To Contact the History Association - Email: [email protected]
Phone:  320.322.9208 (our phone only goes to voicemail so leave a message and a phone number & we will call you back.)
Mailing Address: c/o Chamber of  Commerce, 247 5th St. SE, Pine City, MN 55063
It's here: A new way to discover Pine City History!
Bonus online version is available now - just click on the banner below.
Walk around downtown Pine City and learn the history of nearly 50 locations. History in this Spot is a self guided walk. Each participating location has an 11 x 17" poster with that spot's history. Each poster has a QR code  that links to a map of participating sites. A second QR code on each poster links to more information on that spot. The more feature will grow in time.
We are focusing on locations in the downtown area. Click here to learn how to become a participating site.
Next General Meeting
general meetings are always free & open to the public
Our next general meeting will be
Sunday, April 27, 2025 at 3:00 in the
Pine City Public Library Meeting Room
300 5th St. SE
Missed the meeting?
You can watch it here:
The Day the World Burned
Local History Offerings
All books are available through the Chamber Office or by contacting
the history association.
This is the biggest book we have produced to date. Over a hundred pages of local history connected with the people who over a hundred years ago donated the stained glass windows at the Immaculate Conception Church. Learn about the many other contributions they made to Pine City’s history. Available at The Chamber Office for $25.00.


If you are looking for the Nelsons & Coca-Cola book - click here
Rural Schools
 From Our Files
Found at the Fur Post
The Rural School Book is  75 pages of information about 32 local rural school districts plus information on students and teachers. 
Available locally at The Chamber Office for $15.00, or by Mail for $19.00.
Covers 12 diverse topics, including the first fire engine, ice harvest, Riverdale ferry, Camp Phares, and boat builders are explored and documented with news clippings and photographs. 
$12.00 locally or $15.00 by Mail.
Contains photos and information on the artifacts in the Joseph Neubauer Fur Post Collection.
$12.00 locally or $15.00 by Mail.
Paper Towns
Alhambra was a paper town located on the east side of Cross Lake. Read more about it on the MinnPost site in their article on Paper Towns, then come back and explore these related links.
Map of Alhambra
The Military or Government Road
The Train & Pine City
General Meetings
Typically we have 4 general meetings per year. General meetings are free and open to the public. They are programs on some aspect of local history.
Past Meetings
Kristina Shuey shared her book Day the World Burned
Judy Scholin gave a talk on Pine City Doctors
Dick Staiert gave a talk on "The Snake River Bridge"
Julie Berglund presented "Orphan Train to Minnesota"
Watch a past general meeting; "Property Abstracts"
Read about a past general meeting; "Rural Electrification"
Read a companion article to "Logging in Pine County"
Read about a past general meeting; "Rural Schools"
Read about a past general meeting; "History Rocks"
Privy Diggers
Picture
In the summer of 2015 we brought the Privy Diggers to town. Here is a video of one of the digs.

The Privy Diggers were here in Fall 2016. You can see some of their finds on our Facebook page.
Local History Group
The Local History Group  has quit meeting. 
The History Association used to sponsor a weekly discussion on local history. Learn all about it in this video.
Rural School Museum & The Military Road
The history association is pleased to share three brochures.

Membership - download Brochure

The history association is funded by memberships. The public is encouraged to become a member of the Pine City Area History Association. An individual/household membership costs $20.00 and is valid for one year. You may purchase your membership by mail. Complete the membership form and drop it in the mail.
Annual Reports

2024 annual report
2023 annual report
2022 annual report
2021 annual report
2020 annual report
2019 annual report
2018 annual report
2017 annual report.
  2016 annual report.
2015 annual report.
2014 annual report.