These charming New Deal-era Valentine’s Day cards were given to Sylvia Moran, a young Morrison County teacher, by Marguerite and John Bellamy. Marguerite…
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Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985
Until its demolition in 1988, the O. A. Churchill Store, also known as the Muske Implement Building, was the oldest standing commercial structure in central…
View More Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985MCHS Receives Ernest Mann Collection
Squeeeee! We get lots of interesting items donated to the Morrison County Historical Society. Many of them make us squeeeee and do a little dance…
View More MCHS Receives Ernest Mann CollectionCollections Carousel – Postcard of Swinging Bridge at Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, Circa 1940
On Monday, March 23, 1931, Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson signed the bill that created Charles A. Lindbergh State Park. A well-loved asset for…
View More Collections Carousel – Postcard of Swinging Bridge at Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, Circa 1940Collections Carousel – Swanville’s McRae Brothers and George W. Friedrich Park
While doing research for the Stearns History Museum on George W. Friedrich Park, a natural conservation area in southeast St. Cloud, Minnesota, that is eligible…
View More Collections Carousel – Swanville’s McRae Brothers and George W. Friedrich ParkFallout Shelter at LF Post Office
Yesterday the Little Falls Post Office donated a stack of historic materials to the Morrison County Historical Society. The stack includes a cash book ledger…
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Collections Carousel – “Ode to Collections”, 1997
Our intrepid board president, A. Arthur Warner, Jr., is a man of many talents. Along with the various hats he has worn at the museum – garbage…
View More Collections Carousel – “Ode to Collections”, 1997Collections Carousel – Snow Shovelers on Broadway East in Little Falls, Circa 1930
Already tired of shoveling snow? The three guys in this undated photo postcard who are trying to clear large piles of snow along Broadway East…
View More Collections Carousel – Snow Shovelers on Broadway East in Little Falls, Circa 1930Unidentified Students – Lincoln School
Larger version: http://www.morrisoncountyhistory.org/museumpics/lincolnschl_1946.jpg Here is a photo of the second grade class at Lincoln Elementary School in c. 1946 in Little Falls, Minnesota. Three of…
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Sometimes (often!) we receive an artifact at the Weyerhaeuser Museum that contains more fascinating material than what the item ostensibly displays. Such is the case…
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