Heritage Renewal

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Congratulations to the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection on the success of its Dakota Memories Heritage Tour this past weekend. Photos from the expedition already are appearing at the GRHC Facebook page. The center also will be posting photos at Webshots and Heritage Trails.

Spread the word about Heritage Trails, OK? It's the Facebook group organized by the center as a platform for grassroots heritage tourism on the northern plains. Here's a poster about it.

Last Saturday morning I met in Wishek with a group of citizens interested in preserving and restoring the old city hall, a Mission Revival building constructed in 1917. Here are some photographs of the old hall. This building is an unappreciated heritage resource that can be redeveloped to great advantage for the community. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

It was a pleasure last Friday to go before the Historic Sites Review Board, in Bismarck, and present the nomination of the Walla Theater, Walhalla, North Dakota, for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The vote of the review board was positive and unanimous; following a little fine-tuning, the nomination goes on to Washington. This is a good, positive step toward the preservation and restoration of the Walla, a historic landmark and community institution.