, MN 55947
Phone: (507) 895-4047
Web Address: http://sites.google.com/site/lcrlib
Email: lbeach@selco.lib.mn.us
Hours: Monday & Tuesday 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m., Wednesday & Thursday 10:00 a.m.—8:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m.—6:00 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m.—2:00 p.m.

Books & Other Published Materials

"They Chose Minnesota: A Survey of the States Ethnic Groups, " edited by June Drenning Holmquist
" Houston County Veterans Memorial Dedication Ceremony (VHS) Nov. 11, 2000"
" Houston County Veterans Memorial"
" Now and Then" by Sumner Sheldon (1999)

County Histories & Biographical Sketches

History of Houston County (1919)
Houston County History (compiled by the Houston Co. Historical Society, 1982)

Newspapers published in Houston County

La Crescent -- Houston County News, 1968-present
La Crescent -- La Crescent Cooperator, 1891-1982
La Crescent -- La Crescent Echo, 1963-1967
La Crescent -- Patrol Weekly, 1888-1889
La Crescent -- Rural Minnesota News, 1989-1993
La Crescent -- Times, 1950-1954
La Crescent -- Times-Hokah Chief, 1953-1963

Plat maps and books

Houston County, 1958, 1965, 1980; also an Atlas of Houston County (no date), FHP Rural America: Houston County, Minnesota, farm & home plat & directory (no date)

Yearbooks

La Crescent Middle & High School “Lance,” 1981-present

Spring Grove Public Library
Viking Memorial Park
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 156
Location: 115 E. Main St.
Spring Grove, MN 55974
Phone: (507) 498-5800
Web Address: http://www.springgrovepl.lib.mn.us
Email: mhalverson@selco.lib.mn.us

Other libraries in Houston County, MN, were not contacted. To search a complete list of Minnesota public libraries, visit this link: www.mnlibs.org/dir/publib.cfm