Prairie Sportsman
Charles Hanson
Clip: Season 9 Episode 5 | 6m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
A trip to the studio of taxidermist Charles Hansen.
Taxidermist Charles Hanson, who grew up on Artichoke Lake in western Minnesota, acquired his 500-bird collection from hunting around Artichoke and in Arkansas, California and Alaska. After his uncles’ country store closed in the 1970s, he converted it to a museum that was moved to the Big Stone County Historical Society museum in Ortonville.
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Charles Hanson
Clip: Season 9 Episode 5 | 6m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Taxidermist Charles Hanson, who grew up on Artichoke Lake in western Minnesota, acquired his 500-bird collection from hunting around Artichoke and in Arkansas, California and Alaska. After his uncles’ country store closed in the 1970s, he converted it to a museum that was moved to the Big Stone County Historical Society museum in Ortonville.
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Prairie Sportsman is a local public television program presented by Pioneer PBS
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