Aitkin County Historical Society

06/03/2026

05/07/2026

Thank you to all who joined for the ACHS annual meeting yesterday! Your attendance and feedback is greatly appreciated!

05/06/2026

ACHS Annual Meeting is TODAY
2pm at the Depot! Hope to see you there!

05/04/2026

Reminder! This week is our Annual Meeting for the Aitkin County Historical Society.

Join us on Wednesday, May 6 at 2:00 p.m. at the Depot. We hope to see you there!

04/23/2026

The Depot will be closed on Friday, April 24th. Please stop by when we re-open on Wednesday, April 29th!

04/20/2026

📣 You’re Invited!

Join us for the Aitkin County Historical Society Annual Meeting on
🗓 Wednesday, May 6th
🕑 2:00 p.m.
📍 The Depot

Come hear updates on exciting projects happening at the Historical Society—including progress on the Depot roof—and take part in an important vote on bylaw updates.

We’d love to see you there and appreciate your continued support in preserving Aitkin County’s history!

04/06/2026

We received this question ~ does anyone know the answer?

Question: AM KKIN in the 60’s. As most folks know who live there, know that KKIN Was a FCC sundowner station when the time of sundown the station had to go off the air.

So my question is what was the instrumental song played before it went off the air? And no it is not the national anthem. Can you help me with this question please?

01/30/2026

🎬 Did you catch The Last Stop: The Depots of Minnesota on Lakeland PBS?

We’re honored to see the Aitkin Depot featured in this wonderful documentary! It will air again Saturday, January 31 at 7:00 p.m. and is available to stream at www.lptv.org.

We’d love to hear what you thought! And a big thank you to ACHS’s Rich Peterson for doing an outstanding job representing one of Aitkin’s most cherished landmarks.

https://lptv.org/local-show/the-last-stop-railroad-depots-of-minnesota/

Multiple railroads have served the state of Minnesota. And with the rail lines came the depots needed to support the railroads and the communities where they were built. But times have change and they are no longer needed. This documentary reveals their history and what has become of them

01/23/2026

We’re honored that the Aitkin Depot was selected to be part of this story. Please tune in, share with friends, and let us know what you think—we’d love to hear your thoughts! 🚂❤️