Contact UsIsanti County
Historical Society 1700 E. Rum River Drive S., Suite K Cambridge, MN 55008 Phone: 763-689-4229 Email: ichs@izoom.net See UsAll visits are by appointment only. Research inquiries should be done by phone or email.
Our Heritage Center, located in the northwest corner of the Isanti County Fairgrounds, off Highway 95 and Flanders Street in Cambridge, was set on fire by an arsonist on July 8, 2011 and burned to the ground. Click for directions Help us
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It's a new beginningWhere do we go from here?
What should our history business look like in the 21st century? We welcome your ideas and input. Click here to post a response in our online forum. We would like to consider all ideas and options that are available to us before decisions on how to rebuild are made. Annual Epiphany Service at St. John's Jan. 8
Celebrate the ending of the Christmas Holiday season in the same way as the German immigrants to Minnesota did almost 130 years ago. Two programs, German at 2 p.m. and English at 4 p.m. will be presented on Epiphany Sunday, January 8, 2012, at the Historic St. John’s Lutheran Church of Bradford, located at 900 County Rd 5 NW, just 2 1/2 miles west of Isanti.
Click here for more information. Office closed until Jan. 3
Over the next two weeks, when the entire world will all be
busy with family and friends, ICHS is taking a break before the hard-core
processing of salvaged materials is started. The office will be taking phone
calls and emails, but will not be open until Tuesday, January 3, 2012. Year-end
donations toward operating expenses are greatly appreciated and can be made by
mail, in the green box below, or directly at Cambridge State Bank.
Towards a new vision
In October and again in November, ICHS members met to talk about what ICHS should look like in the future. "Where do we go from here?" was the question attendees pondered. See photos on our blog by clicking here.
| ICHS Heritage Center Destroyed by Arson Fire (click here for details)
See more fire photos.
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Online fundraising for ISANTI COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY at Razoo
Donations given to replace items lost in fire
Click here to read about how we're slowly replacing the items that were destroyed in the arson fire that claimed our building and most of our archives. Be sure to check our blog for regular updates on our progress.
John L. Schade of the Minnesota Genealogical Society loads two boxes of books for ICHS. The Minnesota Genealogical Society graciously donated a number of books to help replace what was lost in the fire. They have also offered to donate more of their duplicate books prior to their next book sale. We are so grateful!  What remained of the Heritage Center after the fire has now been torn down. Thanks to the help of volunteers and Gary Pike, the rubble is gone. We're now working to set up our new office at the Oakview Building in Cambridge and to determine where we go from here. See more photos of the clean-up. |  Steve Potter and Jerry Engbring of the International Coleman Collectors Club, from Madison, Wis., ignite the chandelier and lamp donated to Historic St. John’s Lutheran Church. The church was without lamps after the arson fire claimed the ICHS Heritage Center. Friends of Historic St. John’s posted on the Coleman Collectors Forum website about replacing the lamps and received offers for donations. Read more here.
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 $2,500 reward offered
|  Governor Dayton's VisitGovernor Dayton's visit on Monday, July 25, 2011 was very inspiring. He seemed genuinely concerned and supportive. See more photos on our Fire Photos page.
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