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Features interpretive displays of the area's history. The one-room Hadley Valley Schoolhouse and the 1860s William Dee Log Cabin on the site, A research library and archives are also available. Tuesday-Saturday 9am-noon and 1-5pm; closed major holidays.

Location: 1195 Hwy 22 SW, Rochester Minnesota 55901 Telephone 507-282-9447

Other History nearby:
(Wabasha) Arrowhead Bluffs Museum
(Winona) Bunnell House
(Albert Lea) Freeborn County Historical Museum
(Faribault) Ivan Whitlock Studio
(Spring Valley) Methodist Church Museum
(Rochester) Olmsted County History Center

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