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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Museum Closed Dec. 23-26
In observance of the Christmas holiday, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed Friday, December 23 through Monday, December 26, 2011. (Normally we’re…
View More Museum Closed Dec. 23-26Collections Carousel – Bling Apron Vote
In conjunction with this year’s exhibit, The Apron: Body Armour or Bling, visitors to The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum have enjoyed choosing their favorite…
View More Collections Carousel – Bling Apron VoteHangings Added to Murders Index
I acknowledge this is probably not the best pre-Thanksgiving topic, but it just happens to be what I’m working on today and the stories behind…
View More Hangings Added to Murders IndexMuseum Closed Thanksgiving Day
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed on Thursday, November 24, 2011, for Thanksgiving Day. Museum staff wish you a happy holiday loaded…
View More Museum Closed Thanksgiving DayMuseum Closing at 12:15 Today
We’ll be closing the Weyerhaeuser Museum at 12:15 p.m. today so that staff can go on a field trip to a nearby historic site. You…
View More Museum Closing at 12:15 TodayNew 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 UpCollections Carousel – Lampert Nail Apron
In 1925, Lampert Brothers purchased the Little Falls Lumber Company, which was located at 211 Broadway East opposite the Morrison County Courthouse. The Lampert Lumber…
View More Collections Carousel – Lampert Nail ApronCollections Carousel – Kiewel Brewery Patch
In 1893, Jacob Kiewel (1846-1928) bought a small brewery in Little Falls, Minnesota, from Rudolph Koch. Originally built in 1882 by Leo P. Brick, the…
View More Collections Carousel – Kiewel Brewery PatchNew Museum Life Articles Online
One of our goals, aside from preserving and sharing Morrison County history, is to give the public a peek inside the operations of a small…
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