This gorgeous black picture hat was made by the Sand Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota. The Sand Sisters consisted of Mary, Eugenia and Josephine Sand,…
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Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s Snowshoes
Educator and avid outdoorsman, George Washington Sprandel, was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 22, 1905, to Charles August (C. A.) and Mathilda (Becker)…
View More Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s SnowshoesCollections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898
On May 27, 1898, Marie Louise Richard and five classmates – Nettie F. Carley, Ernest M. Merrick, Grace E. Mahan, J. Henry Guerin, Leigh V.…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898Museum Closed Independence Day – July 4th, 2013
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, 2013, to celebrate the 237th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration…
View More Museum Closed Independence Day – July 4th, 2013Bill Morgan Book Signing Event May 11, 2013
Central Minnesota author and historian, Bill Morgan, will discuss his new book “Earth, Wood, Stone: Central Minnesota Lives and Landmarks” at The Charles A. Weyerhaueser…
View More Bill Morgan Book Signing Event May 11, 2013Collections Carousel – Pine Grove Park Deer
On Wednesday, September 10, 1913, the Little Falls Daily Transcript announced that two deer purchased from the city of Mankato, Minnesota, for Pine Grove Park…
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Two more Valentine’s Day cards collected by Stella (Houle) LeBlanc during her years as a school teacher. Happy Valentine’s Day from the Morrison County Historical…
View More Collections Carousel – Valentine’s Day CardsCollections Carousel – Printing Plate for 1936 Condition Map of Minnesota Trunk Highways
The 1930s may have been a time of economic crisis but that did not stop all progress, including the improvement of roads. This 1936 printing…
View More Collections Carousel – Printing Plate for 1936 Condition Map of Minnesota Trunk HighwaysCollections Carousel – Winter Wonderland License Plate Topper
Winter Wonderland was a popular community celebration started by the recently ordained Father Edward C. Ramacher (1917-2007). Ramacher had been assigned to a parish in…
View More Collections Carousel – Winter Wonderland License Plate TopperCollections Carousel – Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Shelter and Bridge Postcards
On May 21, 1936, the Little Falls Daily Transcript announced that Charles A. Lindbergh State Park in Little Falls, Minnesota, had received approval from the…
View More Collections Carousel – Charles A. Lindbergh State Park Shelter and Bridge Postcards