Minnesota | A History of the Land Production Team and Credits

Creating moments from Minnesota History.		For more than five years, the team has studied the historical record and traveled the state in search of interesting stories from the land. They have spent countless hours collecting rarely seen images of Minnesota and hours of filming Minnesota’s natural world. All to bring viewers one of the most compelling and unique documentaries ever created.
Along the way we had the opportunity to work with some amazing partners. The Minnesota Historical Society has provided a wide range of resources to the project. We shot in numerous MHS locations like the James J Hill House, the Oliver Kelley Farm and the Forest History Center. We utilized historic photographs and motion picture footage. And they provided invaluable research and scholarly resources.

Production Team:
Executive Producer/ Series Concept Barbara Coffin Producer/Director/Editor/Writer John Whitehead Producer/Writer/Researcher Polly Fry Series Concept/Writer/Narrator Lansing Shepard Writer/Researcher Tim Brady On-line Editor Jerry Lakso Videography Jim Kron, Brett Kosmider, Robert Hutchings Additional Research and Writing Laurie Allmann, David Stevens Additional Off-line Editing Brett Kosmider, Kathleen Laughlin Additional Videography Robert Durland Field Audio Bernie Beaudry, Lisa K. Johnson, Steve Truax, Dan Rowbatham Post Production Audio Mitch Griffin, Gary Edelburg, Ezra Gold TPT Executives-in-Charge Bill Hanley, Sherece Lamke, Dianne Steinbach Post Production Supervisor Bob Sturm Production Managers Norbert Een, Lynn Winter Production Assistants Elizabeth Winter, Richard Gregg Transcriber Anne Marie Kronick Original Soundtrack Peter Ostroushko Recording Engineer Sam Hudson Maps and Animation Studio Z Imagery Still Photography Richard Hamilton Smith Graphic Design Denise Fick, Twin Cities Public Television Eaton & Associates Design Company Minnesota Historical Society Carol Schreider, Nancy O'Brien Wagner, Curriculum Specialists; Bonnie Wilson, Archivist; Nick Duncan, research staff		Advisors Catherine Allan, Twin Cities Public Television Susan Flader, University of Missouri-Columbia Rhoda Gilman, Minnesota Historical Society Kent Johnson, Metropolitan Council Lloyd Knutson, MN Department of Natural Resources David Lanegran, Macalester College Curt Meine, Consulting Environmental Historian Ron Nargang, The Nature Conservancy Elizabeth Raymond, University of Nevada Don Schreiner, MN Department of Natural Resources Newell Searle, Historian University of Minnesota Alan Ek, Department of Forest Resources Don Luce, Bell Museum of Natural History Jim Perry, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology Daniel Philoppon, Department of Rhetoric Steve Daley Laursen, College of Natural Resources Lance Neckar, Department of Landscape Architecture George Spangler, Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology John Tester, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior David Tilman, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Herbert Wright, Department Geology and Geophysics
Web Site Credits:
Executive Producer Barbara Coffin Producer Polly Fry Original Graphic Design and Site Development Eaton & Associates Design Company Photographs and Images Episode I Header Images Anna Gronseth Prairie, photo by Richard Hamilton Smith St. Anthony Falls, Henry Lewis, courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society Mississippi River Headwaters, photo by MHL Production Crew Episode II Header Images Photos by Richard Hamilton Smith Episode III Header Images Photos by Richard Hamilton Smith Episode IV Header Images Anna Gronseth Prairie, photo by Richard Hamilton Smith Stone Arch Bridge on the Mississippi River, photo by Richard Hamilton Smith Highway Cloverleaf, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society About the Series Header Images Anna Gronseth Prairie, photo by Richard Hamilton Smith Agricultural Field, photo by MHL Production Crew Trillium, photo by MHL Production Crew