This handmade patchwork quilt was created by Nora (Adams) Cramer (1884-1974) of Motley, Minnesota. The quilt is constructed of alternating blocks of calico and white…
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Family History Books Index Updated
Yesterday I uploaded an updated version of our Family History Books index. We receive several new family history books for our archives each year, which…
View More Family History Books Index UpdatedCollections Carousel – “When Grandfather came to Minnesota”, by Mary M. Kempenich
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…
View More Collections Carousel – “When Grandfather came to Minnesota”, by Mary M. KempenichThe Gathering in Motley
On September 4, 2010, the Motley Area Historical Society, in conjunction with the Morrison County Historical Society and Morrison County Genealogy Society, will be hosting…
View More The Gathering in MotleyGov. Tim Pawlenty’s Great-Grandmother’s Pickle Recipe
A local group of Red Hat Society ladies paid a visit to the museum this morning. Upon seeing our small display of pickle recipes, one…
View More Gov. Tim Pawlenty’s Great-Grandmother’s Pickle RecipeGenealogy Information
Several times this month something has happened while I was helping researchers, and while talking with Ann Marie this morning about it, she thought I…
View More Genealogy InformationCollections 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 – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade Car
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 PhotographCollections 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…
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