Until its demolition in 1988, the O. A. Churchill Store, also known as the Muske Implement Building, was the oldest standing commercial structure in central…
View More Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985Established in 1889, the First National Bank of Little Falls, Minnesota, was the first national bank to be organized in Morrison County. The bank’s founding…
View More Collections Carousel – First National Bank of Little Falls Coin Bank
Knifemaking is an art form requiring meticulous craftsmanship and a critical eye. Morrison County native and retired Brigadier General, Gary LeBlanc (1944-2016), obviously had those…
View More Collections Carousel – LeBlanc Fillet KnifeAn essential tool for wild rice harvesting, the duck-billed push pole was used to move a canoe through the thick stands of rice that grow…
View More Collections Carousel – Duck-Billed Push Pole, Circa 1955Squeeeee! We get lots of interesting items donated to the Morrison County Historical Society. Many of them make us squeeeee and do a little dance…
View More MCHS Receives Ernest Mann CollectionMinnesotan’s love to talk about weather – “Did you notice how warm it was the other day?” “Man is it windy.” “I wonder when we’ll…
View More Collections Carousel – Rain Gauge from La Fond Building Supplies, Inc., Circa 1970On Monday, March 23, 1931, Minnesota Governor Floyd B. Olson signed the bill that created Charles A. Lindbergh State Park. A well-loved asset for…
View More Collections Carousel – Postcard of Swinging Bridge at Charles A. Lindbergh State Park, Circa 1940Before the electronic age, when digital scales became the preferred mechanism for measuring the weight of mail, handheld scales were often used to determine postal…
View More Collections Carousel – Triner Scale, Circa 1965
One of the earliest additions to the collections of the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS) was a bison bone that was donated to the organization…
View More Collections Carousel – Bison Bone, circa 1830While doing research for the Stearns History Museum on George W. Friedrich Park, a natural conservation area in southeast St. Cloud, Minnesota, that is eligible…
View More Collections Carousel – Swanville’s McRae Brothers and George W. Friedrich Park