Archaeology Alum Wins Paper Competition

Please join me in a hearty congratulations for Spring 2025 Anthropology graduate Reid Haugen, who has won the Jeanette E. Stephens Student Paper Award sponsored by the Illinois Archaeology Survey. His paper titled “Resistance Isn’t Always Futile: Electrical Resistivity at Historic Nauvoo” draws on geophysical methods, specifically electrical resistivity, to explore buried architectural features at a site of deep historical […]

MSUM students are digging up the past at Clay County ghost town

By Drew BergJune 27, 2025 HAWLEY, Minn. — Just four miles northeast of Hawley, the remnants of a once-bustling railroad town are resurfacing, thanks to a summer archaeological dig by Minnesota State University Moorhead students. Winnipeg Junction, established in 1887, was a small town built at the crossing of Northern Pacific’s east-west route and a line heading north into Canada. When […]

A Celebration of Community and History Through Archaeology

Celebrate archaeology and community by joining our archaeology students and the community of Winnipeg Junction for a Hootenanny! Potluck style meal with music by Kohlrabi Soup. We’ll have a history harvest for community members with stories and/or photos of Winnipeg Junction plus a small traveling exhibit set up for the public. All are welcome! When: June 27 | 6-8 p.m. What: Potluck […]