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Morrison County Influentials: 111-115

Morrison County Historical Society October 18, 2008 No Comments

Last week’s Influentials: 106. Florence Williams (1863-1945). Library Founder. Florence E. (Bennett) Williams was born in New York. In 1889 she married Milton M. Williams…

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There's an Art to Salvage

A week ago Friday (October 4), Ann Marie and I attended a conference at the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, MN. The conference was…

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Morrison County Influentials: 106-110

Morrison County Historical Society October 10, 2008 2 Comments bertha rhodes george parker joe hortsch john schmolke simon p. brick verne lockwood

Now that we are past 100 on our list of Morrison County Influentials, let me tell you, it’s getting difficult to pick people. We keep…

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Morrison County Influentials: 101-105

Morrison County Historical Society October 4, 2008 No Comments Skimming the Cream

96. John D. Logan (1838-1907). Businessman. John D. Logan was born in Pennsylvania. Logan moved to Northfield, Minnesota, in 1855 and six years later enlisted…

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Online Resources

Morrison County Historical Society October 2, 2008 No Comments bureau of land management century farms dalby database find a grave general land office jan dalby john dalby land patents minnesota farm bureau pinkowski files polish americans rice county st. joseph's cemetery

The internet is a genealogist’s paradise. There are so many resources available online that it is difficult to keep track of them all. Our helpful…

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Commenting on Skimming the Cream

Morrison County Historical Society October 1, 2008 1 Comment Skimming the Cream website

Leave it to Mary, our on-site technical guru, to figure out how to get the “Comments” to work again on Skimming the Cream. If you…

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Redecorating & Tweaking

Morrison County Historical Society October 1, 2008 1 Comment redecorating Skimming the Cream website

Surprise! We’ve redecorated our blog again. Well, really, we’ve just selected a new theme. We had a comment from a researcher about needing more photos,…

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October Map of the Month

Morrison County Historical Society October 1, 2008 No Comments carol schallern florence schallern hazel schallern map of the month reliable insurance agency street names victor schallern

September has suddenly turned into October and it’s time for a new Map of the Month. October’s map is a portion of a hand-drawn plat…

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Morrison County Influentials: 96-100

Morrison County Historical Society September 26, 2008 No Comments axel borgstrom charles martin dr. s. g. knight frank b. logan h. b. morrison john d. logan john henry rhodes john s. borgstrom joseph buh philip hartmann

Names introduced last week: 91. Axel Borgstrom (1888-1995) – Axel Borgstrom was a defining citizen of the community of Upsala. He was born in Sweden…

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Time to Make Reservations

Morrison County Historical Society September 24, 2008 No Comments falls ballroom gary block jan warner local beat mary wuellner music reservations stan wielinski

No time to delay. We’re down to the wire on taking reservations for “Local Beat: Morrison County’s Homegrown Music.” The program is taking place this…