In 2000, staff of the Morrison County Historical Society was hired by the Little Falls Heritage Preservation Commission to produce a book that could be…
View More Little Falls on the Big River Now OnlineAuthor: Morrison County Historical Society
Collections Carousel – And The Winner Is…
Well, we ended up with a tie! Two aprons from the Bling Apron display case that was part of this year’s exhibit, The Apron: Body…
View More Collections Carousel – And The Winner Is…MCHS Receives Legacy Grant for Digital Access Project
The Morrison County Historical Society is pleased to announce that it has received a Legacy grant through the Minnesota Historical & Cultural Grant program administered…
View More MCHS Receives Legacy Grant for Digital Access ProjectTo Be a Shoe-Shine Boy in Little Falls & Camp Ripley
My first real paying job was shining the shoes of National Guardsmen in Little Falls and Camp Ripley. I was about 10 years old and…
View More To Be a Shoe-Shine Boy in Little Falls & Camp RipleyTo Be a Car Hop
Okay! I was a car hop at Sammy’s Drive-In in the ‘50s. We had “good” customers and some that weren’t so good, but “had” to…
View More To Be a Car HopCollections Carousel – Royalton Schools
This photo postcard shows a view of three school buildings in Royalton, Minnesota. The oldest building is in the front and was built in 1890…
View More Collections Carousel – Royalton SchoolsCollections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes, Travelling Photographer
This recently identified photograph by local businessman, Z. N. Barnes (1859-1943), shows a view of a picturesque bridge over the Lester River in Lester Park…
View More Collections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes, Travelling PhotographerTo Rake Leaves
Living at home entails participation; no, it requires one to help with chores around the house. Raking leaves was one task I was looking forward…
View More To Rake LeavesTo Be an Emigrant
We searched online (the Internet) for job postings within my husband’s company that would locate us north of I-94. Living in Red Wing, Minnesota, was…
View More To Be an EmigrantDewey Radke House Mugs Available
When the Dewey-Radke House was demolished in August this year (2011), Jan Warner, MCHS Executive Director, remembered that a local artist had donated a watercolor…
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