When my grandfather came to Minnesota, he came alone, by pack horse. After he had started he sent for Grandmother. They had just one horse…
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Collections Carousel – St. Francis High School, 1931
St. Francis High School got its start in 1922 when Sister Mary Antonia Kane of the Franciscan Sisters of Little Falls established a High School…
View More Collections Carousel – St. Francis High School, 1931Collections Carousel – Lin Club Matchbook, circa 1975
In 1963, Stanley and Estelline Krocak opened the Lin Club near Fish Trap Lake in Lincoln, Minnesota. The Krocak’s owned and operated a bar in…
View More Collections Carousel – Lin Club Matchbook, circa 1975Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop Bag
The Odd Shop got its start in 1929 when Ida Caroline McCauley and her niece, Clara (McCauley) Guerin, organized the Guerin McCauley Company. The company…
View More Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop BagCollections Carousel – Dairy Queen Spoon
This small pale pink plastic spoon from the Dairy Queen in Little Falls, Minnesota, was manufactured by Lind Plastic Products of Chicago, Illinois. The spoon…
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This slick-looking four-door Chrysler sedan, shown on Broadway Avenue East in Little Falls, Minnesota, is decked out with advertising for a fairly new restaurant in…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade CarCollections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family Photograph
This unidentified studio photograph belongs to a collection of photographs and miscellaneous items from the family of Stanley Herum. The photograph possibly shows Stanley and…
View More Collections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family PhotographNew Exhibit at MCHS – “What’s New!?!”
Culled from donations to the collections of The Morrison County Historical Society from 2008 to the present, What’s New!?! is an exhibit celebrating the continuing…
View More New Exhibit at MCHS – “What’s New!?!”Collections Carousel – “Choice Recipes” Cookbook
This small cookbook (6½”H x 4″W) is one of a collection of cookbooks recently donated by Fred “Bodie” Larson of Little Falls, Minnesota. The cookbooks…
View More Collections Carousel – “Choice Recipes” CookbookCollections Carousel – Victor Clothing Company Store
Austin F. Koslosky, a founder of the Victor Clothing Company, was one of the leading citizens of Morrison County featured in Clara Fuller’s, History of…
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