Deconstruction and Salvage at Great River Children’s Museum in St. Cloud

On a bright sunny afternoon in early January 2022, a small group of volunteers got together at the Great River Children’s Museum (GRCM) in downtown…

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Gas boilers in front of air handler in the furnace room at The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, Little Falls, MN. This system was originally installed when the museum was built in 1974/75, with the gas boilers being an upgrade in the 1990s. Photo taken October 2, 2021.

Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed October 2021 for HVAC Replacement

The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, home of the Morrison County Historical Society in Little Falls, MN, will be closed for the month of October…

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Little Falls Summer Musical poster for production of "Darling," Summer 2021.

Casting Call for Little Falls Summer Musical Production of “Darling”

Little Falls Summer Musical is seeking several actors to audition for roles in our new true-crime play, Darling, about the 1905 murder of Morrison County resident Annie…

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Boilers, part of the Weyerhaeuser Museum's HVAC system, October 2020.

Morrison County Historical Society Raising Funds for New HVAC System

Morrison County Historical Society Raising Funds for New HVAC System Though it quietly hums in the background, barely noticed by visitors, the HVAC (heating, ventilation,…

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Northern Pacific Railroad Depot designed by Cass Gilbert, Little Falls, MN. MCHS Collections #1981.10.1

Inventory of Northern Pacific Depot Records Now Online

Through the Morrison County Historical Society’s Legacy Grant project to install mobile shelving in the Archives at the Weyerhaeuser Museum, we had archival consultant Mike…

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Morrison County section of "Babcock Plan for a Trunk Highway System in Minnesota," map published by the Minnesota Highway Improvement Association, St. Paul, MN, c. 1920. Mueller/Elvig collection at the Morrison County Historical Society.

Maps We Didn’t Know We Had

Road maps are mesmerizing. I can look and look and look at them, no matter how familiar I am with the towns and roads. A…

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Calendar journal & notebook journal, 2020.

Capture the History of COVID-19 by Keeping a Journal

As I do museum work from home, I mentioned to my husband how surreal this situation is … being mostly home-bound in order to slow…

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