Pond Dakota Heritage Society

Step back in time and imagine what it was like for students long ago. Try writing on parchment paper with a quill pen you’ll dip in ink and take home your handwritten missive!

Watch cream transform into butter. Then fashion your own Bread on a Stick and roast it over a campfire at this free program. Enjoy this mouth-watering treat with your handmade butter.

View the beautiful quilts that will be on display and hand sew a simple four-square quilt block . Learn how important quilts were on the Minnesota frontier.

Experience the lifestyles of people living in Minnesota in the 1800s through storytelling and dozens of interactive, hands-on demonstrations. Tour the 1856 Gideon and Agnes Pond House.

Taste a variety of 19th century candies that started as medicine and ended up as delicious treats. Learn about the evolution of these American confections.