When I was a kid, my classmates and I were encouraged to make ashtrays during the pottery unit in art class. Teachers wanted us to…
View More To Make AshtraysAuthor: Morrison County Historical Society
WIL Project to be Featured at MC Genealogy Meeting
The What’s It Like project will be the featured topic of the Morrison County Genealogy Society’s meeting on Monday, October 24, 2011. The meeting will…
View More WIL Project to be Featured at MC Genealogy MeetingMCHS 75th Anniversary
On Sunday, September 18, 2011, we at the Morrison County Historical Society celebrated the organization’s 75th anniversary. The “legal” anniversary is actually September 17, the…
View More MCHS 75th AnniversaryKiewel Brewery Focus of Our 75th Annual Celebration
The history of the Kiewel Brewing Company will be the focus of the Morrison County Historical Society’s 75th anniversary dinner this year. Our program will…
View More Kiewel Brewery Focus of Our 75th Annual CelebrationNew Military Lists Up
The World War II Morrison County Veterans list is now on the military page! The list is in three parts; the first two parts are…
View More New Military Lists UpGrowing Up in Bygone Days
On May 12th, 86 years ago, Dr. R.T. Healy came to our residence in a horse and buggy, chauffeured by his hired driver, to answer…
View More Growing Up in Bygone DaysNew Military Lists Up
Today three new lists of war veterans were added to the military page (http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/history/?page_id=36 ). The two wars are the Spanish American War and World…
View More New Military Lists UpFamily Fun Day – Apron Theme at Weyerhaeuser Museum
Wander around a craft or fabric store these days and it soon becomes apparent that aprons are enjoying a revival. Perhaps the frugality spawned by…
View More Family Fun Day – Apron Theme at Weyerhaeuser MuseumTo Be a Volunteer in a Small Town
I spent my childhood in Alexandria but “grew up” in Upsala, having moved to the area in 1971, at age 22. I was a young…
View More To Be a Volunteer in a Small TownTo Find the Elusive Job
Hi, my name is Greg. I have been out of a job for 15 months. It hasn’t been easy being and staying positive. I look…
View More To Find the Elusive Job