Collections Carousel – Government Witness Trees of 1852 N.S. Survey

              These wood survey posts were donated to the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS) in 1940 by assistant county…

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Collections Carousel – Lincoln School, Circa 1925

When this charming two-room brick school was built in the 1930s for District No. 76 in the southwest corner of Section 30 in Scandia Valley…

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More Articles Posted on MCHS Website

We added some new articles to our website today. If you dig Morrison County’s local history or preservation info, you might dig these as well.…

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Collections Carousel: Eyes I Love Sheet Music

Sometimes (often!) we receive an artifact at the Weyerhaeuser Museum that contains more fascinating material than what the item ostensibly displays. Such is the case…

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Collections Carousel – Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Company Ice Cream

Ice cream. The perfect summertime (and wintertime!) treat. A concoction consisting mainly of cream, butterfat or milk that is sweetened and flavored, beaten to a…

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Collections Carousel – Marian (Frisk) Karhula’s Braided Rug, Circa 1945

Women’s cotton stockings, in colors ranging from white, cream, tan and brown to dark grey and black, were the materials used to make this 30″…

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Collections Carousel – Planet Jr. Walking Cultivator, 1919

The growing season has finally arrived in Minnesota after a long hard winter. Farmers and gardeners who are madly rushing to care for their quickly…

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Collections Carousel – Mary Virnig Langer’s Wool Wreath, 1879

Made in 1879 by a teenage girl on a farm in rural Pierz, Minnesota, this dyed wool floral wreath represents the importance of decorative arts…

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