Director Update – Winter 2025-2026 Membership Renewal Director’s Update – Fall 2025 Updates from End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum Collections Committee Members Needed Parade of Trees What Led to the Lake Shetek Massacre? A Carved Treasure Returns A Look Back at the Slayton Library’s 85 Years Extra! Extra! Read All About It… Online (Soon)!” The Fulda Depot and the National Register of Historic Places The Poor Farm Buttermakers Baseball Preservation Tips: 100 Years of Education Cemetery Tour – Slide Show Small Grant Awarded for Collections Project Frank Thayer: An Architect’s Story by Rose Moudry Baseball of Murray County by Bill Bolin Dinehart Lecture: Railroads of Murray County Lunchbox Lecture – Murray County in the 1920s PowerPoint Draining the Great Oasis Self-Guided Cemetery Tour Take Home History — Free Educational Packets for Children Murray County Historical Museum has another great year! Walt Benton and his Music International Holiday Traditions Baseball featured on Postcards by PBS Mnopedia Story – Sweetman Catholic Colony Waning Years of the 1891 Murray County Courthouse Brought to Light A Tale of Twenty Typewriters: The Process of Deaccession Become A Member Dinehart Holt House Historic Structure Report Mnopedia Story – Chandler-Lake Wilson Tornado (1992) Mnopedia Story – Murray County Mnopedia Story – Minnesota’s First Female Sheriff – from Murray County Mnopedia Story – Murray County Fair New in the Collection Keeping the Collections: Deaccessioning

About

The Murray County Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to the collection, preservation, interpretation, and dissemination of Murray County’s history.

The society was established in 1934 and operates the Murray County Historical Museum in cooperation with the Murray County Board of Commissioners.  The Wornson Log Cabin, Koch Cabin at Lake Shetek State Park, the Country School No. 1 at End-O-Line Railroad Park, and the Dinehart-Holt House were restored by the society.

The Historical Society collects and maintains the material history of the county for the benefit of its residents and visitors.  Vital records and historical objects that define the nature and culture of Murray County can be found in the museum’s collections.

The Murray County Historical Society is funded by support from its members, donations from museum visitors, contributions from the city of Slayton and local groups, and the support of the Murray County Board of Commissioners.

We are always looking for new members to join the Murray County Historical Society, if interested please contact the Murray County Museum, P.O. Box 61, Slayton, MN 56172, phone 507-836-6533.

You can also print, fill out, and mail the below forms to the MCHS to become a member. Individual, Family, and Business memberships are available! 

Click here to download the Individual and Family Membership Form.

Click here to download the Business Membership Form.

Staff

Nicholas Demuth, Museums Director
Murray County Historical Museum, Dinehart Holt House, End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum
(507) 836-6533
ndemuth@co.murray.mn.us

Ann Muecke, Site Supervisor
Murray County Historical Museum, Dinehart Holt House
(507) 836-1130
ann.muecke@co.murray.mn.us

Jake Halverson, Site Supervisor
End-O-Line Railroad Park and Museum
(507) 763-3708
Jacob.Halverson@co.murray.mn.us

Historical Society Board of Directors


Brain Harmsen – President
Linda Wing – Vice President
Lori Gunnink – Secretary
Karen Frisk – Treasurer
Jerry Johnson
Colleen Gengler
Char Larson
James Jens
Loy Woelber – County Commissioner Ex Officio

2025 Murray County Historical Society