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Morrison County Influentials: 26-30

Morrison County Historical Society June 18, 2008 No Comments

Last week’s Morrison County Influentials: 21. George Harting. Artist and photographer. George Harting was born in 1877 in Little Falls, Minnesota, where his parents owned…

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Christmas: An Annual of Christmas Literature and Art

Recently we had a researcher ask if we had any copies of the annual publication “Christmas” in our collections. “Christmas: An Annual of Christmas Literature…

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"Preserving Family History: Minnesota's Greatest Generation"

Morrison County Historical Society June 11, 2008 No Comments

The Minnesota Historical Society recently sent us information on a free workshop chief outreach conservator, Bob Herskovitz, will be holding at Camp Ripley on Thursday,…

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Morrison County Influentials: 21-25

Morrison County Historical Society June 10, 2008 No Comments

Last week’s Morrison County Influentials were a busy group in the early history of Morrison County. Fergus, Tuttle and Sturgis and the Morrison brothers each…

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Family Fun Day Recap

Morrison County Historical Society June 6, 2008 No Comments

Last Sunday’s Little Falls area Family Fun Day was a great success judging by the happy faces of the numerous visitors to The Charles A.…

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Morrison County Influentials: 16-20

Morrison County Historical Society June 3, 2008 No Comments allan morrison calvin tuttle dakota dam fort gaines fort ripley henry m. rice james fergus james green john blair smith todd john irvine napolean jackson tecumseh dana ojibwe sawmill william morrison william sturgis winnebago

Time to reveal how last week’s five Morrison County Influentials were influential. To refresh your memory (and mine!), here are numbers 11-15: 11. Captain Napolean…

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Map of the Month – June

Morrison County Historical Society May 30, 2008 4 Comments charles lindbergh dating franciscan sisters map of the month maps orphanage our lady of lourdes pierz road pine tree lumber company

It’s hard to believe that May is almost over – only about a day and a half left. With that, it’s time to be changing…

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Morrison County Influentials: 11-15

Morrison County Historical Society May 27, 2008 2 Comments captain john blair smith todd chief little crow father joseph buh father pierz henry m. rice hole in the day james green john irvine kwi wi sens lewis cass morrison county record napolean jackson tecumseh dana ojibwe pugona geshig sioux uprising terry lehrke tom west william aitken william whipple warren

We’re back with 5 more influential people plucked from Morrison County’s history, but first, an explanation of why last week’s 5 were important: 6. Father…

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Morrison County Influentials: 6 – 10

Morrison County Historical Society May 20, 2008 No Comments chief hole in the day elizabeth ayer elizabeth hayes father francis xavier pierz frederick ayer joseph nicollet mother mary ignatius of jesus william aitken william whipple warren zebulon pike

Last week we introduced you to the first five of our list of 150 Morrison County Influentials. We named them, but didn’t tell you why…

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Plat Book Now Online

Morrison County Historical Society May 20, 2008 2 Comments 1892 plat book digitizing maps minnesota digital library minnesota reflections

We have some good news for our researchers. The 1892 Plat Book of Morrison County was digitized this spring as part of the Minnesota Digital…