Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺
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Hayden L. Nelson 🌲🐺
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PhD, University of Kansas | Writing an Environmental History of the North Woods | Research Historian @ the Minnesota Historical Society | Adjunct @ the University of Central Missouri | WI➡️MT➡️KS➡️MN
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Family weekend in Milwaukee with a tour of the Miller Brewing Company and a Bucks game!
November 23, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Jazzy appreciates the love.
November 3, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Had a great time at the WHA in Albuquerque presenting some of my research and seeing friends, old and new!
October 20, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I saw this and immediately thought of John Wesley Powell.
October 8, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Research trip up to Duluth turned into a nice little weekend getaway.
September 30, 2025 at 1:16 PM
One of the many reasons I love my job is because I can go look at cool things like this whenever I want.
September 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Up North
August 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Officially official 🎓
August 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Hooding yesterday + commencement today = #PhDone
May 19, 2025 at 2:01 AM
First, I defended my dissertation, “The North Woods: An Environmental History from the Pleistocene to the Pyrocene,” on April 28. Thanks to my committee members: Drew Isenberg, Kent Blansett, Elaine Nelson, Rob Schwaller, Joe Brewer, and Daniel Immerwahr for all of their help and insight.
May 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some photos from the past ten days of travels.

Left: Angel Oak tree in Charleston, South Carolina. Right: a photo of Drew Isenberg (3rd from right) and some of his past and present advisees at ASEH 2025 in Pittsburgh.
April 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Sent my dissertation out to my committee on Friday!
March 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Back at UW-Eau Claire for some last-minute research. I miss this old place. It’s wild how much smaller the city and campus seems now. It still feels like home.
March 17, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Good mail day
March 16, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Sic semper tyrannis
February 19, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Quite the successful haul from the Lawrence Public Library’s book sale!
February 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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January 21, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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January 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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January 19, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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