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Gordon's Butter & Dairy Museum / Viking Fest Brainerd Area

Season 13 Episode 7

Preserving the history of small dairy-farm life. Also, tour Viking Fest

In this two segment episode we visit Gordon's Butter and Dairy Museum in Vergas Minnesota packed with six hundred-plus items preserving the history of small dairy-farm life. Also, tour Viking Fest in Lakeland PBS's Brainerd viewing area where they strive for authenticity with their reenactments and participants with "no horns".

AIR DATE 2/10/22

Videos

  • Women Collaborate and Create a Round Robin Quilt
    S13 E15
    Women Collaborate and Create a Round Robin Quilt
  • Historical Society Tour of State Hospital Cemetery
    S13 E14
    Historical Society Tour of State Hospital Cemetery
  • Steven Weagel of Pequot Lakes Blows Glass
    S13 E13
    Steven Weagel of Pequot Lakes Blows Glass
  • Captain John Wheeler Remembered and Honored by Nephew
    S13 E12
    Captain John Wheeler Remembered and Honored by Nephew
  • Robert Carothers Makes a Wooden Bowl
    S13 E11
    Robert Carothers Makes a Wooden Bowl
  • Brad Wegscheid & Cindee Lundin Make Public Art from Concrete
    S13 E10
    Brad Wegscheid & Cindee Lundin Make Public Art from Concrete
  • Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club Part 2 of 2
    S13 E9
    Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club Part 2 of 2
  • Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club Part 1 of 2
    S13 E8
    Bemidji Area Cross Country Ski Club Part 1 of 2
  • Gordon's Butter & Dairy Museum / Viking Fest Brainerd Area
    S13 E7
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    Gordon's Butter & Dairy Museum / Viking Fest Brainerd Area
  • Bemidji's Carnegie Library Restoration Part 2 of 2
    S13 E6
    Bemidji's Carnegie Library Restoration Part 2 of 2
  • Bemidji's Carnegie Library Restoration Part 1 of 2
    S13 E5
    Bemidji's Carnegie Library Restoration Part 1 of 2
  • A traditional snowshoe class in Ponemah, Red Lake Nation
    S13 E4
    A traditional snowshoe class in Ponemah, Red Lake Nation
  • Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 3
    S13 E3
    Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 3
  • Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 2
    S13 E2
    Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 2
  • Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 1
    S13 E1
    Nate Johnson makes his own durable leather clothing Part 1
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    Broadcast Dates
    • #1206 - Bemidji Community Theater: Part 2 |
      Tuesday, Jun 3 at 5am TPT MN
    • #1206 - Bemidji Community Theater: Part 2 |
      Tuesday, Jun 3 at 11am TPT MN
    • #1206 - Bemidji Community Theater: Part 2 |
      Tuesday, Jun 3 at 5pm TPT MN
    • #1206 - Bemidji Community Theater: Part 2 |
      Tuesday, Jun 3 at 11pm TPT MN
    • #1207 - Keila McCracken |
      Thursday, Jun 5 at 12:30am TPT MN
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