Wednesday, February 7, 2024

Prom Beauties from Brandon High School


 Prom Beauties from Brandon High School May 1997

L-R: Leann Korkowski, Nicole Ness, Cindy Hoppe, Rebecca Slack, Carrie Arndt,       Alicia Thoennes, Elizabeth Sullivan, Amber Melville

Friday, February 2, 2024

Two new books added to the Brandon History Center Website


Two new books have been added to the Brandon History Center Website
brandonhistorycenter.org
Check under History Library






Times to Remember is written by Robert Thompson about life in Brandon
 from the middle 1900s going forward.  

Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Students in the Brandon High School Office 1991


 Dianna Kehoe and Tina Wagner in the Brandon High School Office 1991.  It looks like all of the teachers are getting an apple in their mail boxes. 

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Brandon Boys Basketball Team 1970


The Brandon School has donated a box full of old sudent photos, possibly from the year 1989 through 2022.  We would really like to share some of these photos with you but there is no identification on any of the photos.  In order for us to figure out who the students are, we need to check the corresponding year books.  We are missing the following yearbooks: 1950 - 1951 - 1989 - 1996 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2007 - 2012 - 2015 - 2018 - 2019 - 2021 - 2022.  Please check to see if you have one of these books and are willing to donate it to the Brandon History Center.  Thank you for your help !

 

Thursday, December 14, 2023

OUR LEGACY "Echoes of the Past" is now added to the Brandon History Center Website


OUR LEGACY "Echoes of the Past" by Laura Wilken Roers and written by her son James William Roers, has been added to the History Library of the Brandon History Center Website.  The book is about the family history of the Hockert and Wilken families.  brandonhistorycenter.org

We have this book at the Brandon History Center but now you can read it in the comfort of your home.

Friday, December 8, 2023

"Muriel" written by Joanna Sandbo Engstrom, has been added to the Brandon History Center Website


Another book has been added to the Brandon History Center Website. "Muriel" was written by Joanna Sandbo Engstrom about her aunt Muriel Olson Kappler.  Muriel grew up in Brandon. She graduated from Brandon High School in 1938.  She became a nurse in 1941 and served in WWII.  We have this book at the Brandon History Center, but now you can read it in the comfort of your home.  Our Website is brandonhistorycenter.org  Next click on History Library and then choose the book you want to read. 
 

Thursday, December 7, 2023

Local Authors can be found on Brandon History Center Website


Spilling Over was written by Florian Ledermann who grew 

up in rural Brandon and created our Burr Vineyard.  

Florian was a  1958 graduateof Brandon High School.


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John's Story was written by John Anderson who grew up in Brandon,
 taught school in Morris for many years and had a lake place on Devil's Lake.
John was a 1949 graduate of Brandon High School.


We have these books at the Brandon History Center, but now you can read them in the comfort of your home. 

To find them go to:

brandonhistorycenter.org

next click on History Library

next choose the book that you want to read.       Enjoy