About This Project

What’s new in Forest, Fields and the Falls?

• Professional narration available for the stories
• Works on mobile devices, including iPads
• Glossary for challenging words
• Simplified version of the Flour Milling story
• Accessibility features

Funding

This creation of this site is supported by a National Leadership Grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, a federal agency that fosters innovation, leadership, and a lifetime of learning, as well as generous funding from the State of Minnesota.

Legacy Funding

Original project credits

Steve Boyd-Smith, Curator/Project Manager
Tina Tennessen, Lead Researcher
Ned Zimmerman-Bence, Instructional Designer

2016 Version Credits

Video Narrator: Kathy Hardy
Joseph DeLaittre: Walt Weaver
Melvin Frank: Ross Young
Mary Carpenter: Sondra Reierson
E.V. Smalley: E.J. Subkoviak

Special thanks to the descendents of the DeLaittre Family, particularly Sally Sawyer.