Ox Cart Angel’ author to speak

Join author Joel Arnold at noon, Thursday, Sept. 8, at the Wadena County Historical Museum to learn more about his book “Ox Cart Angel.” 

Joel Arnold is the fourth in the Minnesota Voices series, a free noontime program that features book signings and interviews with Minnesota writers. 

“Ox Cart Angel” is a novel set in 1862, that follows 13-year old Claire and her father as they set out on a journey from the Dakota Territory to St. Paul, hoping to catch up to a caravan of Metis fur traders.

The Wadena County Museum is currently displaying a traveling exhibit called “Fur Trade in Minnesota,” an interactive exhibit from the Minnesota Historical Society.

The museum, located at 603 Jefferson St. N, Wadena is open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For information call; 218 631-9079.